The Washington herald., 1922-02-18
RADIO INSPECTOR
PROPOSES PLAN TO
END INTERFERENCE
Amateurs, in Convention,
Demonstrate New
! Instruments.

the fthtrd and fourth radio districts.
openeds yesterday at the Raleigh
Chief Radio Inspector w. d. Ter
relayesterday morning outlined tho
sovsrnments proposal for over
eonpng the difiiculties experienced
. oy amateurs whose Instruments are
les4 powerful than those Of the
lar4e broadcasting stations.
The larger commercial stations,
acctrding to the chief inspector.
nav Installed broadcasting sta
ro1s whereby IL is possible for the
weHknown "tired business man"
to nsten to concerts. lectures and
entsrtainments.. by means of wire
lesf telephony. across hundreds OF
milss OF space.
Interferenee by Amateurs.
1Aere are many persons. said the
spetk who are endeavoring to
home use and II has been impossi-
blesto supply the demand for this
wonderful little instrument. ANA
teur operators, II was claimed, in
terfered In many cases with the
transmission and receipt Of these
+ telegraphic and telephone mes
sages.
He outlined a proposal that, would
do away with this conflict by ar
ranging a different"band OF wave-
lengths" saying that this woul1
prove to be the solution OF the vex-
ing problem. The chief inspector
assured the amateurs. however. OF
the fullest cooperation of the De-
parttnent Of Commerce, under whose
Jurisdiction the radios are held,
Oners Government Assistance.
The government, he declared. Is
interested and anxious TO lend
every Assistance to the men wh
are improving the radio. These ra
dio operators. he said, were q grou'
of highly trained experts who coulS
be called upon by the governmen
in any emergency OF war, or peace.
L These men, he added. through
their association, The American Ra-
dio League. had become highly
technical, self governing. ana eaps-
BILE Of solSing their own prob
lens. - -.
Hiram Percy Maxim. son of the
famous Hudson Maxim, and presi-
cent Of the American Radio Relay
League responded to the welcom-
ing address. Mr.. Maxim Is the
founder OF the league as we'll as
it's president, II had been incon-
ceivable to the older radio men.
he-said. that the day would come
when one might. sit In the comfort
OF his own home and listen to opera
from Chicago. music from Broad
way theaters, or sermons from
chnrches in Pittsburgh.
hwhole Country Represented.
Representatives from nearly all
the, districts of the country attend
through tonight. The only dis
tricts not represented were the
sixth and seventh, each Of which Is
on the Pacific Cqact.
At the afternoon session a busi-
ness meeting was held. with s.
Kruse as chairman. The officers
for the cOming-year were nominated
and will be voted upon today. The
PROPOSALS of Chief Inspector Terrell
were referred to the executive
committee and will be acted upon
today.
The technical meeting brought
out many points of interest. H.
E. Bussey. General Electric Com
pany, Atlanta. Ga. spoke on TIM
provements in Multistage Ampli-
fers." ]. l. Reinartz, South Man.
chester, Conn. explained the details
Of an improved receiving set Z. L.
Powell Navy Department. spoke on
the subject of short wave single
circuit receiver. +. W. Dunmore,
Bureau of Standards, briefly talked
Of short wave coil aerials.
Tells of Market Reports.
Radio crop and market reports
and the effect of the speedy trans
mission of these reports were COM
mented upon by G, c. Wheeler,
Bureau of Markets and Crop Esti-
mates.
DIR. ]. VI. Miller. Naval Radio
Laboratory. lectured on "Antenna
Design and Radio Measurements" "
Parker wiggin, Radio Electric Com
bapy of Pittsburgh, discussed an
ennas and counterpoises., H H..
lyon, president Washington Radio
-lub. read a paper on "a Spark
Cu9e Set" A. Crossley;, Navy De-
bartment, spoke of a &C. w" send
ng set.sand Norman snyder, Bureau
u Standards, talked on amateur
Fayemeters-
aRadiO Phone Demonstrated.
During the evening session theIe
Fere many visitors who witnessed
mazinE demonstrations Of the
Fineless telephone. A huge amplf
et, whose operator merely turned
Ia switch such as lights an cleo
ric lamp, reproduced Photographic
e9ords sent from the. naval air
tation at Anacostia-
IN attempt was made to connect
ith a broadcasting station in
ittsburgh. but it was, found to be
nbpssible because of the inter-
erence Of the naval wireless sta
lon. The strength of these sound
ayes blanketed the Pittsburgh
aion.
" remarkable demonstration was
haf OF the suitcase wireless tele-
hone" This apparatus had an of
snareceiving power arranged into
common suitcase. Despite the
na1lness of the receiving station.
hfs wonderful little instrument.
med up to a most sensitive key,
eyed up the public health wire
sA lecture from the naval station.
nhe inventor and perfecter of