Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-06
MORE POWER GIVEN
RADIO STATION WGY
Temporary Boost to 100000
Watts Without Change
in Wave Length.

Without planning tn change its
wave length, station WGN of the
General Electric CO., at Schenectady.
has obtained authorization f'om the
Federal Radio Commission TO push its
power up to 100000 watts, or 100 kilo-
watts, for one hour each night for
the next so days This is the hiehes;
power ever used in broadca~tins III the
program hand.
The object of General Electric enei
neerS is TO determine the reach and
duality Of its prOErart, transmitted
with great power on rs frequency Of
190 kilocycles t379.5 meters). while
utilizing the new type 100-kiloWatt
tubes recently developed IN their
laboratories. IT is regarded quite
likely that the far reaches Of the con
tinent which have heretofore never
heard NGY. despite it's usual 80 liIo,
watts Of power, ttay now be able to
pick UP the station.
Special Outtiosts Promised.
Commissioner Caldwell Of New
York, upon whose recommendation
the special permission was granted
for the experimenting between mid
night and / M. Eastern standard
time, has been informed that WGN
will have special listening outpoStS
throughout the country during the
! one-hour bro5dCaStS. Technical re
ports Will he submitted hy trained
listeners on the results of the high
power experiments.
With its usual 80 kjlowatts OF
power, NGY is one OF the few pro
gram stations using power beyond
5000 watts. On the low freQuencieS
high wattake is not generally en-.
ployed because of the problem of
modulating the voice or instrument
vibrations This condition does NOT
obtain on the high freQueuCieS used
chiefly for code communication. and
accordingly station MSS If the United
States Navy, at ANNAPOLIS. is able 10
employ SEQ kil0Watts Of power in lis
arc transmitter
The same is true with other sta.
tons, like NPO At Samoa. which uses
more than Heo kjlowatts IN its tI0t-d9sh
transmission. These naval starinns
nave tremendous range that reaches
across continents and oceans 10 ship
and shore stations
New Tubes Located.
Two Of the rev Tubes for WGY's
hrOadcasts Will he used IN the an1uII.
fer and three in the mo3ulator.
Ordinarily the lower Frecliencies
are used for the higher powers in
both code and program work. Station
NG1 has splendid record Of receD.
tons OF the short waves which j; has
been transmitting through its @NAF
station simultaneously with the PRO
grams on lis regular wave. Thus an
Australian station was able 10 nick
=
ana reoroadcast it 10 its own listeners
with a high degree Of success. Sta
lion 2HAF has done broadcastinC Of
this kind for listeners in other narts
OF the world on various occasion
Another concert by the New York
philharmonic Orchestra is the out
standing musical attraction scheduled
tonight by WRC. The concert will
come TO WRC over special leased
wire direct from the Lewisohn
Stadium in New York City.
Marthas Vineyard. the quaint island
Just south of the elbow of Cape Cod.
VIII be the scene of Bob Tesseman's
week End Party" which will he
broadcast at $40 o'clock. The sub
sequent features include a Bible talk
by Page Nick. Etchison. religions
work director of the Y. NJ. G. A.. and
dance music by the Central Park and
Palais dor Orchestras.
Prohibition enforcement under the
civil Service law will be discussed be.
fore MWAL's microphone tonight by
Herbert E. Morgan of the Civil Serv.
Ice Commission. Mr.. -Morgan's talk
Will be broadcast at o'clock.
: WMAL's musical entertainment in.
cludes a concert by the Hawaiian
Melody Boys and recital by EIvina
Neal Rowe, soprano.