THE EUGENE GUAED
Saturday Evening, Fi.lJruarv 28
J1TEB 31 OF
ansociation: S O, Ambassador hold ! DI IO
By Roy Grove, nin nIWrnn
HOW TO BUILD YOUR OWN FOUR - TUBE RECEIVER
ieoncert orchestia. .tosf lfnBr.rulrl . i -
i director; U-Jl, progruin, Cilobe Ice
i Cream company.
Kl'O, Sun Francisco, Cal., 426.3
meters 11-J2 in, church services;
Letty Collins, contnilto; Theodore J.
Irwu, org-uii.t; ::) p. ,n., "What
Is I'layiug at the local theaters:"
IS:.'I0-1I, concert, Itudy Seiger's 1'nir
molit hutel orchestra.-
i win. micno
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It Really Isn't Hard to Construct, Either; Construction is on Low-Loss Lines, and
It can Satisfy the Most Exacting - ;
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A rnd'O amateur Is a person who
is learning all be ran regarding radio,
rniys Milton D. Koiipal of Kugene.
However, many peuplii appear to
think, when a radio amateur Is men
tio nod, of a grammur school pupil
in knoe innts who likes to play
prnnks and does it by connecting a
spark coil to an aerial and leaving it
1 run.
"Such an occurrence rarely hop
pnt" Hays Mr. Koupal, "and if it
duea. Kugene amateurs themselvei
ciiii uminlly tnke cure of the prank
but. If such action fails, the U. S.
department of commerce always pro
duces the results.
"In Kuceue, ahout five tube ata
tioiix transmit at various times of t
night, according to the regulations
act forth on their reHpective govern'
ment licenses. None of these at
tionk has a power exceeding 50 watts
few of them have this power. There
are uo quiet hours designated for a
tube station operating on wave
lengths below Kt metera, provided
thin operating does not interfere with
other aervices.
"This provision should h i taken In
a reasonable hpiimp, hecnuse a person
with a poor receiver who Hves very
clone to a transmitting amateur can
not expect, that station to be able to
adjust hia transmitter with such pre
cision that no interference will be
beard.
"The Kugene amateur will cooper
ate with any listener in so as to
promote good reception. Remember
though, that the Eugene amateur is
, reMpntiffible for very little f the dis
tui'banee that occurs locally.
"Power line leaks, faulty track
bonding, radiating receivers, and many
other sources of air noises make con
cert receiving miserable a good share
of the time. I keep a log at my sta
tion of concerts which are broken
into, and this occurs frequently, but
as yet it has not been necessary to
enter an amateur s call in it.
''The Kugene listeners have done
fine thing in organising. Thin action
surelr will aid in making Kugene a
hetter place In which to listen on the
air. For five years, the nmateurs
hnve listened to the racket which
you all hear almost every other night,
hut have not been able to take action
against it. The local amateur is very
much in favor of the organization, as
H will materially help clearing p the
noise which has been bothering his
reception."
E
COWIE WITH TIME
HOLLYWOOD,: Cnllf.,' Feb. 28
Only a few years, ami rutlio concert
film w.ll be drawing dawn ? IftU.OOO
for A single broadcasting perform
auco!
. Syd Chaplin, brother of Charlie,
earned finite a reputation in JIUU
when ho negotiated the firat big mov
ie Hilary, that of fl:i,(Hl a week fur
his brother. Now lie forefault! an
other highflyer In salaries, ai soon an
a radio singer linn tho eourngo to ask
for it.
"KnorinoiiH stride, nre being innde
In perfecting radio whereby reception
of radio nunuers may be controlled
to secure revenue from persons who
llsteu in," Hiiya t'hapl n.
Might Run Show
"ltndlo could even Men Into prac
tical control of tho nniuneincnt biu
lnexs of the world If perfection, are
uiudo In t lie nppiirntu whereby pho
tography in combined with pounds so
that the uuditors may also sec the
artists they are listening to.
