The Eugene guard., February 14, 1925, Image 18

IV go Eight
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OF. Pi
IS REPORTED
fly ISRAEL KLEIN
(NEA Service Itaaio Editor)
fUB ehndow thai runhed over the
A enrtb. during the recent eclipse
plnred a cnnie of hide and seeK Willi
radio experimenters.
Preliminary rcoorts point to a con
fusion of observations In different
parts of the country.
Signals increased and decreased in
Intensity. -Waves changed their di
rection. Ilroadcasts faded in and out.
Static Increased and decreased. Some
stations not longer distance. Others
could hardly bo heard.
It was all a jumble, out of which
dentists are trying to discover some
relationship between the sun and
radio, or between the effect of light
and that of dark on radio.
In collaboration with the American
Astronomicnl society, the Scientific
American is collecting information
from radio fans that may help event
ually in deciding some salient fact
relative to the eclipse and radio. More
reports are wanted from every fail
who happened to ,be listening in on
ihc morning of January 21.
Analysis Is Given
Dr. E. E. Free, noted scientist and
editor of the Scientific American,
however, makes the following cur
sory analysis:
"1. Some stations report increases
of signal strength during tho eclipse,
' while others report decreases.
Direction , finders record
chunges In direction of waves from
known stations.
"3.. Stations with special appa
ratus report swings of wave direction,
Indicating their arrival first from one
Hide of tho eclipse shadow, then from
he other.
"4. Most pronounced effects on
iravclenglhs appear to be on those In
Hie intermediate band for broadcast
lug. ". Iiong waves apparently were
unaffected by tho eclipse, whilo short
waves were apparently so much af
fected that transmission seemed to
cease altogether."
Government Report Mads
In contrast to this, however, Dr.
J. II. Dcllingcr, chief of U. 8. bureau
of standards radio laboratory, who
conducted special eclipse observa
tions, reports tho phenomenon
seemed to increase greatly tho inten
sities of long and short wavclcngthB,
while tho medium frequencies seemed
to show no apparent effect.
Dr. Delllngcr agrees with Dr.
Frec's report that signnls Bhifted
during tho tiino of totality.
Contrary to expectation, static in
creased. That's what tho American
ltadio Holey Icaguo reports.
Much Fading Reported
Signuls faded in and out during
totality and for two or three minutes
after,' tho report continues.
Most of tho A. H. It. L. amateurs,
working on high frequencies, reported
& drop in the signal strength, despito
a contrary finding of the bureau of
standards. Others, however, noticed
no change.
Out of all this material, tho most
interesting to scientists is the vnria-
tion in direction of Bignals, and the
confusion of observations ob to sig
nal strength.
Both those phenomena are believed
to result from what scientists call the
"interference of ether waves."
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fUE EUGENE GURD
Radio Gossip
Fred ltmton, IHKi Twentieth vi
ltue cant: "I lirnrd n locturo in
Spitnish from XICLO at Mexico City
tliut Boimdod more liko Ureek thnn
nylhUi( elt, to me. I hiivo nlno
fceiud MnKiitlun, Mexico; Kdmonton,
Cnnarin; Manitoba; KprliiKflcld, Mil us,,
where they were rrlnyiiig n ilonec
music f rim n liroiiram from the
llmuawfek in Itoitton, I use n tliroo
t lib reflex with on?-step audio fre
quency; ainpllfirntioti added."
Myers 1tdtu .Store, (till Willamette,
hiiH installed i radio map vt the
I' ul ted Hint I', on which broadcasting
uintioitB ' heard by Kuicetie f una are
indicated hy means of colored pina.
