The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1926-12-02

Cheer up. Although radio conul-
tions are bad now and are going to be
still worse, they will become much bet
ter by 1888. This is the gist of a pre-
diction made by DR.. J. H. Dellinger of
the United States Bureau of Stan
dards.
DR.. Dellinger bases his predictions
upon the presence of sun spots which
are supposed to have an effect upon
radio reception conditions. While this
sun spot theory has not yet been con-
clusively proved, many observations
which have been taken have shown it
to be practically correct.
During the first part of 1926, ex-
perienced listeners will recall, recep-
ton conditions were below par and
quite freakish. DR.. Dellinger explains
as follows:
"Sun spots throw out enormous
eruptions of electrons and other cleo
trical particles some Of which reach
the earth's atmosphere. When the sun
spots are particularly intense, radio
reception is likely to be disturbed and
poor. The sun spot cycle is eleven
years, that is, there is a minimum of
spots on the sun for a time, after
which they gradually increase and
pass through a maximum and return
to a minimum, the whole occupying
eleven years.
The last sun spot minimum was in
1922 and it would be inferred, there
fore, that radio reception at it's best
in 1922 should be progressively worse
to 1928, and that in succeeding years
reception conditions should improve
and be at their best again in 1888. It
will be interesting to see whether this
occurs and whether future observa-
lions on sun spots will show closer
co-relationship with radio reception
conditions"
Radio Paradise
The town of Bude, in Cornwall,
England, is the radio paradise" of the
world, according to Kenneth Arnott,
British radio engineer who recently
visited in New York City.
Through some unexplained cause"
he stated, Signals in Bude are far
better than anywhere else that have
ever been or heard Of" American
stations are heard there daily and so
are many stations in other European
countries.
These facts, in the hands of live
publicity man, should do more towards
increasing the growth of Bude than
the efforts of half dozen local cham
bers of commerce.
Necessity is the Mother of Invention!
Mr.. Jack R. Poppele, chief engineer
of station WOR, returned from the
Dempsey-Tunney fight at Philadelphia
with a unique distinction. He saw the
fight yet heard it also by radio!
Poppele's ticket called for seat in
the last row Of the stadium, which
seemed to him to be miles from the
arena. So he took along one tube
set, draped an aerial behind his seat,
and tuned in on WIP of Philadelphia.
With binoculars over his eyes and
receivers over his ers, he looked like
pop-eyed arrival from Mars. Poppele
however, did not worry over how he
looked for he enjoyed the fight in spite
of the rain.
Our suggestion for "next time" is
that he incorporate his antenna in an
umbrella SO that he may also protect
himself from the sun or the rain, as
the case may be.
RADIO QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
[Mr. Sheriff. will be glad to help you
solve your radio problems. Write him
in care of this paper.]
Oh. S. G. says: II have 2
amp. Tungar battery charger for my
radio set. However I frequently have
to charge my IL volt automobile bat
terry. Would it be much of a job to
alter the charger to make it charge a
IL volt battery also? 2"
Ans.-It is not necessary to change
the charger to make it charge the IL
volt battery. Connect it up the same