"Nynchron ed receiving sets ins.v
be installed by the big national radio
broadcasters on the order of u pny
' station telephone so that a million
or so subscribers can. by dropping n
ipiurter In the slot, bear the concerts
ol the great artists.
"Thus, if s in. Won auditors pay a
quiirier each, the gross revenue for
one performance could be a quarter
nt a million ilullurH. Twenty per cent
to the artist or J.'iO.tNHJ would not
be an unreasonable amount to pay
for the box-office talent thus broad
cast. Like Movies
The ne' developments which nre
reasonable to expect open up great
possibilities for artists who have rad
io personalities. Only a few years ago
people who 'predict-.! million-dollar
salaries for piclnre stars were called
crasy. Th"e big salaries were made
posslhle because piciures coiiiu ur
shown In hundreds of cities si once.
With radio, the possibilities sre
enlarged to still greater degree,
with the places where the perform
ance call he liesnl and seen simultan
eously incressed thnussnds of times."
Former Eugene boy
To Present Program
Tsui Clarke Stsuffer, formerly of
Eugene, will direct program broad
cast Wednesday evening, .March 4,
from KIIA, llenver, Colo., by the
Denver Conservatory of .Music, ac
cording to word received by Mrs. (1.
V, Kinier, Sr., 472 Seventh avenue
Ciigene.
Kugene fens who ere acquainted
wii,i lie Siauffer will be Interested
in luning In to Ibis concert. -Mr.
Siauffer h tiiiclf appears on the foc
nliy concert from 8 to It o'clock,
luiiinlain lime, and from 0 to 10 o'
clock his pupils will give a student
loucvrt .
GOVERNOR'S GREETINGS
Itadio amateurs of the country are
to be the mesne through whom gov
ernors of sll the states In the union
will senif-their greetings to l'resident
Coolidge on the day of his Insugur
at Ion. The nmateure are being or
tign.srd for this stunt.
COURSE IN JOURNALISM
Mercer l'tilverslly, at Macon, it.,
Is brosdcasllnf a course in Journal
Ism through It, lint-watt station.
WMAZ History and fiber subjects
gin are taught.
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Ily 1SKAKL KLKIN
(NLA Service Itadio Editor)
JLTKKIIKTH and other aupercir
luiib iu li e contrarp. I id sim.
pie om regenerative receiver, with
radio and audio frequency amplifica
tion, can hold Its own in any contest.
Illiilt on low-loss lines, it nn sat
isfy the most exacting of fans.
iiie receiver described here Is of
tins type, it can cross the continent
for distance, and brinir in r.,,i,-.r,.
clearly and shurply, it is a four-tube
set with one stage of tuned radio
frequency and two of audio frcnuenc.
amplifications.
Material Required
1'arts needed to build It are:
One pound No, 22 IJSO wire.
C 1 and C2, two .00025 variable low.
loss condensers.
i; our tube sockets.
Four 20 to 30-ohin rheoststs. In
place of these, fixed resistances may
bo employed for the amplifier tubes
and only one rheostat installed for
no detector, D.
C3, one .5 nifd. by-pass condenser.'
C4, one .(iotas condenser with 2
megohm grid leak.
( , one .0112 fixed condenser.
Tl, one audio-frequency transform
er, 5 to 1 ratio.
12, one audio-frequency transform
er, 8 1-2 to 1 ratio.
Nine binding posts.
Panel, 7 inches by 18 Inches.
Itaseboard, U inches by '7 inches,
liua wire, etc, for construction.
Winding the Colls
The low-loss coils, LI. 1,2. LS. 1.4
and L5, are made as follows:
uet a cylindrical block of wood.
1 inch thick by 1 8-4 Inches in diam
eter. Space off equally nine noints
on the rim nud bore a quarter-inch
hole atraight toward the center for
about half an Inch,
Into each of these holes set a nuor-
er-lnch dowel pin, four inches long.
