Evening star., 1925-01-09
RADIO QUERIES
Radio Editor:

Radio Editor:
Wednesday afternoon from to
o'clock | picked up stations WOR,
Newark; WTAN Cleveland; WEI.
Philadelphia. and KDKA, Pittsburgh,
with enough volume for loud-speaker
reception. | have a three home
made set and wonder whether this is
exceptional or whether other fans
with three-tube sets can do the same.
Most fans I have talked to can get
nothing in the afternoon. l would
be glad TO hear from some of the
other fans.-S. S1MONS.
Your record is not exceptional An
efficient three-tube set should give
you daytime range of 500 miles.
especially with stations such as
WTAM using power rated at 1900
watts.
Radio Editor:
Kindly tell me the airline distance
from Washington to KFCB, Phoenix.
Ariz.. and KFAA, Greeley, Colo. A
few weeks ago | heard a man an
nouncing but could not get the call
letters lie said the station he rep
resented was the most powerful sta
tion in the world. Can YOU tell me
the station? = JACK ELDR1DGE,
Bethesda, Md.
The air. -line distance from Wash
iugton to Phoenix, Ariz., is 1879
miles The distance TO Greeley, Colo,
is 1867 miles. CKAC, Montreal,
Canada. advertises that il is the most
powerful station in the world. Its
power is rated at $500 watts.
Radio Editor:
Can you or any radio fan tell me
where station WTAY is located in
Illinois? 1t operates on a wave band
of approximately 250 meters. l also
would like to know the call letters of
station in Shenandoah, Iowa. The
announcer did not give the call
letters so I could understand them.
1t operates on A wave length of APP
proximately $50 or 260 meters
WILLIAM CHASE.
WTAY is in Oak Park. Ill. Its wave
band is 2S3 meters. The station III
Shenandoah. Iowa. is KFNF. 1t trans
mits on a 266-meter wave band
Radio Editor:
In what language did John Nc
Cormack sing the "Berceuse' from
"Jocelyn" over the radio New Year
night?-C. w.
Mr. Mccormack sang "Berceuse" in
English.
Radio Editor:
Do you or afy radio fan know the
origin of the word radio! ! haven't
met a fan yet who does. \ little en-
lightenment on this word viii be ap-
preciated.-HORACE T.
The word radio" exists both in
Latin and in Greek. It seems TO have
meant, originally, a spoke of wheel,
which meaning survives in mathe-
matics in the word radius From
the fact that the spokes went out
in al ca 10
the derived meanings, which survive
in the words 'radiate, ray" and
others, including radio" itself. The
original root of the word. more an
cient even than Greek and Latin.
probably is the very primitive root
word ar" which meant TO 60"
Radio Editor:
l think l can suggest to Milburn
Petty and other radio fans in the
vicinity of Eighteenth street and Co
lumbia road q way to discover the
cause Of interference in that neigh
borhood, which is, as he describes it,
an intermittent frying noise, entirely
unlike a code station.
/ have had a similar experience. and
will endeavor to relate my troubles.
The first aerial | used was one 100
feet long, running at right angles to a
trolley line, with n lead-in taken off
the end nearest to and about 10 yards
from the trolley line. On the adop-
tion of the regulation which prohib-
tied an aerial passing over an alley,
/ was forced to change the direction
of my aerial, which made it run
parallel to the car line, and still about
75 yards away from it, Then is when
| noticed a frying noise, which was at
its worst in rainy weather. This has
gone on until it reached the climax
during the past few days, when it has
even drowned out" KDKA. ] at
tribute this to the rather heavy snow
which has covered the ground.
/ know this interference is caused
by the street Gags because l have
watched them come and so many
times while listening-in, and find that
the nearer the cars approach the
louder the Interference, but the noise
only lasts as long as the motorman
has the controlling lever on and when
the car is coasting the noise ceases.
The Interference is always more prom
inent on the shorter wave lengths.
So, by way of suggestion, let the
Eighteenth street and Columbia road
radio fans watch the street cars, and
il this is their trouble, let them try
running their aerials at right angles
to the car line, If possible.
am sorry to have taken so much
of your space, but | hope some one