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AMBITIOUS PLAN FOR TELEVISION.
DIRECT CHALLENGE TO THE B.B.C.
Mr. Samuel E. Rothufel, better a welenine to all students of the known as "Roxy," the most uc; fentertainments arts to come and 'cessful, cinema' exhibitor in the work side by side with day in this
world, yesterday made an import-world-embracing venture. 'ant speech at a luncheon in Londua Mr. Rothatel has broadcast his nt which nearly all the most premission in every country in Europe minent showmen" in. England through which he has passed, in-'
YOUR PORTABLE SET
BRINGING IT UP TO DATE.
Is your portable ar trensportable economical? Does it get all the stations you need? Doss it give a sufficiens antput volume and is, the quality satisfactory
Lucky in the owner of a trans portable who oun mark off "Yes" to all those questions. Let us deal with them in order, economy Arst.
The H.T. Problem.
were present, from Sir Oswald Stoll Fcluding Russin. Only the British It is high tension which is usual, and Mr. B. Cochran, downwards. Broadcasting Corporation have rely. the cause of high running costs Jr Rothafel made an eloquent fused his offer." But, that is not with portables and transportablus, plea for the domination of the enough.
because in order to cut down size [world's entertainment by America.` It is of the gravest national im- and weight only small battery He outlined the scheme which is portance to know what practical compartment is usually provided now being brought to fruition in steps are being taken by the Cor-and this cannot accommodate, a New York, of a Radio City, which poration to combat this world-wide battery large enough to give the 15 will centralise the world's enter idea. In two years it will be a to 20 miliamperes called for by some tainment. This city, which will reality.
four-valvers. cost £50,000,000, will include seven theatres for opera, theatre produc tions, cinema production, ballet, and vaudeville, and each will b fitted for television,
New B.R.C. Attitude.
There are two ways out of this dieulty. One is, if you have the Bains, to fit a portable "sot: H.T. eliminator. This will fit into the
times as great as a dry battery of battery compartment and will give a high-tension output three or four
the same size and approximately the "same weight.
What is being done on this side? It is certain that Mr. Rothafel The idea, which is backed by Mr.he were not certain of his facts or would not be making this tour if John D. Rockefeller and other if he were uncertain of being able financiers in America, is to pro-to use television in this country. vide a centre not only for American The B.B. C. are now showing a. entertainment.. but also, in Mr. change-of-heart about television, Rothafel's own werde, for an in-Following the article which appear- stitution for the whole world byed in the Morning Post, a new in-triple-capacity battery housed in a voice and by picture."
terest has been taken in this de- velopment of the art of radio.
I understand that the chief on-
In the original instance, Mr. Rothafel says, the appeal will be through the medina of music, but gineer of the B.B.C has now made eventually it will eliminate the an extensive survey of the pos theatre of to-day," and "talk-flmssibilities of the. Baird system and will be dead in two years."
In other words, as the Morning Po suggested the week before 1st, the Americans are taking time by the forelock and propose to
establish world television on an in- ternational scale.
A Warning.
More than two years ago the | Morning Post anticipated this move in a series of articles entitled “The Future of the Film." With the domination of the world's enter tainment industry comes the world's trade. That has been prov red over and over again by the United States attitude to the im- portance of the cinema as the most direct means of commercial adver
tising. With the dominution of the world's "trade inevitably follows the domination of the world's politics. This scheme, of which Mr. Rotha- fel is the spokesman, is perhaps the cleverest and most ingenious at- tempt by the American nation to stage a come-back" in times of acute commercial depremion in that country.
