Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1922-11-10
RADIO COLUMN
Edited By L. w. Smith, New
Light, La.
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In last weeks column we printed
the International Wireless Code.
There was one error. The period"
should be represented by three
pairs of "Dots" rather than SIX
Dots" Like this =. .. rather
than this $3.50.
What is Static?
It will be remembered that we
said in this column that Radio
Broadcasting is sent out with den
mite wave-length and a definite ire
quency, and that the impulses set up
in the ether produce like impulses
in receiving antenna if the receiver
ia in tune with the sender, and, while
these impulses are set up in the an
tenna, whether or not they are car
ried by a lead-in wire to set. VI
course they only become available
to us when they are SO connected
and 80 tuned in.
Now there are at all times, in the
ether, certain electrical activities. A
constant play Of noiseless currents
from one point to another. lReaders
must remember that this is not a
scientific discussion, and that to use
familiar terms, something Of the
scientific must be LOST. Suffice 1t
to say that in the summer months
and on stormy warm days and
nights these electrical disturbances
take on the form of miniature light
ming storms.
If we suppose a thousand differ
emit fish playing in a pond, and every
fish of a different size from al the
rest, and we watch the different
kinds and sizes of waves that these
fish will make, we have an idea OF
the kind Of impulses sent out by
these electrical disturbances in the
ether, all of which seem to be diff
ferent in wave-length and frequency
Here we have Estate" or "Atmos
pherics," and they give us lots Of
trouble and noises in q receiving
set, because they're like the Irish
mans flea-one can't put ones hane
on them.
They won't tune out or in.
However, science has made rapid
strides along these lines and 1t is
possible that some day we may
learn to control Static. The sea-
son has come now when we have
very little trouble from this source.
This brings US to another ques-
ton. How may radio lover be SIZE
that the set he buys to-day will not
be obsolete within a short while
From the very nature of the his
tory of Radio Developments we see
that from the discovery of wire
less telegraphy by Marconi to the
invention by DR.. Lee DeForest o.
the Vacuum Tube" which he
worked seven years to perfect, Was
! a very big jump, and that in this
tube we have something hard to i'm
prove upon. However, all lhe bcs,
Radio sets are so made that any fu.
!, ture inovations may be incorporated
in any modern set merely by plug
ging in" another unit; jd.t as 6
telephone exchange sets in another
unit of "Jacks" whenever growing
population demands more telephones
We will be glad to advise Will
anyone in regard to the purchase
Of the best sets or the purchase o
the best parts for building home
made sets. 1t is strange that ther
are not more boys in our communi
, ty with the "Radio-bug" who wan
} to build their own sets.
The writer of this column is no
paid. Hence it will be easily see
that his interest in it and his stud
of it are traceable merely to a low
for things mechanical or electrical
3 We say this to show that any az
. vice given through this column wi
= be with view to giving the il
quirer absolutely the best sugge
r tons possible.
d If you are interested in buIdil
. your own set, and you want to kno
q where you can get the necessa
directions, or if you are doubtful. /,
. to which manufacturers make Il
} best parts, ask the column. If ye
b want to know the probable cost ,
% such a set, ask. There may
10 others too timid to ask question
IS who are waiting for you to do
$ for them. Did it ever strike you til
Il it is somewhat difficult for a writ
q to give you what you want whsn y