On -r n eli pin a tax i placed with a
li umber, correrpoiidiiiR to the fan's
rsiiie on a chart by the map. The
typo of receiving iet used, station,
name, nddrcus and wJietlier it wan n
luudfipeiiker br headphoneti arc llisteil,
.1. II. ZrhnniB, 1801 Orchard:
"Htn-'hed Ft. Worth, Texw, Kan-
van City, four stations tn Chicago,
'Ami City, Northfield Minn., Suit
hnke and CslKnry Minimis (piitc
clearly in the last week. Const ta
tiona lire giving iih splendid pro-gt'imit,"
The "Hadio'npeM ia the name of an
interesting radio magazine living dig.
trlhuted ni'ntlily hy J.araway'a Mime
Htoro to ciiHtomera and radio fun.
The current number contains nn in
tcrcKting account of the Keep tlrow
intt W'Wer order of Hoot OwIh.
Radio
Programs
Do you read "Gasoline Alley," the
popular comic strip "linca Walt ' the
5.30 o'clock story teller at WCN
Chicago, lias becomo so engulfed in
requests from young listeners for
"shnoting stnrs" that he bus set aside
certain days for children with cer
tain names. Each evening at 5:30,
which is 8:U0 In Eugene, Uncle Walt
conducts Skeczix time at WON.
Several good Valentino day pro
grams are announced. Tonight at 10
o'clock Colburn's Melody Men of the
Hotel Portland will present dance
music from KGW, and intermission
solos will bo by Fay Wcntz Welch,
soprano.
Another Eugene boy hna joined the
mutlcul broiuiciisters, lie is Wyun
Feeloy, formerly of the Pl-id ripers
of tins city, where he played for the
last two years. Ho Ib now yvilh .Col-,
burn's orchestra In Portland, playing
trumpet,
Tho fiiinrd ia adding Sunday pro
grams In this Issue, at the 'request of
u number of radio fans.
Leonard Gross, tl.'IO Clmrneltoti:
'Ve were lictening in on severnl stn
tlons, and caught Walla Wnlla, Wasji.,
when the big American Theater or
gan was being put en the air. In
ception of this inti'lc was uplemlid.
Neversl vocnl solos came in frtun l)e
trnit, Mich., very loud anil clear.
This "Hi lion has a dandy Jn or
cliestrn.'' Hell (lilme, llnt-rir-liirrn: . " Our
sei is new, but we have already hrnr-l
WKAO nt Ohio Slate uniVersity,
vnere an crnicAttonai lecture was he.
lug hiniidcAM. We didn't hear the en
tire lecture, but Just Uie Inst few sen.
times mid (he station mil."
Vnd ' S. Williams. ,tr., Motor
Ki iite Ci "(lot a dandy nuisiisl pro
gram from Huffnlo, N. V., and Hus
ton, Tex., on the loiidsiirsker. 1
do not get these stations regularly,
however."
Wilber Adams, IKlfl Aider; "Here
are a few tisiinns I've listened lo mi
the last few days: Washington, D.
t; Pitrshurg, Hcheneclsdy, New
Mexico Htale college, Fl, Worth.
Tei.i Troy N. 'V. Ann, III., and
Charleston, S. O. Reception In tnoit
caaes was clear, with very little In
lerference, 1 have a three-tube re
feuerttlva outfit."
Henry Mitchell, Vlllard tlreet:
''Well. I've trnt shout na far erist ftn
ny set as I can Providence, K. I. :
Now my ambition is to get Mriicol
City and th Islands."
TONIGHTS PKUURAMS
Paoltlo Coast.
KGW Portland 4S5.1 meters: 11:30
a. in., wenther report; 10 p. m t'ol
burn's Melody Men of Uio Hotel Porl
Inndj iptermisslon solos by Fay Welti
elcli, soprano; accompaniments by
Nellie llorgler.
KFOA Scuttle 155 nietors: 0:15-
K:15 p. m ..Hliodes department storu
program, dnnce niiiaic; Hetty Win
nlughiun, Juvenile prodigy; 8:30-10,
limes program, Moyer a Melody
Night Hawks, Honeymoon seceua
ders; Pack Mooney, tenor; 10-11, Ed
die llnrkness and his orchestra.
