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RADIO AGE for November, 1927
Front panel and some of the parts and accessories used Receiver
the Radio Age Short Wave
The Radio Age Short Wave Receiver
This instrument was designed and built in the laboratory of the Radio Age testing station, 9BRE
THERE is as much room below 100 meters as there is above, and in fact, a lot more. To the average person this territory is so much wilderness infested by wild Hams and kindred parasites. In other words, a refugee for those who don't dare go any where else. Maybe so. Then, why is it that the mightiest radio interests in the world are fighting for a slice of this useless ether for their individual employment? The answer is simple; the short waves are the most valuable of all the channels. Phenomenal distances are covered with ease, it takes only hundredth as much power to bridge a gap as on 300 meters, tuning is so sharp there is practically no interference.
Here may be found powerful transat
lantic stations which keep a twentyfour hour schedule, amateurs in all parts of the world, KDKA and twenty other short wave phone broadcasters, as well as numerous foreign phone stations, the Navy and private interests.
It should not be understood that the short wave receiver belongs merely to the amateur who can read code. Broadcast listeners who have not the slightest knowledge of dots and dashes have new and wonderful fields of entertainment opened to them by the short wave set. Not only may the broadcast listener enjoy delightful programs on the low waves (not possible to get on ordinary receivers) but they can bring in these programs from a distance in the daylight hours and under adverse weather conditions that would
possibly prevent reception on the higher waves.
Just recently the Puget Sound tug boats were equipped with short wave radiophones. Any one is free to listen who so desires. The broadcasters run some excellent programs, and there is no jamming and interference as on the higher channels. World history has been made on short waves. When Byrd flew over the North Pole he informed the world of the fact on short waves, and again while he crossed the Atlantic. The only clew to the fate of several flyers was received on short waves. Most all airplanes that have radio use short waves. Numerous expeditions in the remotest corners of the world keep in touch with the home office on' short waves. The famous Catalina
Back panel view of the Radio Age Short Wave Receiver.