Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-02
WIRELESS AUTHORITY
EXPLAINS PITFALLS
Milton B. Setoer Gives Many Hints to Laymcn to Aid
Them in Mastering the Ordinary
Errors.

The layman has felt the lure of
IN" romance OF the radio. and in the
hrst flush of his enthusiasm is apt
To neither know nor heed the pitfalls
that are in his unsuspecting path.
The days OF Queen Elizabeth were
known hs the Golden Age of the
world. when the heart beat quick and
the blood coursed fast and all things
seemed possible for every man.
Today's age of radiant radio is an
age far more golden than that. how
ever, for with radio has come new
empires OF emotion and experience
hitherto undrcamcd of.
Each all caSerncss TO make these
empires his own, you and ! and the
man next door have started I'm I'm
our small way TO muster the secrets
Of wireless. And many and varied
are III" probable mistakes that we
shall make
Milton Il. sleeper. who is the presi-
dent Of the General Apparatus Com
rany. 80. So. Park Place. has die
'atcd tn. following article as an
aid 10 !ayncu radio fans In order
TO help them avoid som. OF the most
common. II unObviOus. pitfalls
Hints To J.n,men.
Mr.. Sleeper. let /, be remarked
him hy the same master mind that
proposed that lemons be put on IN.
ic. /" keep them from getting sour.
or that the grass b. taken in to keen
~ dry Mr.. Sleeper. who seems never
I" ma time 10 sleep. IL one Of the
foremost radio authorities in Sew
York.
In his busiest OF busy offices Mr.
Sleeper dictated the following in
valuable hints to laymen radio ope-
ratorS.
II is necessary To discount much
that Is said by the salesman o. the
smaller radio sets in selling them TO
tn" general public. You are told by
these statesmen tina, many Of IN.
junior sets with crystal receivers will
nave IL rang" OF from nifty TO 100
miles. Actually. however. crystal
receiver Is Of little value beyond
twenty i've miles. You may DC able
l" near beyond that distance. but you
cannot hear we'll.
Many In fonkers have learned this
ana that they are not able to make
IN" distance TO Newark with crys-
tai receivers. There are, therefore
fewer crystal receivers there In com.
parisoN than In New York
IN" imperfect thing about tho
rfEs'a! receiving set is often the
d"'"ci"r. From looking at the ga
lena there Is no way TO tell whether
~ ~ :: good piece OF merely a mo-
diun good piece. II you arc no, get,
tInS good results from your So, try
different nicc" OF gaiena. som.
sets suprl: TWO pieces Of galcna
With each SGT there usually comes
10" or $50 :cct o: nntcnna IT this
does not come with the set bug this
amount OF No. II Il and : gauge
wire. Be sure To ask FOR u and Y
y soft drawn wire such as this IS
h"s, !, IL quit. strong enough. and
D., does not kink up
EN2cri'ncutcrs should not use nor
ccla!" c.cats, for heavy winds viii
RACK ana break tho brittle porce-
lam They should pay twenty. five
cents apiece for regular corrugated
iuSulatorS.
Height Alone Matters.
1t Is "A mistaken idea that the an
t"nna need 10 be supported any dis
t"nr" above the roof. 1t Is the height
above the ground that matters. II,
should be thirty or forty feet above
tn" ground, but the only height above
The apartment house roof that is nee
"Ssary Is merely a sufficient space to
avoid interference from any one who
might be walking on the roof
IF IL Is impossible to run the wire
its entire length over the roof Won