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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 23, 1924)
-I 3,11 flES 10 (WALTER ,P.C H R YS L E TVS -.vg? I U ABROAD I : i IS , Y i V ; ' V V' - V ' ' T ' r '! 1 k f z 1 k ' ?v r . ' V t ; - y A ! i ? V i A, - A i- A - ' - u . . 4 i .A V ' A - v " "" A ' - y - Much 1 Measure in Having Your ; Own With You When You Go Abroad , Take ybur own car with you on Jour trip abroad is the advice of William Lister of, Evanston, assist ant, attorney general of Illinois, after conipleting a 3000 mile trip through 'England, Scotland and part of the European continent. Mr. Lister, driving na Oakland six which! he took over with him. was enthusiastic over tha Joy of touring in his own car and sug- ' Bested that trips through England pnd Scotland especially should be made m ia motor- car your own motor cat. "One may rent a car over there . he explains, "but I am sure it is much. better to have your own car with which you are entirely famil iar. My biotor trip in ths high lands of Scotland was o delightful experience. On one occasion we made a trip in one day which nor. nially, by train and bus, would consumerihree days. And while traveling the lonely glens and over the heather-clad hills, we made frequent halts which the use of the motot car as a conveyance conveniently permitted. "Our Oakland was delivered to the steamship wharf in Montreal the evening before sailing. This was the last we saw of the tar until it was unloaded on the pier in Glasgow, equipped with British license plates and membership in the automobile association. This is part of ; the steamship sarvice. Mr. Lister gives' an interesting Recount of the activities- of the ISritish automobile association. He said that one of the unique ser vices rendered by the association was the .employment of scouts to ride the righways to rencer aid to motorists belonging to the or ganization. ; , . "The Automobile Association of Great Britain is a splendid organ ization." he explained. "Ths mott conspicuous evidence of contact between the association and its members is the motorcycle and bicycle scouts, - who patrol the highways. This association main tains' telephone booths along the highways, and garage agents. It also publishes a liat of accreditai hotels. Among the facllit'es in these hotels, toilet cabinets are provided for members of the asso ciation In which can be found needed articles, including towels, tomb and brush, etc. Each mem ber is furnished with a key with which to open the telephone booths and toilet -cabinets. "The j association scout, fes ' a rule, is kind and accommodating, fend whenever a member of the association passes him on I the highway; if he is dismounted, he .immediately brings1 himself to at tention and salutes. While riding be is also required to salute the members as they pass. . The scouts carry, a II first-aid kit and a small LONDON BOBBY A GOOD .TRAFFIC OFFICER "Keep- to the Left is the warn ing which first greets the Ameri can motorist in London and rural England. Secondly, he will notice that nearly all i of the cars are equipped with right-hand drives. It is interesting to recall here why motor cars -and vehicles of all kinds keep to the left in England. Years ago, according to the story, all traffic kept ; to the right and when the drivers of ' the great coaches with their six and i eight horses, cracked i their long whips, they frequently struck pedestrians on the sidewalk to their right. To rotect pedestrians from this sting ng whip, vehicles were pushed over to the left-hand side. All things considered London traffic is wonderfully well handled. ness of the car and date from war days when air raids were common and street lights few. They have remained as a fixture. Motor cars are permitted to park on either' side of the street pointed in any direction. A car on the right side of the street is permitted to cross through approaching traffic on the left-hand side and park on the left-hand side with the car pointed in the right hand direction. I doubt whether that is permitted anywhere In the United States. , American cities have learned that the turning of motor cars has much to do with the speed with which traffic is moved. Turns are not per mitted at all at tome corners. Left hand turns are not permitted at others. Complete turns are not per- Mr"' -uk The London "Bobby," as the Eng lish policeman lis known affection ately to the English public, is re spected the world over. And to him must go much of the credit for the able manner in which traffic Is handled in London. The casual j student of traffic might propose synchronization of traffic in London, but not if he first studies a London street map. Streets do not run at right angles like they do in most American cities. The ablest traffic men in . London who have been to America and studied American traffic methods say ' that synchronisation is not practical. And they should know. j ( There are small lights on the front fenders of all automobiles to Indi cate the extreme width of the car. mitted at others. But In ' London turns of any kind seem to be per mitted anywhere. And the reason for it Is that London's streets are so irregular. London's traffic moves more rap Idly than that of New York but not as rapidly as : that of Paris. Smallness of cars makes possible a more flexible traffic than in New York. - !:.:.'