If you have no mains then the best plan is to use a. doable or
This is usually not difficult to separate cabinet to match the set.
arrange. The battery box may be "stood beneath the set, with stout
which makes the beat use of this, Generally the tendency to motor- allowing a suffleicht number of mil-boat in this way can be stopped by liamperes to operate the other a wirewound resistance in series valves in the set.
with the primary of the transform-" If the power valve is not at fault, or with the coupling resistance For the R.C. unit, and a fixed con- then suspect the intervalve coup denser connected between this join- ling. Some transportables which "point and low-tension negativo. have an ultra-compact Inyout are! The resistance should have a vaino af shout "30,000-ohms with trans- rather prone to motor boat when former coupling, and a higher the high tension is raised in an valuesy 50.000 ohms, with it.C. attempt to get greater volume. If coupling The condenser should have a value of 2 mfd., and should that no filter circuit is provided. mains voltage. this happone you will probably fud be capable of standing up to the
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HAVE YOU HEARD THESE?
Here are list of long wave and short-wave stations which should be picked up by anyone. in Hong Kong Whð hún á: mode. rately good set suitable for re- ceiving such signals. Success in plaking up there stations also depends very largely upon fav- ourable atmospheric conditions. Esaders are invited to add to this Mst should they succeed in picking up any station not in éluded in either of these Hata:
LONG-WAVE STATIONS.
Ware length
(Metres) Station
260 Manila
Call Kilo-
orale.
Sign ZIB. 1,13
277 Shanghai K.FMS. 1.083 345 Tokyo J.O.A.K. 120 383 Hiroshima J.O.FK. 880 35 Hong Kong Z.B.W 846 357.1 Bombay V.U.B. 8-10
361 Sapporo 306 Keijo 370 Nagoya 370.4 Calcutta
J.O.I.K.
J.O.D.K.
990 J.O.UK. 810 V.0.0.809.9-
380 Kumamoto J.O.G.K. 780
390 "Sendai
305 Dairen
400 QRka 410 Canton. 1.9480Manila.
SHORT-WAVE STATIONS.
STATION
CALL STON
flex leads connecting up to the H.T. 67.65 Dobintz (Germany) A.F.K. terminals. An advantage of the 0013 Khabarovsk (Rus) 4.97 mains unit is that at a small extra 58.7 Nauenw
50. Mosco 43,5 Rome Porth
Two
41.0
Singapore
that during the next week or so in- Portant developments will be an
ounced, showing the incorporation of television nire definitely into the radio programmes than ever before.mins supply is switched on n. alow It is the opinion of the B.B.C. charge is provided for the accumu that the Baird system is more advanced than any other system in the work at the present time.
cost' a type may be obtained incor- parting a trickle charger. leads then connect from the slimina. 38.
for to the accumulator and when the 82.M
A New System 7
Kootwijk (Holland) Bangkok (Siam) Sydney
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$1.29 Bledhovon (Holland) { P.C.J.
$1.55 31.48
Melbourne Schenectady
81.29
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Sirabi (Kenya)
AL.C.
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P.L.F. HL.S.1.P.J.
28.35
Manila Schenectady
X.1.X.R.
W.3.X.0;
18,88
Bandoeng,
P.L.G.
18.4
Kootwijk (Holland)
P.C.L,
17.4
Bandoeng
18.0
Bangkok
16,3
Kootwijk (Holland)
P.C.K
15,74
Bandoeng
15.5
Nancy (France)
13.93
Pittsburg
lator..
With some types pi eliminator. 28.6 Sydney
27.8 Bandoong this charge is a tenth of an ampere 26.53 Chelmsford (England)} 5.8,W.. or so with others it is' af much as
-ampere. On
24.3 some eliminators, But Mr. Rothafel's speech makes too, separate tops are provided for the suspicion definite that either, 4 and 6-volt accumulators, but some new means of television has as the average accumulator used in been developed in the United States transportable set is a D-volter, this or that satisfactory arrangements is not of great importance. have been made there with the Baird
company, There 18 a further point which is bound to affect the makers and distributors of television sets. Are they to be English or American!
"Increasing Range,
If the range of the set is not all that it might be, and you are sure that the high-frequency stages are working up to standard (the only
way of testing this is by trying a Rothafel was fairly certain of his tanke provision for the use of an It is not to be doubted that Mr. new valve or valves), then why not ground before he made his tour: or external indoor aerial in conjunc is he confident that he can devisetion, with the set's fraine aerial some plan for bringing the B.B.C. This is not at all difficult to into line with Radio City?
