Radio mirror (Jan-Oct 1923)

10 RADIO DIGEST ILLUSTRATED Radio Digest Illustrated TRAOE-MARK Published by the Radio Digest Publishing Company, Inc. 123 West Madison Street Telephone State 4844-4845 Chicago, Illinois E. C. RAYNER. Publisher Chas. F. Smisor, Editor Evans E. Plummer, Managing Editor Harry J. Marx, Technical Editor Eastern Representative, Jacob Miller, 2126 Broadway, New York Telephone Columbus 2390 Pacific Coast Representatives E. J. Wood, 251 Kearny St., San Francisco Telephone Kearny 1472 H. M. Morris, 417 Western Mutual Life Building, Los Angeles Telephone 12011 PUBLISHED WEEKLY SUBSCRIPTION RATES Single Copies, 10 Cent! , . . $6.00 Vol. IV Chicago, Saturday, January 27, 1923 No. 3 Receiving Not Affected by Legislation Owners of Receiving Sets Will Not Be Hampered NO REGULATIONS are planned for receiving stations by the WMte-Kellogg bill. The whole bill ?onsidered and action taken will be devoted to the transmission of all Radio messages and broadcasts. The status of the amateur and the listener in, established by the present law, is left unchanged, except that the rights of the amateur are extended and additional wave lengths are assigned for his use. Much is left to the discretion of the head of the Commerce Department, as it is believed that Radio has a, fast growing future ahead of it which might be jeopardized if too stringent and detailed regulations were ?nacted into a law. Regulations believed just and necessary today, might within a space of a few months, prove i handicap to the natural development of Radio. Hence broad powers are planned for the secretary of commerce and his appointed advisory committee of twelve members. Auto Clubs Direct Tourists Ether Waves to Direct the Autoist on the Road AUTOMOBILE clubs in the future will become centers of advice to traveling motorists. They are such aids now, but the future will see them sending out advice as to roads and directions while motorists are speeding along the highways. It will be done by Radio. One inventor has designed an instrument for the automobile by which the driver can keep on the right track to whatever town he desires to reach by means of a method of Radio signaling. Wires strung along the roads carry the signals which aTe caught by the instrument on the dashboard while the car travels ahead. This is only a crude beginning to what automobile manufacturers expect eventually to install in their cars. A Radio receiving and telephone transmitting set, compactly mounted on the right side below the dash, can be made to carry on conversation with the nearest automobile club. From the auto club, in this way, the driver can learn the way to his destination, or make hotel reservations, get aid in the event of a breakdown. Naval Radio Earnings Service Rendered Is Valuable and Profitable RADIO in the navy, taken solely as a business proposition, is a money-maker for the Government. Government traffic handled by Radio stations, other than natural communications, would have cost $1,080,800 at commercial rates and was less than a third of the traffic handled the preceding year. This amount added to the commercial receipts would1 have brought the year's business in naval Radio traffic to $1,708,704 in receipts and savings. When it is considered that the navy in no way competes with commercial stations, but handles messages only where and when commercial stations are not available, the aid rendered in this auxilliary Radio work may be better appreciated. For the merchant marine alone the naval communication service handled 3,749,483 words during the past year and forwarded press matter to the number of 1,012,279 words. Will We Have Radio Power? Wonders of the Future Most Difficult to Conceive THE mind is hardly able to grasp the wonders of the future that may be accomplished by means of Radiotransmitted power; they are so revolutionary and so stupendous. In no direction does this apply with greater force than in the flights of aircraft, where the safety of the pilot and passengers and the capacity of the craft are so dependent upon a continuous supply of power. It is within the range of possibility, in faet seems quite feasible, that air -power machinery other than an engine, might make as much as 500 miles an hour with comparative safety. This would make possible a trip through the air from New York to San Francisco between sunrise and sunset, and to intermediate points in a corresponding length of time. Relieved of the weight of the engine, the plane could be equipped with safety devices, the weight of which now makes these impracticable. Without heavy and costly engines the price of the planes could be reduced nre that would make them available for carrying Condensed By DIELECTRIC What marvel in Radio will be forthcoming in the year 1923? Will static be satisfactorily eliminated, thus encouraging the Radiophans to greet summer with a smile? Probably a great many who first knew of the varied entertainment a receiving set would provide, learned to operate one during the fall or winter and when the summer months came, with the unwelcome presence of static, lost considerable enthusiasm. In quite a few instances, I have known men and women to regard Radiophony as something to use and enjoy in those seasons when static was barely apparent, but to discard when sputtering and crashing noises were part of an evening's treat. A real fan fights through everything to gain his end; whether it be to await patiently a lull in the battle of strays in order to catch the station's call letters, or straining every nerve to pick up the faint code letters. I believe static will meet its complete banishment sometime during this year. I also expect to* see vast strides in perfecting receiving sets. Let every means be used to further the success of science in each