New Britain herald., 1925-12-26
BACK O. THE MIKE

poet night programs on Friday cVe- ming. Jan. X, This program will consists Of the readings and musical settings Of inc works of William Cullen Bryant,
 C. G Richardson, wcll-known basketball coach, gives an interest mg talk upon the various phases of the game on Monday evening at 7:3O o'clock through WLW, Cincinnati
 Here are some of the questions which Margaret Cain, daytime host ess of KFl, Los Angeles was asked 10 answer one average morning by visitors al the studio:
 How much do your towers weigh 2"
 How can ] talk to my folks In Iowa."
 "On what numbers do you come ] in on my dial"'
 Just what is radio?"
 "Who listens 10 your station after Imidnight?"
 l Can you hear New York on your broadcasting set2
 How can l connect my telephone with KFI?"
 "What does IETT mean, and why? Whose initials are they?"
 "What's the idea of running a broadcasting station, anyway"
 Isolated army and civilian posts in the Philippine Islands finally have d regular communication link with the United States through the me dum Of transmitting radio amateur stations in California and in various parts of the islands,
 {. Unless unexpected conditions arise the broadcasting tests during Inter national week, Jan. 24-@o, should be especially favored by the weather This is the belief of weather bu- rcau officials who say that q more nearly ideal time could not have been selected. Looking back over a period of years, the last week in January strikes q general average o' having been clear and as cold or nearly as cold as during any other single week in the winter.
 A good way 10 clean a crystal (which has lost its sensitiycncss is tc immcrse it in ether. Place the crys- tal in q small bottle containing ether shake the bottle vigorously. after which remove the crystal with a pair of tweezers. The crystal should re- turn to its normal strength.
 An important investigation just completed under the direction ot George K. Burgess, director of the United States Bureau Of Standards shows less harmful effects from higl power broadcasting stations than had been expected by this bureau.
 4 good record for daylight recep' ton was made by k. T, St. James 1T Chicago when he heard kI'I of Los Angeles broadcasting a footHal game. The broadcasts of the g0m' began at 19:3o in the afternoon.
 4 college which will hroadcasts al Of ifs lectures and instructions ha: hocn inaug,Irat"d at Vienna, Austria The daily courses will start at 1t D. m. and will last approximately two hours,
 Radio bridge games have Wor great popularity with fans who ge the opportunity of enjoying two pop .IIar sports al the same time-listen . .ing 10 the radio and playing cards There are many stations whicl broadcast these card games. ; II has been held that broadcastin' . station operators cannot possibly in B torfprc with distress signals and fo that reason they will not be re ar1ired 10 keep silent in the futnr , tWhen an sos call is heard. For thi
 reason station operators will not b
 required 10 know code in the fu - ure.
 The listener is considered the big
 rnst factor in radio broadcas'ing 10 n Jay. Practically every hroadcaS
 station is sending ont test program 5,p determine the desires of the radi II public.
 n Tn 1899 the first wireless con
 iuunication was established hotw"e
 England and France. Today reg, | lar radio communication is possibl' q not only between England an 7. France. but also between Amcric ] md Europe.
 a Radio fans arc watching congrc.
 "lth expectations, as fl is general
 hnievrd that the radio problem wi l. h. brought up at this session an < laws will hc passed regulating broar !. casting. T. is expected that congro' wiH regulate the number of broao .o east stations and try 10 eliminate l is vision of time.
 \ cable at th" English rad
 hroudcasriur station a' Rugby col
 tains G5GI wires. Tho wires a
 g.. .raratrty insulated with enamel ar
 connected together at tEc end
 forming one conductor with all wir
 ir parallel The cahjo forms a pa $ of a lariahl" induc'dnoo in th" hiEl m power radio frequency circuits. Il