New Britain herald., 1925-02-02

solo by Mir. French. also proved to be one of the evenings hits. This number, written by Rudy Weidoeft for the saxophone, lost none of its snap and sparkle as result of the change.
 Those Endearing Young Charms" played as a French horn solo by MT. French. became melody which al- most made the loud speaker week.
 The tenor solos by MT. Horton, rendered ina clear and forceful manner. without the customary ac- companying station noises, included Just To Hear My Mother Sing Again." with piano and French horn accompaniment and Irish Eyee,"
 Saturday night wasn't so good. The special operator of the regenerative set was on the air continuously and there was considerable static. West ern stations last night were bashful and there was great difficulty in bringing them in.
 We attended two meetings of prominent clubs Saturday night. The Coo Coo" club from WTAM pre- scented its usual Saturday evening program, and the Cheese Club" out of WOR, made it's debut, with great success. Hershfeld, the cartoonist who draws Banana Oil." was at the microphone and he had lots of fun. apparently.
 Signals from the Argentine wire- less experimental station CBS, oper- ated by Carlos , Braggio of Buenos Aires, were received yesterday by Frank Neill of Whitehead, near Bel fast. Ireland, using a two-yalve set. Neill copied every word sent by the Argentine amateur.
 John Grobstein, representative of the Amateur Radio league in this city, and a prominent radio builder | and experim enter. has esta blished what looks like an amateur record for long distance communication.
 At 1885 a. III. on January 25. Grobstein was handling some traffic communications with station 9-CJT at Omaha. Nebraska.
 Yesterday Grobstein received an ! acknowledgement card from station pnO a+ Doaadapa roI;fornia cfat ing that the operator there had re- ceived his previous communications with the Omaha station and that his signals were coming in very good at the time.
 Inasmuch as the local man waS operating a station of but Is watts strength and using 79 meter wave length, it is evident that this trans continental record is an exception ally good one.
 Mr. Grobstein's station Is 1-ABX.
 Some time ago the office of the city 1 electrical inspector issued a warning to radio set owners and operators relative to the installation of light ming arresters and switches. In effect, ! thit statement was interpreted by a majority of people to mean, If the 1 order did not actually say so, that the electrician would insist on a lightning arrester and a switch.
 Perusal of the national board of fire underwriters latest rules, how ever, discloSes that a switch Is not essential. The only essential thing Is the lightning arrester. The switch is euperfiuous and need not be in- stalled, according to the following: Rule 37O2 for receiving stations only, section H:
 Each lead-in conductor shall be provided with an approved protec- 1 tive device Lightning arrester) which : shall operate at voltage of 500 volts or less, properly connected and ! located either inside the building at i lome point between the entrance and i the set which is convenient to the i ground, or outside the building as near as practical to the point of en- trance. The protector shall not be placed in the immediate vicinity Of easily ignitaple stuff, or where eX- posed to infiamable gases or dust or 1 flyings of combustible materials.
 l. If an antena grounding switch is employed, 1t shall in it's closed po- sition form a shunt around the pro- toctive device. Such a switch shall not be used as a substitute for the 1 protective device.
 From the foregoing it is evident that the switch is not mandatory un- der the terms of the fire undorwri- ters' rules,
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