The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-17

Win PROBABLY 300 radio enthus-
lasts in attendance, the third an
nusl convention of the Third and
Fourth District Radio Amateurs
will convene this morning at 1880
o'clock at the Raleigh Hotel The
third and four districts comprise
that section south Of Pennsylvania
and extending down the Atlantic
Coast to, and including Florida.
The convention will be concluded
with a banquet tomorrow night.
III. A. Snow. secretary-treasurer
of the Washington Radio Club and
director of the convention. has ar
ranged a program which promises
10 surpsss the programs of previous
conventions. Persons prominent in
radio, among whom are H. p. Max
i'm. son of the inventor; w. d. Ter
rell. chief radio inspector; DR.. J.
N. Miller. of the Naval Radio Lab
oratorya A. Crossley, of the Navy
Department. and several others.
will attend the convention.
Opening Address by Maxim.
The convention will be opened
this morning with an address by
Fl. P. Maxim. president of the Radio
Relay League. while the session in
the afternoon beginning at lis
o'clock will be devoted to the tech
meal side of radio.
The program for the afternoon
session follows: Radio Crop and
Market Reports" by G. c. Wheeler,
of the Bureau of Markets and Crop
Estimates; Antenna Design and
Radio Measurements" DR.. J. NJ.
Miller. Naval Radio Laboratory:
"Antenna and Counterpoises." Par
N-A-
pany, Pittsburgh. Pa; "A Spark
Tube Set," II. II. Lyon, HyattsviIIe,
Md: ~. G. W. Sending Set" 4.
Crossley. of the Navy Department.;
Amateur Wavemetcrs," Norman
snyder. Bureau of Standards; I'M
provements in Multi-stage AudIa
AmpHhers.'' II. Z. Bussey.. General
Electric Company, Atlanta, Ga:
Radio Frequency application on
Short Waves" A. Van Dyck, Cen
CraI Electric Company, New York:
AN Improved Receiving Set ]. l..
Reinartz. South Manchester. Conn;
"A Short Wave Single Circuit Re-
ceiver," E. l. Powell, Navy Depart
ment; Advantages of Condenser
Tuned Receiver" A. L. Groves,
Brooke, Va: Short Wave Coil
Aerials," F.. w. Dunmore. of the
bureau OF SIanddrus.
A business meeting will be he d
at 4:45 o'clock during which there
will be a discussion of interfer-
ence by radio broadcasting stations,
suitable wavelengths for broadcast
ing and the Department of Com
merce regulation of amateur broad
casting. The next convention city
will be selected and officers of the
Third district elected
Three prizes will be awarded to
the operators receiving at highest
speed in the code receiving contest
which will be held at 1880 o'clock
tonight.
Various RADIO outfits and APP
paratusi will be exhibited from
until 10 o'clock tonight. The ex-
hibits include a complete radio re-
ceiving set which will receive music
in the exhibition hall: complete
amateur transmitting sets; sets for
receiving radio broadcasts and con-
certs and all of the latest radio ap-
paratuS.
Persons attending the convention
will make a tour to the Naval Air
Radio Station, IN o. F." and to Ar
Iington Station, IN. A. A" tomor-
row morning.
Chemical Rectifers" will be dis
cussed by S. Kruse. of Cambridge.
Mass. at the afternoon session on
Saturday. Papers on The Keno |
iron" W. T. G.. Baker, General
Electric Company, Schenectady, N. |
V; The IS Tube Rectifier." Howard
Tyzzer, American Research Cor
poration; Power Factor in Radio |
Circuits" DIR. F. b. Silsbee. of the
Bureau Of Standards, and "Insulat-
ing Materials for Radio USE" ]. L.
Preston. Bureau of Standards will
be read during that session. g. L.
Bidwell will preside at the after
noon sessions of the convention.
The night session will be devoted
to the banquet. s. Kruse Will be
toastmaster and addresses will be
made by w. d. Terrell. chief radio
inspectr; r. Y. Cadmers, Third dis
trict radio inspector; H. p. Maaim.
and X. B. Warner, editor of %. S.
T." and representatives. of each of
the nine radio districts.
Members of the washington Ra.
do Club who are taking an active
part in the success of the conven-
ton are H II. Lyon. president Of
the club; Fl. R. Strang. chief opef-
ator of the club, who will serve on
the welcoming committee; W. b !
Perine. chairman of the transporta-
tion committee. and G. L Bidwelt. |
chairman of the committee on tech
meal meetings
other me MIXERS of .tha,, club are
slso SERVING on various eonnmitte