Evening star., 1924-10-01
interference ROW
AMONG FANS WARM
Amateurs Accused of CUTTING
in on WGY Program Issue
Hot Denial.

Broadcast listeners in Washington,
in steadily increasing numbers, are ris-
ing in their wrath against the trans
mitting station responsible for the
code interference with WGY's pro-
grams. Every night about 9 O'Clock,
so the radio listeners report, the
obnoxious transmitting station pours
into the headphoneS and loud speak
ers rasping code which virtually
obliterates the high class entertain
mem, originating at the General
EleCtri Co.'S high-powered station
in Schenectady. n. Y
The broadcast listeners have ac-
cuSed the amateurs. The hams"
quick to respond to the attack upon
them, placed the blame on the Gov
ernment stations at Annapolis,
Arlington and the Washington Navy
Yard. The battle may reach such a
stage that the radio inspectors of
the Department of Commerce will
have to he called in as arbitrators.
J. c. Young was the first listener
to complain publicly about the code
Interference with the programs from
WGY. Since his letter of protest was
published in the radio query column
of The Star score of other radio
fans have lodged similar complaints.
Many Inconvenienced.
Hugh Fitzhugh writes as follows:
Referring to the communication
from J. c. Young in Mondays Star in
re gard to interference on the wave
length of WGY from code-sending
station. we are not all rushing into
print to complain of such matters but
doubtless the number of persons in
convenienced has been very large.
have heard this code more or less for
week past. on wave length of
bout 37S meters-so close to WGY
that it cannot always be tuned out
1t was strong Monday night.
In this connection / can ALWAYS
pick up code messages on (approxi-
mately) 443 and go meters-this goes
on all night, but does not happen to
interfere with any stations l am look
ing for. Proba bly, most of us are
having our major trouble with the
.regenerative receivers nearby, which
are tuned in on a wave length very
Slightly diffe rent from the one we are
tuned TO.
Some months ago. on a particular
evening, l found the local station
U forgot the one) transmitting with
about equal strength at 469 and about
$50 meters simultaneously. l could
hear the same thing at either sitting
at Will, and picked up Cleveland and
schenectady in between the normal
way. This lasted for perhaps Is min
suters. The local stations are easily
heard at the halfway setting. 2S5
meters, but | would not expect a
resonance harmonic effect on $50 me-
ters. Was this some experiment in
fepeating?"
Seconds Mr.. Young.
= II want to second what Mr. Young
says in Mondays Star with respect to
code interference with WGY's pro-
grams writes J. NJ. Lowe. sit has
occurred not only once, but occurs
nearly every night. This interference
rs not only with WGY, but with sew
gral other broadcasting stations l
had the same experience Monday
Hight at Springfield, Mass, and Hast
31ngs, Nebr., the code signals sounding
like an old duck quacking after be-
ing turned loose in a room.
:, Il have very selective five-tube
rneutrodyne set that tunes readily
with Oakland, Calf. Dallas and Fort
Worth, Tex; Hastings, Nebr, and JEFF
ferson City, Mo-, but 1 cannot tune
out these code operators working on
tionS mentioned"
- Woman Complains.
= Another listener-in who complains
about the code interference is Adelia
M. Hoyt THE organ recital broad
cast from Albany by WGY every
Tuesday evening from 10 to IL o'clock
and which | used to greatly enjoy"
she said, lis no longer of any salts
faction because of code interference
which keeps up incessantly, break