The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-12

NS'tN4 49,
Aaron Weinstein tells me that he is
contemplating the construction of
vacuum tube set. This bug will
probably use peanut" tube. He
states that he will use a vario- coup
Ter and a variometer on this set.
Also states that soon he will add to
the set.
Edwin Horton. 1907 Twelfth court.
north, has a homemade crystal set
and is another one OF the crystal
bugs anxiously awaiting the opening
of the New WSY station.
Lester Avis is getting splendid
results from home made vacuum
tube set using a loose-eoupler for in
ductance. He heard WGY. the
station OF the Western Electric
company, Schenectady. New York. on
1t night or two ago. He also hears
many of the other distant broad
casters.
Alfred Walker has just gotten the
thrill of purchasing General Electric
short wave set using a two stage
audio frequency amplifier. He lives
in Mountain Terrace.
William Fort. Fourteenth avenue.
south, states that a few nights ago
he and Leslie Stolenwerk communi-
Gated with each other by radio. This
is, OF course, an easy problem but
not in the way these wide awake
radio fans did it. Leslie. or more COM
monty known to the out-of- towners
as sep" has five-watt c. w. set
and lives in Edgewood, William has
no sending set but talked to Sep by
using his receiving set This was
indeed a novel experiment and one
that is hard to accomplish.
Edward Beatty states that he now
has a list numbering 80 stations
which he has heard with his set.
Edward tells me that he receives
about two or three new stations
every night he listens and ii he is
like the rest of the bugs this only
means that he hears two or three
new stations every night.
Thursday when l saw him he said
that the night before he had received
four new stations as we'll as many
others heard before. The new ones
were Tampa, Fla, a college in
Massachusetts,, Havana. Cuba; and
ID" station in Denver, Colorado. This
makes two stations he has heard in
Denver.
Edward says that 1t is more fun
listening to a station out of the coun-
try than he thought and says he is
going to listen for Havana again.
There are very few boys in the
city who have heard the Havana
station, PWX For the benefit OF
those who want to listen to this
station we will give a little infor-
nation concerning 1t. 1t sends only
on Wednesday and Saturday evenings
and starts at $3.50 y. M, central
standard time. (Our time.) Usually
after each number they shut OIL
without making any announcement
and after an intermission of about
three minutes they start up" and
then make the announcement in the
Spanish language, which Is followed
by the same Ct guess 1t is the same)
announcement in the English IAN
guage The station is duplicate OF
the one In New York city, WBAY,
which has radius of fifteen hundred
miles. We would like to hear from
the Birmingham bugs who hear
station PWx.
In few years when radio has re-
placed telephones the conversation
with the operator will probably be
something like the following: WAVE
length, please. "-"Three hundred and
sixty meters. "-"This Is the $50 meter
operator, what call do you want?'-
Il want 10 have little meeting be-
tween SIP and Sep put them both
on the phone please" Contributed
by a rea6er.)
gram of the Squeedunk Broadcasting
station, lou. which we printed in
Dots and Dashes. The first time
this station really broadcasted was
Friday afternoon. The strange part of
it was that there was only one re-
ceiving station which could receive
the program.
The billiard Literary society OF
Central High school promised it's
members and visitors that on that day
the program would be given by radio
and received over a radio set using
a Magnavox loud speaker so all pres
ent could hear It,
The program was of highly
varied nature and returns on the
latest football games were given hui
morously.
Two readings were offered by stu
ucHlS OIL 1tHlIdl anu fONoi ocsDD
were offered by John McYay.
The main part of the program was
a speech by Andrew Gump showing
his appreciation for the many votes
which put him in Washington. AS
very few in Birmingham had ever
heard Mr.. Gump talk, the talk was
greatly enjoyed.
The thing that made the listeners
think, however, was the fact that
they were unable to find out where
station lou is located. Some OF
them called on me for the infor-
nation but ] had to admit that the
only answer I could give was Sduee-
dunk.
AS some Of you know, the complete
set at Central High school was stolen
and no clue has been found yet. The
set consisting of a Westinghouse re
and Magnovox loud speaker. also
batteries, were taken by the UNI
usually ambitious would-be radio
bug. Now, however, two boys have
consented to make the school a new
set. This set. which will be made by
James billiard and Earnest Deadman,
is to be a variometer set and two
stage audio-frequency amplifier
Chalmers Horton has just completed
a short wave set, using variometers.
He has no amplifiers yet. but will
probably have some soon. Chalmers
lives in Fountain Heights. This sec
ton of the city is noted for the num-
Der of amateurs located there. Sew
eral of them were among the few that
had sets a few years ago when the
amateur played the leading part Of
radio.
Wade Wood, 1923 Sycamore street.
has a home short wave vacuum tube
set, using variometers. The vario-
meters and the vario-coupler were
wound by the owner and he is get