New Britain herald., 1925-04-04


 graph pole even though no other
 wires are attached thereto, If us- Ing an outside antenna always com
 ply with the regulations governing the installation of an approved
 llghning arrester, Such device is
 inexpensive and easily installed,
 Don't borrow your neighbors an- ltenna by attaching your lead-in to
 the far end of his wire. You don't
 know what he Is doing and besides l antenna wire is cheap and serves the
 purpose far better than lot of gall.
 Don't attach your antenna to a
 kite.
 Don't use your telephone line for
 an antenna. Connection to an cleo
 tric light socket is not encouraged
 nor recommended. s..
 Remember that high voltage B
 battery can cause considerable dam
 age If carelessly handled. The tn-
 sulation on the wiring must be suf-
 flcient for the voltage used, Care
 should be taken in the installation
 of a large capacity storage battery. Short circuits should be guarded against by proper wiring and in- sulation.
 , "Remember that results can al- ways be obtained from an inside , antenna If the necessary precau-
 tions cannot be taken in the installa-
 ton of the usual outdoor aerial. It , is far better to sacrifice little sig nal strength and distance reception I than to take too much for granted
 and not even live to be sorry for f it."
 Q WKAQ, the broadcasting station t of the Radio Corporation of Porto ,. Rico, has adopted a new schedule | which went into effect Wednesday, Il April 1. This schedule will be as c follows:
 f Wednesdays, musical concert by n the Municipal Band of San Juan, ,, conducted by Professor Manuel IT. r zol, from the Plaza Baldorioty de @ Castro, located In the center of the n city of San Juan. Hours from to e 9 D. m., eastern standard time. Il Thursdays, from 7:30 to g p. m, l. eastern standard time, concert from r. La Cafetera' restaurant. h Sundays, from to 9 p. n., musi' n cal concert by Municipal Band o' n San Juan.
 a WKAQ has been heard in ever, n state in the union and in man! le countries of Europe. The power i
 500 watts and the slogan of thu
 station is Porto Rico, the Island IS Of Enchantment." The wave lengtl D. of the station is S40.7. IT It fell to the lot of Walter Moore 'e baritone, singing for WING, Mem III phis, 10 sing a soul over the Grea 's Divide. The occasion was unknown :. to the singer until relatives of tn 10 dying man wrote him and thanke' ' him for the song.
 'u Tn the studio of WING a group 0 .. ae artists were singing gospel songs; il y Western Kentucky, far back in tn ", hills farmer lay dying. The radi .I had been his link with the outsid ,a world during a long illness; dyin s. he asked that he be allowed to liste
 once more. WING and the gospe song concert was turned in by tn VT, watchers at his bedside, and, head ,,+ phones on his ears, he settled bac n. in his bed to hear his last concer ,et Lead Kindly Light" song M .5 Moore in the studio of WING an ve 800 miles away a dying man smile se in peace and passed on as the clo' i'll ing words of the song were sung. us The call letters of WDSH the rs h. dio broadcasting station of C. ,al Sherer company, Worcester, Mass ,e, operating on a wave length of 2G re. meters have recently been change
 to WCTS.
 he Men who listen day after day 1 zI the control board to everythir te. broadcast from KGO, are sensiti' ,u- about unusual sounds before ti ,n-. microphones.
 One sure way of offending Ji NIT Martin, Joe Baker, or Norma .it- Woodford KGO control room0 ope ,us ators, Is 10 sneeze before micr ire phone. A sneeze, according 10 the nor experts, is inhuman and Is cor nd parable to an explosion in shing .z yard. Even clearing the thros .it- which sounds like the rattling to broken pottery. is bad enoug inr Coughing into a microphone com en- out at the other end of broadcasti nce machinery a series of irritati ,u- clicks. Not long ago a green rad TO- artist just about 10 make his bc
 before the invisible audience .a,f the night. blew a clarion note on ] dio nose. In the control room, the l ab- suit was the lightning removal
 in headscts, with muttered accompal his ment of words not found in rac nm technical books.
 ion Operators are first of all alwa +be on the listen for sounds in inc equipment, misses, clicks, a ,oc- scratches which tell their respect tie stories to the trained ear. { an casionally an operator in the Kt ght coltro. room VIII aunilt i'ealI gbt what is being said or played. [ ne usual sounds always attract att upb tion. The man who jingles mol tho in his pockets while talking Def , of a microphone, the woman who I ,sad ties her beads while she sings, reat fellow who holds his watch too cl ntrv to the microphone: all these peo ,een must reform their habits if they - of pire 10 travel the electrical hi
 ways Of the air and keep the g ivnn will of the keen young fellows V ould make travelling possible. who ---
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