Evening star., 1928-02-15
NEW TELEVS|0N
TEST IS PLANNED
Scotch Inventor Believes
Transmission Effects Can
Be Made Stronger.

For nearly year John L. Baird, the
Scotch inventor Of televislon, threat
ened 70 Set the jump on American in
ventorS in the same field in radiocast-
ing images across the ocean. Last week
he successfully demonstrated his tele-
VISOR. flashing pictures Of persons stand
ing before an eye" n his London
laboratory 10 a receiving set in sta
tion just outside New York City. The
images were rather blurred but recog-
n.Zable. and this week Mr. Baird pro-
poses 10 show how much better the pic
lures can be transmitted i higher power
Is utilized III the radio tranSnitter
Afr Baird sent Q. G. Hutchinson, the
managing director OF his incorporated
televls.0n company. 10 New York just
about a month ago. Capt. Hutchinson
arranged With f. -. Hart Of HartSda.e
\. y. an anlatcu- sh0~,-Wave operator
who has Station o->kJ = reception of
the tra;lS!llSS!CllS f.1:l. o:Gon. He is
now setting Up a tr3i. ,l.ng appara-
It's FOR flashing the :, aeeS by radio
from this siGe Of tie Atlantic 10 Lon
don.
Teieyi$ion has been demonstrated
several times II this country, but the
British enterprise Is the frs; TO attempt
II across the Atlantic, Its sponsors are
highly enthusiastic over the commercial
possibilities, saying that the time will
soon come when 1t Will be established
g. a public tWo-way service between
New Iork and London. Observers on
tbs SIDE. While Cetract.rg IN 10 way
from The merit Of the British expert
n2ent, are SAept.cal about its CONNER
Ga possibilities.
The transatlantic radiotelephone. al
Il ts-S, =
not yet q paying proposition On the
other hand. Il Is. nevertheless. being eX-
tended gradually. Within recent weeks
II connected New York and the Ameri-
can telephone circuits TO Belgium Hol-
land and Germany, There is no indi-
cation that it will be discontinued, even
though lis income IS said 10 have failed
70 meet the costs OF operation as yet
TelevislOn, il is said, would attract
even fewer customers than the radio
telephone for reasons Of comparative
lack Of utility 10 the general public
While the day may come when a
simple and cheap te!eyision receiver
may be made available 10 the public
for the Photographic reception Of cur
rent events. the time is not yet believed
10 be here. The televlsor IN long-6is-
tance reception is subject TO the va
EarleS O. the atmosphere. nOtaoly Statlc
distortion. Some radio men object TO
Il because it utilizes a high frequency
or short wave band that is far too
wide: that is. il takes up too much
"rooul" n the ether.
The experin1enters with the Baird
transIritter expect 70 eliminate some
Of the distortion Que 10 static by en-
pIoying 10000 watts Of power in the
next experiments instead of the 1000
used before.
Erra Calvert and Kin Carroll. the
pioneer radio twins" Will return 10 the
r7icrophone tonight as a feature Of the
" 3. e. A. program which WRC Will
broadcast al o'clock. The fifth of a
series Of concerts By the Potomac Elec-
v1c Power CO. Orchestra will follow
The weekly concert OF the Ipana
Troubadou-s and tabloid version Of
Terdi's "ErEani.'' by the National Grand
Opera ensemble are the principal at
fractions which WPC will import from
New York. The Troubadours have ar
ranged Valentines day program Every
selection n its program viii have a
heart. Here they are: "Heartaches and
Dreams Have a Heart" My Heart