Radio Digest (July 1924-Apr 1925)

RADIO D I G E S T— Illustrated August 9, 1924 AFRICA TUNES IN TO STATION WGY Entire Performance of "The Mikado" Received with Excellent Clarity and Volume SCHENECTADY. — Reports have come to Station WGY, located in this city that X. Grant Dalton, an amateur at Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa, received through 2XT, the entire performance of "The Jlikado," Radiocast on the evening of May 22. The Johannesburg Star, to winch Mr. Dalton in his delight reported his reception, apparently doubted the young amateur, but the management of the publication was interested to such an extent that they cabled WGY, to check the claims of Mr. Dalton. Mr. Dalton stated: "It is the best reception I have ever had. It was excellent both in regards to clarity and strength. The spoken words sounded muffled, but, solo and duet voices were particularly good." He used a four tube, set, one stage :adio frequency amplification, detector, and two stages of audio frequency. Due to the absence of atmospherics, an extra stage of Radio frequency was added. Johannesburg is 8,043 miles from Schenectady. This is a record distance for the station. The reception was the more remarkable because of the warm weather at the transmitting end and the heavy static that had to be penetrated to reach southern Africa now experiencing the winter season. Use Radio to Locate Lost Boy; Found Same Evening MONTREAL. — Little boys, suffering from an irrepressible impulse to wander away from the front-porch or back-yard, in search of adventure, must nowadays take Radio into account when formulating plans for a safe get-away. Otherwise Radio upsets everything. Little Marcel Plourde, aged 5, left his parents' home one morning recently in this city, and failed to return. The police were duly notified and CKAC, La Presse, Radiocast at 10 p. m., a description of the diminutive adventurer. Less than an hour later he was spotted by a Radiophan who was putting out some empty milk bottles at his door. After twelve hours of unalloyed freedom and bliss, Marcel was restored to loving arms. TO RADIO HORSE RACES (Continued from page 1) abroad by the Zev-Papyrus race last year, have aroused even more attention than did the former match, for Epinard is profiting greatly by the example of Papyrus. He has arrived in time for a much longer training period here, allowing him to become completely familiar with our tracks, and is being handled by Jasper Leigh, a former American horseman who knows our methods of racing thoroughly. The three races which have been scheduled will allow the visitor to display his form at a variety of distances and over three different tracks. Washington Opens a New Radio Station Will Be Used for Emergency When Phones Fail WASHINGTON, D. 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