Evening star., 1925-02-11
RADIO QUERIES

Radio Editor:
Will you kindly tell me where
WGAS is located? Also give me the
wave length and distance from
Washington of the following sta
tions: kFkX. Hastings: WEBJ, New
York; WEAN. Providence; CNRO, OF
tawa. Canada; WTAS. Elgin. Ill;
WAHG, Richmond Hills, n. Y:
WTAY, Oak Park. ILL.,; WMBF, Miami
WEAO, Columbus, and WMAk. Lock-
port. N. Y.-wILLIAM CHASE
Have no record of a station with
the call WGAS. The wave length
and air line distance from Washing
ton of the stations you inquired
1.134 miles; WEBB. 273 meters, 204
miles: WEAN, 270 meters. 355 miles:
CNRO. 435 meters. 322 miles; WTAs.
302.s meters, sal miles: WAHG, ass
meters. 204 miles; WTAY, $50 meters,
603 miles: WMBF, 3S4.4 meters, 92S
miles: VICAR, 2s3 meters. 1886 miles:
WEAO, 2S3.9 meters, 327 miles, and
WMAk. 2sS meters. 3e7 miles.
Radio Editor:
Referring to the query of Mr.. p. r.
Rouzee, published in your column
last Thursday, / wish to state that
the sation he referred to as Elite
University was undoubtedly WEBW,
Beloit University, at Beloit, Wis. l
heard this station early Sunday eve
ming on a wave of approximate 278
meters.-J. F. MALONEY.
Radio Editor:
Last Wednesday night I tuned in
= station In Raleigh, y. c., and heard
two saxophone solos and a quartet,
but could not understand the call let
l.. l. h~o I.,a
neither could l find station in
Raleigh in my call book. Please give
me the stations call and wave.
I would like to suggest to local
fans that they write to the two big
stations, WRC and WCAP, in an ef-
fort to have them sign off one or two
nights each week not later than 10
O'Clock, so that we who are able to
purchase high-powered neutrodynes
superheterodynes etc, may do 2 lit
tie DIX fishing without having it cut
up with local broadcasting.
1t is exasperatipg to have some
out-of-town station come in and
every few minutes have 1t garhled by
the high notes of the home stations.
Our local stations put out some fine
programs and we appreciate them
very much. but there Is such a thing
as firing of chicken until an ordinary
relief-if you grasp my meaning. No
matter how good a thing may be one
wants something different occasion
ally.
Your column Is enjoyed very much
and here's hoping the good work
goes OIL TURNER.
WFBQ is the call of the station in
Raleigh. n. C. 1t is operated by the
Wynne Radio Co., and transmits on a
252-meter wave.
Radio Editor:
/ have read your column with a
great deal of pleasure. Not only are
the various opinions occasionally ex
pressed interesting, but there is much
information of real value in the
technical discussions and answers to
queries. wonder IL you or some of
the fans can help me to identify a
station 1 heard Saturday night about
midnight on a 900-meter wave band. 1t
was impossible to separate them from
WPG, but after that station had sign
ed off / heard them announcing con-
test of some kind. 1t evidently had
something to do with automobiles, as
l heard these names mentioned sew
eral times, then followed musical
program, and after listening vainly
for about half an hour to catch
their call, 1 was obliged to answer
the call of Morpheus.-GEORGE r.
JENKINS, 505 L street northwest
Perhaps some of the readers may
be able to answer your query.
Radio Editor:
From listening in a good deal /
am convinced THE World Is Wait
ing for the Sunrise" Am further
convinced the world is also waiting
for a crystal set with such q con-
sistent and apparently unlimited
range as that possessed by Mr.. Firth
of Tuxedo. I have built many "long-
distance" crystals and get WRC quite
consistently. have had and built
tube sets up to three tubes and get
about 1850 miles regularly. Tubes,
batteries, etc, are expensive and l
think Mr Firth owes 1t to the thou
sands of fans who cannot afford even
reasonably priced tube sets to send
to The Star for publication the name
Uf commercial preducO or hook-up
Of his 900 -mile-loudrspeaker-
calls crystal receiving set.-C. E. SUR
RIER.
Although Mr.. Firth has declined to
give out for publication the hook-up
and other essentials of his long
range crystal set, he claims that the
secret of its success Is due primarily
to the type of antenna used Mr..
Firth uses a counterpoiss instsaA Of
la ground.