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j Demand Increasing
RADIO IN ALASKA IS ONLY y
SURE LINK WITH OUTER WORLD
What people want in a radio
set is what goes into the:-mlcro-
phone-r-nothlnsr more.- ; ..
This statement may be glaring-
ly banal. hut the fact has caused!
radio manufacturers to bend every
effort toward perfection of the
receiving; 'mechanism on .modern
sets so that buyers might hare
assurance that they are getting
Instruments which Trill give Talth
ful reproductions of jbrpadcaating
stations' programs. , J j., -ZH y:X:
Atwater-Kent; the manufacturer
who is credited with perfecting
the first true Bingle dial set, has
continued his laboratory work un
til he has produced a set -which
ubivcj r BcttiiTii nuu greater
tone qualities than, any pther set
. en the market, according to; Roy
'J acobson, radio department man
ager for Vick Brothers, It Is a
model 33. V "'
. Pour Variable condensers in this
machine operate on a single dial,
and the set Is furnished with com
plete electrical equipment.
' Vick Brothers deal in the radio
products of no other concern be-'
sides Atwater-Kent, but practic
ally every model Is in stock, and
those not In stock are shipped in
from i Portland on short -notice.
They ? range from the i distinctive
"portable,- suitable for attach
ment to automobiles, to the great
eeveir tube set with special mech
anism to 1 eliminate interfering
noises and Inclosed in a handsome
cabinet. - : .. " ! - ' ' '
The Atwater-Kent corporation
went over the two million mark In
production a few weeks, ago, and
the demand is Increasing, dally,
according to Mr. Jaeobson.
Over 500 of . the products of
this " firm are in, use in : Salem
homes. , : : :. - y '
Assisting Roy Jaeobson in man
agement of the radio department
at Vick Brothers la. Francis Ar-
line. ; Salesmen are W. J. Faulk
ner. Warren Jones, and E. L. SUei.
Jones is also an expert radio me
chanic and is available at prac
tically any, hour- of the day to
make repairs. -;;.
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RADIOS
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Main: Items 'Are Sensitivity,
" Selectivity,- Fidelity,
Convenience1
The paotograph above shows,
the result of a day's sport for
a naval radio operator in Alas
ka. - The naval ; radio compass
station at Cape Henchlnbrook .
la .shown below, .-f';
RADIO CHALLETiSES
- EDUCATORS OF DAY
Most of Tricks of Trade Yet
To Be Learned and Experi
ments Being ".Made..
POLITICAL LDQPHDlf
SEETJ
Felt That Broadcasters Will
Hesitate Before Allow
ing Any Monopoly '
WASHINGTON. (AP) S a m
Pickard, "farmer" representative
on the federal radio commission,
believes the radio field challenges
- the attention of America s leading
.educators,-.
"The engineering brotherhood
- has provided the facilities a per
fect made-to-order set-op for en
lightening the world," says: Mr.
Pickard. ; "Whether or not its util
ityaspects remain only superrlc
ially touched for another year or
for a decade depends upon the en
terprise and ingenuity of leaders
in the field of education. , -f;
"Many of -the well meaning "at
tempts to corral, large groups , of
listeners to academic class-room
lecturers have been decided fail
ures. Perhaps the principal reas-
r on Is this: A foreground of radio
program requires .a dozen-fold
creater skill and techniaue to,exe-
cute than does an entertainment
or background program." ;
Et'rriiing the average indirid
"Tj aY and making him like , It, In
competition with a wide choice of
entertaln-xysnt, Mr, Pickard says,
demands expert skill in showman
ship. He heileves that desired re
sults cannot be ; obtained until
educational institutions budget
ad-siuat funds for qualified talent
and reject class-room methods as
nitat!e for rdio purposes.
"Graphic word pictures, stimu
lating thought on subjects "of gen
eral current Interest, and pertin
ent information sufficiently dram
atized, will attract and compel at
tention," Mr. Pickard believes.
