Radio Broadcast (Nov 1926-Apr 1927)

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y,owow^ RADIO BROADCAST NOVEMBER, 1926 fig. 5 The well known Hartley circuit. The key may be inserted in the minus B lead. In Mr. Mann's set, the inductance consisted of ten turns of No. 14 gauge antenna wire. The condensers must be well insulated since they have to stand the full d. c. voltage applied to the plate 20 18 16 co 14 2 a. 12 10 8 * IA IP / \ / \ -t 2 / \ -6 — / / / » / / % \ \V -5 — f t t r / \\ t * -4 — 7" 1 1 1 1 1 3 — 1 t 2 — 1— 55 50 45 40 <A 35*? 30 25 20 2 3 4 5 6 TURNS IN GRID CIRCUIT FIG. 8 The effect upon antenna and plate currents of varying the filament tap. The greatest ratio of antenna current to plate current is secured when there are five turns in the grid circuit 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 CLOSED CIRCUIT CONDENSER FIG. 6 The closed circuit of the Hartley transmitter at 2 gy tunes from 1 5,000 to 5260 kc. (20 to 57 meters), as this chart shows Radio Broadcast Photograph FIG. 4 A side view of the small 2 gy transmitter. It is operated entirely from dry batteries 15 20 30 35 40 45 50 ANTENNA CONDENSER * ■ — "i A * / / —J 1 i f r / -X IP -10.5 / 10.0 V -9.5 * 1/ 55 50 45 ! FIG. 9 With the closed circuit adjusted for maximum efficiency, the antenna tunes according to this curve. This is a typical resonance curve. The wavelength is approximately 38.8 meters FIG. 7 As the antenna series condenser is varied, the transmitter tunes as this chart shows. It also gives an idea of how the particular antenna tunes to different wavelengths. On the longer waves, the antenna is apparently of lower resistance since more current can be fed into it 35 30 3 25 £•20 15 10 I''' V 300 250 200 150_ t— 100 < < ^ 50 150 PLATE V0LTS 250 50 30 10 20 ANTENNA CONDENSER FIG. IO The relation between power input and antenna current is shown here. The greater the plate voltage the greater the antenna current and naturally the plate current increases toe