Start winding coil LI, beginning
at the hub and' going in nnd out of
the pins until six turns are com
pleted. Cut off and mark both ends.
LI. Now begin ngnin whero you
stopped, nnd continue winding oil
turns. This makes 1.2.
Connections
The beginning of LI goes to the
m flT
(FJ bj 0 jj
o o o ol "J"' ie ol 'I to
tt si U aJ i 1 ?.
ixaaMayjagffl ; H, s j- js
This four-tube, low-loss receiver has nothing hard In It to baffle the
experimenter. Its proficiency will more than repay tho fan for
Its construction. Upper sketch shows hook-up. Lower, layout of
parts.
antenna binding post. The end of
lil goes to the ground. The begin-,
nlng of r,2 goes to the negative of the
filament of the first tube through ei
ther rheoatat or fixed resistance, and.
through the fixed condenser C.'i, to
the head of coll IA
The end of coll L2 goes to the grid
nf the first tube. The variable con
denser, CI, is shunted ivcross the
ends of 1,2, with the stator side con
nected to the outside end of 1.2 and
the grid.
Coils L3 and L4 are wound just
like coils 1.1 and 1.2, with the same
number of windings, respectively. The
beginning of L3 goes to the plate of
the first tube. The end of L.S goes to
the beginning of L2, through Con
denser Cft and rheostat Itl.
Condenser C3 must go between
filament and end of coll 1-3, rather
than between coil 1.2 nnd filament
na shown.
The beginning of 14 goea to rotor
of condenser C2 and to rheostat 112.
Tho end of L4 goes, through grid
condenser C4, to grid of the detector
tube, as well as directly to Btator of
condenser C2.
Coll IJ, wound on the same form
In the same way, has que continuous
stretch of 35 turns.
Placing Colts
lleforc taking each winding off the
form, pour sealing wax on them
where the wires cross and let har
den. Then slip off. Cut a piece of
torimea, the size of the hub, to fit
into the renter of each coil. Bore
hole in the center.
Coil LMs2 fita on the back of
condenser CI. It can be held on bj
means of. a atrip of brass attached
by bolt and nut to the formica
hub and then to a condenser bolt.
Coil 1&-JA is placed unrinht at
right angles, to L1-L2, held so by a
brass strip which Is attached through
a bolt and nut to its formica hub and
then to a small block of wood nailed
to the baseboard.
The Tickler
Coil L5 goes parallel to I.3-L4, and
about the distance of its radius apart.
It is hald in place by a brass shaft
through the panel.
Tho shaft is kept from moving for
ward and backward by the use of a
phone jackscrew and nut, with a tight
bushing on each side taken from old
rheostats. The inner end of the
shaft may bo filed down flat and bolt
ed to tho center of the formica hub.
while the end outside the panel is
tightened Into a dial. .
The tube sockets, especially the
first two, should be set close to the
colls, to keep the leads as nhort as
possible. All tubes are UV201-A, in
cluding detector.
Radio
Programs
TONIGHTS PROGRAMS
Pnoiflo Coast
KtlW .Portland 1111.0 meters: 10
p. in. Colburn's Melody Men of the
Hotel Portland; inleriuwBiuu num
bers, Levina l.und, violin; Tliora
I.uud, piano.
Kt'l-U Angeles, Calif. 4(W.8
meters; d:;iO-tl, Kxamincr'a musical
naif hour; tt:4G-7, "Inspirational 1'sy
choluuy," lr. Clyde Sheldon Khepard;
Ittmka UichardsoQ and his or
chesira; 7:4.VS, The Hook Shelf; 8-U,
Kxaimncr, program, Altiambru Com
niuuily l.roadt-uMteis; U-1U, classic in
strumental trio: I0-J.1, Packard Ita
dio cnib, Itarney Weber, Varsity trio
und others,
Kfc'OA Seattle, Waeh. UH4.4 me
ters: 4:lr p. m., Olympic hutel or
chestra; U:4A-8:1A, Itlmcte's lepart-
mvut st o lo prugrain; nslUvlO, .Sen tile
Tillies dance iuti.fj 1(1:0-11, Olym
pic Hotel dance uui!U'.
