Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-03-16

Tosti's Goodbye It's all right;
the jazz has stopped i suppose
the Goodbye song ends this par
ticular program, doesn't it?"
Probably" asserted the own
or Of the apparatus, taking the
headpiece from the young wom-
ans head, but something else
from some other quarter will
doubtless start up in a few min
utes. The broadcasting goes on
all evening. The most interest
ing thing, though, is to get on
the high wave length where you
can hear the wireless telegraph
spark signaling news from the
great Nauen station near Berlin,
or from the big British plant in
the Welsh hills near Carnarvon
to Deal Beach, New Brunswick,
or Arlington in this country. That
makes you realize the enormous
power Of the radio"
Small Sets Cover 100 Miles.
Most of the radio sets sold to
private individuals possess a
guaranteed range of 100 miles,
which is sufficient to let the own
ers in on the regular commercial
programs, but which excludes
them from intercontinental con-
versation. Fortunately for the
dignity of international diplomacy
1t requires a couple of hundred
foot steel towers, several thou
sand feet of copper wire and a
hundred thousand watts or so OF
electric energy to talk to Europe.
Amateurs are restricted to 200
meter wave-lengths or less, and
are under the supervision of
radio inspector whose business
is to see that they confine their
operations to short distances only.
when the great trans
Atlantic tests were made by AM
erican, English and Scotch anna
tours on the memorable night Of
December Z, 1921, the code sig
nails OF % different Americans,
most Of them using homemade
equipment, were distinctly heard
in Scotland.
The acquisition of the usual
radio receiving station is
a very simple matter. You can
have one installed in your home
for the sum of s35 up to $3.50, de-
pending upon the nature of tie
OF course there is al
ways the possibility OF unreason-
able opposition from your landlord.
who is apt to look upon the aerial
antennae as an eyesore and as a
fire menace, but this difficulty is
likely to be eliminated as the land
lords themselves become converts
to the radio sport. Although the
may have its drawbacks
as a roof ornament, there is posi-
lively no danger from fire. say the
experts. If the wires are properly
installed.
Sending sets are not quite so
easy to acquire and operate. The
operator must be able to read a
certain number of words of the in
.ernational communication code,
so that he may understand any
command to get off
he air" from the big coastal wire
esq stations. TIL command will
be heard whenever there is an S,
D, S. call from a ship at sea. In
such an event, it is up to the anna
eur operator to quit transmitting, |
out he need not refrain from listen
ng to the messages as the work Of
'escue gets under way.
Amateur Senders Limited.
"At present." says a radio expert, |
mo amateur may send on more |
han q 200 meter wave length. nor I
s he permitted to develop moro /
han one kilowatt Of power. He I
s the lowest in the scale and II
anywhere In the neighborhood. he
AN no more interrupt the 800
meter wave length Droadcasting p.
concert or the 1000 to $4,000 |
meter wave length transatlantic /
than the buzzing of mos
quito can drown out the roar of a
subway express train"
Although still in its infancy, the
ado telephone is already playing
IN important as we'll as somewhat
pectacular part in our everyday
ife. 1t is the agent by which the
bureau Of markets of the depart
nent of agriculture daily broad
asts its crop, weather and market
iews throughout the country, 1t is
he narrator or bedtime stories to
thousands or Sleepy children. The
United States public health service
Ises it to broadcast two lectures
N health every week. 1t is provid-
ng a large and eager audience for
sunday sermons such as has never
,een enjoyed by ministers of the
IL hos ham lrnnyysl |
o lull a baby to sleep with its
music and to carry the sound OF
azz so clearly to a vessel at sea
hat the passengers were able to
ance. Most newspapers now give
he nightly radio programs a con-
picuous place in their columns,
nd one large New York daily de-
otes an entire page In its Sunday
ssue to radio news. There are
line magazines devoted to radio,
nd a long list of books.
Yet the rise of radio has just be-
un. Think of what it will be do
ng ten years from now when all
bstacles will have been removed,
nd It will be as easy to talk to
'aris as It now Is to phone down
own. The common telephone. by
onnecting up only too efficiently
With the world. has already de-
troyed the comfortable privacy
,ur grandfatners knew. but fancy
What our grandchildren will have
o endure when they will be COM
yelled to hear SO many unpleasant
hings that are now lost in the air.
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