The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1922-06-21
Radio Tour Over
Lincoln Highway
'Populace to Hear Distant Music
From Finest Travelling
Receiving Set
WILL STOP In FALLON
NIGHT OF JULY BIRD
VIII Take 40 Days TO Make Trip
From Detroit to San
Francisco

:. The Lincoln Highway was select
ed az the route for Americas first
cross-country radio tour which left
Detroit June 1st sponsored by the
Lincoln Highway Association, De-
troit Board of Commerce and the
Detroit Automobile Club. Again, a
pioneer run follows America s
Main Street" The Lincoln Way was
the only route to the Pacific Coast
which the promoters of the first
radio tour would undertake in view
of the delicate radio equipment they
carry, and the only route which IL
was felt possible to traverse on a
NIT the equipment to be on the dot
in the communities on the timer
ary.
The two Rickenbacker cars, rad
io-equipped, which are journeying
from Detroit to San Francisco, hit
the Lincoln Highway at Ligonier,
Indiana, and Will follow 1t through
without deviation to the Pacific
Coast. They will let the Nation
know that Detroit is not only the
automobile capitol of the world but
now boasts more radio manufactur-
ers than any other city in the coun-
try. They are officially started on
their $500 mile run by Eddie Rick
enbacker. Americas Ace of Aces.
The radio car which is a sedan.
is equipped with an exceptionally
powerful and sensitive radio receiv-
Ing set Compactly built onto the
top Is a 200 foot loop aerial. Car
ried on the runningboard Of the car
is an emergency aerial which may be
attached to the car and stretched
out to a high point 200 or more feet
away. This aerial is for use when
unfayorable atmospheric conditions
cut into the satisfactory operations
of the loop. The radio receiving set
is built into the car. 1t comprises
three steps OF radio frequency am
plification, a vacuum tube deteetor
and three steps of audio frequency
amplification, giving it sufficient
sensitiveness to permit the crowds
who gather about the car al the
points along the Lincoln Highway to
hear concerts through the Magma
vox loud speaker from stations as
far away as 1000 miles.
The entire equipment was design
ed by the famous radio engineer,
Thomas E. Clark of Detroit and was
built here in the Tecla laboratories
of which he is president.
Ii is the intention of Wallace
Blood and William Heinz who are
taking the two cars to the Coast to
give concert every evening and at
noon, where possible, along the Lin
coin Way. A set schedule is being
maintained, so that each city will
know of the coming OF the expedi-
tion and prepare for its reception.
The radio equipment carried in
the Rickenbaeker sedan will be of
intense interest to thousands of am
ateurs along the Lincoln Highway
II is the finest equipment ever built
into motor car and the present
trip is the first time a radio ear has
crossed the continent The second
car is used merely as supply car
to carry sufficient radio replacement
parts to insure of constant service
throughout the trip.
The journey to the Coast will
consume 40 days. 1t is expected that
WICK and WWJ, the powerful De
troit sending stations. will be pick
ed up by the Lincoln Highway rad
10 cars along the route as far west
as the Rock Mountains. There are
enough other powerful broadeasting
stations along the Lincoln Highway,
80 that never, unless under extreme
ly unfayorable atmospheric condi- |
tions, will 1t be impossible to ampli-
fy with a loud speaker at least one
broadcasting station to the interest
ed crowds of amateurs assembled
According to the itinerary, the
radio car will make the run from
Austin to Fallon on Monday, July
3rd. and will spend the night here.
proceeding on to Reno the following
day.