Radio mirror (Jan-Oct 1923)

©C18 5? New Reinartz Tuner; Flewelling Tells "How" Radio Digest EVERY REG. U. S. PAT. OFF. Vol. IV R%p^shcV?»c. CHICAGO, ILL., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1923 No. 5 SO. AFRICA PLANS LARGEST STATION HOUSE PASSES AIR BILL ETHER TRUST AIMED AT BY AMENDMENT Hoover Pleased at Action Bill to Go to Senate Next — Quick Action Expected There LOOP AERIAL PICKS UP WGY IN LONDON TRANSMISSION SO CLEAR CHILD IS AWAKENED Englishman, Using Ordinary Instrument, * Hears Schenectady and Newark Plants . LONDON, ENGLAND. — American broadcast stations were heard in London on Christmas Eve by Captain Round, of the Marconi Company, at his home at Muswell Hill, using an ordinary standard Marconi instrument, which in no sense might be termed a freak apparatus designed specially for the purpose of receiving messages from America. It was a sixtube receiving set with a two-foot loop atrial below the table on which it was placed. In order to compensate for the small aerial Captain Round fitted an extra tube to the set. In conjunction with the receiving instrument a two-step amplifier was used. Piano Solo Awakens Child "The wave length on which the messages were received was half way between the wave lengths of the London and Manchester broadcast stations," said Captain Round. "At times the messages would be perfectly clear. In fact one item, a piano solo, was so loud it woke up one of the children. Then the messages would fade away entirely. "The great obstacle to getting the American stations strongly are the general post office Radio stations, like Northolt and Leafield, which set up much disturbance and interfere greatly with the messages. But given a place in the north ■well away from such disturbed areas and the chances are that the signals from America will be heard quite well in favorable circumstances," continued Captain Round. The stations heard were "WJZ, at Newark, X. J., and "WGY, at Schenectady, X. Y. One paper worries because people are speculating as to the permanency of Radio. Speculation indicates continued interest in the art, which augurs well for its future. KOG Returns to Ether After Holiday Layoff Continues Service Halted for Reconstruction of Studio LOS ANGELES, CALIF. — After an absence of several weeks during the holiday season. Station KOG, the Evening Herald here, returned to the ether with the advent of the new year by the recommencement of its afternoon broadcasting programs of news matter, market reports and other features. The station is not, however, presenting entertainment programs at this time. The suspension of the station's broadcasting features was caused by the desire to re-construct its Radio studio, located on the seventh floor of the Chamber of Commerce building, together with other preparations which are being concluded in the form of arrangements to operate KOG as a class B, 400-meter plant. HARDING TRIES SET; GETS ALL MIXED UP WASHINGTOX. — President Harding stated recently that he tried to work the Radio set which is installed in the library at the White House, the reception yielded noises much like a conference report, it was so jumbled up. The President heard two or three stations at the same time and apparently gave up in disgust trying to be entertained. Grocer's Set Draws Business LOXDOX, O. — A grocery store owner of Alton, fifteen miles east of here, recently installed a sensitive Radio receiving set. He has been able to receive communications from stations in Norway and Sweden, and incidently, the Radio outfit is proving one of the groceryman's best investments, attracting many new customers. Government O.K.'s Scheme Offered By English Marconi Firm CAPETOWX, S. A. — South Africa plans to have the largest Radio station in the world. The government has accepted the scheme put forward by the English Marconi company and it only remains for the sanction of the Union Parliament to be given for work to be begun at once. South Africa will then take its place in the great imperial Radio chain that is being linked around the British Empire. The engineer in charge of the construction of the station arrived in Cape Town in December. He said that he was satisfied from the reports of the experts who had ireviously examined many piospectivt sites throughout South Africa that the possibilities for long-range Radio at the Cape were unlimited. The vicinity of Cape Town as a site had been thoroughly examined and reported upon favorably. In addition to the consideration of the city's geographical advantages, exhaustive experiments were made with the wave lengths of American and European stations, and the results of these indicated that Cape Town was the best site for reception. (By L. M. Lamm, Special Correspondent) WASHINGTON.— Passing the House of Representatives January 31 without a record vote, the White-Kellogg Radio bill remained unchanged except for one important amendment said to be aimed directly at the Eadio Corporation of America because of its alleged grab for the control of the ether and the monopoly of all apparatus for ether communication. This amendment was made by Bepresentative Jones of Texas, and empowers the Secretary of Commerce to revoke the license of any firm or corporation attempting to monopolize broadcasting or the manufacture of apparatus. The bill now goes to the Senate where it will be sponsored by Senator Kellogg of Minnesota. It will be referred immediately to the Senate committee on interstate commerce but it is very doubtful if any hearings will be held on the bill by this committee in view of the extended hearings given by the House, committee and the fact that there is praeticallv no opposition to the bill. _ Secretary of Commerce Hoover expressed Ms pleasure when informed that the muchneeded bill had been passed by the House. Pear of Eadio Trust Expressed When reported to the House for the first time by the committee on merchant marine the body expressed the poignant fear that a Radio Trust was in the offing. "Apprehension has been expressed," the report states, "and there is evidence sufficient to raise the question in reasonable (Continued on page 2)