New Britain herald., 1926-01-27
Through he Static

International tests, Rah! Rah,
 Rah' The only things international m lAis town, as far as we know, are the kiWanis, Lions and Rotary clubs.
 But as far as the tests arc concerned.
 We are just as far from Europe as we ever were. Last night we got over pretty well: in fact We were only
 zoo miles from the English coast,
 put We couldn't force our set an- other mile. We could hear the waves skipping against the sides of what
 ever waves slap against away out in
 the middle Of the ocean. You know as much about that as we do. But, to get back to facts. Our set failed about 200 miles from the English coast. That was too bad.
 Conditions were much improved
 last evening and the air seemed to
 be more alive. There was little inter ference from static all evening and
 from II o'clock until nearly 11:SO o'clock, there was no electrical in- reference along the waveband. At about ll:G0 o'clock a buzz crept in on the lower WaVelengths and grad ually spread until it reached up to about 400 meters. This interfered considerably with our chances of
 bringing in anything. Ship code was
 heard from time to time away Up. The regeneratiVcs continued on their merry way, Queering any idea of bringing In anything worth while. Fans got start Of pleasure when they tuned in station on 270 me- ters, It came in with moderate vol ume, although the regeneratives ran riot with their squeals and whistles We listened with expectancy for some time, although We felt sure that the station was in the United States or Canada due to the fact ! that 1t was coming in with consider able volume. It proved to be MEAN | at Providence and it signed off Ut | about 11:20 o'clock. Several tele- phone calls came to us from fans about town, asking us for informa- ton about the station, and we really | hated to take the joy out of their lives by saying that it was practical 1 | ly 8 local station.
 Well, three nights Of the test have | passed and we haven't brought in ! anything for our trouble, yet. Third | down; four to go.
 WGY at Schenectady, transmit | ting with 50 kilowatts power, or, to l make 1t look bigger. 50,000 watts, l furnished an interesting dinner dance program by the Hotel Van Curler orchestra. The saxophone sec ton was notable for it's clarity.
 John R. McQuigg national con- mander of the American Legion, spoke in connection with the Amer tcan Legion Legislature dinner from WGY later in the evening. This din- | ner was for members of the Ameri- can Legion who are members of the legislature. Transmission was excel lent throughout.
 After o'clock there was a notable lack Of volume, and on the low waves the buzzing noise, mentioned above, did it's best to queer pro- grams, and succeeded nightly. There was little doing below 315 meters although WEAN ploughed through with its dinner music pro- gram.
 { W1S1 at Providence came through slick, dance music being featured. ] This station, which has & wave length Of about 440 meters was ac- 1 Companied by no interference of any kind. Drifting and Dreaming" and Tt Must Be Love" were featured by the Biltmore Something or-O Other or l chestra.
 | The Lucky Seven dance orchestra which, you remember, used to b. | when that station first started broad casting was heard at WHO'D Miami | Beach. Thls station is one of the new ones in the state where even i the mud on your rubbcrs is worth | 15 or 20 cents. The orchestra played "Sometime' and George Merritt, pi- anist, played Roses Tn The Bud" in a commendaulc manner.
 i George Olsen and His Music kept | feet jumping around, either accom- | panied or unaccompanied by the l bodies. which they belonged to. It's | al the same to us. They weren't our feet. Well. you all know how George l and his band car dish out dance | music. Playing in the grill of the | Hotel Pennsylvania, this organiza- ton handed out the peppiest foxtrot | numbers of the evening. which in ciudcd Just Around The Corner" l T Never Knew" and Don't Wake | Me Up,"
 W, W, Marshall over at 654 Stan icy street tells us that Monday night i | he tuned in a station which was | either PIT. Toulouse, France, or CYX, Mexico City broadcasting time 1 signals, Mir. Marshall might have | heard the station on two evenings, | because his communication is rather | vague. He says January 25-26." Now whether hc means January 25 | and 26 or January 9, 1926, He l ! cant make out. Al any rate if he l heard Toulouse, France, he is New l Britain's premier radio DIX getter, ! 1 because Monday night was a WOW.
 Somebody told us that there nrn 1 1 rcgenerative sets in this city, but we | loli that person he was crazy. We i | don't believe ii.