Evening star., 1922-05-21
BIG RADIO EXHIBIT
OPENS TOMORROW
New York Armory. to House
Greatest Commercial, Sci
entific Pageant. /

With congratulatory air messages
rom leading statesmen and scientists
resoundin. through its giant ampli-
largest pageant of commercial and
country--wil: open tomorrow morn
ing at the list Regiment armory.
Park avenue and 34th sweet.
Daily :or week. from 1880 am.
will open on the exposition. which
will utilize the worlds largest avail
able noor space for the display of
more than 100 of the biggest manu-
factuTers. distributors anu r-t1i.ers
of radio. The exposition. which has
the support and cooperation of the
newly formed National Radio Cham
ber of Commerce, will be an annual
aTair.
Director E. c. Buchignani has ar.
ranged an elaborate program OF daily
events. chief among which are fca-
lures broadcaSted from the armory
itself. which will be sent out on tif-
teen great antennae on the armory
roof.
Defense Demonstration.
The Army. Navy and National Guard
will have exhibits. at which will be
shown by demonstrations the utiliza-
tion OF radio telephony for defense
purposes
Hundreds of amateurs will display
homemade receiving SETS in COM
petltive tests for gold prizes
The radio show is for the purpose
of showing the great advance which
has been made in the radio field since
Marconi developed his researches. In
ADDITION TO the newest devices and
appliances to be shown by the man
ufact"r.rs great interest has been
manifest In the large exhibition OF
amateur devices Director Buchig
hani has set aside thousands of feet
of floor space for this dlsplay
The space Cor these amateur in
ventors and workers will be free.
There has been SET aside an exchange
booth, where the young radio experts
Will have an opportunity to meet
and swap their spare equipment.
Daily awards donated by leaders IN
the industry will be distributed dur
ing the show. 4 committee of lead
ing engineers and technical writer's
will judge the amateur exhibits.
DIR. Hutchi.on Chairman.
DR.. Miller Reese Hutchison. world
famed inventor and formerly chief
engineer for Thomas \. Edison. is
chairman of this committee. which
includes Maj. j. Andrew White.
bach. editor OF Radio News: Kendall
Banning. edi'or of Popular Radio
and Roy Mason, editor of Radio
Broadcast.
Prominent amateur organizations
have s!snihed their intention OF
entering their members inventions
for $50 prize. The largest receiv-
ing set e:er built by an amateur will
be shown by Nal George Heerwagen
Of the staff o: the Hotel Plaza. COM
talon. whose members will serve as
uSnerS 0EP1nE the show.
Mem6e.s of the Hudson Radio
Club. nish has It's headquarters at
the CO. lmbla Hieh School at No.
West $50 street. are expecting to
Fisk Bingham of No. e5f5 Broadway.
who is sisa :raffic representative of
the Upper West Side in the Ameri-
can Radio Relay League.
Through an executive order by
Secretary ot Navy DENLY in Wash
ington, the first exhibition of the
Navy's remarkable new radio COM
pass receiver Will be afforded to the
New York public at the show. This
device. which has been credited with
aver:in1 many mishaps at sea since
its installation. enables a ship to
ascertain by radio her position, no
matter how stormy the weather. The
compass to be exhibited at the radio
show has been assembled in the New
York navy yard.
A squad OF troops, drilling by COM
Inand OF their officers miles away,
will be one OF the novel sights OF
the show. Offlcsrs of the staff OF
Gen. Robert Lac Builard will be
located at the Fort Wood broadcast
ing station and thousands of ''1isten-
ers In VII set first-hand informa-
tion in tho language of military ev-
olUtions
The .0iS: b.ttaiso, OF the United
States sigma: Cops which Will be
1ncc rad NJ s,.u- H..
during this week. MI. Cooperate to
make the shoS a s :ccess Thro gh
the CouriesJ q Mel .;,ns. - FoS.
a squad o. Nat .oE.I Guard Ines will
demonstrate feld rS6 ti.Gt vii: be
used tais summer IN military train-
ing camps:
Tho us: OF sxbibitorv - the shss
reads Ike a who's Who Of the IN.
dustry. Thee. inc:u;. aNons The
largest axhibtters. the k>dis Co-por.
alton Of America Ara :hs NA1onAl
Radio Chamber Of Commeros.