The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-17

tuning an all-WaVe set during one
session of ideal conditions, when
all countries in the world and all
p outpOsts of civilization are on the
air, is presented below. Local
conditions would have a direct
bearing on your ability TO dupli-
cate this program, however.
Tour the world by radio and
never leave your living room.
Sounds incredible, but it can be
done with one of the new globe
girdling allwave 1885 sets.
Start with your favorite local sta
ton and listen for a bit to Amer
lean rhythms Give the dial twist
and move along the standard broad
cast channels to New York or San
Francisco.
Let's say you start with New
York. You've travelled long way
already. Get ready to launch
yourself af1oat, for here We leave
land and, with the short wave
brought into play by a twist of the
dial, we board ship af1oat on the
Atlantic.
On to London
A couple of wireless operators are
chatting. One of your ships is re-
porting it's position. Another is ap-
preaching London. You can beat
that last ship to London by tuning
in on Daventry, and one Of five sta
tions shown in your log.
London, three minutes from home
on your dial, via local station, New
York, and ships at sea.
Let's skip France for the nonce
and tune in DIRK in Belgium, tarry
moment and leap on to Geneva,
where the League of Nations pom
ders problems of the world in Swift
Zerland.
Then on to Berlin's stations, DUB,
DID, DJA or DIG, and maybe we
can catch Adolf Hitler addressing
the Nazi thrOngs.
Perhaps you'll want to try for a
Soviet station next. Tune in RNE,
REM or RV59. That's MoSkova, or
Moscow to you.
Circling Globe
Dip down to Cairo, passing over
Budapest for a moment, and see
if you can find station SUI or
SUV, and then we go round the
curves of the globe down the Red
sea, across the Indian ocean and
if your set is powerful enough you
may find yourself listening to the
other side of the globe, to station
VUB at Bombay, lisp in Bangkok,
Siam, or perhaps VUC in Calcutta.
If you were to dig a hole clear
through the earth right under your
chair you might find that hole
bringing you back to sunlight at
Calcutta. That's how far away it is.
Would you prefer next to go to
Australia, say Melbourne or Sgd
ney, with a side trip to Wellington,
New Zealand? It's bit out of the
way for a purely round trip, but
these side jauntS are adventure
some, and Australian stations are
full of invigorating life of a new
world
But we've missed Shanghai in
China. Let's go back to KEW and
then move on to JVM or JVN at
Toxic or KAY at Manila in the
Philippines.
Going Fast
That ship we heard reporting its
position to London isn't within
hundreds of miles of England yet.
And here we are ready - pick
up Kahuku in the Hawaiian islands.
Maybe well hear the lap of the
waves ON the beach at Waikiki or
the stunning of guitars.
We had better not take straight
course back home, for then we
would completely overlook South
America.
There's Rio de Janeiro to be Wis
tied in Brazil and Bogota in Colon
bia and Lima in Peru and Buenos
Aires in Argentina, and, lest we for
get, the Antarctic adventurer still
down near the south pole, Admiral
Byrd himself. You may get him di-
rect or at least by relay through
Hawaii or BuenOS Aires.
He's an awful long way off down
there under everything and every
body, but he has been reached di-
rect from Ohio by a set in the lY-