Evening star., 1924-11-26
RADIO FANS HEAR
STATIONS
Capital and Nearby Listen
ers-In Report Success of
Atlantic Test.

Acclaimed Il phenomenal success"
by radio engineers, the first two Of
the series Of trans Atlantic broad
casting tests. conducted as a feature
of international radio week, have
marked a new epoch in radios brief
but sensational history and paved the
way for the linking up Of the ma
tions of the world through the med
ium of the ether. Thousands of radio
listeners IN North America have heard
distinctly during these experiments
the signals Of European broadcastirg
stations after they had been hurled
across the vast cxpanse of the At
lantic.
Because Of a more favorable ioca-
tion, radio listeners along the Allan
tic seaboard have been more sue
cessful in picking up the programs
Of the continental stations. Hamper
ed by atmospheric and other unfav-
orahle conditions, the radio fans in
Washington and contiguous country,
met with little success during the
first international test Monday night,
but scores Of them reported hearing
stations in England. Scotland. France
and Spain last night during the Sec
ond experiment.
Many of the fans who picked up
the foreign stations were unable
positively to- identify them because
the announcements were made in i
strange language. They are salts
fed. however, that the signals heard
emanated from some station on the
other side of the Atlantic
Hears Aberdeen Station.
Carlton f. Lowe of haywood, Va,
ha ~
distinctly the programs OF stations
5NO In Newcastle and 2DD in Aber-
deem A soprano solo was one of the
numbers he heard. Another, he said
sounded like selection on the xylo-
phone Mr.. loves feat was all the
more remarkable because he used a
three-tube regenerative set, while q
majority Of other fans who heard the
foreign stations own the more power
hetrodyne type.
DIR. ]. Harris Rogers of Hyattsyille
Md, inventor of underground and
undersea wireless, was unable to pick
UP any of the continental stations
last night, although he heard one In
London Monday night. The noted in
ventor, however, picked UP station
CYL in Mexico city during the inter
national tests last night, using q
which was covered and surrounded by
galvanized iron. The Mexican station
he reported, came In with sufficient
volume to operate a loud speaker.
Among other radio fans in Wash
ington and vicinity who heard the
foreign stations are William w. Bride
of Bethesda, Md; l.. A. Zirkle OF
Edihburg, Va; John +. Dryden, J
H. Yates and Jesse NJ. Grove. Mr.
OF
I'm Madrid, from 11:S5 to 1i:4s. and
cit, in Birmingham, from 11:4s to IL
midnight. Tho program at PIT in
cluded a selection from the opera
Faust" by string orchestra while
that of the English station was piano
selections.
Gets Spanish Station.
Mr.. Yates believes the station he
heard was in Spain. \ selection
How Ffckle Women Are" was play
ed on a mandolin, he said. He heard
this station at 11:40 o'clock.
Using a superheterodyne set, Mr.
Dryden heard clearly and with suf-
flcient volume to operate loud
speaker, piano solos and selections by
mandolin quartet. He believes II
was 2DD, In Aberdeen. The station
Mr.. Zirkle said he heard was 2LO, In
London. MI. IFOVc HedTu d plauS
recital, followed by n vocal solo by
a woman, about 11:15 o'clock, but
could not catch the call letters OF
the station. This same station. he
said. broadcast orchestra music al
1880
r. E. Lee of Kensington Heights
Md, also reported hearing an Eng
lish station last night. About 11:1s
o'clock, he said, he picked up a sta
tion on a wave band close to 4Se
meters, and held it until 11:55 when
1t signed off, with the announcement
| that "All Americans have been listen
ing to this program" At the begin
ming of the program several piano
solos were played, followed by a
concert by a string ensemble. Mr.
Lee said he heard the announcer say
distinctly, England" but did no,
catch the city. He believes it was In
Birmingham.
Mrs. Robert L. Bailey. 20o1 Six
teenth street, picked up CYL, in
Mexico City, last night shortly be-
fore midnight and expressed the be-
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