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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1925)
Sundav.' Kovomlr 1. 1H25 THEfc' rage row . . , , . . Fl lEndand. on hohalf of l.animilr's POLICE CARS USE RADIO EQUIPMENT Radio programs have been de- criterion of whether or not the ob- tectsd Is ute deposit vaults, in sub- stacls will reflect the wave. way tubes under rivers, ct under the sea in submarines. "There i no question about this." says Dr. Fulton Cutting, "but iXlthem. They do not reflect, and some one were to say it Is impos- j therefore the waves pass riKbt slble he would be just about right. ! through them. In steel buildings Wooden or brick houses are bad electrical conductors and radio waves cannot set up currents in i-pponent of. fi world-fjmous Urltif a : scientist. ! After the I'nlifd States went inu Adoptlm ot ra.lliwqulupi'd police : the war. the secretary of the navr c.tr an ,( in the apprehension ! requested the commissioner of pal- of criminals has Jmi l"en annotinc- ;ents to suspend proceedings because ed by Jacob tiiaul. chief of police the full time of both parties was re- nf Cleveland. Ohio The announce quired upon war work of great 1m- mont follows Installaiton aud tests portance to the government. After. 0f radio receiving equipment In the the war teallmcny was resumed. ; pdtce chief's private car Installs and the merit of the invention was nOB of similar equipment In the eventually sustained by the patent seven other flying squadron depart office, after an attack for which ment car will follow Immediately, there are few precedents in vigor or) Th rM,Uad aeriment lias eight 70-horse power csrs for squad- quarters to fU-ug outside Interri-reit sqtuitn nllttpiit a ir tuning In hy Some lucky fellow la oli,g 0 gB, U0( mat vuryiier 4. dcinopsiralor saring 01 it , tou 4- irlngi 'I skill. Thereupon the contest be came one to determine whether Dr. Langmulr was the first inventor. It can be done, but so badly that however, currents are aet up in the 1 1B(, mor :esllmony had to be taken ft is hardly worth talking about. ! girders and reflection occurs. lnbr both parties to establish their Metal and salt water block radio i between girders the waves penetrate I dltM ot inrention. The examiner waves very effectively. However, somewhat. They bulge into the ! of ,.,.,, adjudged Br. Laug they do not block them 100 per . building in the process ot bins re-, mur ,he , invmlor. on appeal cent, and" if waves are powerful fleeted. This phenomenon may l ,h .-., chi, .k, d.i. especially from a local station, the easily investigated by means of a 1 ,, wa, , ftror of l)r Unt. lu signals can be received in places ' P rtable loon set. Near the window J malr tn fur,her appeal the ss- r were tne task would seem hopeless. : oi a ouuaing ot neavy sieei con- rommiMion,.,. held in fsvor proviaing a sensatire receiver is siracuou signals win sirong. um o( ,ne later ,Ppiu.,nt. Hut on still usea. .' Steel ron work. Eartt ot the cars will carry two receiving head sets and a loud speaker In addition to batter- i les and other radio mechanism. A j sending elation of special wave ! length will broadcast orders from ! police headquarters to the flying squads at the precincts or on the "One of the chief sdvantsges of the use of radio in the police cars." If the set is carried Into the Interior ' iurther appeal to the court of ap- (l'clr'l the Cleveland police chief Is (hsit It will enable us to pick up tore. The rebounding of the waves , receivers and Indoor antennae." ex- Dr in-mulr waJ the prl is a physical phenomenon Identical ! plains Dr. Cutting. Aparement ' Th ,,in,i. ,tnll,h with th. nfii.. . H.i.. . .ii... i.,n.i, . i. , "' 4ne lPan. mougn prosecuted, were not ouiinaings sre generally nue signals win get weaser ana . ... ,h, n,..rtct r rumhi poor places for receiving. The weaker until they practically disap-jne ,ss(8tlat commissioner was re- i our iuadrona anywhere at a mo radio wares rebound from the steel pear. versed and the court, agreeing with mettt ' notice and concentrate them framework and very little pene-1 "This shielding effect of steel ,he exalnlll,r 0 Interferences snd j 10 n"d'o emergency work at a glv trates Into the interior of the strue-' buildings is very harmful to loop',,,. .,., . ,h,f e,.,.,i en point. It will enable ua to cut or Invent- ai 8 lne elapaed time netween the diligently ' commission of a rohhery or other terminated frlnu" " he pursuit of the crltn- until June of the present year. I , , ! i ne iiieveiunu p.ilice plan culls Among practical Inventions made for a radio head aet for ue In the ana patenteo oy nr. t-ansmuir me. front wlt. Another receiving head! oesi anown is prooaoiy tne type u. .t , installed In the tonneau