Evening star., 1923-12-02
RADIO GOSSIP AND NEWS
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one pie pan was placed on the table
upside down, while the second pie pan
was placed right side up on top of the
hrst pan and insulated from it by a
sheet of paper. This makeshift ar
rangement was connected as pre-
vlously described. BY pushing the
Top pan with pencil SO as to change
the amount of overlapping area, a
point was found where the local sig
mails were eliminated, and these sig
nails very kindly remained in the pie
pans while we listened to a program
from Texas.
Radio Saves Reporter.
A somewhat tardy reporter, al
though. it must be admitted, one with
initatiye, saved himself from being
scooped on a local capital story.
through using his head and radio. He
may have saved his head also.
1t was Sunday. He had tickets to
an entertaining matinee. He went,
intending to leave in time to make
the trip to a big cathedral on the out
skirts of Washington. get the speech
OF celebrated divine, and return to
the office to write his story for the
morning. But he stayed so long at
the theater. he could not get to the
cathedral in time, even with a taxi
or an airplane
Suddenly he recalled that WCAP
was broadcasting the ceremonies and
that there was a receiving set at the
Press Club. He was saved. Rush
ing to the club, he tuned in, and leis-
urely made notes during the dis
course of the speaker. Later at the
office he pounded out a neHt half col
umn and went home; saved by the
radio-if the city editor doesn't find
1T out.
Wants silent Night.
Radio Editor.
] want to say | am very much in
favor Of a silent night Why
make. the tube-set owners and
some of the Crystal-Set owners
stay up until 10 o'clock or after
before they can begin to get out
of-toWn stations. Why should we
60 to the expense of making an
instrument like a wave trap that
might not work? If the tables
We're turned, the ones who are
talking about using different cir
cults would most likely be the
ones to howl.
Why should the crystal-set own
ers and a few tube owners be-
grudge us one night week? We
are only asking for one out of
seven.
If a radio census is taken WRC
would find that the majority of
radio fans would be in favor of
more popular music and less recit-
ais of so-called classical music
j. HUGH TAYLOR.
Radio Reviewed.
Radio. with other forms of COM
munication, is included in a general
survey of the economic situation OF
mg9d Of Gst r This the
which is known the Commerce
Year Book and is available from the
superintendent of documents. was
prepared under the direction of D. j.
Reagan of the department.
Concerning radio, il states
The principal developments in in
ternational radio during the year
1922 were in the form of concessions
secured, plans made and work prose-
Cuted on various stations designed for
international traffic. The station at
Monte Grande. near Buenos Aires, of
which the Radio Corporation of
America is part owner, was taken
over from the German company which
had started its construction, and the
plans were altered to provide direct
communicate with the United
States as we'll as with Europe. The
concession was secured for Il similar
high-power station in China, with
smaller stations to act as feeders
This latter concession was issued in
the name of the Federal Telegraph
Company, which made arrangements
to work with the Radio Corpora ion
OF America. The Radio Corporation
secured the contract for the conStruc-
tiun OF a high-power station in Swe-
den and proceeded with the construc-
tIon of the station at Warsaw for the
Polish government. These two sta
tionS furnish additional radio circuits
direct to New York
''In Central America and on the
Caribbean coast OF South America the
Tropical Radio Telegraph Company
developed a general plan for a radio
network 10 cover the countries bor-
deTing on the Gulf Of Mexico and the
Sadtd caribbean sea- a neW ?a statioa oa was vas
power of the New Orleans station was
increased. A station was also opened
at Santa Marta. Colombia, and ar
rangenlents were made for the 1eas-
Miami. Fla
international radio communication
during 1922 showed a large increase
in receipts from transoceanic traffic,
the Radio Corpora ton of America re-
porting gross receipts of s2,914 900. a S
compared with S2,13S.0 900 in 1921. It is
evident from these figures that radio
has taken its place beside the ocean
cable as a reliable means Of interna-
tional communication. They indicate
also the possibility of operating high
power radio circuits at an actual
profit-something that has never been
accomplished before.
THE gross income from the marine
Service Of the same company showed
n healthy increase also, being $3.50, 0,OS4.
as compared with S553,298 for 1921.
stations and the furnishing of radio
service on board American ships.
The most remarkable development
in radio. however, was the great in
crease in the number of radio tele-
phone b--oadcas sting stations and in
the number of receiving sets in use
by the public. During the summer
months Of 1922 there was a slacken-
ing in the demand for radio appara-
tus and apparently a period of stag
nation in the market. This proved to
be only temporary, since. with the ad-
vent of the fall, the number of re-
ceiving sets In use increased even
more rapidly than before and the
requests for transmitting station
licenses came into the Department of
Commerce in even greater numbers.
A remarkable increase appears in the
gross sales of the Radio Corporation
for 1s22-s11, ,2S6.cO0, as compared
with s1.46S.000 in 1921"
New Distance Tests.
Can anateu radio rIen in this
Country+ hear amateur CIV transmit
terS In. South America?
1t is not improbable that the tre-