KKSU- I. os Angeles, Calif. 278
meters: U):;iU ll:.HO a. in., sunshine
hour program; it :.tU-4 ;ItO p. iu., tin
pmmpiu studio program, t). N. .Nidi-
oiit, i(o ue.ii isi'tvusll and others; 1
7:i(0-:.(0, auditorium service imi aer
iiuiu nn Oiv.ne llciihng, Aunee Sem
pie Mi't'hersou, evHiimhst-pastor, spe
cial mus.c.
Kti Oakland, Calif. 301.2 met
ers: J 1:30-1 p. ni,, luncheon concert,
Pacific Htatra Klectric Company; 4
5:30, concert orchestra, Hotel Hi
KraiH-ls; H, San Jose High school
band, tieorne T. Mathews, director;
Kinil 1'.. l.ichtig, bsriloue; Luiiise
Keuihle Hrown, soprano; Kamou Otl
en Spntiinh and Hawaiian .Discern;
Harry K. Kossey, hnss, "Stailip i'i'l
lecliin." lieoiae V. I.udtow ;" 'Kdua
UnowAki pianist; "Juvenile leJLn
ipiency," OUie Snedigar; 10-1; Henry
MalMead's orchestra.
KIM. Los Anaeles, Calif.-405.2
meiert: 12:301:3d p. in , Hi Moult mi
and his orchestra; 2:30 A, Charlie
Welliuau's Satunlay afternoon frolic
with hot Street, Uuhhlet miih, Jer
ry Cope, Hill Hatch, E. K. Harnes ,
and others; ,-tl;30, Art Hickmsns
Hdtmore hotel concert orchestra, Kil-
ward Kltipatrick, ditector; ti:30-7 30,
Prof. Waller 8lveter llertxog, little;
atoriet, American history, Helen IV J
rie, st-reen Juvenile, play by pupilt
of Kdyth .XM.rath; 7:30, better
speech talk; 7:4a, IT. Philip T. Hiley,
"Care of Mod) ;' 812, program, Pa- .
cific Klectric Itailnay ( nmpany. "A
Trip to .Mount l-owe,' arranged by
.f. Howard Johnson, Selwyn Harris,
tenor, Charlie YYellmi.n, "The pr.net
of Jnr.i," ti1adi l.lackwell Picker-:
Ing, soprano; 12-2 a. in., The Lost
Angels of KIM frolic. !
KNX. Hollywood, Cal., B300 me-;
lers- M a. m mcrnlng prayer; 0,
Hired Hand, news; 10, Hired Hand's (
morning mesHnge; 10:30, Itadio tech
nical talk, Forbes W. Van Why; 12-1,
p. in., AVurlitzer pipe organ studio; C,
closing markets; 5:45-0:15, program,
Wurlitzer remote control studio;
0:15-7:30, dinner hour music; 8-1),
KNX feature program; 0-10, pro
gram, llnnen J. Titus Km it Cuke
company; 1011, Abe Lyman's Cocoa
nut Grove dancu orchestra from Am
baasadur hotel; H-l a. m., Hollywood
night, presenting a number of screen,
ait and hterary liiiiiinurics of the
muvie city; tea dntiMant, Gene James'
Ituae ltouiu Howl orchestra; 0:30,
what is playing at tho local theaters;
S-12, An Weiduer's dauco orchestra.
KPO, iSuu 1'nincisio, Cal., 4J.S.3
meters 1:U0 to 2:00 p. in., ltmly
Se.iK.'8 Fairmont Hotel orchestra,
y rt'.ie telephony; 2:30 to 3:30 p. m.,
matinee program.
