New Britain herald., 1927-05-28

IdQl0 BLatlOH1 are gong 10 pop up II
the most unexpected places imag.
Unable on the dials Of sets owned
by New Britain radio fans. Ac.
cording to announcements made by
the federal radio commission. there /,
to be . general shifting Of wave
lengths. but 1t is said that the
changes will be temporary only In
order to find out just where vari-
Gus transmitters can be located on
the wave bands with the least In
reference to each other.
Every mail into the Herald office
has brought notices from stations
of changes in their wave lengths,
many of them. on their face being
of such nature that local listen
ers will have difficulty in bringing
in some Of the favorite stations.
For instance. 1t has been said that
VITO. Hartford. will be located on
4Sl meters Another source had 1t
AIS meters and word from the sta
ton itself advised the Herald that
the officials there have not yet been
notified OF a change in wave length
by the radio commission. But.
whether it be 447.5 or 461 meters,
WIZ will suffer. 1t will be i'm
possible to bring in WIZ while
VITO is on the air. II either Of the
two wave lengths mentioned are COR
rect. WIZ will suffer in much the
same manner as does WEAF, al
though there will be more Of a dis
turbanee. due to WIS high power.
WEEP. Boston. has announced
that it has been assigned to 447.5
meters. so. in all probability VITO
will be found elsewhere. woo,
Davenport, a favorite station, will
benefit as far as local fans are con-
cerned. The wave length Of that
transmitter has been 1874 meters.
right in the shadow of Hartford's
wave, and it has been impossible to
bring In the Davenport station with
the insurance city broadcaster on the
air. But woo announced today that
it has been assigned to 1921 meters,
which is in comparatively quiet ter
ritory unless some other station
nearer at hand is assigned to a wave
length near there.
WV, Detroit. will be found on a
wave length of about 375 meters, not
so bad. WRNY,, New York. will not
suffer. WRNY will be moved to 800
meters.
1t is interesting to note that the
wave-jumpers and the presumptuous
young rascals that sprang into be-
ing during the latter part of last
year and the early part of this have
been consigned to the comparative
oblivion of $50 and $50 meters. wave
lengths not struck by many of the
sets of today. The old timers and
those that stuck to their wave
lengths or waited for the department
of commerce to make a different as
signation are receiving the cream of
the wave bands. Which, after all,
is as should be.
There will be many other changes,
doubtless, and it will be necessary
to wait for specific information from
the stations themselves before max
ing any statements. since reports
insist upon conflicting.
New Britain fans are asked to
communicate with the Herald il they
are not satisfied with the reassign.
newt. The radio editor Is interested
in finding out just how the new wave
lengths will affect New Britain fan.
and prompt communication with
this newspaper will make it possible
for all fans In the city to see just
where they stand. Murmurs of pc.
titions to stations and to the radio
commission are already being heard
and it is expected that New Britain
will not allow It's toes to be stepped
on without raising considerable
howl.
Definite announcement as t
whether or not WEI will shift it,
wave length has not been made az
yet.
New Britain fans must band to.
sether for their mutual satisfaction
Prompt expression of opinion viii
help considerably.
There are many types of tele.
phone takers.
There is the secretive bird wht
nearly climbs down the mouthpiect
of the phone for fear somebody will
hear him. II he calls up the corner
grocery store for a small can o,
salmon one would think that he wa.
planning a bank robbery or ar
elopement with the person at tht
other end. To have one OF these
pests call up means an ear strair
in trying to hear what he has t.
say. 1t usually isn't much.
Then there is the phone shouter
This fellow thinks his success In the
conversation depends on his abilit,
to yell louder than the other fellow
A buzzy wire brings shrieks from
him that would come in handy If HI
were drowning. Sometimes wher
one Is busy and trying to worl
through the noise, one is tempted tt
wish that he were drowning.
There is the sufferer. This fellow
has a curious complex which ties u.
his tongue every time he takes Z
receiver off the hook. Able to carr,
on brilliant conversation at norma
times. this stammerer make a com
plete mess of saying yes" over tn,
phone. Short conversations run int,
hours because Of his conversations
steeple chasing.
Then there Is the fellow witt
plenty of time to waste. Anythipf
which Is an excuse for a converse
ton serves to have him reach TO,
the phone. He usually starts of
"D'ya know who this ISL" Incident
ally most of the members Of Thu
! class are she's.
Then there is the important some
body. He neglects to say goodbye