New Britain herald., 1926-05-06
Through he Static

Speaking or radio, let's talk about something else. The folks who lis tened in during she major part of last evening, that is during inc wide awake period, had a iot 10 find fault with, We are sure. Beginning at 6 o'clock, the evening furnished an in- terestinG study in atmospheric noise and disturbance. Almost every kind os click We have heard burst upon OUT drtense1yss ears at that time, and when that old standby, the Is second interval buzz. started up longer and louder han eyer, in broad daylight, we threw up our hands. catching them dcftiy as they came down. The runner was out and since there were three down. the side retired. We listened in from time to time in The course or the evening but We waited until later +o see if conditions would improve any. They did 10 some extent. as far as stgtic was concerned, bur the To- gat disturbance kept right on.
 
 shortly after f o'clock ya ran into WHEEL Boston. dcnting ii con sIderablE Alter begging its pardon and picking up it's hat from where II lay in the top Of giant redwood tree e miles away. we listened care fully o what was gong on. Acyori- ing to what We heard, there must have been @ terrific sand storm in the studio We could hear the swish ing and the whistle Of the sand and the sounI Of terrific wind. Later. the storm stopped. when q machine in some nearby house was shut of, while the operator grabbed a bite 10 eat and We heard the Hunters Cabin orchestra playing several numbers. Drifting and Dreaming" '" that sweetly sentimental nicknack, was well played and We also enjoyed "It's You, Just You" Strange 10 say, the station came through pretty well.
 We fooled around considerably. trying to get settled at some sta ton, but then that blamed buzz started up and we suspended oper- ations for awhile. After 1t stopped, the weak littlo huzz with a slight crackle attached, took its place capably. This noise lasted through out the evening with static coming in when it thought of 1t. and other snaps and growls permeating the atmosphere. Reception, during the carly part of the evening, WAS ahout on par with that Of the entire year of 1926, so far. There was a dis couraging lack Of volume. as usual. and there was no distance to speak of, as usual. Remember, we are talk ing about the early part of the eve ming
 Well, we sat down at the spt and said to ourself, said we, "Weu get something, or we'll bust" a rather cheap remark, but no matter. We believe in recording faithfully the trend Of our thoughts. We tried and tried 10 bring in something worth while and We thought we really would follow out the thought Of our sentence, so great was our oxasper- a'ion. We finally managed 10 bring in new station. WIZ, We think 1t Nas in Now York city We had a hand job tuning 1t in, since kFOA W S,arle, Washington. was on at tGe time and nearly drowned out the weaker si2ual or tho New York s}a- ton. But We finally managed to build up the signal strength and We listened 70 The Vanderbilt hotel or chcstra in two very enjoyable num- bers, "Flower oi Love" and sugar Plum" Norman Erokeushirc said the band had a program of about = numbers, bu. vs couldn't wait. WIZ came through as well as usual
 From WLW, Cincinnati came the strains of one Of AIacDoWolI's selec- lions, and we doubt if tbr great composer would have recognized ii, there were so many hourshcs mixed m, It was an extremely classical rrn- dttion. Chff Lang did the dirty work.
 You notice that conditions arc Im- proving. Stand by please. Well, we hit into WAHG, Richmond Hill. which was haNug an argument with a large consignment Of fuzz which had been dumped oa is doorstep and the station WAS coming ont sec ond best The Colouia dance orclcs- Ira, waxing trite, played "Paiiiiu Madeline Home
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