"Behind such a program iow
- ever, there must be the combined
skill of the writer, the dramatist
and the actor. The attentive ear
of the discriminating listener can
not be held by the celebrated au
thor who may lack the . actor's
good quality voice and his skill in
jpreslon.-' V;
"Host of the tricks of the trade
are yet to be learned. A few broad
casters are making excellent prog
ress. Three large citlea are experi-
Tie itlzs with radio la the schools.
I :e 7 agricultural colleges are dis-
.-T-.tcg farm information. The
:j tll.t 7 cf radio 13 gradually mak
i : -11 felt, "Whether educat
; 11 themselves of its possi-
: r.r extendlns their lnfor
: :L .1 or permit tbe entertaln-i.-izt
phase to dominate, as in mo
tloa riture develorment, is their
e'-l'satloa. rul'3 I:a3 flung it.e
f- to- tl.a cfucators cf
WASHIN'GTON, (AP) Politic
al observers and radio men, -who
are speculating on fthe important
part radio will play In the 192S
campaign, have discovered ;what
they believe to be a loophole in the
radio law, : i - ;
Section 18 of the Radio Act , of
1927. which tleaU with the use ol
broadcasting - (stations by ' candi-,
dates for political office, reads as
follows: , , '
."If any licensee shall permit
any person who is a legally, qual
ified candidate for 'any public of
fice to use a broadcasting station,
he shall afford equal opportuni
ties to all other" such candidates
for that office in the use of such
broadcasting station, and the lis
tening authority shall make rules
and regulations to carry this pro-!
vision into effect: provided, ; that
3uch licensee shall have no power
of censorship . over : the ' material
broadcast under the provisions of
this paragraph. No obligation Is
hereby Imposed upon any licensee
to allow the use of its station , by
any such candidate.
It Is pointed out that there is no
specific mention made of broad
casting speeches made by' persons
who support a particular candi
date. ; " Because of this omission
the conclusion; is drawn that one
political party or group could ob
tain, by purchase or otherwise, the
use of a station to the exclusion
otjie opposing party.
Tne federal radio' commission
has . no power to exercise : censor
ship, and the station owners have
oeen given broad powers. It is
felt, however, that; the broadcast
ers will hesitate .before allowing
any monopolistic use of their sta
tions, which might result In their
losing the good will of the public.
- They say politics makes strange
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oea-ieuows. Possibly it : U be
cause or their fondnsa tr
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Radio Compass Shows Storm Path
WASHINGTON (AP) In Alas
ka. where Uncle Sam's radio oper
ators hunt bear for recreation, the
nary , and the army signal corps
maintain the only dependable com
munication with the outside Vorld.
Alaska has virtually no high-;
ways or rail transportation. ' The
topography of the country pre
cludes the establishment of a net
work of telephone or telegraph
wires. :. For , fast 1 communication
with the states the remote com
munities of the vast country de
pend on the radio, stations,! aug
mented by the signal corps' cable
line..;...f;iai' i-i-V
: Occasionally the cable breaks
and radio alone ' saves the Alas
kans from isolation. The party
played by radio in times of emer
gency and disaster is a dramatic
chapter In the history of -Alaska.
' When 5 the diphtheria epidemic
broke, out at Nome early 'in Jan
trary'l 9 2 5, radio flashed the ap
peal to the states for help; Soon
the fastest dog teams in Northern
Alaska, driven by a famous driver
of that region, were racing in -re
lays over the frozen" tundra along
the Yukon river-with a package f
300,000 units of anti-toxin for the
stricken -cityi";:.i-"-,t '-fc " l.:
On another occasion radio shar
ed the hero role with a Malemute
dog. The dog, of course, was given
and deserved the big share of the
glory" Carrying, a scribbled jiote
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3am:, bunk.- Humboldt - : Tim esfrom two miners crippled by an
ijcureca, uai.) : , . .
