Evening star., 1924-01-27

n drafting the radio-control bill
which he eXpectes to introduce
soon in the House. Representa-
tive Wallace H. White Of Maine,
is receiving more complaints today
concerning regenerative receiving
sets which throw out energy and
"spueals' into the air. and more sug-
gestions on the necessity of control
ling these sets than he is receiving
about any one phase of the problem.
and fully one hundred times as much
as about the danger of monopoly
which was the big bugaboo last year.
1t mas been called to his attention
that In England there is n rigid con-
troll over receiving sets, which have
TO be licensed as we license trans
mitting sets and then because Of con-
al.ions the sets are standardized and
control thus exercised
Ihere is vast difference, Repre-
sentative White points out, in condi-
tons IN TINS country. Here, we have
az least ten receiving sets to one in
eat in ~ ortiain. lam Always there is doubt
IN tne nrst instance whether our
people would tolerate control over
receiving setSs Representative White
emphasizes. and it is certain, too
that inspection and control would re-
=
ton which Is Immediately out of the
question. he feels sure.
| IhiS ooes not alter the fact, how
ever, that one of the serious Difficult
n t,es most oiten complained Of at the
present time Is occasioned by receiv-
ing sets, Representative White saws.
eitner or particular type or in
emciency and ignorantly handled.
| interference by X-Ray.
another suggestion that comes to
III. frequently is the necessity for
eliminating the interference caused
py N-ray and similar machines" Rep
tesentatipe White explains. I'm the
cehters Where machines Of this gem
eral Kind are common substantial in
terierence is caused by them l can
not see at this time any practicable
method e.eto OF dealing with them.
tompialnts ,a from the seaboard
Shore communication are many" SAYS
Representative White in calling at
tention to another angle of the in
reference problem. This situation
is somewhat difficult to handle" he
continues We can control trans
mitting sets and operators on Amer
| ican ships and we can exercise any
degree Of control over foreign ships
| While in American waters: but when
the foreign ships get beyond our
/ three-mile limit our effective con-
/ troll is gone.
/ The remedy probably lies in agree
ments between the American and the
| foreign operators and in wider
! separation of the wave bands used
! in broadcasting and in ship-to shore
! communication.
Confirmation OF Viewpoint.
! Confirming what Representative
I White said letter was delivered
| to him while he was giving this in
! terview, from a broadcast fan in New
1 England who offered the following
! suggestions:
radio department which now has only
! four men for this big district which
| is really not sufficient to handle the
tremendous volume of correspondence
alone. besides ship. Shore. broadcast
| ing. amateur inspections. trouble
| hunting, etc. Only $1,000 n year for
travel expenses. Why. $1,000 a month
wouldn't be too much. II the air
were policed every fifty or hundred
| square miles as 1t will have to be
eventually More appropriations
Second-"To give the operator of
receiving set as we'll as sending set
more responsibility. feeling for 9TH
ers, and to give him better sense Of
regard for others-charge a fee for
both classes of stations-especfally
the operator of single-circuit re-
generative set, which is in reality a
squealing transmitter. Manufacture
erS should be PROMPTED putting out
such sets in the future and the own
ers Of such receiving sets should be
prohibited from allowing an inexpe-
rienced person to run such 'squeal-
| ing set. One person in one house
should be licensed to run such a set
Let them have such sets changed
| over If they don't like that. Besides.
the fee revenue would pay for some
where near adequate attention to
numerous radio problems that need
;,,ct of f<.,,r II ,ctr
| A house known to have a radio COR an
aeriaD without a fee license would be
| out of luck-they'd have to Lay
Ever one is more than willing to
pay small fee.
Third-"Put some real teeth in
| the law to prosecute the very few per-
sistent senders Cham operators) who
! are bold youths and cannot be