The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-15


which Interested Garrick
MISUNDERSTANDING else,as@the at
Observation-Disclosures them in, wasgthe
cabinet Containing little lamps
and plenty EofSswitches and wiring
comprising what is known as the
modulating equipment It was
wooden framework covered WITH
copper screening to prevent tne
delicate apparatus from being dis
5turbed by electrical and magnetic
influences within the room itself.
Various conductors connecting up
the cabinet and the transmttter
were sheathed in beautiful, bright
and neat woven copper sleeves or
tubes for the same reason.
There's the little transmitter.
mounted ON that portable stand,
pointed out Dick. THE radiophone
transmitter; proper, is located in a
little room under the ooffoverhead.
There are a couple OF operators,
for it contains all the elements Q
actual transmission. When this
studio is to broadcastit is connect
ed by this switch over here with
the radio station upstairs: Here
a wire telephone to it, too.
Garrick hardly needed to be told
He had seen it once before, the T
dio telephone transmitter which
consisted of a cabinet closed in by
iron grill work to prevent damage
to the delicate vacuum tubes, five
of them for the normal operation.
AT the extreme end OF a long oper-
ating desk Of table was the trans
mitter. On the table were ordin-
AIRY telephone instruments, radio
a receiving set with am
plifiers, telephone head sets and q
loud speaking device by which the
operators could hear the speech or
here actuated by the long distance
receiving set.
NOW, here's the phouetron-the
dish basin some people call it,.
pointed out the attendant, who had
been looking at his watch and a
schedule to determine when would
be the best time to broadcast the
alarm Garrick had impressed on his
mind.
Garrick looked curious1y at the
little hole in a cylinder dangling
from an adjustable stand in front
of him.
rs it about the right height?
You prefer to stand? All right.
How's that? Now, don't forget
talk directly into that little hole
good and loud. Keep UP your
voice. About three inches away
from the t~ransmitter. There. Now,
wait until I tell you"
The minutes seemed eternity to
Dick Would it never be possible
for Garrick to soar on wings OF
wireless to the succor of Ruth and
Vira?
"All set?" The attendant called.
Lets go"
of Nonowantuc. Long Island, were
Vamp' from Duck Harbor, Long
The attendant nodded to Garrick
that in his opinion he was no nov.
ice in ha- ding the affair.
Slowly and distinctly Garrick
launched into a brief description
of the ~houseboat and followed
with a detailed description of Ruth
and Vira and his own suspicion
hat the Sea Vamp' was o some
where in the Sound probably on
its way east
Garrick finished. There was a ST.
lence. He looked about stupidity
Not that he could have expected
anything else than silence. Yet il
was weird, uncanny- He had spok
en- to a mute and invisible audience
Was it one, a hundred, a thousand
a hundred thousand? No one
could do other than guess.
always the radio is a tempera
mental thing, that is, if you car
say inanimate things are tempera
mental; there's a natural d%epravity
about it. But 1 think conditions
are fine, just now"
Garrick turned. It was Professor
Vario who had just heard he was
there and had hurried into the
building at the news. "It has work
ed best when nobody was around
to appreciate it and not so gooo
Wien it's on parade. The radio
phone with its delicate tubes and
controls sometimes lies down or
the job atsthe wrong moment. But
we don't have much of that trouble
here"
Hasty inquiries and a promise tic
put the whole of the Rock Ledge
equipment at their disposal follow,
ed.
Now, Dick" exclaimed Garrick
energetically, outside. Tive got
that first call off. Now you can
have your way. To the city,"
AS they whirled down the SPLEEN
did road Garrick could not get -ou,
of his mind the similar impression
he had between broadcasting and
a picture studio. 81 suppose in
one case it's one-sided pantomine,
in the other one-sided dialogue.
Anyhow, the same motto applies to
both, Get it across!2 It's new
art, not much more than a year