The book of radio; a complete, simple explanation of radio reception and transmission, including the outstanding features of radio service to the public by private and government agencies (1922)

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322 THE BOOK OF RADIO meters. The waves coming in from European stations are picked up by the wave antenna which is pointed in their direction. An oscillating current is set up in the Fig. 179.—The house in which the Radio Corporation has all its receiving sets for trans- Atlantic communication. All tile commercial trans-Atlantic stations in Europe are received by instruments in this house, using one antenna. antenna which is transformed at the farther end of the antenna by a special form of transformer. The current then returns over the nine miles of antenna to the receiv- ing instruments. For this purpose, the antenna acts as