Evening star., 1925-01-16
RADIO QUERIES

Radio Editor:
] read with great interest the let
ter OF !. G. Massey in The Star and
wish TO state that ] experienced ex-
aetiy the same interference. How
erert in addition to the code, l heard
sope one saying loudly and plainly,
Eello! Hello! Hello! Three Boy
Sailor Boy" calling various am
ateur stations. This occurred on the
same dial settings as the code and
during intervals when the code
ceased. On another occasion about
a. week ago I heard the same thing,
and this time I picked up one end Of
technical conversation between this
station and an amateur.
Therefore, il would appear that the
code emanates from Three Boy
Sailor Boy" whatever and wherever
that is. This may be OF some as
sistance in Identifying the source of
code nuisance which has msrred the
radio programs for the last two
months.
l can find no such call as the pe-
culiar one which this station uses
and it looks suspiciously like they
use these words instead of their real
call letters in order to conceal their
identity. knowing that they are vio-
lating the law. This interference
y
tioH, because IT is received on my set
on several different dial settings
quite far apart, whereas WCAP and
WRC are received on only one set
ting.
/ am writing a letter on this sub
1ect to Mr.. B. Y. Cadmus, supervisor
of the third radio district, custom
house, Baltimore, Md. and would
suggest that all radio enthusiasts
Tx-{fh
sary interference do likewise, as the
more complaints received the more
likelihood there Is of the nuisance
being eliminated.-F. F.. CAMPBELL,
oe3 G street southwest.
Radio Editor:
Can some one tell me what station
I heard Monday night at 1890 o'clock
hroadcasting Hawaiian music? The
concluding number was There's Yes,
Yes, in Your Eyes" The announcer
said the station would be on the
air again Monday.-ELIZABET E.
JONES. Dick kerson, Md
Some fan may be able to answer your
query.
Radio Editor:
In The Evening Star radio column
Monday, January IL, ]. e. Gassin. by in
ference. blames amateurs for the marked
code interference on broadcast waves
which he in company with others has
observed. He intimates that the inter-
ference is on many waves, and wants
to publish broadcast the names Of Of
tenders so that summary action may
follow
The writer tried to arrange by teie-
phone to listen on the complainant's set
Monday evening. but he was doing night
work at the Office, and according to an
other person, who succeeded in reach
ing him by telephone. he would find il
difficult to be in for several evenings
to come.
The writer, therefore, has listened IN
on his own set the night Of January 49,
and has traversed the broadcast range
with the results that follow: 1924 pm,
507 meters, NAA; z AZ pm, sos meters
MSS; AS pm, AL meters, MSS; 40
pm, 413 meters. WLW and Montreal
heterodyning each other until WLW
signed off just at this point: :59 pm,
S:0S pm. S35 meters, KDKA and an
other station heterodyning each other:
s :09 pm, 302 meters, NAA; 8 IA pm,
263 meters, bad arc mush. but signed
of just as adjustments were being COM
pleted. Narrow band of waves near
WRC, not covered as WRC, half mile
away interfered.
At this time there was an interrnis-
sion until time signals started, when the
field was resurveyed with the following
results: 1855 pm, 557 meters, MSS /;
9:57 pm, 551 meters, MSS, compensa-
ton wave; . :57 pm. Sal meters, NAA;
1858 pm. 522 meters, MSS; $3.50 p.m
Sof meters, MSS: 10 pm, 4s9 meters,
MSS, compensation wave: 10 :O1 p.m
ass meters. MSS apparently sending
news; :o5 pm, 449 meters, MSS. COM
pensation wave; IL pm, S43 meters
MSS. news; 1913 pm, 337 meters,
NAA; 10 IL pm, 500 meters, NAA.
The code interferences noted came en-
tirsly from two stations, NAA, the big
station Of the Army and Navy at Airing
ton. Va, and MSS. the transatlantic and
transcontinental station Of the Navy at
Annapolis.
Now if our friend will proceed with
the direct action and apply his sugges-
tion Of forcibly correcting this nuisance
the writer will aid and abet him, and IL
a time is definitely set will he on hand
TO hold the complainant's hat and coat
while our modern Don Quixote charges
The Arlington towers with his lance,
c. A. BRIGGS (3CAB1.