Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19
@HE thrill of picking up a
broadcast program from
across the Atlantic with

ers who have not succumbed to
the latest fad of building short
wave receivers.
Those few Washington radio
enthusiasts who possess short
wave sets, according to their re-
cent reports, are exploring far
and wide, listening to London,
Holland and other European sta
lions with no more difficulty than
it requires to bring in WRC,
WMAL or the other local stations.
Perhaps the most enthusiastic
/ short wave fan" is Carlos Van
Leer, jr., 1853 Ontario place, who
reports sensational results on a
two-tube set.
THE astounding regularity and
clearnesS of European broadcaStS
received in Washington" he
writes, prompts me to tell those
who may not know what can be
heard on the low wave bands.
Every afternoon from l to 6
o'clock London comes in, and
Holland sends a very unusual
program from Z to 10 o'clock on
Friday nights.
ct is a shock at first to hear
the announcer'S voice, on the
other side of the Atlantic, because
of the clarity and volume.
"Sit down with me at my little
two-tube set" Van Leer adds. ut
is just 6 o'clock in Washington
| still daylight, but midnight in
1 London, British Summer time.
The regular musical comedy from
the London stage has finished in
a burst of applause. The an
nouncer says London calling.
Stations having local announce
mentS will now make them, if
any Then comes the call letters
G5SW.
"'For the past two hours the
announcer continues, you have
been hearing the London trans
mission radiated from G5SW at
Chelmsford. England, working on
1888 meters. G5SW will continue
with a recital of gramaphone
records, lasting until 2 am
after London signs off, If it is
Friday night, tune with me to the
31.4 meter channel and hear the
|
Holland Is opening up. Then
comes ola Buenoes Aires ola
Pernambuco' and Hello, United
States of America and Canada,
this is Phillips Radio, Eindhoven.
Holland, broadcaSting special
program to South America"
With the same set in San
Francisco last November, Van
Leer said he heard G5SW, Chelms-
ford, England; 3LO, Melbourne,
Australia, and RFH, Khabarovsk,
Siberia, on the same day.
There is nothing exceptional
about these results" he concludes.
! "They are duplicated every day
all over the world"
X X X
The major radio musical offer
ing of the week will come Friday
night when the Victor Talking
Machine Co. introduces the coun-
try, through coaSt-to-coast net
work of National Broadcasting
Co. stations, to % of it's most ia
nous recording artists. Voices,
instrumental virtuoSoS, classic
and popular orcheStraS, and must
cal personalities famed through
out the world will make up the
all-Star cast.
Unfortunately, WRC is not to be
link in the network that will
carry this gala program. Wash
ington listeners will have to de-
pend on VIDAL, KDKA, WLW or
WIZ, four of the most prominent
to be on the transcontinental
chain.
Most of the artists and orches-
tras will assemble in the four New
York studios of the National
Broadcasting Co. for the preten-
tiouS program. Several of the
headlinerS, however, will face the
microphone in New York's thea
tiers or night clubs.
Mischa Elman, violinist; Law
renee Tibbett, baritone; Hulda
Lashanska, soprano, and Richard
Crooks, baritone, will contribute
classical and semi-claSsical Selec-
tions. Numbers in lighter vein
will be offered by such famous
purveyors of popular music as
Jack Smith, the whispering
Baritone; Johnny Marvin, vocal
list and ukulele artist; Frank
Crummit, Morton Downey, Aileen
Stanley, Franklyn Baur, tenor,
and Gene Austin. Jesse Crawford,
organist, and the we'll known
Revelers will also be featured.
In addition to four orchestral
units, directed by Rosario Bour-
don and Nathaniel Shilkret, the
nation wide audience will hear
George Olsen and his music, with
the singing trio. Rudy Vallee and
his Connecticut Yankees, New
York's latest popular band, and
the snappy High Hatters.
The idea of radio reception
from an automobile is one that
has always been of interest to
radio enthusiasts who have owned
cars. Many experimenters have
dabbled in this field, building and
installing radio apparatus In their
machines with varying measures
Of success.
But it is only in the last five or
six years since radio frequency
modification has been developed
sufficiently SO that extremely
small antennae, such as could be
installed in the top of the car, will
give enough signal to operate the
loud speaker.
With the high sensitivity of
radio frequency amplification in
it's present stages of development,