Radio mirror (Jan-Oct 1923)

RADIO DIGEST 'April '7, 1923 Radio Digest Utastratea REG. U. S. PAT. OFF. 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 Endicott 2390 Pacific Coast Representatives E. J. Wood, 251 Kearny St., San Francisco Telephone Kearny 1472 H. M. Moms, 417 Western Mutual Life Building, Los Angeles Telephone 12011 58 PUBLISHED WBBKLY SUBSCRIPTION RATES Tearlv 16.00 | Foreign !••«» Single Copies, 10 Cent* Vol. IT Chicago, Saturday, April 7, 1923 No. 13 Army Teaching by Radio An Important Part in the Instruction of the Army RADIO has a very important part in the education of army officers in communication and the instruction in which important subjects has recently been standardized. A definite program of instruction in Eadio, as a part of the schooling of all signal corps officers and other officers assigned for training from the regular army, national guard, reserve corps, has been laid down by the board of army officers. The course for company officers includes approximately 1,300 hours of study for signal corps officers and 1,285 hours for officers of other arms. Courses extend over a period of nine months, commencing in September. Eadio telephony and telegraphy covers a period of 180 hours and includes theoretical and practical instruction in the fundamental . electrical principles. Tactical Eadio procedure is studied during twenty hours. Advanced studies in Eadio are prescribed in the tactical and administrative course for signal corps officers assigned to units larger than divisions. This is also a nine months' course and covers study and instruction periods totaling 1,235 hours. Thus Eadio enters into the studies of the army officer and it becomes a part of his daily routine the same as other subjects. Factor in Everyday Life A Necessity in Every Home Like the Telephone RADIO promises soon to become a necessity in every home. Although the science is still young its growth has been tremendous. Already it has been playing an important part in transcontinental and transoceanic communication. Messages and weekend letters are being flashed through the air night and day in almost illimitable numbers, and this traffic is increasing so fast that large Eadio concerns have had difficulty in keeping up. with it. The place where the receiving set is already a necessity is the farm. Now, with one of these sets tuned to a large central broadcasting station, the farmer gets first hand information about the weather, about crop movements and prices and about all other matters on which his existence depends. He is brought closer to the city. His evenings heretofore dreary and uninteresting, are made cheerful and profitable through the Eadio set. He finds that he can keep the farm hand down on the farm. The girls have less desire to see the big city. And a happier, more prosperous agricultural population is the result. Out at sea, Eadio is not only a necessity, but it is required by law. This is to protect lives of passengers and crews on ships. By the same . token, Eadio 1 sets on every train in the country can be imagined — not only as an entertainment but as an actual requirement by law. Many an accident could be prevented by such installation, and it would repay the railroad company in a short time. As a Base for a Scenario An Opening for the Play of Imagination WEITEES of scenarios find much help in Eadio. One serial that has become widely known depends almost entirely upon Eadio for its action and its plot. The time is about ripe for Eadio as an every day means of communication to be visualized in the movies. Instead of the heroine frantically jiggling the hook as the villain tries to get access to her room, will be shown an aerial on the housetop; then the young lady rushes over to her set and sends the call for the leading man, and in jig time he is on the scene. Millions of feet of costly film will be saved and the whole performance speeded up. Eadio opens a new field for the clever director of the movies. The very mystery of the art itself leaves an opening for the play of the imagination in stimulating the passage of the sound. What a chance the old ghost in the haunted house will now have to raise the old hob and stir things up with the superstitious. Condensed By DIELECTEIC After listening to the broadcasting of an opera, a certain gentleman was so engrossed in the performance that at its conclusion he started to leave his home, thinking he was present at the opera house. Perhaps he did; perhaps not. It speaks well for the broadcasting station capable of transmitting so perfectly as to cause a listener in to forget his whereabouts. Also, it shows how thoroughly this class of music is enjoyed by some of the Eadio audience. While listenening to the broadcasting of the drama "The Green Goddess," from Station WGY recently, I pictured the whole thing so vividly that between the acts I had to go out and get a — fresh cigarette. Someone in speaking of these Eadio dramas complained of the loss of effect in not being able to see the scenery. Perhaps my imagination is well developed in comparison with this friend, for the scenic effeet of the drama mentioned was all that could be desired and a trifle better than is sometimes found upon the stage. The Germans claim to be experiencing one of the detractions to broadcasted concerts noted by some of us. They protest against the seeming intentional interference from the French station in Eiffel Tower with their broadcasting of that famous, though disliked, song ' ' Deutschland Uber Alles. ' ' It may be a coincidence. There have been times when you and I have particularly desired to heard a number from a certain station, and we had listened to the preceding numbers without interference, but just as this interesting feature began a nearer station came crashing in on the same wavelength. That WAS a matter of coincidence, but we used stronger terms in describing it. Not so very long ago Germany was given to understand that the song in question "had words, but they didn't make sense." They appear to have gone "up in the air" over the thing and the French are repeating the lesson through the ether. When