Evening star., 1933-10-08
10 23-year-old John Newton
Dyer, a 1891 graduate OF
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Dyer, a 1891 graduate Of
Massachusetts Institute OF
= Technology, goes an as
signment that many a radio en-
gineer and amateur will envy.
Out of a big field OF candidates,
he has been selected to take
charge Of Admiral Byrd's COM
municationS facilities on his new
Antarctic expedition, which will
include the relay broadcasting OF
periodical reports to the Amerl-
can people via radio.
Unlike Malcolm P. Hanson, who
was Byrd's chief radio engineer
on his first South Pole expedition
and who returned home to greet
a son born during his absence,
young Mr.. Dyer will have no
qualmS about leaving family
behind, for he is unmarried. Mr..
Hanson's family obligations rem
dered it impossible for him to
even consider taking this second
long trip.
Dyer is a native of Haverhill,
Mass, who rated 98.2 per cent in
the physical examination required
of the Byrd party. The three
radio tranSmitters OF the eXpedl-
ton, including one in the plane
that is to fly over the South Pole
again, are being prepared at
Boston, where Prof. McCaleb of
Harvard has been consultant. The
first radio unit of the expedition
is located on the S. S. Jacob
Rupert, flagship OF the expedi-
ton, and has been assigned the
call letters KJTY by the Federal
Radio Commission.
Although most persons will
tune to their regular stations to
hear the verbal reports from the
scenes of the expedition, many
amateurs and short wave fans
may attempt to pick them up di-
rectly on the IS short waves that
have been issued by the radio
commission. These waves will pe
directed toward Buenos Aires,
where they will be picked up for
retransmisSion on the regular
radiotelephone system to New
York and thence over the net
work. The voice channels issued
to Byrd by the commission are
$3.50, $500, 6670, 1920, 8840, 1875,
1320O, 1890, 13245, 1890, 1880,
1890, 21515, 21600 and 21625 kilo-
cycles. In addition 81 short waves
for autobiography have been
granted the expedition.
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REST heard of all American
- broadcasting stations in Eng
land, where apparently the DIX
sport is still much enjoyed, are
WCAU, Philadelphia; VITO.
Hartford; WPG, Atlantic City;
WTAM, Cleveland, and WHO'D,
Miami Beach. This is reported by
World Radio, organ of the Brit
ish Broadcasting Corporation,
which also tells of "two- valve" or
tWo-tube set reception with fair
consistency of WABC, New York;
WBZ-WBZA, Boston-Springfield,
and WNAC and WAAB, Boston.
Other stations heard fairly we'll
a-a KDKA. Pittsburgh; WEAF
and WIZ. New York; WENR,
Chicago; WKBW, Buffalo, NJ Y;
I-EOX, st. Louis, and WGY.,
s enectady.
Transmission t-to-east across
t'-e Atlantic, especially in Winter
appears to offer much more to
tie British listener than eaSt-to-
vest transmission, despite the
higher lowers generally prevail
jlg in Europe, where many sta
tons OF more than 100000 watts
are operating against the 10000
watt limit here Most of the
American stations heard there
ere in the high power class,
though WHO'D is a 1,000watter,
WNAC a 1.000-watter and WAAB
q 500-Watter.
The British periodical COM
ments on the fact that KDKA,
long the old standby Of DIX recep-
ton in the Isles, is no longer
most easily received and speaks
of the WHO'D reception as a "re-
markable record" and Of WAAB
as a "beSt capture" The publi-
cation attributes the improved
reception to improved receiving
sets and increased power, and
editorially takes occasion 10
praise Cne FeQeral HdQlO COIu-
mission here for useful work in
clearing channels and eliminat-
ing superfluous tranSmitters."
COME 400 broadcasters, repre-
- senting nearly as many radio
stations, are expected to attend
the annual convention Of the
National Association of Broad
casters at White Sulphur Springs,
w. Va, this week. This years
meeting is regarded as unusually
important in view of the fact that
the proposed broadcasters' code,
still the subject Of conferences
with N. R. A. officials early this
week, will be considered along
with many other major problems
facing the industry.
The code, which was the sub
ject of hearings before Deputy
Administrator Sol A. Rosenblatt
last week, was snagged in con-
ference when the broadcasters