New Britain herald., 1926-07-12
Through fife Static

Just to let us know that summer is here and that everything is not going to be lovely in regard to radio, conditions were frlghtful over the weekend. On Saturday thunder storms lowering in the vicinity of New Britain, took away all the pleasure from radio, while yester- days bad conditions were due to just plain stubbornness, as far as we can sec. Static was something awful on both nights.
 On Saturday evening we tuned in before dark, just after dark and then again about midnight. It vas 6 hopeless procedure. Shortly after 6 o'clock We had a thunder storm, if you remember that far back. It didn't amount 10 much as a thun- der storm, apparently, but the light ming made an awful racket in the set and there was a continuous roar Of static, This continued all evening, as the lightning flashed at regular l intervals.
 l We managed 10 bring in WBZ, 1 Springfield, and the Capitol theater orchestra, but the results were noth- ing 10 make US stay up nights and write letters to friends in far off countries. No sir, An overture called The Still Alarm" opened the pro- | gram. This number was designed 10 1 give the impression Of watching the fire engines starting out, fighting the l fire, returning and we could hear the ! fremen cursing their luck, or it might have been the man next door, who dropped his storage battery on ] his foot. Anyway, we heard some cursing somewhere.
 
 From WJZ New York, We heard static, and from every other station we heard the same thing, with now and then a bit Of music just to make i the sport more fascinating It wasn't fascinating for us, however. Those days are gone forever.
 
 Last night was almos. a duplicate ot the night before, The static was deeper in tone, but it was the same | old stuff, all the same. Wed know it | in a million.
 l This morning we awoke early enough to tune in on the setting up exercises from WOR, Newark, and WEEI, Boston. Newark had music with the program and Boston did not, hence We stuck 10 the former. There was one funny thing. A com- plete buzzing outfit was going full blast at that time in the morning. Now isn't that funny? Well, why don't you laugh?
 We forgot 10 mention that we tuned in on WGCP, Newark, yes | terday morning at about o'clock. The noise was something frightful, | but the station was using heavier power than usual, we guess. The announcer was talking about the ar i senal explosion and telling the peo- pie not 10 be frightened, because 1 Newark would not be bothered. 1 Rather a queer sensation we had, listening to that echo Of tragedy, Well, we might just as well give you few news items, since we have l considerable space left. Robert T, Hurley, superintendent Of the Con 1 -ri, 41I l. on Safety from WTIC, Hartford. on Friday evening of this week at i 7:45 o'clock. It should be interest l ing,
 And on Wednesday evening at S:50 o'clock from the same station, i Clarence T. Hubbard will deliver a talk on Funny Experiences Of q i Sober Magician" On the same eve ming at 6:30 o'clock the Hotel Bond Trio will continue it's musical tour Of Europe. hitting the Scandinavian Peninsula. Bob Wilkins will be the official guide.
 Those who tune in WIN, New 1 York, from now on will get better reception than they have heretofore, due to the fact that this station has insaHed one of the newest Binaural microphones which will greatly i'm prove the balance, giving the effect | or two "ears" instead Of one.
 
 Radio listeners who twist the dials ]