The Washington herald., 1922-06-21
Stations Reported Heard

Reports Of local or distant
Transmitting stations heard, freak
> receptions and static effects toil
be puBlished in this column daily.
n Is requested that Hsteners-in
inform The Herald Radio depart
nient Of conditions as indicated
by their radiophone set.
Radio Eat
In The Herald of this morning
(June Is) in stations Reported
Heard" J. T. n, asks the question:
DO those haying standard receive
ng equipment get the out-of-town
-tations. the programs Of which are
so deliberately printed daily in the
papersf. Here's one who Is also
frank and is willing to testify. SO
Gar as his equipment goes. that
they never happen" / have an
outfit as good as money can buy. so
| am told. but outside Of local sta
tions these published programs
might just as well be given In
Alaska or darkest Africa. To be
sure ] get Pittsburgh, Schenectady
Newark and on rare occasions De-
troit. But such "stu1." defy
anyone to follow an entire program
from any of these stations Or even
a whole selection through, especial
~ IL he has invited some friends
IN to witness the demonstration.
II has happened perhaps to some, but
the static, codes. sparks, all else
coming In at the same time makes a
combination that IS hard to beat
II takes an optimist TO be radio
fan and when one says that these
stations are heard satisfactorily he
either is easily suited or boosting
for a radio manufacturing agency.
am at liberty any evening to have
the perfect or nearly perfect set
demonstrated to me. and II these
stations can be held long enough
to complete two selections my radio
stock will have advanced greatly.
why publish programs from Chi
cago. SpriI- gfield. Mass. Medford
hillside. Mas. Manhattan and Fort
Wood. n. Y? Who ever heard Of
them. except perhaps on the rarest
occasions. and then they were just
signing on"
L. NJ. T.
RadioeEditor:
In your issue last week one of
YOUR correspondents asked II any
persops using the Bureau OF Stan
dards hook-up for a crystal set was
receiving anything other than NOF.
I rave two-wire aerial. 100 feet
long. IL feet above the roof. with
15-foot lead In, from which 7 an,
receiving all local concerts. base
ball scores. etc. as well as services
from the Church of the Covenant
very clearly and distinctly. Am also
able to pick up wwX and asst Sat-
urday night at II o'clock heard Q
test from WIZ (NewarkJ. all On .
set or the above type. Have heard
NoF without an aerial. with only
ground connected. When the serv
Ices were sent out on NemorIa,
Day heard the Marine Rand bv MS
ing my body as an aerial. touebine
me aerial binding post with nv
finger As matter Of fac, am ahI,
:" receive better on this hook -up
than with my loose-coupler.
Note: Broadcasting schedules sre
convenient for reference even
'noueh mapy stations are listed
which are seldom heard by all op-
orators. The condition of a receiv-
Ing set. its position relative to steel
structures. the direction and extent
OF the aerial are important cons d.
"rations. For example . man in
northwest said recently ne had
heard Chicago and Schenectady' fire.
nuently. but had not been able to
ret RDKA ard WIZ which were
mich nearer. The position OF his
aerial accounted in a part for this
An operator In Brookland states
hat with an ordinary crystal set he
vas heard very distant stations on
short and long waveleneths. where
-. neighbors were unable to get
the local concerts clearly with
vacuum tube sets and ampl'fca-
ION The explanation here was
= particularly we'll located house
-ooder throughout and excellent
s"rroundinr conditions: > pAcuiia-
"nt~rna aran~Awent ana skillfr'
nne-at'on which this man had
--orked out for his own sat'sfac-
ion.
are familiar with the fact
that amateurs operating spark sets
IN ena meters transmitted across
ne Atlantic some months arc AZ
r, time when high pow~r-snerk
t-f't'nns on LONE wave lengths were
r-nk'A to get traffc thropeh. II II
V.'t 70 explain thes. enects. Al
tssors't ssch Nt-snsr,ission cannot
-. Revealed With certairtv the feet
no. Z h-s heen accemnl'shed at al,
'eads TO Interesting research eyer
went as 10 w-hv eve, one .,'ch mes
go. was t-a~<-e'ttAS ard what pre-
N,h'ts 't= ->net9<-n Tire h-oed-sst-
~ schedule r,"<r ~ -eeso1sht~
cn-nrtete then. thst ~ -eaders --ar
follow TIE roFrams the are LIST
enins-in to.
Mere fhsn s.ooo srto signs were placed at