Evening star., 1923-02-04
Good Result. with Crystal.

Good Results with Crystal.
w. j. Reck, 1857 C street southwest ;
r b. Worden. 1881 Shepherd street
northwest, and l.. w. Holland. Parker
mitted entries in the long distance radio
phone reception contest in response to
the questions published in this column
last Sunday.
Il have loose coupler crystal radio
receiving set. which / made from parts
purchased e.. the 5 and 10 cent store.
writes Mr.. wos-'en. My antenna is dou-
Bile, about forty rect long, stretched be-
tween an eight-foot mast on the ga
rage and the chimney on the house.
ION January Is l heard WEAF, New
York city. | only heard the last two
pieces of. the concert, but it was very
clear. On the 25th I heard the Saliva
ton Army Band and other numbers
broadcast by the General Electric
Company. Schenectady, N Y. and last
SATURDAY, night | listened to the speech
es at the Veterans War Association
banquet broadcast by the Westing-
house Electric Company, East Pitts
burgh. Pa.
II am able to get the out-of-town
stations after the local stations have
finished broadcasting and | have heard
everything very distinctly. Last Sat
urday night Pittsburgh most of the time
was as plain as NAA. but the sound
seemed to come in waves: it would be
very loud for three or four minutes and
then it would grown dim for a minute
or so and them come strong"
The letter from Mr. Holland reads:
referring to item in last Sunday s
Star requesting list of radio stations
heard, | take pleasure in submitting the
following list of distant stations heard
with CIapp-E Eastman II. r. receiver.
without amplification, with thrty-tive
foot four-wire antenna thirty feet high.
swung between two live trees, using
Radiotron U. V. 200 detector tube !:
WHAS, Louisville. KY. WGY. Schenec-
WV, Detroit; WIZ, Newark, n. J. :
WLAD, Hastings, Neb =: WLK Indian
apolis. Ind. WDAP. Chicago, Ill. kYW,
Chicago; WHB. Kansas City. Mo. !;
ksD. ST; Louis. Mo. ; WAX, Empora,
Atlanta, Ga. WGM. Atlanta voc.
Davenport, Iowa WoiI. Medford Hill
side, Mass; WLW, Cincinnati, Ohio
NSi, Birmingham, Ala. WDAJ. Col
| legc Park, Ga; WNAN. Knoxville.
Philadelphia. Pa. and WOR. Newark.
n. J.
Il keep daily record of all stations
heard. with condenser and ticker set
| tinss for future records
The following stations were picked
! up by Mr. R~ck on a Clapp Ea st ha IN
set, two stage amplifier with loud
L-shape antenna, sixty feet long and
forty feet high:
Station, WDAP. Chicago. ILL.,
WMAQ. Chicago. ILL.,: Voc, paven-
port Iowa; Won, Indianapolis, Ind.
WLW. Cincinnati. ohio: WWB. Can
ton, Ohoi: WAN, Cleveland. ONO
WHB. Kansas City. Mo; WiIAB. Gal
weston, Tex: WWJ. Detroit. Mich
PWN. Havana. Cuba: WGY. Schenec-
tady. y. Y: WHAZ. Troy. y. V: WRL
Schenectady. y. Y: WEAF. New York
city; WV. New York city: WBAY.
New York city; WLAH, Syracuse, y.
v: VIZ, Newark. y. j.: WOR, New
ark. n. j.; WMAF. Dartmouth. Mass
, WBZ. Springfield. Mass: WS.B., At
lanta. Ga; WDAJ College Park. Ga
WGM Atlanta. Ga: WIT, Charlotte,
y. g; WHAS. Louisville. Ky: WAAQ.
Greenwich, Conn; WOS. Jefferson
City. Mo: WCAO. Baltimore, Md.
! WEI. Philadelphia, Pa: WOO. Phila-
delphia. Pa: WIP. Philadelphia Pa.
kSD. St Louis, Mo; kDKA, Pitts
burgh. Pa. and 3XW. Park sburg. Pa.