3:30 to D:30 p. in. Tea dansant,
iieuo James Ituse ltoom Howl Or
chestra, playing at the Palace Hotel.
0:30 p. m, What is playing ut the
local theaters.
8:tH- to ij;uO p. m. Art Weidncr't.
1-ance Orchestra playing at the Fair
mont hotel.
SUNDAY'S PROGRAMS
Pacific Coast
KliW, Portland, 41H.5 meter
10:30 a. iu service from Kirnt Pres
bylerlau church; lr. Harold l.eoimrd
Howman. pastor. 3 p. in., annual con--ert
by Monday Mimical club chorus;
Hose Coursru Heed, director; by wire
telephony from the public auditorium.
I p. in., church service arranged by
Portland Council of Churches, cm
dueted by Hev. Kdward P. tiatcs, gen
eral secretary of the Tinted Society
of Christian I'ndeavor, Hostnn, Mass.
Music by members of choir of Forbes
Presbyterian church. 7 p. m., Pinner
program by Colhnrn't concert orches
tra of the Hotel Portland; intermis
sion solos by Chanston 11. Coe, tenor.
KIU, l.o Angelrs, Cnl., 405.2 me- i
ters-10-10:45 a. in., L. A. Church;
Federation service; 11-12, regular
norvica from Pint Church of Christ
Scientist; 4-5 p. m., l A. Church mil- i
sicians' vesper service; 0:15 7, editor-1
ial talk; 7-8, stage acts, orchestra and
specialties from Metropolitan theater;
S-l, program, Hot Springs, presenting
Indian orchestra, Chief lowiache,
baritone; tl-10, Ksamiuer, Hay West
and hi Alexandria hotel orchestra;
10-11, Theiun Hcuuett'a Anheleuos
orchestra.
KFSli, I A a Angeles, Cal., 27S me
terK 10:30-12:30 p. m., service of
Angelus tcmplb bioadciist from pul
pit, Aimeo aemule McPherson, pas
tor; Esther Friclto tireen, organist;
2:40-4:30, musical progrum by Silver
bund nnd Temple choir; sermon, Ai
mee Seiuple McPherson; 7-U:45, regu
lar evening service of the temple be
ginning with hour of music, sermon
uy pustoi; Ksther Fricke tireen, or
ganist; 10-11, organ recital, Ksther
Fricke Green, organist.
K(H, Oaktaud, Cal., 301.2 meters
11 a. in., service. First Methodist,
Episcopal church, Hev. John Steph
ens, pastor; 3:30 p. in., KliO Little
Symphony orchestra. Carl Khudeha
mel, conductor; Arthur S. l.arbett,
musical interpreter; 7:30. nervice,
First MethodiHt Episcopal church,
Hev. John Stephens, pitMur,
KIM. Los Angeles, Cay., 405.2 me
ters 10 a. m., Margaret H. Weaver,
"lu My Father's House;" 10:30-12:30
p. in., services of Firat Methodist
KpUcopftl church, Arthur Hlakely, or
KtuiiHl; K. K. Helms, paslnr; (1:30-7,
Art Hickman's Hill more hotel con
cert orchestra, Edward Filspatrick.,
director; 7-7:30, organ recital. Arthur
Hlakely, organist; S-lO, program, El
Encanto apart ment m, Maude Fenloti
Hollmaii, soprano.
KJS. Los Angeles, Cel., J03 meters
10:45-12:30 p, in. services tf (he !
