The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-15

Walter Garrard tells me that he has had an unusual experience tho last few nights. He states that his set will not work with the ground connected but works fine with it dis- connected. When he asked me for the explanation I'll admit I was stumped Walter says that he heard the following stations with the ground off. " W J. Detroit; W B. At lanta; VIDA F, Kansas City; W o S, Jefferson; wHAs. Louisville woe. Davenport; WEY. Wichita, K SD, St. Louis; " BAP. Fort Worth.
 If any of you fellows have the same experience Walter will like very much to hear from you if you have found the remedy. but told him If the old set works without a ground why worry; some of them won't work al all.
 Walter has applied for his license 50 he can start operating that old ten waiter" we told you about week or two ago.
 Over at Central there Is q bunch of bugs" that can spread news quicker than a bunch of female gos sipers. All kinds of rumors start al the first period each morning and have reached a point of discussion by lunch. A story spread like wild fire the other day about Leslie Stolen werk seeing Pittsburg by radio. II never was found out whether he saw it in the vacuum tube like a crystal O of the announcer by looking in the phcnes, or maybe he saw them In the vario coupler, but anyway 1t was only rumor so you needn't believe 1t. Leslie said that 1t was only started as 8 joke.
 Talking about seeing things re- minds me of Monday night when the station at Louisville presented ex- vice President Marshall of the United States. When he had finished his talk the announcer said to stand by just n moment while the speakers picture was taken at the microphone. He added that if the listeners were very quiet and looked real hard they might be able to see the picture taken. I listened real hard and was as still as I could be but I didn't see the picture taken. Maybe didn't look at the right place.
 Walter Garrard informed us the other day that there was misprint in "Dots and Dashes" about his set. He said that instead of having the fig ure for the filament voltage we had roo.
 A few minutes later Leslie Stolen werk told me that 1t was misprint but the joke was on Walter as the t.rt+ ha UnIta
 the filament. He was very, very luck in not burning out all of his tulbs but he cut off the juice in time to prevent this fatal accident.
 Ralph Barnes tells us Lat he has crystal set which he made himself and the old stations roar in.
 Radio Is indeed In all types of con- versation and seems to fit In every where. The other day in an English class the teacher read an article from the Radio World about Ray D. Owe. The class enjoyed it very much and tit aided in bringing out one of the points of the lesson.
 Wendell Sharp, 1os Magnolia ave- nue, north, has a crystal set using a tuning coil and fixed condenser. | wendell Wno llNSs Ners' Nely ShSA distance from where the station of Carlisle Bell Is located. states that when Bell is sending, with his spark set, he (-yendell) can get spark l by touching the aerial and ground | lead together.
 Julian Davis. 1900 Magnolia avenue, also has a homemade crystal set.
 We enjoyed in the past week visit 1 from Mir. Bour of Montgomery. a
 reader of Radio Talk" who wished
 to get some dope" on making a set for his grandson. Mir. Bour got all | the information he wanted and said