.!' j The student of traffic who goes, to London and Paris and the other! Continental cities and then returns, to New York realises that New; York has probably ' the best traffic! regulation in the world. And New York should have because jAmeri-j ca has long been the leader of the' automotive industry. Of the 18, 000,000 cars in the world more than 15,000,000 are in America, j : , These lights add to the attractive- ItELEASE No. TWENTY-SIX. WEEK BEGINNING NOV. SOth repair equipment. The highways in Scotland and England are very good and are macadamized.! Gas oline sells at 50 cents per gallon. In London I saw quite a few Oak- lands and also on the continent; "During my ! entire trip I never had a wrench on the car, not even waa a spark plug removed nor a tire taken off. The brakes were never touched, which I think i3 a good test for four-wheel brake efficiency, especially in a hilly country such, as that through w hich we traveled while abroad. Vlt may also be interesting to you to know that the cost of trans porting my car from seaboard to seaboard and return, including foreign license plates for England and Scotland,; automobile associ ation license and ten gallons of gasoline, which was put into the car after being unloaded from the steamship, was $350. I think any one touring England and Scotland particularly should by all means take his car along. I "All driving is on the left-hand side of the road and is by no means difficult. After a few hours' driving, with a little concentra tion, one soon becomes accus tomed to keeping to the left; be sides, there is but little traffic on the highways of Scotland and Eng land, which also makes traveling much more enjoyable." . J : Wine Inspired song and poem, but nobody can get i romantic about liquor in a fruit jar. j One reason why knights of old wooed so ardently was because they didn't have so much coop eration. , j ; A vindictive man is one who can. get out and enjoyjwhat hap pens whe nthe jit stalls on the track. , - . . i W7 i tin 99 It is far cheaper to ride in a used car, wet feet and doctor's bills sure take the joy out of life. Wouldn't it be more convenient for you to have your own car to drive back and forth to work? Aside from the enjoyment the fam ily will get out of it evenings and Sundays. It is easy to buy a used car on our payment plan. Come in and let us tell you about it. We have a . large selection of both open and closed models to choose from. Prices range from $50 to $1200. All cars are guaranteed as represented. -. 66 After We Sell-We Serve 99 R. W. PettyjoIiBi Co. 219 and 279 North Commercial Street Phone 1260 This department is conducted by special arrangement between Churchill's Iladio Shop-and the American Radio, llclay League, Inc., the national organization of radio operators nnd experi menters. - ' " T FIG. I 1 Antenna-Less Circuits Every little while some "new" circuit comes out which lays claim to originality on the grounds that it will work without an antenna. Before we go any further, let us settle two things in the reader's mind: First, that any receiver, no matter what kind it is, will work with some -success without an an tenna, if the transmitting station is not too far away; second, that all of the "no-antenna sets will work better if we equip them with good aerials. Within certain limits, it is the size of the aerial system, and its freedom from obstruction,, or shielding, objects, which governs the strength of the received signal. An aerial longer than 100 feet is hot usually necessary, or advisable but a good 100-foot antenna, swung outside the house, and clear of trees, buildings, chimneys, etc... will give 5the best results with a given set, probably, that it is pos sible to obtain. - Now, as we cut down the length of the antenna, and cut down its height above"obstructions in' oth er words,ts we decrease the am ount of 'pick-up" our signals are obviously going to get weaker. If we string our 100-foot antenna inside the house, we will not get quite as good results as when it was outside. If we cut down the length, and wind the turns around a small room instead of stringing them full length in the attic, we will get still less response. If we use a loop, the amount of energy picked up by our loop is usually less than that picked up the wire strung inside the room, because the loop occupies less space, and with the picked-up en ergy less, our signal is going to be weaker. . . V If we use the wiring n the house, lighting system for an an tenna, the .goodness of the anten na system will depend entirely on how extensive the wiring is. Ob viously, some houses are going to have better facilities of this kind than others. The results obtained with light plugs for aerials are not at alt uniform;' some get excellent results others may get very poor results. i j ; If we leave off the aerial entire ly, the coils in the set act as the "pick-up.' 