EADIO DIGEST scooped the Flewelling circuit something was started that made fans all over the country sit up and "take notice. It made some other Eadio journals hump themselves to catch up with the demand for information on the subject. The "Flivver" has made a place for itself in Eadio history, and, as was to be expected, is one of the most talked of and copied sets in existence. Now that the prize contest, conducted by this paper, is settled we can get back to work on DX stuff and try to improve our records against the day when a prize may be offered for the greatest distance obtained with a "Flivver." I know of five fans in my neighborhood constructing these popular sets and when I finish writing this there will be another one on the job. Dr. Steinmetz almost shattered my ground connection some months ago when he assailed the ether theory. Then "a voice from the South" took up the cry. and Mr. Artzinger came along with his banner announcing a substitute: hydrogen ions! All that has passed and we still talk in terms of ether. At present I am trying to convince myself that the Electrical Wizard from Schenectady is correct in his prognosticating the elimination of static in the near future. That old static broadcaster is the most detrimental foe of Eadio bacilli. When he's gone forever, then you'll see Eadio bugs multiply as never before. Station WQAM has made friends over a considerable portion of the United States since its first concert. I wonder how many of the Eadiophans sojourning in Miami, Florida, for a few months of the year carry their receiving sets with them. It would seem to me pretty hard to leave the set at home, depending on a kind acquaintance to tune in your native cit's broadcasting station for you. Perhaps they are content to listen to the programs from this competent station in their midst. It is evident that the dance musie from WQAM is enjoyed by guests in the hotels in that vicinity, for a number of the hotels have receiving sets installed and tune in Tasillo's orchestra for their benefit. That reduces one item of expense, incidentally, for the management may dispense with the services of an orchestra. What is likely to become one of the most popular of all Eadio Clubs is the Eadio Broadcasting Club, of San Jose, Cal. This is to become a national organization according to the plans of the promoters. One of the objects of this new club is to establish its own sales organization, whereby members may profit from reduced cost of parts. If you never bought parts for a set you may not appreciate what this will mean to thousands of fans. In purchasing a complete set one is liable to remain ignorant of the ofttimes excessive cost of certain units. Yet the owner of a receiving set is generally dissatisfied until he has experimented -in building a set for himself, and to such the E. B. C. will have a decided appeal. Broadcasting of the forecast from the Weather Bureau has occupied a regular place on the daily program of stations all over this country, providing a much appreciated service in quarters where impending weather changes could be taken into account in planning certain business operations. The certainty of forecast and the earlier it can be given are of prime importance to its worth. From the report of a station to be established in the Arctic zone, financed by the Norwegian government, we may look for an increase in both of these two essentials and place greater credence in what the "weather man" has to say. The starting point for either good or bad weather appears to be in the Arctic region, hence our interest in having a Eadio station there. The observer should be supplied with some variety of sand which may effectually prevent any sueh storm as swept over the country a few weeks ago. RADIO INDI-GEST (This column is open to all aspiring Radioknuts who tender suitable contributions. Try to "make" the column if you can. All unsuitable manuscripts are turned over to the Office Squirrel who does not guarantee their return or anything else for that matter. — Indi.) We'd Lots Rather Seeum Dear Indi — I see where a set of bells is being cast at Troy (N. Y.) for a manufacturer in Cincinnati. Eadio tests already made show that these chimes can be heard in the Sandwich Islands. The next step is to arrange things so that the belles of the Sandwich Islands can be heard on the Atlantic coast. — Polly. They Thought It Was a Tin Cabinet Sir Indigest — A Montana news item says, "Forty boys taking Eadio." An automobile owner in New Jersey is wondering whether they can be connected with the fan who took his Eadio — and the "car"(?) that he had it installed in — Jimsie III. Radio What is it that's all the rage And sets the world all ablaze And every one has the craze? Eadio! ' , What is it when you're alone, You listen quietly on the phone To music of the sweetest tone? Eadio! What is it that fills the air With music, song and speech so clear And brings to all who listen, Cheer? Eadio! What is it that's most erratic, Full of noises, squeals and static That drives the listener nearly frantic? Eadio! Alas, what is it makes you rash To spend all your spare cash And sends your bank account to smash? Eadio! — E. H. P. Aw Shux — You Gawan Dear Indi — I see Mr. Pearl, a member of the Institute of Eadio Engineers, broadcasted a lecture on the past, present and future of Eadio. Mr. Pearl's words were without doubt, jewels of thought. — Lillian G. Sure, You Win the Cut Glass Antenna Dear Indi. — Here is a cortical titillation I broadcast spontaneously the other night. My girl says to me, says she, "Why do you call mother Eadio?" I says, says I, " 'Cause she is alius listening in!" — just like that. How's that for a snappy comeback? Would like to know if you offer a prize for good ones like this? — Spider Webb. Judging by Our Steno-'S Failure Indigest — Eadio should go a long way in the cure of the one who talks too much. The Eadiophan will eventually get the habit of being a good listener. — . Isadoke Next week, "The Radio Tramp," by Walt Drummond, will appear in Indi-gest. This poem is probably, so far, the only Radio epic written. Watch next week! — Indi.