KFSG l.oa Angeles i!7S iiieteni:
7;3O-0:30 p. in., auditorium service,
teatimouinls and sermon on Divine
healing, Aiinee Svinplo McPherson,
pastor,
KGOOaklnnd S00 meters; 8 p. nt.,
t'alilorula string iiiinrtet; Harvey
Slnihert, tenor; truinpet, solos, 8,
Huke Smith; Mrs. S. (1. Wnlsh, con-
trnlto; "Oontentineut," Mr. Frederick
W. Clnmpeti; Waller Kllegel, Irnrl
tone; Winston I'etty, cellist; "Stamp
Collecting," George W. I.udlow; 10-1,
Henry llitlstend's orchestra.
KIM I.os Angeles MM meters: fl
(1:30 p. m., Art Ilicknuiu's lllllinore
hotel concert orchestra; Kclwiml Kits
pnlrick, director; 0:30-7. little sto
ries, Amertrnn history, Prof. Walter
Sylvester llertsog; Henrietta Poland,
Helen Plrie, screen Juveniles, with
Ciiele .lohu; 'AZ, "Income 'hut" Cup
tnln .lohn T. ltiley; 8-10, El Enciinio
apartment's valentine party; 1 0-11.
Karl Burnett's ltlltmore hotel dance
orchestra; 12-2 a. m., The LoBt An
gels of K1IJ. -
ANX Hollywood 337 meters. 6.15-
7:o0 p. in. Green Mill dance orches
Ira; 7:30-8, Wurlitzer pipe organ stu
dio; 8-10, continuity, voyage to the
riouth seas by Salisbury and Alexan
der; 10-11, Abe Lyman and his Co
cosnut Grove dance orchestra from
Ambassador hotel; 11-12, popular
songs, June l'ursell, the Ki girl.
KOA Denver HSJ.i meters: U-12
midnight, dnnce music, Joe Mann and
bns ltainbow-Lnne orchestra.
ivl'U San Francisco 420.5 me
ters: 5:30 p. in., "What Is Playing at
the Various Theaters;" 8-12, Art
Welder's orchestra.
SUNDAY'S PROGRAMS
Paoltlo Coast.,
KGO Oakland 300 meters: 11 a.
in., service. Trinity Episcopal church
ftev, Charles P. Deems, rector; 3:30
p m., concert; KGO Little symphony
orchestra, Carl ituodchamel, conduct,
or; Arthur S. Garbett, musical Inter
pretative writer; 7:30, service, Trin
ity Episcopal church, Itev. Charles P.
Deems, rector.
KGW P o r 1 1 a n d 485.1 meters
10:30 a. m., service, First Presbyter
ian church, Dr. Harold Leonard llow-
miin, pastor; 3 p. m., municipal con
cert; (1, church service, Portland
Council of Churches; 7, Colburn con
cert orchestru; Jennnette lieierson,
pianist.
KHJ Los Angeles 40-1 meters:
10:30-12:30 p. m Fim .Methodist
Episcopal church, Dr. E. E. Helms,
pastor; Arthur Illakely, organist;
0.80-7, Art Hickman's Uiltmoru hotel
concert orchestrn, Edward Fitapnt
rick, director; 7-7:30, organ recital,
Arthur Ulakley; 8-10, program, 1ah
Angeles Soap company, J. Howard
Johnson.
KJS Ivoa Angeles 203 meters:
10:45-12:30 p. in., morning services,
Tho Church of the Open Door; (1
(1:45, Hndio vesper service, Itev. Wil
linm H. Pike; 7:15-0:30, regular eve
ning service of Church of Open Door,
sermon, pastor, Alfred A. Under, or
ganist and choir of 100 voices.
