The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-14
The speaking may be wonderful,
 The jazz band may be gay, But the best part on the programs What the announcer has to say.

that for the past few days, it has worked like charm. The farthest point he has received so far Is Los Angeles, Cal. Not so bad, eh, fell lows?
 Leslie Stollenwerk states that be is figuring on installing large IC. ". transmitter. He has been using a 107watt set lately and has been doing some real DIX. He states that he has 6 stack of cards that he has received recently. He is using at present a single tube, Reinartz tuner and states that it works fine. He says that he can work without the interference of local broadcasting.
 Richard Evans Is now using a Reinartz tuner and seems to like it better than any kind he has tried He Is getting fine results.
 Bernard Burton, who recently fa- vored us with a letter, states that his latest station Is Troy, N. Y. He is using set that he recently con- structed and, as you can tell. he is getting splendid results. We are glad to see he is starting off with hSCpluS us
 Frank Hollis has just built a one stage radio frequency and states that 1t is giving him fine results When he informed me, last Monday that he was headed for town to get the parts for some radio frequency had some doubts as to whether or not 1t was going to work right off the bat" but the next morning I was informed that it was doing fine. He states that it does not amplify stations that usually come in loud very much, but the weak ones show great improvement. He also says that this amplifier cuts out many of the interfering noises and static. We are glad to see him get ting along so we'll with this kind of amplification as it will encourage him as well as others.
 Edward Bostick, who has been get ting fine results with his single tube set and for a while held the worlds record for receiving with 8 crystal set, states that he heard San Francisco last Saturday night.
 Edward Beatty is still telling me about how far his loud speaker can be heard when he is receiving dis tant stations. He states that he "broadcasts" for all the people with in five blocks around each night. giving them programs from stations thousand miles away.
 He states that he will give five pound box of candy to the first per son in each state (witlf the excep- tion of Alabama) that lets him know they are hearing his loud speaker. He also states that persons In Cuba, China, Canada. Mexico and the District of Columbia have a chance to win the prize. All you have to do Is to stick your head out of the window and listen. Iteyou hear a loud speaker coming from the direction of Birmingham, write or telegraph and get your five pounds of candy.
 For these results, Edward is us- ing home made tickler, short wave set with a two step amplifier and a Western Electric loud speaker with power amplifier. The reason Alabama is committed Is because per- sons in this state have already re- ported the signals.
 We haven't heard from walter Garrard for quite while, but here is something about this bug" He states that his latest" is Lacey, Wash. Can any of the other bugs say that they have done this good Walter says he broke his own record when he received this station but only by Is miles. His latest record was Seattle and the new one was only Is more miles from Birming- ham, but I believe that by the time the ether ouivers all the way from Lacey to Birmingham. Ala, it thinks very little of Is miles.
 Walter, who is a constant experi- menter, states that he and Chalmers Horton tried novel experiment a few days ago. They ran a single wire from Walters house to Chai- mers' house, which was about two blocks. and attached a pair of phones to each end. As those who have tried it know, these phones are so sensitive that when one talks into one. the sound Is reproduced in the other without the aid of batteries. They then had a telephone (using the ground as one wire) between the two houses. Then, at night, Walter would tune in one station and Chal- mers the other. Then Walter would relay this through the telephone to Chalmers, who would listen to one station with one. ear Con his set) and another station with the other ear (connected to Walters set). This, of course, was little confusing but was interesting. He states that at one time Chalmers was hearing Sta ton woe, at Davenport, on one phone. and Havana, Cuba, with thu other. These two stations are in op- posite directions and both came in clearly at the same time.
 When the latter experiment was tried. however, the experimenters had obtained connected microphone and battery.
 We would like to hear from some other bugs" who are not satisfied with the same old thing all the tune.
 NEW JUDGE OF PROBATE