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At any rate, he has now set the An indoor aerial will be quite. pace, and the reply of the B.B.C.sufficient. There is no need to have
to this carefully thought out plan anything very elaborate. If 1
No wonder Mr. Rothafel makes will be a supreme test for that Car-mains unit is used then an earth · the plea that "Radio City extendsporation.
FLIGHT FIFTEEN MILES UP!
BRITISH SCIENTISTS' PLAN TO BEAT HEIGHT RECORD.
HANGING SPHERE FITTED
WITH WIRELESS.
+
connection is automatically provid-
ed through one of the mains con- "neations. With battery driven sets;'.
The chamber itself will be fitted though, it may be worth while try with the latest scientific instruing an earth connection. Simply ments, as well as a wireless instal-connect low-tension negative to a water pipe or to an earth tube, Jation," Mr. Eustace Short said in
Often this improves the range and an interview to-day.
working, of a transportable, even
without the addition of an acrial.
Quality,
Breathing Problem, "Everything will have to be of the lightest weight we can con- trive, and we shall, of course, huve
If volume and purity are not to pay special attention to the ap paratus for breating in such a satisfactory, then, assuming you rarefied atmosphere.
I have cured the high-tension problem,
It is impossible at present to
In a specially constructed sphere of aluminium alloy suspended from a balloon, three men hope soon to say when the ascent will be made, you must look to the valves and seend 15 miles or more into the for much depends on the atmos couplings. The output valve is of upper reaches of the air.
pheric and climatic conditions-a-gradtest importance. They are Mr. Eustace Short, an pecially in the case of such a huge aaronautical engineer, his brother, balloon. In any case, we should
You cannot have a large valvo
Mr. Onwald Short, and a scientist, be in the air for only a short without sufficient high tension, nor who will act as observer and take period." records of the date obtained..
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is it advisable to provide excessive The greatest height ever attained high tension for The two brothers are now engeg by man is the 10 miles reached in
power valve ed at their works at Rochester May last by Professor Piccare and which is overloaded by such 蔬 working out details. The balloon, his hssistant, Dr. Kipfer. Enclos voltage. You should verify the which would transport their metal od in a chamber of novel design maximum recommended outpat - of chamber to "hitherto unknown attached to a balloon they ascend heights, will create a record for
size:
od "from, Augsberg, Bavaria, and the high-tension battery or elimina- came down in the Austrian Tyrol.tor and then use a power valvo
P.LE.
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CYCLES
J.O.H.K. WO
J. Q.A.K. 760 J.O.B.K 760
C.M.B.. KZ.R.M
TIME (HONG KONG)
IL
OF WOATING
.739
025.
4,484 Mon., Wed. & Fri., 6 pan. & 2. am 4,900 010 p.in.
6,291 Not regular
8,000 Tue, Thurs, Sat., 8 p.m.
6,806 Bunday midnight
7,142 Dally 6.30 pm & 12 pm
7,810 Not regular 7,780 Daily 1 pin 8,108
ues.
a
& Fri., 9 p.m.- .m
1,280 Not rugular
9563 Not regalar
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9,620 Daily am.
0,020 Fri,3 m., Sat, 3 a.m. & 10 am.
0,660 Not regular
0,677 Midnight daily
10,526 Not rogalne
11,020 Midnight-3 a.m. daily
11,751 7.30 p.m. & 1 am, daily, except
12,240 Nightly 12,850
Saturday and Sunday
am, Wed., Fri, Sat.
16.102 Daily 0.80 p.m. to midnight
16,804 Daily 7 p...
17.280 Daily 8 pm. ↑ ̧ midnight.
17:761 Sundays 7 pm, & midnight
| 18,404 || Each afternoon.
19.220Daily .30-7 pim.
10,861 | Daily ...
| 31,60) Not regular
[Allowance must be made for "summer-time " is most Euro- pesa countries, which is one hour ahead of trus time.]
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