The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-31
Age-Herald's Gossip For Radio Fans
DOTS AND DASHES


RAY D. OWES DOG, FIDE OWE.
SAYS, Tray MUST HAVE A FINE
"A" BATTERY HE TOLD O. THE
Aha, I'm hearing Japan. said Ray,
II have all records smashed"
/ listened TO hear the announcer,
But then the static crashed!
Many of the local radio bugs have
been talking about the joint inter
station program given few nights
ago by WSB in Atlanta and WliB at
Kansas City. 1t was the first pro-
gram Of this kind ever given and
was not only very interesting and
fine music, but the idea worked just
as smooth as could be wished for.
WHB started the program and after
one number was over the announcer
told about the next number on the
interstation program which would be
broadcast from WSB in Atlanta.
WHB shut down" and the WSB was
heard in just second after a slight
change in tuning. The WHB would
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and so the program lasted. Both
stations were in such close touch
with each other that one would think
they were in the same room.
1t seems to be the ambition of each
radio listener, as soon as he once
hears the announcer at WSB to imi-
tate him. The announcer at WHB is
no exception to this statement and
he tried his hand at it on this night
we are speaking Of His words were
something like this: station WHB,
giving an interstation program with
double-ya Ess ss-s Bee-ee-e, At
lan-ta, Gee-or-gia." l dare say that
a large per cent of the listeners had
no difficulty in. determining what he
was trying to do.
Have you ever tried to, initiate this
familiar announcer? He seems to be
shouting across the continent with
voice rather than radiophone. Some
times he seems to be so loud that /
raise the window and stick my head
out to see If I can't hear him without
the use of radio.
1 had short conversation with
benson Reid the other day and he
was telling. me about his set which
he constructed himself. He uses
ticker coil and two stages of ampli-
fication, and by the way, I had to
argue with him several minutes be-
fore 1 convinced him that his ampli-
fier was audio frequency. benson has
homemade variable condenser on
his set which is not by any means a
common thing.
We have never said anything to
our readers about putting their
taI 1. u. -
position that a broken insulator
will cause one wire to fall upon
another, but now a mention of this
has become necessary. If you live in
a building with three or more stories
You have an advantage over the boys
who have to put their aerials In
trees, but be careful and not have
your aerial running right over or
under another persons aerial. This
came very near causing n serious ac-
cident to one OF the local receiving
sets. One radio bug had his aerial
raHning right over another radio
bugs aerial on top of an apartment
house and although it Will sound very
sad, the higher wire fell and nat
Grally crossed the lower one. Neither
OF the set owners knew about the
accident and one OF them started
listening in on a loud speaker and
three stage amplifier while the other
started sending on a spark con. 1t
doesn't take very out of the or
binary brain to imagine what was
the result with a spark coil con-
nected inductively TO three stage
taudio frequency and loud speaker.
This is one of the things that is liza
BILE to occur and it really did happen
to two of the local bugs, SO fellows,
be careful where you put your aerial