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The Washington herald., 1922-11-01
VARIOUS PROBLEMS CONFRONT
PURCHASER OF RADIO SET
Short Wave Lengths Most Useful; Range I'm
.portant Consideration.

The majority of radiophone broad
casting stations operate on the $50
and 400 meter wave lengths. Most
of the receiving sets on the market
are designed for short wave recep-
tion, although additional inductance
coils can be added to each in order
to hear the higher wave lengths
Any wave length up to about 500
meters is considered in the short
wave group.
used wherever possible. A single
No. "a copper wire about 100 feet
in length serves well as an out
side antenne for short wave recep-
tion. An indoor antenna or plug
which fits in the light socket. per-
mitting the use of the house light
ing system as the antenna. can be
employed. but results with indoor
antenna are never as satisfactory
7 as those produced by the outdoor
wire
The ground connection for all
sets can be made to a radiator or
cold water pipe. The point of
contact should be filed clean. and
the wire leading from the set
soldered to the pipe. All connec-
tions on radio receiver should be
firm and clean. The energy picked
up by a receiving station lis ex-
tremely weak and any distractions
in the circuit such as loos or un-
clean connection will greatly i'm
pair the efficiency of the ap-
paratus.
Range and Cost.
wave length is the distance from
the crest of one wave to the crest
of the succeeding one. 1t has moth
ing to do with the distance the set
VIII cover any more than the dis
tances from the crest of wave in
New York harbor to that of
succeeding wave has to do with the
distance across the Atlantic. A
crystal detector is less sensitive
and more difficult TO adjust than
a vacuum tube detecror. The range
of crystal receiver FOR radiophone
reception under average atmos-
pheric conditions is about twenty
five miles If an outdoor antenna Is
used. The range with an indoor
antenna is about five miles. The
cost Of buying or making a simple
crystal set will vary between $40
and s25. depending upon the grade
of material used and the type of
phones. A loud speaker" will not
function in connection with
crystal set. Galena is the most
sensitive of minerals appropriate
for use as a detector.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-01
wEAS-THE HEIGHT COMPANY.
RrOadcast sting

TO p. m.-Edison phonograph
observation-disclosures Lullaby, Jim
my | Love You. Tramurei. From the
Canebrake. AIabamy Nanny. Tell
Her at Twilight. Hawaiian Eyes.
The Glowworm.- My Dusky Lullaby,
False Arabesque. Rigandon. Gull
bransen player piano selections
Flower of Hawaii Waltz. My Old
Kentucky Home. Hot Lips.
Radio Vaudeville Entertainment.
p. m.-Selection for tuning is
played on the Gulbransen player
piano
7:O5 p. m.-Paul Golibart. COM
poser. introducing his latest sue
cess. Sylvia"
7:10-Paul Golibart will play a
piano solo. Love Sends a Little
Message
7:15-Henry Duffy. manager of the
new President Players. will speak
on the subject. THE Purpose of the
Theater."
7:25-"BIue Fox Trot," played by
Walter Reed Melody Boys.
7:30-"Tricks" Fox Trot, played by
Walter Reed Melody Boys.
7:35-John Carmody of the New
President Players will sing "Smil-
ing Thru" by Penn.
7:4O-"Neath the South Sea
Moon" fox trot. played by Walter
Reed Melody Boys.
745-"Dancing Fool" fox trot. by
the Walter Reed Melody Boys.
7:5O-The Walter Reed Melody
Boys will play: Nobody Lied"
Decide. Decide, Dunn"
S:00-Closing announcements.
NPM-THOs a NsT.UAMS inc
Daily.
IL noon-EpiPhany Chimes
1890 p. m.-Report on stolen autos.
12:55 p. m.-News items.
Music Crring intervals.
s YN-NATIONAL RADIO INSTI-
TUTE.
$50 70 7:3 r. m.-News items.
code
WJH-WHITts IND BOYER.
l to and 4 to 4:3O .. m.-Music and
fpa
The Washington herald., 1922-11-01

The person who desires to obtain
a radio receiving set is not usually
interested in the technical details
involved in the construction of the
various instruments. From the
viewpoint of the prospective pur-
chaser the question arises: What is
the actual worth of the set after
it is installed in my home?
The purchaser of an automobile
wants to know how many miles a
car will go on gallon of gasoline
and oil. its speed and ability to
climb hills. the ease with which it
can be operated. and the comfort
and service 1t will render. The ra-
dio industry has not developed to
the stage attained by the automo-
bile. so that purchaser cannot dis
tinguish as easily between one set
and another as between different
cars. The radio buyer is confronted
with crystal detector sets. vacuum
tube sets and loud speakers.
should he buy the crystal detector
set. a single tube regentrative re-
ceiver or a twO-stage amplifiep and
a loud speaker"
Must Consider Wave Length
The first thing I" consider is what
range of wave lengths and what
distance in miles are to be covered.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-01
Football Games Z
Sent Out by Raxr
Stations in Newark, Medfsrd
Hillside and pittsburgh
Give Each Play.

