The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-17

otOp talking Detofe the mlerophone 8 turned on. if you don't want to tell
 the world
 Well. fellows, here we are back
 again; Some of you thought that the
 Radio page had flew the coop" last Sunday, when you looked in vain for that old familiar heading, Radio
 Talk" After searching. they found
 that the only "talkt was a few
 Dots and Dashes in the Auto section
 Yes. the Radio page is still in full
 swing and that Was the trouble last
 Sunday. There was a tragedy last
 Sunday night and for that reason
 there was no Radio page. It was like
 this The whole page was "set up"
 and ready. But, when 1t was put in the stereotype machine it either
 tried to do an Egg Flip or AIilk Shake, and the whole works, Dots
 and Dashes and all, went scattered
 in all directions.
 Dots and Dashes was then indeed
 good name for the section. and a
 few of the Dots got in the Auto sec
 tion where, I guess the readers of
 that part wondered what this pe-
 culiar column was.
 Anyway. fellows, you can depend
 on the page now and we will try to avoid any other such fatal accidents.
 WSY Is getting ready for the real
 concerts to start. Friday night they
 sent out their first program over
 the new station.I The real official
 opening will probably be this week
 Many of the crystal bugs have
 been listening in'' to the tests WSY
 has been having and all report that they came in fine. Walter Garrard lwho Is by no means crystal bug), tells me that he was listening in on
 some of these tests last Radio page day and that the signals were so strong that he put it on Magnavox loud speaker and it could be heard from down stairs to up stairs This was without any amplifiers. Walter also states that loudness was not the only outstanding characteristic In the test. He said that it was "just as clear as bell" This is the
 thing that counts and WSY has 1t. All of you have no doubt read about the concert room Of this new
 station. It is really perfect. The room which was built at a large ex- pense is so free from echo that when one enters ones ears feel anything but natural. This is one of the things that is going to make the con- certs from the Alabama Power com panys station the best in the ether.
 All you crystal bugs had better start "overhauling'' that set. Don't wait until the last minute. There $ going to be something doing in the ether in few days. N
 It looks like Denver knows about
 as much of this city as we do. They announced about the recent mine ex- plsoson just a few hours after it happened and many of the Birming ham listeners heard it. Last We'd nesday night, station KFAF, at Dem
 Yer, Col, said they wanted to make one more announcement. The an- nouncement was that on Friday. the 18th. WSY, the radiophone broad- casting station of the Alabama Power company. located in Birmingham, Ala. would have it's first program from the new station. We hope Den yer will be able to hear about itself
 over Birmingham station. wSY. 1 This wish will no doubt come true. Santa Claus is appearing more to i the little ones this year than ever. | Now 1t is not an uncommon thing l to hear him make a talk every night. | A few nights ago tho Detroit sta | ton said that by means of a special leased wire, they were able to let l the kids hear from Nome. Alaska. It was indeed a very sensational ap- | pearance as all the listeners could hear the hells and also hear old i Santa himself give the command for
 them to stop. He then told them that he was on his way south and 1 had gotten as far as Nome.
 If you haven't given the hint about | getting radio set or a pair of phones or maybe a storage battery 1 for Christmas, you had better get ! busy. Just a week and day and | the day Is here. The winter Is now l just getting where you can depend l on a good night for receiving. If 1 you can't get the o. M. interested 1 in a set there is one sure thing that | Is bound to have effect. That is to l take him somewhere where he can the signal out if the wires run at
 right angles to the station. When 1 the roter Is in such a position that 1 the set shrieks I can hear the music l or voice quite loudly. but very much 1 distorted. Is there any way to get more volume? Would more turns | or a larger sized loop make any
 material difference? Can you give | rae a diagram for adding another | stage of audio and would you advise lit? If you can help me to get better | and louder results I shall appreciate it.-rtf. G.
 A. would suggest that you l try placing a variometer in series with the rotor coil of your yario- ] coupler. You will have to be very
 careful that the two are not reversed | to each other; and in order to deter
 mine this you will have to try with l the connections joined in two diff | ferent ways. I think that the added l inductance given by the variometer
 will enable you to get setting at the \. point of maximum amplification and stabilize the circuit by eliminating i the howl
 Needs More Capacity
 l o. After few more att | tempts. I have finally gotten the 1 super -regenerative set. according to
 your diagram and specifications, in ! working condition. There seems to l be body effect on the middle con l denser which controls the whistle | and I desire to ask if you can tell
 me why I should get this? There l also sesms to be places on the ma- l chine. which, when I touch, make the l sounds very clear, and in other | places. the sounds diminish Is this l due to anything which Is not proper \ ly' adjusted on the machine; or is 1 it characteristic of the machines?- ?- I F.. S vanv
 ls, A. The indications are that wherever you touch the receiver and