Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-03-09


his lined face denotes loss of
sleep. His footsteps drag, and
his palsied hands indicate high
Scervous tension. But his eyes are
fhe eyes of q conqueror. They shine
with the light of victory as they
Search the faces of those about him.
Presumably lie is looking for an ac-
Guaintance, and presumably he finds
none. But he can wait no longer. He
turns on the man next him and with
out pause begins:
IT got Los Angeles this morning.
Came in clear as a bell at 500 am.
Sort of concert. Thought it might
BE- WEAB at St. Louis when 1 heard
the guy signing off. KDX, plain rs
day oh, boy, Some thrill"
rs that SOL" answers the man thus
addressed, his eyes glinting, with ILL
concealed suspicion. What sort O.
set YOU got"
Single stage, radio-frequency am
plifier with tuned-plate circuit detec
tor and two-Stage audio-frcquency
amplitier. Made it myself.
And you got Los Angeles with
that: | got a fivetub@ Neutrodyne.
never got Los Angeles. I heard
something / couldn't quite make out
about o'clock this morning, but lost
IT before | could tell what it was"
Try slightly upsetting your neu-
tfalIzlng condenSerS, so the Set'n re-
generate without oscillating so much.
Heard a fellow did that and got better
results right off. My troubles too
much bowling and squeaking. Some
thing $ on the bum, but 1 can't elimi
nate it,
Tell you what you do. Ground
NOur NEGATIVE flanlAnt tptjp al
~ battery. That'lI place the fila
1nent circuits at ground potential and
cut the capacity troubles that cause
the howls.''
md that. as Mr. Webster. the car
toontst would say, was the beginning
Of Il beautiful friendship.
Family Life Changed.
Radio las changed everything. 1t
has created 4 new and strange vocab-
riary. which is on the tip of the
t"nse of every youngster old
enough to know the difference be-
tween fiiament rheostat and n mica
fixed condenser. IT has proved the
salvation for the man who can never
think of the right thing to say at
the right timt-all he need do is
mention radio and they're off. 1t has
hanged the family circle from a
group of quiet. Studious folk around
he hreside of All evening to a clam
"rouS lot of fanatic with interests so
Give rsiried that with mother trying to
lear Fashion developments of the
Moment" from Pittsburgh, sister try
ing to listen in on the new play 1T
Schenectady, b. other Tuning to hear
So-andsc's jazz orchestra in New
York and father with d pair OF pliers
and A screwdriNer intent on expert
menting with q new hook-up, the
evening ends in 4 riot.
stores Spring Up Quickly.
Or the radio stores. They spring
mp overnight. like 50 many mush-
rooms. Three years ago one could
enter an electrical equipment store,
:,Id the clerks would stage 4 mara
tAnn trying to beat each other to
he customer which fate somehow
brought them. Today if one goes
into the same SHOP he must battle his
ay to thu counter through i Wild
eyed. showing, pushing throng. And
If he asks for an incandescent cleo
1ric light bulb the clerk will either
faint from surprise or contemptu-
ously ignore him.
There, in the electrical store. the
fan, and only the fan, is in his glory
JUS lS d bdItlt Oh WIS Win JHS
clerk. He is on trial before all the
other fans. One faltering word one
jleeting shadow Of uncertainty about
what he wants, and he's lost. He
must be queruiouS and hard to please.
He must be picky and chooSy, Sarcas-
tic and tondescending. or the clerk
viii class him as an alien and throw
linn out. Your true radio fan orders
81 sheet of bakelite paneling. The
II. 1t. 4 Il
brings forth piece of material.
Without giving it u look, the Gus
Toner, eyes hard and cold. speaking
with 'DCad-Eye Dick" drawl,
"lares: 81 said bakelite. Don't you
guys know the difference between
nakelite and hard rubber: Try it
.:gatn, buddy: try it again"
And the clerk. rebuked, but with
admiration showing in every move
3nent reaches down and produces
lakelite.
Or the freckle- faced, sandy haired
:tbove the counter: Gimme a 25-ohm
rheostat." The clerk losses him an
article. II said 25 ohm, not ohm,
sou boob" says this. young scientist
IS he scornfully thrusts it back.
blight years ago this youngster was
i'll his mothers arms. Now he can
tell Il 6-ohm rheostat from a 25-ofm
rheostate without blinking an eye.
rheostat. leaving all ohns aside, any
way?
And the Magazines. Whew:
Every bookstand has it's scores of
Iadio magazines, filled with intricate
charts and detailed instructions con-
corning a "Flewelling modified super
regenerative circuit" or "single-stage
rado-frequency amplifier," or any
other one of hundred different
types of receiving sets, each with it's
advantages or disadvantages explain