The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-22
DOTS AND DASHES


 You all. no doubt. remember that on the nights of october 10, Il and 12 there was very little static and the temperature had dropped consid- erably. However, when Friday the thirteenth, hit us the old static hit us with it and receiving was rotten. We have received the following let ter concerning reception on that un. lucky night:
 Radio Editor, The Age-Herald, Bir
 mlngham, Ala.
 Dear Sir: On Friday, the thir- teenth. l heard thirteen (13) stations. This was on home made ticker coil set, using only the detector. Am listing them as follows: wee. Daven- port. la; WSY. Birmingham, Ala; WHAS, Louisville. ky; WHB, Kan sas City. Mo; WISE, Atlanta, Ga. :; KDKA, Pittsburg, Pa; KFAF, Den yer, Col. WKN, Memphis. Tenn; WAAB, New Orleans, La.; WBAP, Fort Worth, Tex; WBAB. Syracuse. N, Y.; WAAP, Wichita, Kan: WLW. Cincinnati, o.
 Not so bad for Friday the thir- teenth, eh? Yours very truly.
 LEROY BIMSTEIN." l wish to add that this certainly was not so bad for the night those stations were heard and those who listened in and heard all that static will agree.
 Last Sunday we mentioned the fact that Walter Garrard could not re- ceive over his set with the ground wire connected. He tells me now that his set is still in the same fix, but works fine with the ground off He received 19 stations without this wire on Monday night. He has ticker set using two-stage ampli- fer and Magnavox.
 Richard Evans now has a short wave regenerative set, over which he hears many of the broadcasting sta tlons throughout the United States Richard said that he invented a new "hook-up" the other night. We are waiting anNiously to see the results of this experimental work.
 A night or two ago the Atlanta Journal. Radio WISE, had the first humorous program l ever heard It was in complete charge of the Ra- dio club of that city and was cer- tainly worth listening to.
 | Many of the. stations now have some way of letting their listeners know who it is even if they don't hear the call. VIDAL blows a train whistle. WHB has the siren, etc. In this program. however, the an ! nouncer would say: This is station lCu, then after a moment of si- fence the beautiful clang of COW bells would greet the ear. The an nouncer would then continue, "The radiophone broadcasting station of the Midnight Sunrise. located in Moonshine, Ga The program lasted a good little while. having on it a soft shoe dance and several other such acts.
 1 When the real WISE announcer re- captured the microphone he stated that he was glad to see the studio had been given back to them in nearly as perfect condition as when the amateurs took it. I have to admit that when tho first story came out about the experiences of Ray D. Owe and his family I didn't realize how the readers would want to be named like Ray and Anne | Tenna. We have received a letter | in the past week from a bug that signs his name Anne Tenna. Al though this person signs the name as | Anne Tenna. it must be a male peci-
 men of radio bug, as I don't think 1 that the more desperate kind could get such fine results We'll. reader,
 we will let you figure it our for yourself The writer gave his Cor 1 her) street and we would like to | have another letter from Anne 1 Tenna" telling the radio editor wlo it is. If the writer does not want his name printed we will not do SO. but we are always interested in the readers, and want to know as many | of them personally as possible.
 We were about to get off of tho
 subject ands forget the letter, but here it is:
 Jack Turner, Radio Editor. Birming-
 ham Age-Herald, Birmingham: Dear Jack: I always read with in- terest the different experiences of radio bugs" and cannot help but { think that I have some "set" after ] all @
 I builtSa VT set, two varionaeters. vario coupler, variable condenser GAS 1 plete and all accessories apettair- i ing thereto. and it works. using the I Armstrong feed-back hook-up, 1S0- l foot aerial.
 1 Now. as to what receive: WSY and WAC, Iris theatre. Houston. l Tex; Fort Worth Star Telegram. Fort Worth, Tex. Oklahoma City, Okla; Jefferson City. Mo: Davenport. la; Kansas City, Mo. (both Sweeney ' and the Kansas City Star); Denver, Colo; KEAF. Moscow, Idaho; KHAN. wOH, Indianapolis. Ind; WKN, Mem