The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-12-08
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BOB A0fFHS
CAUSE OF ANNOYANCE
Methods Ry Which its Effects
May Be Avoided Possible
dRsaseHssF Fading SisHaIssdT

hffeaseHs,fo AIDING SisaaIssdT
GmsN YIoE pc.-a--t9l9o aI 9arL'J
Questions f:hHSe peepDRskedrresafIhA
ingn naDvapparent phsumnennn Aodf,ne
ing,siThe phauomeReai rthe case is4
that just as the operator tuned ins bjjsl
station and remoxsd hisS, hands from
the .kpQp, the signals faded opt; or 4
may have been the other way around.
and II the operator 9touth9s hi3 nget
whiie listening To q Concert ortHe slgs
nails wilt 'fader out.~ rsn eriaN ""
ThIsi May!be vaasea by fboGyruSn
pacityeiand wiiiexsome Btati1nsnruna
-imo1it Auit6frsqnentdy, others ere, not!
borhereyl atrfabva TA0se1 liy,ipfs& lose -
a obEeadfastipsn statt0nf fwiH Aeyeg. be
botheSed With n gsJt Only qccq95lsn Gith 3
5 .by fhs faSf tSat tEe cabsStify fts
body coming in coRnaattl WITH HR%7set,'
-whftff'iH ~ very fffiiely' 4dHedT1s txroSA
! out yof eadjGStfAene !B5r thed6utsidertap;
tductance. .gnlmooht1c. {:
There are--sereEal- -ways-to guard
Iiagainytrt, and, qneya6 ytbe best "a TO
.,line the Inside of the panel with tin
In oppasting 1tiiegp tin ,foil, o6nf on thg 6dck.
Of tie tpSn ef,e lsn edt yS&ay ffot6 an,
Ibihdiiitipotts, switch pHats BFff9ds to-
prevent ishbft' Clreuittist shetsst nl,eDol
Tisrdne exrerninn nntGthisyahd thatjsSbe
andublndinssDp G,thertiH faillis
,pastsd, ,sgerythisb IT. is, .efreougser aHytlo- alyl
smatically grounded. bayo,o. mails pr
/, SheHac VIII do t0. make, the foil ad-
here to the panel, which win not have
to Bee' dIsmanried' VI be 'iifad, ds the
foff Cam 'be placed S6fnf III 'sihaif Strips!
Another fnethod 6forefnedyihgpsheI
b reGectsc.6f bodyicapacity. iisr by cusinp
metal dials on the9ivarlocouplerIg and
hvariometers and sets--where the
variometerg ere !Yfry chose tol one an
other, moving them away will help.
Or In case 1t, ls not; desired to change
the set, placing q n0nmanetie ma-
)terial between the vari6iineters Which
are close to each 6ther afid groHhdihs
1t viii remedy the III effects. For tiifsl
case, piece of glass 'sdeh as photogii
raphersruse, covered with. tttnfoifnos
one side. ,is,effeetiy ye,a r!sd 20: @tit
Fading signalslchave lepg been ,en-
countered by amateurs when receiving
long distance rstatioHs. In this case,
the signals from q -gOodly distance
away may be ,,Gomlpg, In loud and
clear and then without warming fade
away. In few SECONDS they may
return with all their. force, and then
when the amateur Is ,cQngratplating
himself. again the. voices or music die
out. Or fading. may take the form
Of varying intensity Of signals, one
minute the operator Being forced to
strain his ears to catch the sound
while the5next voices may be- loud
and clear. -
! There have been many theories adj
vaneed .f@ this phenomenen, = and, we
are, giving, today two 9f nthe latest
The radio, division of, the Department
of Commerce is reported TO be under
the impression that >, fadipgc, occurs
when "a Cloud passes between the
trafismittfmg station and the receiving
set, This theory has Seen otie'Iof 'the
most popular among thenexperts, md
recent. tests have been made to- sabtaiW
more complete data. If the, passing
cloud the8Ey is,iangood, explanation
of fading, there will be, some new
radio development very Shortly. The
effects Of various types OF clouds upon
the signals iisi being studied, and the
results of'this stiidy' wia' be Of Inter-
est to everyone interested m sradie.'
Government officials are interested In
eliminating fadihg; overcoming IT.
as much as possible, largely frYp the
standpoint of the ,amatsnrFia as thel com.
merclal stations, hpYipg much greater
power than amateur sets, are able to,
overcome the atmospheric effects to a
vrea,t extent,'iF Hsaid N-F r3.N
The other theory, which ms 'icl0se
relation to the cioudn theory, Is that
| fading occurs whenIthe signals, pass
through. an area where, rain is faningo
I'm this theory, the idea is fbroughtiout,
In a, different, manner. Il is stated
In effect that, clouds are p benefit to
the signals, but that the rain, WIN,
hurt them. The Theory Is THAT fbe'
condensation of thH PARTICLES OF n16fs-
tufe In the air wIaehrfosm the Clouds.
has the property OF making this line-i
dunn highly conductive oto cradio siEl
nais Just'before storm when there
islmpre condensatloeliB clopdsrthe
signals should Jrbspat their strQRgestrs
When the ist9En bre2ks. 9nd. 1.-The the ajrsl
becomes saturated, the Condition IS
,aid to change and the fdIhHg'qSln
act,iafiy ifef1iihds fcthag q sigfals.s This
mdderf'e f'e,hngeqH 1tffosbhefeaslsfateaf
,syvbe feasdtns8Yi The lvaryipee eidtensits
in the signals. .wsi
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