Church of the Open lnor, scrmou by
the pastor; Alfred A. Hutler, organ
ist ; choir of too roi es; O 0:15, vesper
inusii-al hour, sermon by Hev. William
II. Tike; 7:15 0:30, musical program
arranged by Prof. J. H. Trowbrulgo ,
ami regular evening service of Church
of Open Poor. j
KNX. Hollywood, Cal., 33tl.O me-!
ters -5-0:15 p. m., Radio sunset ser-!
vie conducted by Hev. ('has. F. Aked
and Hev. Frank Pver from theater of
Ambassador hotel ; ' 7-7 : 15, musical
hour by International Hible Students'
NEW YORK, Feb. 28.-Had o en
tertainers have finally organized Jo
niiike radio pay for them, at least.
The new organisation is called the
itadio Ai'tisla' Axsociation of Amer
ica, with heudipiarter in this city
nnil hrniuOiA iiliiiinn.l 1.. all tl... I
'cities.
j ..ii'iubcrftlij) is limited to those who
jhave proven their ability before the
microphone. Each entrune must have
appeurcd in at leant two radio atu
diow, and mint hnve been accepted for
a return engagement in at least one.
Hy Hi s rule, it is planned, broad
casters may expect only expert talent
whenever they call upon the associa
tion to fill a program.
Hesides furnishing broadcasters
with entertainers, however, the asso
c ation plans to take up more serious
subjects for the benefit of its mem
bers.
An Investigation is planned into
charges thnt radio la a menace to
various industries. Instead of taking
an antagonistic nttiutde, the organ
ization expects to confer with the
neads of these industries, such as the
theater, the phonograph makers and
music publishers, to overcome the dif
ficulties that seem to cause friction at
present.
Steps will be taken to discover
whether radio broadcasting can hurt
the attendance at a good show or the
sale of good songs or phonograph
records.
The main consideration, however,
will be the development of radio pro
grams and efforts to put radio enter
taining on a paying basis.
The first executive committee of
this organization consists of Austin
T. Rogers, well, known for his lec
tures on industry; Harry A. Bruno,
program director of WEBJ, New
York, and Richard It. HI y the, radio
dramatic critic. I on Short radio
writer, is corresponding secretary.
Short Cuts .....
rPO HOOK two seta of phones in
series, obtain two brass screws
about three-quarters inch long and
six nuts to fit. A nut should be
placed on each screw and the screw
inserted in the other two nuts from
the opposite ends and tightened. The,
phone cord tips then are placed be
tween the head of each screw and
the movable nuts tightened.
W
Sharp tuning will be almost im
possible if the coupling is close. So
keep the antenna circuit wiring iso
lated from the secondary circuit. The
antenna leail should be nB short as
possible and na fur from the other
wiring its possible.
s
If your set requires n switch stop,
make one by boring a small hole be
side the Inst switch point and bend
ing a piece of bus wire so it will
fasten on the point behind the panel
and at. the same time stick through
the small hole you bored in the panel.
A baker's cookie pan will make a
battery tray that will withstand the
ruvages of acid if it is painted sev
eral, fimes with n coating made by
lissolving old phouograpu records in
alcohol.
Make a low-loss roil by winding
the required number of turns around
an eight-side pickle bottle, on each
Hide of which has been placed a unr-
row strip of adhesive biuder, or stiff
paper. Ilcfore breaking the bottle to
get the coil off, lap the euds of the
imlor and glue.
Safe lock for a radio set can be
made by using a single-circuit phnne
jack as a battery switch. The plug,
vhen not used to make the connec
tion, can be carried in the pocket.
TO ASSIST FANS
Income Tax Talks
Radio fans will be prepared for
eir income Inx report by a series
-lt,- .inllnn WH7 II t Knrlitff.
field.' Muss. Thomas MeCarry. puh
I!. .... -;n .nil ii.A nn.
make out Iheir reports correctly.
J'c
Kugene radio amateurs are anxious
to have transmitters that don't inter
fere with receptions of broadcast pro
grams, they declare.
Each of the most active operators
says he is willing to adjust his trans
mitter properly if radio owners noti
fy him of the fact he is causing trou
ble. Vnless you telephone the ama
teur who breaks into your program.
he is entirely innocent of the fact thnt
he is causing trouble.'