Footbaii games at the Polo
Grounds will be broadcasted by rz-
do play by play from station WIZ
n Newark on the seo-meter wave
length. Station wOR At Newark
also will broadcast one of the Inn
portant football games every satur-
day afternoon until the gridiron sea-
son ends wOR operates on 900 me-
ters. Al, football games scheduled
for the Harvard stadium VIII be
broadcasted on $50 meters direct
from the stadium through the radio
station wGI at Medford HiiieIde.
Mass. Microphones have been
mounted In the stadium 60 that the
cheers band music and songs Of the
students Will be picked up and
brosdcasted as well as each play.
Station KDKA at Pittsburgh win
broadcast eon 900 meters the most
important games to be played In
Pittsburgh each Saturday afterncon
At .. m on Saturdays ststion wGY
at Schenectady broadcasts the hnai
results OF all college football games.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-01
RADIO APPARATUS
RETAINS QUALITY

The National Radio Institute says:
There Is no reason TO expect that
radio. like any business which has
grown 10 prosperity at such an exS
traordinary pace. will not be sub
ject to invasion by msnufscturers
of inferior apparatus. In the. ~ st
radio has been remarkably free Of
inferior production. although q good
many years ago several huge stpck
promoting schemes were suocess-
fully launched The present denshd
for apparatus. however. probabiy
warrants the expenditure Of this
amount OF capital In production IA
cilittes"
The Washington herald., 1922-11-01
RADIO EXPANSION
SEEN IN CUBAAS
MARKET SMELLS
Station at Havana Can Be
Heard at Princeton,
New Jersey.

Owing to lack OF ADEQUATE broad
casting facilities radio developments
in Cuba have not kept pace with the
progress OF radio trapsmIssion In the
United States. says Assistant Trade
Commits sioner LovenGoor. Havana. In
a report TO the Department Of Com
merce.
Recently a high-power sending
center has been established in the
capital. and the market for small
receiving seis 10 expected to widen
rapidly. This station has not yet
made arrangements TO supp'y broad
casting service. but Il will do 50
soon. The apparatus OF the company
operating this station. which has a
capacity of 500 watts. IL an exact
duplicate of that used by the New
York Telephone Company in its
walker street station. Test meas
ages from the new Havana station
have been heard as far away al
Princeton. n. ].
As in all tropical countries- Cuban
enthusiasts have met with difhculty
because OF static" disturbances. In
spite of all obstacles. however. q
considerable number OF Cuban anna
teurs have been experimenting in
receiving messages and one or two
in transmission. In order to receive
from United States stations sppara-
tus Of the more expensive kind IL
necessary. with such sets messages
have been received from Memphis
Detroit. Pittsburgh. Jacksonville
Wichita. Kansas City. and Schenec-
tady. Messages from Atlanta have
been most successfully received In
Havana.
Havana dealers are well equipped
to supply radio apparatus In antici-
patton OF broadcasting from the new
Havana stations. Interest in radio
, matters is thoroughly active. ant
when facilities such as those OF the
United States are available the mer-
chants believe that Cuba will Offer
a fne market for this class OF mer.
chandise.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-01

PREVENTATIVE RADIO SET
REQUIRES CARE NUPKEEP
Polarity Of Batteries Should Be Respected and
Contacts Kept Clean.

