Radio mirror (Jan-Oct 1923)

io, /o-V RADIO DIGEST CALIFORNIA TO GET MAMMOTH STATION GENERAL ELECTRIC PLANS DUPLICATE OF WGY Oakland to Get New 1000Watt PlantReserve Power for Tests — Building Now By C. H. Huntley SCHENECTADY. X Y. — Faith in the permanence of Radio broadcasting: is demonstrated by the recent announcement Of the Gener.il Electric Company that the !ant to be constructed exclusively for popular broadcasting will be erected in Oaklar.d. Calif., to house the large Pacific coast station of that companyWork will be started this month on a two-story studio building, the antenna towers and the power house. Workmen are already assembling the Radio equipment. It is expected that the new station will be in the air within six months. The station will be located on East 14th Street. Oaklar.d. The site was selected after a thorough inspection of available properties in San Francisco and vicinity. The Oakland plot was chosen because of its technical advantages, the availability of musical talent and the proximity of the site to San Francisco, the great com. mercial center of the Pacific coast. Two Story Brick Structure The plans provide for a two-story brick structure. On the first floor will be the office of the studio manager, a general correspondence room, a reception room for artists and quarters for motor-generator sets and storage batteries. There will be two studios on the second floor, the main studio large enough to accommodate large bodies of musicians such as a band or symphony orchestra, and a smaller studio from which solo numbers and addresses may be broadcast. The use of two studios will make possible continuous broadcasting. The Radio control room will be on the second floor. One thousand feet back of studio building will be the power house and antenna system. The antenna will be multipletuned and strung between two steel towers, each 150 feet high and placed 260 feet apart. Beneath the antenna proper will be the counterpoise consisting of a network of wires, fourteen feet above the ground, covering an area of 150 by 300 feet. In addition to the power house, which will be one story high, 71 by 32 feet, there will be a small building for the tuning apparatus at the end of the multiple-tuned antenna. Transmitter Similar to WGY The transmitter will be similar to that is now used almost daily at WGY. Many developments which have brought nation a reputation for exceptional transmission quality will be part of the Pacific coast station equipment. The new station will be operated with 1000 watts in the antenna but the equipment will be designed in excess of that power for test purposes. Every part of the equipment in the power house and in the control room will be in duplicate, assuring uninterrupted service. If one outfit or part of an outfit breaks down during the operation period another part will be ready to be brought into the circuit. It is probable that an auxiliary studio, connected with the transmitting equipment of the station by telephone lines, will be located in San Francisco. The Pacific coast station of the General Electric Company will utilize remote control to broadcast church services and musical entertainments from San Francisco and Oakland. The Pacific Telegraph & Telephone Company has offered to provide land wire connections for this service. WHK Starts Cop Program CLEVELAND. OHIO.— WHK, the broadcasting station of the Radiovox Company, has made special arrangements with the Police Department of the City of Cleveland, by which special bulletins of public interest will be broadcast at 6:00 P. M. each evening. TUNES IN FOR MUSIC; GETS STATION H COLUMBUS, OHIO.— Alex Harris timed his set one night recently with the intention of listening to From RSVP or some other place but for a time be thought he had Station H L. He was called away from his set and while he was gone a dropliijht wire became entangled with the set. The result was a fire. LISTEN TO BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR ALFONSO NEW YORK.Many Radiophans in the United States as well as in the South American republics listened with interest on an evenit cently to the broadcasting by Station PwX Havana, Cuba, of speeches and music from the Spanish Casino there in honor of the birthday of King Alfonso, of Spain. "OLD RELIABLE" PIANIST POPULAR VOYAGERS ENJOY SHIP-TO-SHIY TALK VOICES FROM ONE VESSEL CARRY TO SECOND Pacific Coast Ships in Epochal "Stateroom Radiophone Confab" Unique Experiments By Strachan McMillan LOS ANGELES, CALIF— For the first time in the history of shipping on the Pacific Coast, if not in the entire world, passengers while enroute on two liners, more than a thousand miles apart, were able to carry on telephone conversations with each other from their private staterooms. This was revealed recently at Los Angeles Harbor with the arrival of the liner H. F. Alexander from San Francisco. Passengers who arrived on the liner, stated that on Thursday evening, just as the ship was nearing Los Angeles Harbor, Radiophone communication was established with the S. S. Dorothy Alexander, of the same line, just as that vessel was pulling into the Puget Sound. Equipped with Badio Switchboards The two ships, together with the S. S. Matsonia, were equipped with Radio switchboards a short time ago, but this was the first time that the instruments were experimented with to any degree of success. Both liners, which belong to the Pacific Steamship Company, were equipped with phones for the use of interstateroom communication. The installation of the Radio switchboard is stated to be inexpensive and mechanically simple, and permits the plugging of any stateroom of the ship onto the ether line. Capt. A. P. Bartlett in command of the S. S. H. F. Alexander stated that he expected, on account of the success of the recent experiment, that all ships will be so equipped and that it will be only a short time until then. "And," continued the captain, "if telephone companies on shore will install Radio switchboards, it will permit of anyone ashore to get into instant communication by telephone with almost any ship at sea." Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, is now equipped with Radio switchboards, and persons who are on the mainland may secure telephonic communication writh the island from an ordinary telephone. Miss Jeanne Wynne, one of the best known Radiophone entertainers in the country. She is a pianist of wide!y recognized ability and is an exclusive star at WGM, "Old Reliable," the Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Ga. STREET LOUD SPEAKER SILENCED BY OLD LAW City's Police Chief Holds Horns Are "Nuisances" ELIZABETH, N. J. — Years ago the local board of works passed an ordinance prohibiting peddlers and others from making noises on the streets. This ordinance was invoked only recently to stop the use of large loud speaking horns in front of stores of Radio dealers. Chief of Police Mulcahy says use of these horns violates the ordinance as a "nuisance." The dealers argue that the ordinance was passed before Radio was thought of, but the Chief was obdurate and said the use of such horns will have to end. The dealers indicated they will fight the police ruling. Omaha Citizens' Club Meets OMAHA, NEBR. — The Citizens Radio club of Omaha held its initial meeting recently. All present members are also members of the American Radio Relay league. Wave Bath World's Latest in Wonders But, Dear Reader, This Radio Dip Is Medicinal — Not Your Saturday Night Favorite NEW YORK. — The Radio bath is now added to the long list of ether wonders. Two physicians, after months of experiment, declare they have perfected a process of providing an electric bath by Radio. But this bath is medicinal, not the ordinary Saturday night favorite, and those who joyfully conceived the idea of bath broadcasting: stations, fitted to throw a bath about one while walking on the street, or working in the office, are doomed to disappointment. Cares Nervous Afflictions The process, invented by Dr. W. S. Benson and F. B. Schanne, both of Newark, N. J., consists of baking or sweating patients in strong electromagnetic waves diffused over the entire body. A cabinet is used for the purpose. The ailments which it is declared to treat with success are rheumatism, neuritis, pneumonia and nervous afflictions. At no time during the treatment, according to the physicians, is the patient in direct contact with an electric primary circuit. So powerful are the waves inside the cabinet that a disconnected electric light bulb, held within the field of the waves, will glow with light. The waves penetrate every cell and tissue of the human body, energizing cells and exercising muscles. <. THE ANTENNA BROTHERS Spir L. and Lew P. Aw That's Tube-Bad ■