Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-06
|S0N OF PRESIDENT
| IS TELEWS|ON FAN
Herbert Hoover, Jr., Watch.
ing Closely Developments :,
in Visual Radio.
BY ROBERT MACK.

Television, radios promising young
offshoot, has captured the fancy Of
Herbert Hoover, jr p.
The eldest son Of the President, Is
watching closely the development Of
the visual art and in recent weeks has
witnessed several demonstrations Of ex-
perimental television systems on the
Pacific Coast During a recent visit TO
washington he discussed the technical
development of television with engineers
Of the Federal Radio Commission.
radio engineer by profession, spe-
cializing in its aviation communication
aspects. the younger Hoover is a close
student OF the entire art. Therefore,
his friends say, it Is not surprising that
he should evince deep interest in tele-
vision and, perhaps, do a little expert
menting on his own at his workshop
at Palo Alto, Calf, where he now Is
residing vile teaching at Leland Stan
ford University. the alma mater of both
himself and his father
Studies Developments. ~.
Much Of the phenomenal develop
ment OF television during the past year
has taken place in Laboratories on the
Pacific Coast. There the younger Hoo
yer has had opportunity to observe these
developments, which doubtless are re-
sponsible for his strong interest. In
the inventive line, his latest undertak-
ing has been the development Of q
radio direction finding system, de-
signed to keep aircraft on their charted
course, and it is being considered by
the Army Air Corps as standard equip
ment. His enthusiasm over television,
his friends think, may cause Herbert,
Jr., to try his hand in visual radio ex-
periments.
In his twenty-seventh year, the
younger Hoover is president Of Aero
nautical Radio, Inc, the public utility
aviation radio corporation which has es-
tablished in this country Nationwide
network making possible communica-
| ton between planes on the charted air
ways and ground stations. He has been
the directing head in the setting up of
this network during the past two years.
On Leave From Company.
In addition, he is communications
engineer of Transcontinental-W Western
Air. Inc, one Of the largest commercial
aviation companies in the world. For
the past year he has been on leave Of
absence from this company. due to i'm
pared health. Now he is teaching two
classes at Leland Stanford, one in radio
engineering and the other in business
administration.
Herbert. jr., has been interested In
radio since he attended grammar
school, and Is an amateur of long
standing. He is the present licensee
of station W6XH at his home at Palo
Alto, and in the past has held special
experimental licenses for exploration Of
the ultra high frequencies, now re-
garded as utterly useless for CONNER
cial communications purposes. As
early as 1921, when little was known
about the vagaries Of the short waves
and their skip-distance characteristics,
young Hoover built a high frequency
set with which he made contacts with
/ radio amateurs in Europe Until Febru-
airy !, 1929, when he became associated
with Western Air, his experience In
radio had been purely in the amateur
field.
(Copyright, 1917