of or gas-fllled Maida Incandeecant the car. A loud-ap-akrr Installed electric light. I ull(ier tne f 0W of lh(, rMr putatri " i toward the rear ran be used for NATIVES KKWtKTKI) 8TAKVIM; ; broadcasting to all passenger, of the car. Teala of police equipment witn tne reflection of light from a house Installations are In some mirror. It must be remembered ' cases difficult for this reason. Out that radio waves and light waves j side antennae generally solve the are one and t 3 same thing. They problem. When outside antennae are both what physicist call elec- j are not feasible, however. It is 1m-tro-magnetlc waves, only light ! portant to get at least a little ex waves are about a billion times i posure to the radio wave on the shorter than radio waves of the j outside of the building. A wire length nsed in broadcasting. 'hung on the ontslde of the building "Much has been written, both j is generally better than a wire run mathematically and otherwise, on around the molding of the room, metallic reflection of light waves. Still better is a wire hung out on The theory applies to radir waves, the end of a fishing oole. This puts Simply stated, it is this, when an ' the wire further away from the electro-magnetic wave strikes a me-building and exposes it to stronger waves. tame survace It induces electric currents in the surface and .hese currents are such as to etart c new electro-magnetic wave in the oppo site direction. If the metal k a good conductor there is very li-.tle loes caused by this action, and the reflected wave is practically as strong as the original wave. The electrical conductivity of obstacles In the path of a radio wave is the waves. "A phenomenon in connection with the reflection of waves from steel buildings is the rapidity with which the waves fill in behind the building after they have passed over it. This filling in will always occur unless the reflecting body is several times larger than the wave length ot the electro-magnetic NOME Alaska. Oct 30 Vullve .in- .h ri,,.vni.fc n. showed It possible to hear clearly Siberia are starving. It w, re. :-' thenar traveled at a speed of 4 mliies an hour, ported here Friday by Capt. Frank; The headquarter, broadcasting Preston, who brought his trade suU.m. being equipped for sending schooner Sea Wolf Into port from 1 hy special wavo length, will permit that region. I police to communicate' from head- PAPT GRANTED ON RADIO TUBES 1916, but this action was revoked 1 petore ttrfrwwatvivaarirsued in or-1 der to permit another person, who had In the meantime applied for a patent on this invention, to contest Dr. Langmuir's right to a patent in what is called an interference pro-; ceeding. fin the rloMnrtlnn nt tfcA lni..rn.. 1 A basic patent for the mnri.ml.n v.- i - - . - . " ""uswuii uiifuueai a L- vacnum tube, used extensively in tempted to show that the invention i raoto x-ray work and In repeaters I was not patentable. On account of! nsed in long distance telephony, has ; the unusual importance of the in Just been granted the General Elec-! vention the patent office departed1 "'rr' i!e Unlted Sut'ro " usual practice and permit-, X br Dr' 1rT? t'U T in"itCd e'abome !' " ""en i .taunt SL , . I IDgmlll M" on the -ue5tion of patentability, to-' sr. iJlllTr,0t. th? Cenen" Elec- clud"! testimony, taken In -- - louviaiurx, in 11Z. but because of contests the patent waa not granted until October 20. The tube is characterised by Its , hard, constant vacuum, by its free dom from visible discharge and oth r gaseous effects and by its steadi ness and reliability in operation. It can be made in large sizes oper ating with 50,000 volts and upward, a well as In the smaller sizes such ' as are used in the ordinary home radio receiving sets. Prior to Dr. Langmuir's Invention radio and X-ray tubes were of what ' Is known as the aoft variety that Is. t they glowed and acted erratically and unreliably except when used on ' exceedingly low voltages. Dr. Lang-' xnulr'a Invention., by removing this aevere voltage restriction, has mode possible practical radio as we know It today. i The patent application has had an eventful career. Following hi? Invention of the new tube in 1912. pent months In thoroughly testing the Invention. He filed his application In Ihe patent office In "Washington in 1313. and made the Invention known to the wcr'.d by papers read before scientific sod-' etles and hy deacrlntlons of the tube in scientific and popular publica tions. The new tubes were used for ' radio work by the French army early In the war and were soon In regular use In radio and X-ray work in this country. The patent application, however. did not enjoy such Immediate suc cess. 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