The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-02-14
THE HOME RADIO
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|. RADIO AN OUTGROWTH OF THE WAR
By A. HYATT VERRII&
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We usually think of the great war as a disaster and as having done an
full if the ri did as much harm as good Within the few years it lasted it
resulted in immense benefits to mankind in the tremendous discoveries, I'm
proVements and advancement of medicine surgery, chemistry, aerOnautcs
mechanics, engineering metanurgy and wireless communication, and while
M toll of life, the destruction of property, the devastation of lands the loss
of art and the bankruptcy of nations are all temporary and will On be
direct result of the war. will endure forever and will continue to benefit
mankind.
OF all the artsa and sciences which received an unprecedented impetus
by the war, m is of greater interest or has a more farreachng effect to
the average person than radio telephony. Before the war wireless teegraphy
was well established. universally used and a fairly exact and MISUNDERSTOOD
science; but wireless telephony was scarcely more than a dream-a visionary,
But today, so Incredibly rapid have been the strides made in the develop
ment of this science, that wireless telephony is a everyday affair; a simple
easily understood thing-far simpler than telegaphy-and in constant use,
however the war merely launched practical radio telephony on its career and
far greater progress has been made in cOmmerdaizng. simplifying and cheap
within the previous six years. Indeed, sc rapid has been it's advancement,
that it seems to have come upon us almost overnight and within a few short
weeks 1t has leaped from al obscure scientific curiosity to al almost univer
sally used means of entertainment and profit.
Today thousands o. mere boys are using wireless teephOnes-many of
electrical supply stores and elsewhere sets for receiving may be purchased
fOrp few dollars From various stations music, crop reports market reports
and baseball returns; shipping ews and countless other interesting matters
are sent broadcast through the air. free to anyone who possesses a wireless
sailor at sea- passengers O ships guests in hotels, crowds about bulletin
boards and people in their W homes car listen to the voices of famous men,
the music of bands and orchestras. the singing OF famous operate stars the
Dialogues o plays and countless other things from fardistant points and as
clearly and plainly Is though no space interviewed.
Truly, radio telephony Is the great modern miracle a dream moTe fan
tastc ana fairylhke hal tn Arabian Nights a more marvellous actually than
the fabulous lamp II Aladdin or the flying carpet and. best Of ALL II ia within
the reach If everyone while tbs music In the air" is free to all who care
to lister in
1t is certainly a strange almost Incredible, thing to think that the air
about pL even within Our dwellings. is constantly filed with sounds vohes
uudc. messages and songs which are Nc insudIhe az they are invisible bat
which ma De caught and delivered Ito ar ears by means of q few wires and
And The limit IL far from being reached Within a sew years or even
m0nShs the range OF wireless telephony wn be Increased by hundreds or
and the Instruments sor ssaGns aa receiving win be 80 improved. mmpaHsd
and redncA chat may carry them In ones pocket for while radio tA
deal ys 1t 70 sth hsFay Ut o. res infaney ane 30 ri my prspnesy wAas
sN fatsre msy be