The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-27
DOTS AND DASHES

Jack Ellis was ono of the boys down here last Age-Herald radio das. Jack states that he has a loose coupler set using a crystal detector. Jack got the hook up" for the amplifier without tho use of vacuum tubes and states that he Is thinking about building one of these ampli- fers. If he does we will be very glad to hear from him as to the results he gets. etc. Jack lives at $50 Nine teenth street, north.
 Robert Ragland, who lives in She same neighborhood as Jack Ellis. has a crystal set and enjoys local con- certs.
 Coleman Gillian, whose station haS been pictured and described in this page, entertained a large number of listeners Sunday afternoon with his radiophone which he constructed himself. Gillian received a great many phone calls, stating that he was being heard at various points of the city. Coleman asked me to thank those who called through this page as the information as to how he Is being received is very valuable to him and he greatly appreciated the cooperation shown by local anna teurs. Anyone who hears his station, whether you are In the city or not, he would like very much to hear from you, stating how you received his station. Those locally located can get him by calling Main 2S52.
 I know from personal experience that those fellows around town with audion sets have a hard time tuning in stations any distance away. due to the fact that there are now so many other stations sending that when you have one station tuned in
 the "arc" of another one interferes with the one you arc trying to get.
 This Is a good time however, for those to listen in" who like to sec how many different stations they can receive rather than listen to one. The time that they are so thick" in the
 ether is from about to about 19 o'clock. There are some boys who like to hear an uninterrupted pro- gram and there Is one that is always
 good given at an Ideal time for re- ceiving. This Is program sent out
 by the Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, da.,
 (station W B). This concert Is sent
 cut beginning at 10;45 p. m.. and lasts
 until about 12 o'clock. This is always a delightful program and 1t Is good
 for two other reasons: Tho atmos-
 pheric conditions are at their best at
 this time of night and there Is no
 other broadcasting near enough to
 Birmingha to interfere at this time.
 Atlanta also broadcasts from I to s p. m. This program Is not inter- fered with very much and is also
 good one to listen to. Let us hear
 how you receive these programs. We have received tho following
 letter from Walter H. Brown, Jr.: T have a crystal receiving set which I made myself from the model given ir the April Literary Digest. l added a $1.50 detector and made fixed condenser out of layers of tinfoil and greased paper. My set with good pair of phones. complete, cost only
 $s.50 and the W s Y concerts come in clearly and plainly.
 WALTER H. BROWN, JR- "zs07 Brown Bouvelard." We are glad to hear from Walter
 and would like to receive more let
 ters from other boys In town with sets.
 What Is the farthest distance you have ever received with your set? Send in the list of stations that you think are a good distance away, to- gether with the kind of set you have and we will be very glad to let the
 other boys have 1t through this page so they can compare their results
 with yours
 We find from letters received that this radio page Is not only being
 read by local boys, but that there are other bugs who read 1t every Sunday. George Reynolds, Meridian,
 Miss, tells us that he Is reader:
 Harris Winston, Elba.. Ala. Is an- other, and R. A. Burton. Louisville. | Ky, is one of our readers. Any other out-of-town readers of this page please drop us a line.
 It takes . radio message which | travels at the speed of 1S6,000 miles per second one-twentieth of second l to go from Nauen, Germany, t.
 Riverhead, L. l.
 Dayton Robinson. 1706 Tenth ave- nue, south, has a very neatly made | crystal set, which he brought down here to The Age Herald last SatIr- | cay to find out why 1t wouldn't work. We tried out the set for him and | found 1t to be all right without mak- l ing any changes. He said that .he set used to work all right; in fact, he caught the Atlanta Constitution | and Atlanta Journal both on this crystal set-this was while he was in Atlanta. thought. so don't think we are "spoofing."
 While going down Second avenue the other day boy stopped me and asked if we were going to give any more of those Radio sets away. 1 told him we would and he said he would be there. I asked him if he had a set and like a greae many of the ones I ask this question, he said, "I've got piece of one, but 1t will work" I asked him his name and told him I wanted to put 1t in the Age-Herald Radio page. Well. here 1t is-Louis Allen. 1928 Seventeenth street. north. He has a crystal set and hears the local concerts. Henry Wailes, Thirteenth avenue, north, has a crystal set.