branch of Radio, and every fan. actively support all movements tending toward our common good. Secretary Hoover has a man's size job on his hands in attempting to regulate the multiplicity of details involved in Radio control. It is to be hoped he will receive the loyal support of all factions, for they must necessarily merge their interests in order to reap the full harvest. Strong elements at work with diametrically opposed objections will wreak havoc with what has already been accomplished. We, the Radio public, must not allow any corporate interest, department of government, nor any other agency to lose one iota of gain through lack of co-operation. While Radio is in its infancy is the time for as to permanently secure every advantage for its healthy growth, and this may be done by getting back of Herbert Hoover and upholding him. If ever a "bug" is happy it is when he can remove every vestige of sneer from the supercilious, nonregenerated human, and it is possible to find such occasionally. The other day I happened to be standing in a stationer 's store examining the material which finds its way into the columns of other Radio journals, just to see what some editors let by, and while doing so an acquaintance stopped to inquire if I was "one of those Radio fiends." Now that was a severe blow, for I am careful to apprise the unknowing that Radio is all things to me and without it I am as a tubeless set in a pauper's den. However, it afforded the opportunity to expound a little. He listened in, purchased a copy of RADIO DIGEST, and will soon possess the requisite equipment to classify as "one of those Radio fiends. ' ' While feverishly working to bring in the program of a distant station you may unconsciously spoil the chances of a fellow fan attempting the same thing. When your tube produces interfering oscillations, someone is sure to suffer the consequences. It is said for the new tube invented by H. P. Donle that such interference is impossible when used in a plain circuit. It is to be hoped that this tube may find its way to market, if it does what is claimed for it. Considerable might be said on the subject of tubes, with especial reference to their selling price; also much might be written about the comparison between domestic and foreign manufactured articles. At this season of the year the farmers are able to find time for some diversion and to devote a part of their leisure to storing up information about various phases of their work. Short courses in agriculture are provided in many of the agricultural colleges throughout the country, whereby the busy farmer may gain the latest knowledge to be had on the subject of animal husbandry, fruit growing, seed selection, etc. It is not possible for many farm owners to attend these courses of only a few months' duration. To them the use of Radio is invaluable. Receiving sets on farms are coming to be as much a regular part of family equipment, as are automobiles. Weather reports; crop reviews; price quotations on farm produce; general business conditions; each of these topics is sure to find attentive listeners among farmers. Some of the State Experiment Stations are now broadcasting lectures by professors of these institutions giving valuable data for use in the coming season's program of planting. Thus does Radio extend its services to the remote homestead, as well as to the crowded apartment. Broadcasting stations are besieged with words of advice as to the method and matter to be used, in satisfying their audiences. It is perhaps impossible to please each listener in on every program, but members of the Radio audiences are requested to write to the stations signifying their preferences, to which heed is given. When numbers in which you are not interested are being broadeast, it is possible to tune in another station where you may find something more to your liking, then turn back when the attractive feature comes along. The advice which I wish to give repeatedly lintil it is generally adopted is to announce the identity of the broadcasting station immediately following a selection. There are some stations practicing this to the great satisfaction of their audience. Listeners in wish to know to whom they are listening without being required to wait long periods for the announcement. I had a long paragraph in mind on my pet topii silent periods — and it looks as though I should have to keep it there for another week at least. Well, it is a chance to practice what I preach: six days of silence! Shall Dreams Come True? RADIO INDI-GEST Friend of Isolation You stay-at-home folks, With your comfort and jokes, Who sit while the North winds blow, With your wives and your chicks And your bright, blazing sticks, Or the cheer of your big stoves glow; Have you given a thought To the fellow who's caught Up North in the drear and the snowl When the heat of your day Has at last passed away, And dimmed is your midsummer sun When you're near by your fan, Have you thought of the man Who camps where the heat waves run; Have you given a thought To the one who has naught Of companionship when day is done? There is many a chap, Who lives near a trap Way up 'neath Aurora's bright glow Who is chilled to the bone As he dwells there alone, But who 's thankful he has Radio Like the one who's hard fate In the heat isolate, It's a friend there at hand in the snow. Ethereally Speaking A California minister recently broadcast a talk upon the value of the right atmosphere in home life. The home life, like Radio, often has static in its atmosphere. It Often Sounds Like Soup A Western writer poetically describes "great aerials that stretch from towers that pierce the sky. ' ' Someone should now immortalize the great artists who fill the "soup-bowl" transmitters that repose in the "sky parlors. "