Next time you decide that a locnl
amateur Is spoiling your program,
get someone who can read code to
listen for the call letters, nnd the
following list will help you in locating
the defender:
7ez Loris Starr, telephone 1.8a.
7gq Milton 1). Koupal, telephone
882-J.
71w Paul R. Hoppe, telephone
1107-J.
71r Royal V. Howard, telephone
1474-J. .
7pd Gerard M. DcBrockcrt, tele
phone 509-Ij.
7ui II. Wildman. Friendly street.
7un 1'aul Carter, telephone
l'.'70-V.
DeMoss Family to
Offer air Concert
The famous PeMoBS Family of
eastern Oregon, family concert art
ists well known to Kugene people, nre
touring the east giving sacred nud
classical musical concerts and will
broadcast an Oregon program over
WHO at Washington, I). I'., Mnrch 3.
at 10 o'clock p. m. (eastern time)
which will be heard in Oregon nt 7
o'clock p. m.
This information was received to
day in a letter to The Cuard from
Senator Robert X. Stiinfield.
"For one of their numbers the Pe
Moss family will sing 'Sweet Oregon.'
writes Mr. Stanfield. Possibly aoiue
of the radio fans in Kugene may wish
to tune in."
AIR FOOD COURSE
The 1'niversity of Wisconsin has
inaugurated a rad o lerture course
on home food- problems, -broadcast
every Monday evening at 7:45 through
its station WHA. The lectures arc
given by Mrs. Nellie Kediic-.Ioncs.
head of the home economics extension
work of the college of agriculture.
SIMPLE BUT EFFICIENT
Cj- n"n TTHIUJOM-
The new radio set that
w r now recomniend
Ing for home Installa
tions la so simple. a
child can manipulate, the,
dials and obtain excel
lent le. nils. It la eiitilp
ped with the latest Im
provements and gives en
tire satisfaction. Its
vnry low cost recommends
It to those who cannot
afford a de luxe act.
RADIO SUPPLY CO.
i;4 Olivo St root Phrmr. 1 S27
Why Not?
In tho evening when yon tire sittinir liv tlie
fire, why not .T Muple of hours entertainment
with n Kmliof Hear thnt Jazz hand or u lec
ture, nn opera gootl singing or anything you
desire.
THE AIR IS FULL OF MUSIC WHY NOT
GET YOUR SHARE
We Have Radios Complete from $25 and Up
We have the Gilfillar Xeuthodyne, the Grebe,
nnd the Kadiola line. Also vnrions other makes.
AVhy not. arrange for n demonstration and bo
convinced.
EUGENE'S PIONEER RADIO STORE
MYER'S
Radio & Electric Service
WH "Willamette St.
Nonrly Opposite lleilig Theatre
JOIN THE EUGENE RADIO CLUB IT WILL MEAN
BETTER RECEPTION FOR YOU
WILL TEST SHORT
(Bj- NE ASerrice)
HARTFORD, Conn.. Feb. 2S.
The .Navy Ueaprtment has called up
on tho American Rdio Relay League
to co-operate in experiments on the
practicability of short wave transmis
sion for naval use.
As a result, b II. Sclmell, traffic
malinger nf the A. R. It. L. and an
experienced amateur, is preparing to
a ccr in pa n, r the l'acific fleet during
m1 lit uverH from April lo October.
During that time Schnell will ex
periment wnh stiort wave transmit
ters, especially installed on the ship
to which he will be assigned. lie
will try to communicate with ama
teurs on a wnvelength of 5-J or 53
meters and will also use two per
sonal transmitters of 20 and 40 me
ters each.
The navy's intention is to ascer
tain how the rnnge and capabilities
of Bhort wave transmitters compare
with high-power sets. The success
of nmateurs in covering considerable
distance by day with their snort wave
transmitters, while the longer wave
sets seemed to lose their efficiency,
has encouraged the navy to try this
experiment.
