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Radio Helping Us to Enjoy the Summer
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When the kite is near the ground it sometimes behaves badly and requires considerable attention, but once it has reached a height of 300 ft. or more, little difficulty is experienced with it.
merely means "clocks" — checked up and thereby navigate with more certainty. The weather reports are of similar importance and need no further mention. These signals, sent as they are on regular schedules, give the student of radio an opportunity to practice adjusting his apparatus as well as practice in receiving by the International, or as it is better known, the Continental Code. In addition to this time and weather reporting service, there are many stations throughout the country which send the news of the day to all stations which may desire to copy it, and the amateurs may well avail themselves of this opportunity.
In addition to these signals and those of the regular commercial and amateur stations. Uncle Sam has decided that every opportunity will be given the amateur to become proficient in receiving the code and has accordingly instructed certain of his naval and other stations to transmit certain amateur information upon well-regulated schedules and at a slow speed, so that the beginner will have an opportunity
to progress to a point where he will be able to receive the regular press and commercial messages without difficulty. The general plan followed is to have several of the stations, generally Navy stations, send out these amateur broadcasts each evening at a scheduled time. Where there are radio clubs, the value of these broadcasts is increased because the fellows can get together and compare the results of their receiving and locate their errors.
Another and just as important step has been taken by the Bureau of Markets, of the Department of Agriculture. In order to keep the farmers advised of market conditions as well as the weather, this department has undertaken to establish a wireless telephone service, which embodies several stations which send out the above information on certain schedules in such a way as to enable them to be received over distances of approximately two hundred miles without requiring any particular skill on the part of the operator.
All that is needed to secure the information which is thus sent out is a simple receiving set, such as may be found in many amateur stations. The value to the boys and the farmers of this information is very great. In towns where this information has not previously been received with regularity, it will be possible for the boys to rig up an outfit and invite their
Ashore, the kilc-supported antenna materially increases the distance over which radio broadcasting may be received. The kite in this illustration is 7 ft. high