KNX Hollywood 837 meters: 5
p. m., vesper service of Wilshire Con
gregational church, Dr. Frank Dyes,
pastor; 7-7:45, International Hible
Saudents' association hour of music;
8-0, Ambassador hotel concert or
chestra, Josef Hosenfeld, director; 0
11, program, G'ohc Ice Cream com
twiny. KFI I.os Angeles 407 meters; 30
10:45 a. m 1.. A. Church Foderntiou
service; 11-12:80, morning service
and orgnn recital of Temple Uaptist
church; 4-5 p. m., vesper service,
Federated Church musicians; 0.45-7,
musical appreciation talk; 7-S, stnge
acts, orchestra from stage of Metro
politan theater: 8-0, Antoinette and
Sigurd Freileriekscn, duo cello num
bers and William Htestand, tenor; 0
10, Thereon Hennett's El Alhannn.iit
dnnce orchestra.
noises in sets if the pieces are put
under tbecorners of the rrfm h.
inei, use of rubber under the loud
speaker wilt make for quieter recep
tion alio.
Panel bushings for variometer and
other shafts can be made with valve
stems from old inner tubes of an auto
tire. They are threaded and when
cut the desired length lend themselves
to this new use.
Use No. 14 copper wire in a hook
up when you have no bus bar. Cop
per wire will give as good or better
results, nut it is more likely to tar
nisb. ' -
''
A .001 mfd. fixed condenser
shunted across the positive and neg-
auve terminals ol the U-battery will
improve reception in some sets
If your loudspeaker howls, move it
nbout, trying first to face away from
the set.
E
Minis
TO MAIUY STATIONS
Ro that Eugene and Lane countv
listeners may have a record of new
wave lengths authorised by tho gov
ernment to make room for more class
II stations, nnd to cause less inter
ference, The Guard is today publish
ing the entire list of changes made in
"5 stations:
Old New
KDKA, East Pittsburgh ...'.320 300.1
KFDM, Beaumont, Texas ..300 315.0
KFKX, Hastings, Neb 201 288.3
KFOA, Seattle, Wash 405 455
KFl'O, St. Louis, Mo 540 540.1
KGW, Portland, Ore 402 485.1
KOH, State College, N. M. 300 348.H
KSD, St. Louis, Mo 540 540.)
KYW, Chicago 530 535.4
WRAP, Fort Worth, Texas 476 472.0
WIUV, Columbus .,...423 203.0
WCX, Detroit, Mich 517 516 '
WE A R, Cleveland, Ohio 300 804.3
WFAA, Dallas, Texas ..;.....470 472.0
WHA, Madison, Wis. .: 536 535.4
WHAA, Iowa City, Iowa ....484 408
WHK, Cleveland, Ohio 283 273
WHN, New York, N. Y 360 300.4
WHO, Dee Moines, Iowa ....526 522.3
WIP, Philadelphia ....500 500.0
W.I.ID, Mooseheart, III 278 302.8
AVMC, Memphis, Tenn 500 503.0
WMII. Cincinnati, Ohio 300 325.0
WNAC, Boston 278 280.2
WNYO, New York. B26 528.8
WOAI, San Antonio. Texas 885 304.5 !
WOAW, Omaha, Neb 526 522.3
WOC, Davenport, Iowa 484 408 ,
WOI, Ames, Iowa 860 270
WOO, Philadelphia 500 500.0
WREO, Lansing, Mich 288 288.fi
WSAI, Cincinnati. Ohio 300 325.0
WTAM, Clcvelnnd, Ohio 300 864
WTAS, Elgin 286 302.8
WWJ, Detroit, Mich 517 516
Why is It that violet ray machines
p'ay havoc, with receiving seta in
some parts of Eugene, and don't
trouble others'
W'i'A it ever be possible to get good
reception in Springfield, on account
of tie huge eleotric generators in
the city?
Can X-ray mschines be insulated
s.i as not to create troublesome in-
tcrl-rence, and can physicians be j
comptlicu to insuiute mem;
J lew can we silence the youth who
goes on the air every evening with
lucan ngiess code mesKiigcg, blanket
ing reception from most good sta
tions? These, and many other problems of
Eugene radio owners, can be an
swered by A. E. Itedfern, United
Stales air chief for the northwest
dihtnet, iu which Eugene is locuted.
