The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-16
'alladium call is Woz.

Palladium call is WOZ.
The long desired elimination OF
static Is announced at last by army
experimenters stationed in Chicago,
and their statements have aroused a
widespread interest.
Major J.. o. Mauborne, a signal Of
ficer, and DR.. Louis Cohen, a consult
ing engineer, after two years expert
mentation, state that it is possible to
drain" the static noises through a
special coil of wire without affecting
the strength of the radio signals.
The static noises are drained off
and grounded, leaving the radio Sig
nails clear and distinct. The draining
coil contains wire of a certain length
in relation to the wav length it is
desired to receive.
All amateurs and novices will watch
for further Information of this dis
covery with great interest.
Eaton Amateurs
Cyrena Van Gordon, noted grand
opera singer and formerly of Camden.
Ohio, was heard in Eaton recently.
Walter Fishback and a guest, while
tuning in on an eastern station, were
agreeably surprised to hear the voice
of the Preble county singer.
A larger tower is being erected for
their aerial by Marshall and Henry
Butcher, managers of the Eaton laun-
dry. Their station is equipped with
a three-stage simple circuit set.
County Surveyor Burns is the lat
est recruit to the ranks OF the radio
fans, having acquired a variometer
set recently. Fred Miles and Roy Poe
are two others who are getting good
results from their sets.
Other PrebIe Amateurs
With seven amateurs twirling dials
in Lewisburg, the town is well on the
road to get its share of radio broad
casts. Owen Douglass, the pioneer in
radio for that locality, is assisting the
newer ones in many ways.
Alden Swift of West Alexandria Is
making a new simple circuit outfit
Copp and Rinck of the ame town re
port very good reception for broad
casts, especially for Rike Kumler al
Dayton.
DR.. Lawrence Fisher of Camden, 8
dentist, has been added to that towns
radio roll call, with a variometer set
Lightning Reception.
The set belonging to Russell Kin
caid west of C~enterville, was damaged
by fire, the tuner being completely de
stroyed, last week, being unequal tc
the task of receiving lightning. The
fire was caused by lightning which
struck the i~nterurban power lines and
followed a power wire into the wire
less shack. Just outside the shack
the lightning jumped to the leadir
which was near the power electric
wire, and followed through to the set
Kincaid had placed the bulbs in q
cupboard on the other side of the
room when he finished listening and
managed to get out, when the fire
started, in time to prevent destruction
of more than the tuner. His n horse
power motor was burned out also.
Kincaid is now building a new Sc
similar t that described in the cal
book, but planning to put his tickle
coil against the variometer and con
meet the two, without using a separate
ticker motor.
New Sets.
The receiving set recently installed
by. Ora Dunbar of Centerville is en-
abling Mr.. Dunbar, with his neighbour
n friends, to listen in on concert:
from almost any section of the col
try at will. Mr.. Dunbar has becom'
a full fledged radio fan and is spread
ing the fever among other Center
Williams.
Another set put in a couple of week
ago by Verl Shelter, south of Wi
liamsburg. is the source of much plea:
ure during leisure hours. Mr.. Sheffe
is two miles from, Williamsburg, an
his house is on the top of a hill, plat
ing him in an ideal position for a st;
ton. Chicago reports on stock an
grain markets are received regularl
at noon, and entertaining program
from eastern stations are heard in tn
evening.
Mr.. Shelter is using a four-wire