Gunnison news-champion., 1922-02-03
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News-Chaxnpion CorresDondenee:-
What are you doing at the 9YAH
wireless station now a-days? Well,
we cannot tell you very WELL. You
need to come up to the station in
Radio Room" just of from the ply
sical laboratory in North Hall. We
are on duty at the radio station on
Monday, Thursday and Friday nights,
from 7:30 to 1890. We will be glad
to let you experience "what is doing" |"
You will need to make q date, how
ever, before hand, for our room is
small and our head phones are limited.
We have been having crowds every
night, so many in fact that our regular
testing could not be carried on with
the best of success. Therefore, call
the physics instructor and get q date
ahead II you wish to listen in Mt the
radio station.
Last week we began to tune up the
sending set. Up to then the sending
set has simply been connected up but
not tuned to send efficiently. The
first station that picked US up was a
station Mt Crested Butte, using a wire
to tree for an aerial and n sheet of
tin thrown in the snow for a ground,
along with an ordinary telephone re-
ceiver. The owner of this station ut
Crested Butte is planning better
equipment, you can be sure, after
listening in here. 1t might be mem
toned right here that this same Crest
ed Butter has discovered what many
of the Gunnisonites have yet to dis
cover. viz, that wireless station Is
not expensive. He found that they
cost from $3.50 up.
The class in Radio Communication
has been working most of this week in
getting the sending station accurately
tuned to send distances. It is hoped
that they finish that work this week.
After that work is done, long distances
in sending, as well as receiving can
be expected.
Last Saturday night! ! ooh, boy,
some night" was one remark during
the evening. When a station by the
Pacific startled those wearing the
head pieces, we heard: "Wcll that
fellow is right in our back yard
Who was that fellow in our back
yard? San Pedro, California. Bolin-
as, California was continually growl-
ing in our ears with its toned
spark while it was giving its orders
to the ships at sea. Occasionally Au-
bothp Fhtibdiiltt, Will the TtSl
of the general clatter of voices from
the stations from the cold Canada TO
the hot Mexico; from the windy aiiss-
issippi to the--somewhere beyond the
Golden Gate. Among others, two
Alaska stations were heard to pass
the time of day in calm and liquid
notes.
The real jar came about midnight,
on this same Saturday just passed
All the evening, with the marvellous
loudness of the signals and tones, we
were enabled to get little music. At
1900 we happened to tune to another
wave length, and low, the best music
received here came in to us. "Rather
late for Denver to be prowling
around" was remarked. After the
music ceased voice spoke into our
ears. It said: "This is Mr.. Jansky
speaking, Cyril M. Jansky. My ad-
dress Is Madison, Wisconsin, at which
place ! am now. My call letter is
9XM. That's ALL" Such a gasp In
that little radio room, as never has
been heard since Judas lost out in the
game Of life, went up. Well you can
imagine the rest. ---
The cheapest phonograph you can
buy is q radio station in your home,
say the radio fans.
III D.