Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-30
URGE
CURB FOR STATIC
DiscIaim Responsibility for
More Than Fraction Blamed
ON Electricity Producers.

Discaiming responsibility for more
than a fraction Of man made static"
in radio receiving sets. engineers Of
the National Electric Light Associa
ton suggest broadcasting on higher
powers and the development of less
sensitive but more highly selectNe
sets as the means for eliminating TINS
type of interference.
As a result of complaints that local
electric supply facilities have caused
many of the eXtraneous radio noises
heard in radio sets. the companies that
generate and distribute electric cur
rent several years ago set thef re
search engineers to work on the proo'
lem. Their findings. just announced
are to the effect that perhaps 10 10
20 per cent of the sources Of trouhie
NAV be traced TO electric hght ana
power generation nearby.
Numerous Other Reasons.
But. they add. there are numerous
other reasons for the buZZes, NUNS
and irving noises that spoil clear re-
ception. Primarily, nature itself is
most often to blame. Man-made dis,
1urbances cannot wholly be e!iml-
mated. hut the association assures the
listening public of the various com
lnunities that q least one radio noise
investigator will be found on the staff
of every electric utility.
"A desert island reached ny row
hoat" is the faCstiouS description
given of the place free from man-made
disturbances. IL is admitted that
nearly every electrical mechanism Is
possible source of disturbance
through regeneration, hut ii is
nointed out also that static" can be
generated by machinery betting or by
the exhaust steam from the smoke
stack of a locomotive.
A Government radio inspector once
reported that he had found the WINS
tie on a peanut stand causing all qf
the trouble i'll the neighborhood Of a
Western city.
Up to Industry.
Higher transmitting power SO that
the signal strength will permit pro-
gram TO ride out" all such i1terter-
ences Is one way to solve the problem,
says the report. Then there are pos
sibilities in the, development of sets
less sensitive to regeneration, 1t con-
tinues, adding that this is one of the
can solve.
The association declares it looks to
organizations like commercial radio
associations, including dealers and
merchants, to hear the responsibility
in their respective communities of
keeping disturbing radio noises to
minimum 1t is not too much to eX-
pect, it states. that in the near future
the complaints of noise traceable to
loose connections, faulty tubes or de-
supply also will be reduced to a mimi
mum.
The Weekly Movie Club, featuring
Phil Spitalny and his orchestra, head
lines the varied program tonight of
WMAL. The station will broadcast
continuously from 7:20 to 1880
o'clock. Vocal and instrumental solos
predominant on the program.
Brass instruments will occupy po-
stion of prominence in the EveTeady
hour, WRC's featured attraction to-
night. Won Suppes Light Cavalry
Overture" is one selection in which
the brass section will have cts oppOr
tunity. Following this classic selec-
ton there will he salon arrangement
of the popular Me and My Shadow"
Frank Armer. motion picture maya
zine editor, will give his usual l5-min
ute comment and gossip of Broadway
a. 6:l5 O'clock, after which will come
concerts by the Hofbrau and May.
flower Orchestras, the Four Bards
and the Radio Cavalcade.