Evening star., 1955-11-27

cover that several ranchers
were using military walkie-
talkies for this purpose. They
didn't realize a license is re-
quired for such Short-range
transmitters" and promised
that Stations Coyote" would
remain silent until properly
licensed.
A complaint was received
from a Maryland resident Of
severe interference both to
radio and TV reception from
9:l5 pm. to 6 am. 1t had
been going on for three months
and the power company was
unable to locate the trouble.
The complainant was re-
quested to recheck all electrical
equipment in her home. Two
days later she reported that
she had found the culprit-
an old electric blanket.
The most recent long-dis-
tance interference case devel-
oped when an aeronautical
service at Honolulu reported
that strong signals were block
ing out its radio messages be-
tween air and ground. The
trouble proved to be a de-
fective ground transmitter of
another airline-at a port
some 5000 miles away on the
East Coast of the United
States!
Through Snow, Sleet, Etc.
An unlicensed TV transmit
ter was discovered atop a
9.000-foot peak in Arizona.
After fixes" indicated its loca-
ton. mobile equipment started
up. At $500 feet, it was nee
essary to transfer to a four
wheel-drive jeep. Later the
jeep begged down in heavy
snow and the remaining 3h
miles had to be negotiated on
foot. After 21a hours of final
climb, the FEC found an un-
attended transmitter which be-
longed to and was operated by
remote control by a store in
the valley to further its sale of
TV receivers.
On the serious side, the FEC
monitoring network located
disabled military planes over
the Atlantic, the Pacific and
the Gulf Of Mexico within a
period Of several weeks. And
q concern which defied FEC
orders to stop heating equip
ment that caused interference
to military radio communica-
tion was fined $2.500 and its
president sentenced to jail for
80 days.
It was the Communications
Act, incidentally, that was vio-
lated by the two youths who
transmitted hoax distress sig
mails which resulted in a futile
air and sea search. One was
sentenced to six years in a
correctional institution, and
the other was placed on two
years probation.
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On the Run:
Monitor (WRC) will spend
some time at the Shoreham
this afternoon Tin the Q to 2-30
time segment) listening to the
sounds Of ancient instruments
employed In the current Blue
Room extravaganza Il. Bernie
Bralove will be interviewed and
the program includes a Bach
performance.
Most intriguing headline of
the week-Variety's do News
papers Hate TV?" Some
elements of Tv brass feel that
newspapers discriminate by as
signing inexperienced reporters
to cover the medium.
Why doesn't the dramatic
critic cover "Skin of Our
Teeth" or the music critic
cover the operas, they askp -.
Well. a simple answer is that
the drama and music critics
are busy elsewhere. I wish
the TV executives would make
UP their minds though.
One season they're blasting
critics who compare TV pro-
ductions to their stage or movie
counterparts; next season,
they apparently invite it.
Reminder: Today's two 90
minute specials wide,
Wide World" on WRC-4, and
q See It Now report on educa-
ton in the Omnibus time
period, WTOP-9.
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