Evening star., 1923-07-29
RADIO GOSSIP AND NEWS

whether he gets to the north pole
or not.
Shortly after the dinner representa-
tives of Mr.. McDonald's Arm, the
Zenith Company. visited the Bowdoin.
and outhtted her with sending and
receiving equipment of the latest de-
sign. Through the cooperation Of
the nr,A american RelSy League and and. the
the world is now hearing of Mac
Millan's progress. while he and his
crew receive the daily broadcasts
just as we all receive them here at
home.
Amateur Convention in Chicago.
All "Hamdom" will meet in Chicago!
The largest gathering of radio
amateurs in history Is scheduled for
the windy city September 12 to 10
when the second national American
Radio Relay League convention, will
be held here under the auspices of
the Chicago Radio Traffic Association.
with headquarters at 95s Rookery.
This was announced here today fol-
lowing receipt of information that
Chicago had been selected as the
ican Radio Relay League board Of di-
rection at a meeting in New York
city.
DIX fans all over the country and
Canada. from New York to the Golden
Gate and Ontario to the gulf. many
of whom communicate with each
other nightly over thousands of
miles through the American Radio
| Relay League relay system and who
know each other best by their call
letters, will here meet face to face
for discussion of their special prob
lens.
There has been but one other such
convention, held in Chicago in 1921.
and the tremendous strides in ANA
teHr radio since that time and with
1t the growth of the amateurs rep
resentative body, the American Radio
Relay League, will make the coming
event one Of great moment to all
amateurs and to to the radio public in
general
Since that first meeting amateurs
using low power have sent their sig
nails across the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans. their transmitters have
worked stations in Australia and New
Zealand and their calls have been
One of their number is now radio
operator on Capt. Donald B. MacMil5
lan's schooner bound for exploration
of the arctic.
With their transmitting stations
reducing the size of the globe mon III
by month amateur interest is running
high. and the coming convention will
carry this spirit of progress in re-
view.
Code for North Pole News.
Receipt of news by radio from the
north pole right in the summer heat
of their own homes, is the privilege
which Is being accorded thousands
through the special arrangement be-
| tween the American Radio Relay
/ League and the Macmillan arctic ex-
pedition. which is even now passing
icebergs on the way to that dreary
/ northland where the Eskimo the
| polar bear and the walrus live in a
temperature of so degrees below zero.
Few radio fans realize that the
transmission of code travels much
greater distances than is possible
when similar waves are modulated by
sound vibrations. which explains why
the radio telegraph code. rather than
phone, Is employed by the Macmillan
exploration party to establish COM
! munication with civilized countries in
the northern hemisphere, thus bring
ing into direct contact individuals
who are living in two extremes of
temperature.
The value of learning the code.
which has been long emphasized as
one Of the greatest pleasures of radio,
and an incentive to the fan who has
records. is doubly appreciated by
amateurs who listen for wireless
north pole. as MacMillan's station call
WNP is known, and not few are
brushing up In their skill to receive
telegraph messages at high speed.
Many listeners may be interested
to know that Donald H. Mix;, the
radio operator on Macmillan 8
schooner, the Bowdoin, who Is 60
ing north in the employ of the league,
was once fan who sat up until early
morning to hear distant stations. He
!, learned the code and when the
chance came, he was chosen by the
American Radio Relay League as the
ham" who would thrill the world
with north pole dispatches
Learn the code and listen for Mix
Of WNP,