will short a primary condenser and
when this happen in the primary it
is the same as not having II in cir
cult. but when II occurs In the sec
ondary it'short circuits that coli ami
cuts out signals.
II frying or cracking noises
are heard in the telephones when
the serial is disconnected, the trou-
BILE lies in the b battery. In which
cell is going bad or is making
poor contact. with the next cell II
a buzzing sound II heard the same
10 usually In the grid circuit. either
brokn wire or defective grid con-
denser or leak.
If an ampl-her Is used. you will
encounter pttle trouble II good
transformers are bought and the
proper types OF tubes used. In case
signals are weaker. with an ampli-
her than with the detector by itself,
there may be- bad contact In the
socket OF the vacuum tube. or a
broken wire in one of the windings
of the transformer
When soldering the contacts in
any type Of receiving set care
should be taken not to use too
much fiux. for II the grease which
Is used in the fux spreads between
two wires or contacts IL produces
high resistance leak. through
which some currents may pass,
causing noises and also weakening
the signals considerably.
The wiring OF The set should be
done with either insulated wire or
ball wire covered with spaghetti
tubing. which Is on sale In the radio
stores and which II will pay you 10
employ.
IL you are bothered by bowling
1t is probably due to the fault OF
the wiring or having the transform
ers Of you use too steps) too close.
II there is any opportunity for the
smplIfed currents to get back to
| the grid. this tendency to howl
shows itself The output OF any
tube has several times the input.
Suppose a current il increasing G
in the grid and by poor wiring IL is
possible for some. of the increasins
output of the plate OF the tube to
get back to the grid. This will
make the increase even more and
cause the tube 10 carry its full
limit of output The tube will then
return to normal and the kick
back" action will start again. This
will manifest itself by a horrible
noise coming from the telephones
or loud speaker.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-01
Listening-In Concerts.
GENERAL PUBLIC INVITED.
Tonight at 8.

Capitol Radio Sales Agency. 724
Eleventh street northwest.
The Hecht Company, music de-
partment. 61S F street northwest.
Peoples Drug Store. Seventh and
Z streets northwest.
Rice's Orange Beverage Parlor.
Eighth and Z streets southeast.
Foy's Radio supply House, 6o3
Eightn stre- southeast.
Above places store hours also.
Store Hours Only.
Programs Daily. :: to and te
$50 >. m.
Doubleday-Hill Electric Company,
;15 Twelfth street
Continental Electric supply Com
pany. sos Ninth street northwest.
Thomas +. Williams, Inc. 1924
New York avenue.
National Electric Supply Store.
1880 New York avenue.
Gibson Company. e1s @ street
northwest
Continental Electric Supply Com
pany. sos Ninth street northwest.
The Radio Shop. 1921 G street
northwest
Hines Auto Supply Co.. $40 d
street northwest.
Quality Accessory Company. 1911
II street northeast.
Harry c. Grove. Inc. 1910 q street
John c. Rau. 524 Twelfth street.
White and boyer. S1e Thirteenth
street northwest.
Arcade Electric Company. Four
teenth and Park road.
Lansburgh and Brother. 420 Sew
enth street.
Woodward and Lothrop. Eleventh
and F streets.
The Hecht Company. music dc.
partment. SIS r street
The Washington herald., 1922-11-01
INVASION OF RADIO
HERE EXPECTED BY
LOCAL OBSERVERS
Stores Prepare for In
creased Sales by Filing
4. Large Orders.
RADIO PERMANENCY
Scores Pessimists Who Called
Invisible Voice a
Passing Fad.
RADIO PERMANENCY

Radio. that invisible lady whose
expansive voice and receptive ear is
( the envy of all true gossips. will
invade hundreds of Washington
homes this winter. according to
RADIO observers here.
a. Practically every large Depart
nent store In the city is now pre-
paring for the expected radio boom.
Radio wares of every variety have
, been ordered and a yendency toward
J decreased sales of radio. is now
under way. one radio expert de-
elared yesterday.
Progress made by radio in the
past several months has been phe-
Domenal. especially in Washington.
! At its inception radio was termed
a passing fad Pessimists held dire
RESULTS for its outcome. Yet IT per-
severed and today the country has
taken radio as a permanent insti-
tuition, one that is brimful of educa-
ttonal features. interspersed with
Snstrinsic enjoyment.
Zone can justly determine the part
radio plays in the city by inspecting
the home of a radio enthused family.
Music. educational lectures. dramas.
football results. opinions of world
famed characters-all of these are
in reach of the local radio family.
Father. mother and the kids listen
10 to clear voices. distinct music.
sounding oveE the air from some
distant point.
I'm the movement of the expansion
e radio here. cOmmendation is ex-
tcnced to the leading stores that
have conducted their radio depart
nients along such lines of efficiency.
In these stores service has been the
oHtsta nding feature. An abundance
Of noteworthy radio programs has
heen presented to the public by
these stores.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-01