: In discussing the Ideal radio re
ceiver. the principal points consid-
ered are sensitivity, selectivity, fi
delity, ; convenience, and appear
ance, together with socket power
operation wherever alternating
current Is available, and the qut
Jtlon Is whether or not the use t'
the new tubes would raise or iow
or these standards. The Research
"Snglneer of a rery prominent ra
4lq,Concern stated that he- has
ibeen experlmentmg with the build
ing of direct A. C. operated sets
for the past three years, and while
he believed the A. C. tubes to be
practically fully developed, he did
know, in view of his experience,
that the problem of designing a set
which would embody all the qual
ifications above mentioned was a
real problem, and was very much
of a job for long and patient re
search,' rather than for an over
night change simply by sticking A.
C. tubes in a hastily re-designed
set. ; i ':. -;. '
; The points made by this engin
eer were that first of all, in the
very nature of things, there would
be a large amount of Induction,
due to putting so many amperes
of alternating current into a radio
set In close proximity to trans-i
former coils, condensers and the
like. .-,.; -
: Second: That unless means were
provided for : compensation and
regulation, variations in line volt
age would affect reception con
siderably. v ,
Third; The Inductive coupling
of a long A.1 C. feed line would
have a. tendency to Interfere with
the quality of the set hy picking
up all sorts of disturbances, and
at the same time greatly reduce
the selectivity, of the sveL . ;
,' , Fourths Particularly with, an
tenna type sets, but to some ex
tent with all sets, variations in the
ground characteristics at the loca
tion of the receiverT and lxy some
cases Inductive Interference inside
the ' house itself would create a
condition where a radio-set would
operate quietly in one location, yet
within 100 feet of this location or
possibly in the same ' building
would be unbearably noisy, or very
poor In " quality, .
- Fifth; If a broadcasting station
operating at a certain frequency
is being received on a set having
A. C; tubes, and the frequency of
the ; set s -r source of A. C. power
should vary, a beat note may be
Introduced In the reception which
will mar the tone quality.
For example: a certain broad
casting station maj be operating
on rectified A. C. from a source
which is nominally 60 . cyclesibut
which Is actually 58. ; The receiv
ing set may operating on 60 cycles
current from another source which
Is actually 62 cycles. . The result,
according to the engineer, will be
a beat note of hum in the Vecelver.
In Tiew of these facts we may
add 4hat it will be a long time or
perhaps neTer be possible to make
mnnv radio sets now In use
A. C. operated by simply placing a
tube or tubes into the radio set
and attaching to the electric light
socket.
Ttiorofnroi these sets that are
now in use can be made practical
lv as convenient as the A. C. op-
note' hv " adding the. well
known pocket Power device which
; Anavatnra or ArtinffiAn faAivitlff lLaarftAf ci rrn 1 a onH TAfftnarinff'
a map similar to the one below, for the aid of pilots and airmen.
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Rapid Growth of Radio
Increases Office Work
WASHINGTON, (AP) Increas
ed activity in radio requires twelve
examiners at the Patent ; Office
now to do what three did in 1918.
Dr. William A. Kinnan was then
head examiner of one division
handling telephony, telegraphy,
radiant energy, x-ray "and electric
signalling patents. Now Assist
ant Commissioner of Patents, he
has watched that division grow
until' one group - handled radiant
energy alone. This single division
has itself been split into two sec
tions, because of more radio
patents being applied Tor.
(Continued n page 4,)
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WASHINGTON, (AP) By tak
ing the center of maximum distur
bance on the radio compass, the
Navy has found it possible to plot!
storm areas for broadcasting wea
ther, maps. These are used to aid
aviators planning extended flights
and to warn pilots of ships at sea.
Much help has been given to
Naval operations in the Gulf of
Mexico by this means, Navy radio
men say. " The commander of one
vessel reported that, by means of a!
weathejr map constructed aboard:
ship, he was twice able, to change
his course and find good weather
throughout each passage,
r The information goes from NAA
at Arlington, Va on 1,2045. 8030
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THE. answer is that the Zen
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of lower pricev- Zenith will not
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scale and wrought with surpass-;
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in Zenith there Is no com
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of five. working tubes and one
balancing tube.: Instead of
three condensers the 8-tube set
has Xour th,e 8 and-10-tube
Bets have five and six condens
ers respectively. '. "
IN every detail the same ex
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out. Zenith costs more but
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