'Obviously, such small "pick-ups" cannot collect as much energy as a large aerial, and they do not. With radio-frequency am plification, this very weak signal can he amplified to good audibil ity, but we would still get better results by using an outdoor an tenna installation. 1 The ground connection is usual ly helping a great deal in all ah-tenna-less circuits, also. We can do a great deal without the an tenna, but disconnect the ground and the signals take a decided drop. i - In Figs.-1 and 2 we have shown two ways of hooking up a set so that , the ground is used only. In Fig. 1. the condenser "C" may be .001 'mfd.. capacity. In Fig. 2 the condenser ,"X" may or may. not be a help. It is also about .0005 or .001 mfd. capacity. ri1- mo ' "PC i - -A FIG. I A Capacity-Coupled Tuner Most broadcast listeners are fa miliar with only two types of cou pled receivers. One is the "con ductively" coupled receiver, such as the single circuit tuner,-where the antenna circuit is common with the grid input circuit of the tube. The other type of receiver is the "inductively" coupled receiver, in which we have a separate primary, usually wound on a rotor, and another independent coil for the secondary, or tube input circuit. The coupling in this second type of tuner is varied by changing the position of the primary with re spect to the secondary. There still another type o tuner, however: The cajacity cou pled tuner. This type of receiver has not had much prominence with the broadcast fraternity, although it has merit and deserves some consideration. Today we show in our illustra tion a good type of capacity coup led tunedand In the following paragraphs' will give some of the details of design. ' The primary, or antenna circuit, is formed by the coil "L" and the condenser. "C". "L" should con sist of 60 turns of wire on a J'i inch cardboard tube, with taps taken off every 15 turns after the 20th turn. "C" is a .005 , mfd. variable. , - fefilS i The secondary tuning element is made up of the coil "L-l" and the .005 mfd. variable condenser "C-2." "L-l" consists of 50 turns of No. 24 or 22 d. c. c. wire on a 3 5-8 inch cardboard tube. This secondary tube must be placed at right, angles, to "L", and should be at least six inches from "L". The tickler "L-2" is a 3-inch rotor revolving in the "filament" end of the secondary, and should have about 28 turns of No. 28 dsc wire. The gird condenser and leak are the ; usual sizes about .00025 mfd. for the grid condenser, with the leak preferably a variable one, varying between one-half and five megohms. - Note the phone con denser. "C-3," of .001 mfd capac ity, and also the second 'ground connection, from the filament. . Coupling between the primary and secondary is secured through the condenser' "C-l", which may be a .00025 mfd. variable. In op eration, when selectivity is desired the rotor, of "C-l" is . moved so that the condenser is at minimum capacity. If this gives too sharp tuning, or if somewhat louder sig nals, are desired, turn the plates so that triey interleave to a great extent. 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If the owner desires to stay In the United States longer than 30 days and less than 6 months a bond is required of double the value of the existing duty or in lieu thereof a deposit equal to the estimated duty. Sureties must be PEEiHAPO -you fill your own battery : Taking out floor-boards to get at the bat tery is a mussy job at best. , Why not let us do it for you? We test the battery and clean and grease the terminals at the same time. , Corroded terminals mean leu startia j power.', :-,: - . . . I once knew a mm who let the hydfoaa eter slip and he had to buy a new pr of pants. Let n do it and MTC your clot hem, . . ar Little Ampere. JOE WILLIAMS "The Battery Man -AUTOMOBILE ELECTRIC WORK OP ALL KINDS 531 COURT ST. : PHOXB 108 STfYRAfTF. -f BATTERIES Ja SwV Y i v li I - i (Continned en page 4) died receiver, and, 4s one worth ex perimenting with If the reader is the kind that likes to try out var ious circuits. AUTO TOPS RECOVERED , . 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