In a regeneratiye receiver the
polarity of the batteriesr should be
respected and all contacts Kept per-
fectly clean and Joints soldered.
The cause OF trouble in such a set
II there be any. may be due to the
batteries. loose connections or bad
contacts. A good precaution to take
when buying your plate battery is
to be sure II gives the proper VOLT
age. which Is usually twenty-five
and one-half volts. This can be
done by having the dealer test Il
for you with a voltmeter.
Batteries run down on the shelf
and just because they look new does
not mean they are not old. In test.
ing them at home an ordinary elec-
trio bulb such as used in houses will
glow red. IL the battery is in good
condition. The test should be made
when the battery Is new and the
condition of 1t can be verified by the
same lamp later on when you think
1t might be dead.
Care of Batteries.
II 1t does not glow with the same
intensity the battery is losing a.,
strength. and once that starts you
may as well get a new one.
The storage battery gives 81,
volts and should always be kept In
good condition and charged in &C,
cordance with instructions thai
come with them. when charging
the batteries be sure the positiv,
charging connection OF the charginl
source is connected to the positiv.
terminal OF the battery. DO not te a
the battery by putting a wire acros,
the terminal to see il you can gel
a fast spark, this is a dead shor,
circuit on the battery. A "B" bat
terry should never be tested this wa,
under any circumstances.
II no signals are based in the re.
generative set. the primary scircuii
should be first tested. Make sur,
that the. aerial and ground connec
tions are In good conditibn. Mex
inspect the primary coil and tn;
condenser. Dirt between the plate.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-01

Flowery Kingdom is revealed in an
issue of THE Musen Times" which
recently reached The Wireless Age.
The publication 10 an OLD one. as
wireless publications go. and for
years has confined itself to wireless
telegraphy. Musen. means wire
less. Now. however. IL IL giving
great attention to radio telephony.
and the issue IN question devotes
much space to II, Inc-uding a long
special article on The Develop
ment and Future OF the Radio Tele-
phone in the United States" There
also are articles on radio tele-
phony in Europe. experiments with
moving trains. opening OF a new
French high-powered radio tele-
graph station. radio communication
between Canada and Australia, the
design OF the French army's radio
telephone transmitter. design and
construction of antennas for anna =
teur radio telephone reeeiving sets.
and q story OF an operators ad-
ventures
The Washington herald., 1922-11-01
Radio Flashes

The Hecht Company, wEAS s, will
broadcast a well-balanced program
Of entertainment tonight. Many
Washington radioists are expected
to listen-in. as this firms wedne sday
night programs are among the best
in the local radio realm.
Some OF us know that there are
more than 100000 homes in the
United states. and almost every one
the present broadcasting stations" !"
declres the National Radio Institute
oyer 5000 manufacturers are re.
ported by one agency. and estimates
as to the persons employed in these
factories place the radio industr.
among the leading businesses of to-
day"
Announcement is made by the ra :
dio department of The Washington
Herald that its Sunday radio sec
tion viii hereafter appear in the
Wednesday morning issue.
Members OF the National Radio
Listeners-in Association of America
will meet tonight at '7:30 o'clock
at the Y. W. c. A. Building, Eleventh
and NJ streets northwest. A demon
stration of the westinghouse appa-
ratus will be given. together with
reports on the superior regenera-
tive and Grebe c. r. 8, with r o r X
amplifier. l.. c. Hedges is presiden Mt
of the organization and James w.
Cook is vice president.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-01
IN THE AIR TODAY.
WASHINGTON.
SAA NAVAL RADIO STATION.

NAA NAVAL RADIO STATION,
RADIO, VA.
S:45 to 4 p. m.-Closing live stock
markets; hay and feed markets.
5 p. m.-weather report. Daily
marketgram.
10 p. m.-Time signals: weather
report: ship orders; 1850 meters.
Naval press news on 1850 meters
Except where noted. sending Is
CIV $3.50 meters.
wwX-POsTOFFIC DEPART-
MENT STATION.
1.I60 Meters).
$50 D. m.-Report on fruits and
vegetables.
p. m.-Report on dairy proa-
ucts and grain.
1880 p. m.-Dve stock and grain
reports. Report on fruits and veg
stables.
$50 METERS UNLESS OTHERWISE
NOTED.
Eastern standard Time.
observation-disclosures
ELECTRIC COMPANY
'.oV ~ O.oV v. Hn.-o"ttl
Home. Polka Boheme. Mighty Like
a Rose. Sweet Hawaiian Moonlight,
Romance. Lucia. Rhapsodie, Caprice
Viennois. The Lost Chord. Poeme
Erotique. Swanee BIuebird, La Plus
que Lente. Naughty Waltz, Sweet
Peggy O'Neil
wIAY-WOODwARD & LOTHROP.
ts:ien Reproducing Piano Used with
Piano S0lOs.D
1880 to 1880 a. ,m.-Piano solos.
Contri Dance. BY Moonlight Vic
tor selections: Last Rose OF Sum-
mer. Dew Is Sparkling. Elgis, Who
Is Sylvia, Scherzo Cop. l2 No. -.
Piano solos: Dinner Waltz. Why:
Victor selections: Turkish March.
.Liebstraus Sparks, Mari Maria
Pagliacci.
to p. m-Victor selections:
The Swallows, Swiss Echo Song.
Carmen Aragonaise. Damnation of
Faust. Colleen of>My Heart. Piano
solos: Norwegian Bridal March,
Mazurka. Victor, selections: Ideale
tenor sool. Love Me Not (tenor
solo), Nobody Knows the Trouble
] See, Por butterfly. Nina. Piano
solos: Melody in r. Caprice. valse
The Washington herald., 1922-11-01
Japan Acclaims
Radio a New Art
Flowery Kingdom Journal
Now Devotes More Time
To Telephony.