Mr. ltedforn, it is bclivcd, would pay
a vlhit to Eugene if invited, and help
radio fana work out solutions to per
pi'.'Xjjig problems of interference.
Arrangements for the formation of
a radio club are going ahead full
speed, it is lenrued, and in all prob
ability the club will invito Mr. Ited
fern as an organization to come to
Eugene and discuss the questions.
things, but the fact itself. For two
rivals have sprung up since last year.
One group maintains it's running
the only official, high class radio
show in New York. The other group
contends its own show ia Just that.
And so they're at it. One group
apparently consists of some of the
biggest radio manufacturers in the
country. The other is a group of
independents in the field.
Last year, the Radio World's Fair
was lacking in exhibits by the ltadio
Corporation of America and other
such big organizations. Put these
firms exhibited at the Third Annual
National Radio exposition which
opened up a little later.
This year the competition between
the two shows promises to be much
keener. They've started already.
planning, for :the coming shows early
in September.
Each insists it's first for 1025.
"Leading exhibitors" will show their
goods at each. "Remarkable new in
ventions" will be present nt each
enow. rsew ideas, new lines are
to be brought out by both.
Both ore at it, equally, for prime
consideration by the public, for news
publicity.
, Here they have it fifty-fifty.
Saturday Evening, FeW. u
such a coil leave the ends of the f point and Inae TT5555:.
windings long enough to solder to bus! to protect the i , eort T"
wire attached and perpendicular to I soldering iron f "i Oak.
the terminals of the instruments the I u Ior delicate
coil leads back to. Making such
"cradle" eliminates supports for coils
fliat might cause losses.
,
Vernier potentiometer can be made
by hooking a 80-ohm rheostat in the
negative lead tc the potentiometer,
leaving the positive and grid-return
leads as they are.
A .00025 mfd. fixed condenser
shunted across the aerial and ground
binding posts will decrease interfer
ence from local stations in many typ
es of sets.
A Hmall brass rod filed to a square
fork.
FEDERAL
'uue set. Reeni.
coast and .."e8,1Iar
aoiern
stations only ,
i uues a
tlOS
$86.50.
and "B"
,$69
battery
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, ' none
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Radio - Show Fight Is
Looming Again
Rival Groups In New York To
Give Exhibitions
JEEP the "low loss" in low-loas
coils by making them self-supporting.
If four leads are taken from
(By NEA Service)
XTEW YORK, Feb. 14. "Come
. hither, come hither! This is the
one and only. The first, the greatest,
the only official radio show ifi New
York."
This is the refrain New Yorkers
nnd visitors are expecting when time
rolls around for another display of
radio apparatus in one setting.
It's going to be a great show. Not
so much the radio marvels and new
DON'T TREAT 'EM ROUGH
Never strike the cabinet to test
for poor connections. A eharp blow
Is liable to destroy the filament of
one of the tubes in the set, or it may
even knock a wire carrying high pq
tentlnl current loose and touch a fit
a ment lend, thereby burning out the
tubes and running down the batteries.
Coast to Coast
Rebroadcast
(By NEA Service)
RICHMOND HILL, N. Y.,
Feb. 14. Radio fans who were
still up with the milkman got
a thrill hero when they tuned
in on KGO nt; Oakland, Cat.,
even with crystal sets.
The Bccret was station
WAIIO, hero, was rebroadcast
Ing KOO's program.
This Is said to bo tlio first
time In the history of radio
thnt a Pacific coast program
was rebroadcast by an cast
coaRt station.
The stunt Is to be repented
from time to time. WAIIO
broadcasts on Its experimental
call of 2XE, at 510 meters. The
tiino Is from 2 to 4 in tho
morning.
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buying is done for the next
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Not at all unusual for
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