The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-28
RADIO NEWS
By WHI. G. H. FINCH, Associated Member Institute of Radio
 EnUineerS.

New York, March 28.-Radio has envelOped us like one of LOndon'S fa- but. unlike the fog, it is here to stay. It's \ ArGrica's newborn institution. Everyv, hero, in the subway, street car, train or stores, you will hear ra- part of our daily life, whether you be a mechanic, doctor, engineer or what not. There is daily brOadcasted by the eighty radio broadcaStng sta tiOns. whose ranges of operation cover our country as completely as a spi- der's web, messages of importance and numerous musical programmes by people prominent on the stage.
 Is it any wonder that MT. Public demands that he be supplied with reliable information written in a non know the why's, wherefores and the ifs and hows of this most fascinating art? The writer, with this in mind will endeaVCr to have his articles meet the above requirements.
 ''S'' First Transatlantic Signal. The letter ''S'' stands out in all his tories of radiotelegraphy, because it was the first signal that spanned the Atlantic Ocean. This was sent from the British Marconi Station at Poldu and was received by Signor Marconi at the station at Cape Race, about eighty miles from St. Johns, New foundIand, on Thursday, December 12, 1901, at 12:30 D. m. The announce ment of this event by the press of the WOfld caused the greatest excitement. On Sunday, December Z1, 1902. just one year and nine days after the let ter ''S' from Poldu was heard at Cape Race, Marconi announced the successful transmission of three mess ages from Glace Bay, at Poldu. This feat was considered remarkable by the scientists of the day. Our country leads the world in the development of radio today, and great portion of the credit is due to the dyed-in-the-wool amateur eXperi- mentors.
 10000 Stations Can Broadcast.
 It was estimated 6 year ago that there were approximately 500,00O private receiving stations in the Unit ed States. Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover, on opening the recent Radio Conference, estimated that there were 60O,0O to 1000, 900 private receiving sets in use today. It is easy to see. therefore, that. with this great army of experimenters of young and old, a great number of whom en- gagged themselves seriously in con- ducting experiments and developing new apparatus, have put America in the lead.
 We all can be thankful that our Government put less restrictions up on these eXperimenters than any oth- CT nation; the Department of Com merce and the Navy Department have always co-operated while in all for eign countries the opposite conditions exist, and in some the eXperimenter
 
 Radio Amateurs Important
 Now contrast this with the mos recent accomplishment of the Ameri- can radio amateur-that of transmit ting this message across the Atlantic Ocean:
 ''N tEW YORK Cdate). "1-1 B. c. G. wds 12.
 ''To Paul Cooley,
 "ArdrOssan, Scotland
 I'll Hearty congratulations!
 "BRGHARD,
 LYMAN,
 GERMAN
 ARMSTRONG.
 AMY CRONKHITE."
 MT. Paul Cooley was sent over to Scotland by the American Radio Re lay League to listen in for American Amateurs, and to the astonishment of the commercial communication com panies reported the reception of twen- ty-five stations on this side.
 The success you will have will de- pend mostly upon the amount of time you devote yourself to the serious study and application of this most fas- cinating art. Many of the foremost amateurs,
 The greatest amount of pleasure and reward will come from an under standing of the theory and operation of each piece of apparatus in your set. and. with this in mind. we will publish from time to time a complete descrip- ton of apparatus, giving the theory, operation and constructional details. - Tomorrow our series of articles will begin with a description of a simple and efficient radio-receiVing set.