The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-19

l uses two stages of audio frequency He hears station PWX, Havana Cuba, splendidly. g
 Frank Jones is another fan using a crystal as detector. He lives on Sixteenth street.
 Brown Johnson, 1924 Thirty third avenue, has a short wave regenera- tive set using variometers. He states that he has been doing a great deal of experimental work and finds that radio frequency works fine on anna teur stations. He states that he has copied amateurs in the Sixth district using this type of amplifieation srtwn is figuring on making his set larger very soon.
 Masseno Goodwin is another one do- Ing experimental work with radio frequency. He is using only single circuit and hears many different distant stations.
 Some Of the fellows (who seem to think I'm walking call book) run to me the first thing each day with a call on the brain that they heard the night before. When they are Informed as to the location of the station they sometimes weep with Joy. This Idea Is all o. K, and l am Indeed glad to aid those who wish tc know who they heard the night before. But It's hard for me to offer much sympathy to the ones that arrive with the news that they heard Cuba because they heard a fell low talking in Spanish or heard China because they heard someone talking In the Chinese tongue.
 We have received the following letter from reader of Radio Talk" Jack Turner, Radio Editor, The Age
 Herald, Birmingham. Ala.
 Dear sir: l received the following stations on the night of November g. l922. using ticker set without am plification: KDKA, East Pittsburg Pa; KSD. St. Louis Post Dispatch WBAP. Fort Worth, Tex; Sweeney Automobile school, Kansas City, Mo WLW. Cinc!nnati: WISE, Atlanta, Ga.; VOC. Davenport, Iowa: WWJ, Detroit News Very truly yours,
 J. B. ROBERTS, JR
 In this letter there were one or two of the stations that didn't have the call and one or two calls without the location. In these cases we sup pAioo tho AhShiuS WOIuS or letters TOT the benefit of the writer and others who might need the information.
 We arc glad to hear from this ''bug" and would like tod hear from him again.
 Tho following Is another letter from one of the active readers: Radio Editor. Age-Herald, Birming-
 ham. Ala.
 Dear sir: Just few lines to let you know my radio troubles and a cure for one.
 First. For several nights I have been troubled with music and speak ing fading very badly. I went over the old set time after time but with out any luck. At last l found the trouble in the detector socket. could not get the bulb contacts to make a good firm connection on the socket prongs and stay tuned in. took some small coll springs and put them on each of the bulb terminals and found that that did the trick Then the old set tried itself.
 l will name the stations as they came In: WEAY, Houston, Tex. wOAI. San Antonio, Tex; wDAF Kansas City. Mo-; KDKA, East Pitts burg. Pa; WwJ. Detroit, Mich. KSD, St. Louis. Mo: wDAE, Tampa Fla: WGAv. SavaDAah, Ga.: wAAC New Orleans; WBAP. Fort Worth Tex: WGM. Atlanta, Ga.; KFAF Denver. Col; woe, Davenport. Iowa XIII. Los Angeles, Cal; WRB. Kan sas City, Mo-; WISE, Atlanta. Ga., and DN4. Denver, Col.
 Last night was tho first time ] had ever heard a station in California and Colorado before; however. l have heard the station in Minneapolis Minn., and also PWX in Havana Cuba, several times.
 Probably some of the others who read the Radio Page have had the same trouble I had. if so just try putting the coil springs on the bulb terminals and you have 1t fixed
 Second. I want some help now Who Is going to help me out? ] wonder if anyone else has the same trouble. If they have I surely can sympathize with them.
 Some radio bug is very industrious He has a spark set that sounds very much like a buzz saw when it's running. When he gets started he is going 10 always be ahead He fol- lows me from one side of the panel
 
 tom. There is no chance to lose him. He must send on a wave length ranging from zero to several thou sand meters. I thought one night that I would out stay him, butt at l a. m. he was just getting good start. Well. l gave up and pulled and in spite of this he kept coming on in.
 I would give 1.-two bits" to get rid of this spark pest Will some one else chip in?
 Best wishes to all the rado fans, l am O. D. BILLIARD
 We are, indeed. glad to hear from someone that has a suggestion to make to the other bugs. This letter will mo doubt, be of value to many of the readers.
 The spark pest situation has in- creased in seriousness and with the twenty-five cents offered here and the twenty-five dollars offered by T. K. Lee we now can say that any one "jailing" this contemptible per son will .receve the reward of twen- ty-five dollars and twenty-five cents (s25.25).
 This makes two radio fans in Bir- mingham who have heard stations in the state of California. The other Is Walter Garrard. He heard a sta ton in San Francisco.
 If there are any others let us hear from you.
 An Here Is another letter from one of the readers who Is kind enough to let the others know some thing about what he is doing along the line of radio. This one. however. is not from local fan but from one
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