viii the telephone talk Japanese?
That question, foolish as II now
seems. was asked in all serious
ness when Alexander Graham Bell
first demonstrated his invention OF
the telephone. He secured two
Japanese college students to prove
that they could converse over wires
as easily as Americans.
Recently the japanese have been
asking themselves much the same
question about radio. Can they talk
by wireless Tests have proved
that they can. or course. and the
Japanese public Is taking great in
terest in the new art. Radio tele-
phone history. al first revealed in
the United States. is repeating IT.
self in Japan.
The course OF events in the
The Washington herald., 1922-11-01
SEES FIRM MARKET
IN URUGUAY RADIO

Recent notifications of the rigid
laws governing the installation of
wireless telephone and telegraph
stauonS have made possible the
Installation Of radio broadcasting
according {" Vice Counsul Edwin
y. Montgomery Of Montevideo.
Applications are now pending
which. II granted. should mean the
opening jof splendia market for
rrdio telcphonet receiving apparatus
in Cruguay
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1922-12-28
Ten Years Ago. 1912.

Morris Toay, we'll known throughout
this section. was found dead in bed by
his children, at his home in Dodgeville.
Tuesday morning. He was about 40
years of age.
Through action of the state railway
commission, brought about by the ur-
gent efforts of the local commercial
club and citizens in general, better
mail service for Mineral Point went in
to effect Tuesday. The morning freight
has been ordered to reach this end of
the line shortly before the dinner hour
Fire was discovered in the Dresden
tailor shop Thursday evening and the
blaze was qri;kly put out by the fire
company.
1t is learned that Mineral Point is
among the Wisconsin cities scheduled
to receive new federal buildings, per an.
preparation bill of the house.
On Dec. 18th, in Trinity church in
this city, James Jefferson Crawford
was ordained deacon by Bishop Webb.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1922-12-28

Mrs. Clyde Nj. Taylor and son OF
Marion, Iowa, and Miss Lillian Jeuck
of Montevedio, Mimi, are welcome
guests of relatives.
Miss Bessie Allen of GAINESVILLE
spent Christmas with her parents in
this city.
Miss Isabel Toay is spending two
weeks vacation at Dodgeville.
Miss Anna Bloom and Miss Irene
Graham of Chicago are guests of Mrs.
Mary Bloom.
Miss Helen Sabish is spending the
holidays with her parents in Montfort.
Mrs. James Sigasus and two chill
dren of Warren are grests It the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George
French.
Mrs. Laura George and two daugh-
tiers and Philip Homer of Madison were
Christmas guests at the w. c. Benson
home.
Miss Irene Hunt is enjoying the
holidays at Menominee and Miss Isa-
dore Huff at Independence.
Miss Wilet Bennett, teacher in
Milwaukee, is partaking of the holiday
cheer with her brothers and sisters
ISIS 3 rnad Burghardt, accom-
panied by her friend, Miss Beatrice
Shelby, of Montana, came from White
water normal to be holiday guests at
the home of the formers parents.
Mrs. H. N Perry of Warren is
spending the holidays with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Walter S. Martin.
-Supt. and Mrs. Vieth son and
daughter left Saturday to spend the
holidays with MS parents at Norwalk.
Mrs. George Chamley and son
George of Livingston and Mr. and Mrs
George Fordyce of Chicago are holiday
guests at the home of A. +. Bishop, Jr.
Miss Virginia Roger of Chicago is
spending the holidays with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Roger.
Miss Marion Penhallegon, teacher
at Stoughton, is holiday guest of her
sister, Mrs. Walter Benson.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Z. LaMondy of
New York, Mrs. l.. E. Strasburg of
Port Huron Mich, Miss Lenora GRADER
of Weyauwega are holiday guests of
their mother, Mrs. Nicholas GRADER.
Mrs. j. Z. Reinhart and daughter
Joan left yesterday to visit MIR. and
Mrs. Earl Thorn in Chicago.