These amateur sets have worked on
one kilowatt power, ns against sets
with power as high as 'SO kilowatts
employed on the U. S. ships. Sub
stitution of n low wave set with low
power, and yet as ereat or greater
efficiency, would mean considerable
financial saving. '
Schnell's testing station on board
ship will have the call letters NRItlj.
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by ..iiieoue wilu is "i op.r,,N
expert? "i'wull,
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alre..,ly lamenting M ju"' "
missed opuurtuuiiies. i, "
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that are s-iuple to opera"" "
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to uliMVer,' says Jlr. j, I
plain truth about it j tL.,. lk
no 'besf rad.o set , , "
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a 'best wife. It U depUf
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IDAHO HOLDS SHOW
A Itailin show recently held at
Nampa, Idaho, had as one of its at
tractions a receiving set contest, in
which prixes were awarded to the
person owning tho receiver which
tuned in the clearest signals from
the most dlstnnt station.
nuns uuu ne will not imn.l ,
I he two telephones and lhe bond .
Ins head. The ,,x, ,u wi
to bring m every broadiwtii'"
uon in the country on a hZ
every nifc'ht iu tho yeiir. "
"The t.rst mini's demands ,re m.
est. He can get what he w.nt, 1
almost any f lUe lm.vtUxi '
ers. lhe second man i. not job s
get what he wants t all.
receiver yet devised will briar in
ery distant stntion on any night .iJ
you want to hear them. Aajoi
dealer, manufacturer or fan ,1,
tells you that he can do this is lemi!
h enthusiasm run awuy with him. "
"To decide about buying ,
receiver you have to decide, Cm 0
all, just what you wnt. Ar.
anxious for distance or content silk
local stations? Uo you demand s
loudspeaker or not' Can yoa m
an outdoor antenna over a hundred
feet long or must you be iatisf,l
with a short one or with an indoor
loop? How much money will SM
spend?
"There sre a great man; good ri.
dio sets. Most of the standard miiti
are worth what you pay for thru
and will give you good service, eacb
within its limitations. The price feu
must pay for a complete outfit w.ll
be, of course, the price of the re
ceiver itself plus the cost of the
equipment listed under accessories.
"It is impossible to state the eia.l
cost of these accessories. This d
pends on you. There is a wide lat
itude in price. Loud-speakers, for
ample, can be bad from eight or tta
dolmrs up to a hundred.
"As to batteries, the dry-battery
outfits cost less in the bcginuuig, bat
for sets having three tubes or inort
the upkeep is less with storage bat
teries. Also, the storage batter;
(used for the filameut or "A"' bat
tery) will give you greater voluuir,
tube for tube, and more dependable
operation. Dry batteries, 00 the oili
er hand, nre more convenient niitl
moro portable. As before, 11 all de
pends on what you want.
."An outdoor antenuu, properly
erected, will give you greater dis
tance than a loop. Or, what il tlit
same thing, you can pay leas for your
set and get the same results. Hat
a loop set, although more eipensix,
will usually give you clenrer recei
lion and greater erse of separatist
the broadcast stations from one an
other what the radio fan calls "se
lectivity." Location has much to d
with this. Some places are good for
radio, others arc bail. Any radio n
ateur can tell you nil about this. la
general, the country is better for re
ception than the city.
"The distance obtainable with 1 ri
dio receiver depends on many things
Iyocalitv is n main one. Another 11
Is the weather. Slill another is l
skill of the person who docs the tun-
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13th and Alder and Morning Kegislor.
With a good aerial and ground
wireit would work much
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batteries 1 J lil.R0 1. with Ynlo 45 volt "IV batteries M' '"1
ft Kola Horn
Thursday night wB board Cincinnati, Ohio, New York. h"
Lansing. Michigan. Vnlverslty of Arkansas, Hasting?, rit"u
all on the loud speaker.
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