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Question: --When the rules call for a ball to be dropped, is it per missible to replace the ball, or vice versa ?,
UP-TO-DATE STATION. Writing in Popular Wireless Weekly, Dr. Alfred Gradenwits The Herzogstand high-powar
wireless station is being equipped. Answer-Strict attention mast A remarkable attempt has been with a large Lorenz-Poulsen be paid to this feature of the made by the Lorenz Radio Com generator of about 2,000 kw., and rules. It is directly contrary to pany to do away with the antenna a Lorena high-frequency dynamo the code to drop a ball that should masta which in connection with (Schmidt system) of the same out-be replaced or to replace a ball high-power wireless stations 90 pat, digh frequency energy being that should be dropped.
far constituted one of the most either generated direct or through Question Player drives from costly items. In fact, when the intermediary of a frequency the toe and feels reasonably cer short while ago the Bavarian transformer. In fact, the most tain that his ball has gune out of State announced its intention to diverse systems are to be used bounds. In order to save time erect a powerful sending station side by side to suit the various he drives a second ball as I in the immediate vicinity of the tasks which the station may be understand it, this calls for al Walchen Lake, where the famous called upon to fulfil, long, waves stroke penalty unless there is a hydro-electric power station is being chosen for very great dislocal rule that remits same. The built, the following two problems tances, while shorter waves more second ball goes in the came investigated by thair in agreement with the general general direction as the first. engineers: first, designing an design of existing stations will be Player on reaching his second antenna of a useful height far infused in other casas.
ball discovers that the first ball did not go out of bounds and hasj a better lie than the second' ball} driven from the tee. What is the proper procedure?
were
Question: Is it possible on
excess of the height of masts in!
FUTURE OF RADIO. the usual type of high power
The time will come soon when stations: second, comparing the radiation effect of such mountain radio will be as commonly accept antenna with that of a stationed by humanity as is the motor-j
Answer:-Player should con- and tinue play with the first ball installed in the lowlands.
car to-day--when tubes building The station
was hookups and wavelengths will be driven from the tee and eliminate erected in the Jochbach Valley.of less interest than the results the fact that he drove a second different ball to save time, since it seemed la rather mois district between obtainable from the
two mountain peaks, 1,730 metres receiving sets.
the first ball had gone out of and 940 metres high respectively, This is the prediction of Mr. bounds. There is no pensity for of which the former overlooks the Edward H. Jewett, of New York, so doing. Walchen and the latter thela new man in the radio field but Kochel Lakes. A cable was first old in the automobile industry.the day of competition of a cat- stretched out between the two Recently Mr. Jewett was elected tain tournament for a player to peaks, a conductor branched off vice president of the De Forest play on or to any of the greens from its centre at a height of Radio Telegraph and Telephone with a thought of getting in. & 1,300 metres leading the Co. after Lee De Forest, little practice before the start of
the tourney? station building. The cable was founder, had resigned.
'breakdown Mr. Jowett's conviction about; protected against through hear-frost or wind pres-the future of radio comes after a sure by leading its lower end over close study of his new live from a pulley and fixing it to a car every angle. running on rails over an incline. In my opinion," he concludes, This car is submitted to a load "the radio business is undergoing sufficient in the case of a normalia series of experiences very much tension to tighten the cable. If like the automoble industry in however, the wind or hoar-frust its adolescent period. It will! should give rise to abnormal probably develop along much the floads. the car would give way same lines.
thus allowing the cable to sag.
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Answer Sach an act is in direct violation of the rules which forbid any competitor to play a on the day set for the competition.
course or any part of the course
B. C'S SALMOX. Vancouver, British Columbia.
The official figures for the salmon pack of British Columbia show a "I suppose everyone can total of 626,466 cases. The bulk The antenna type known as member the time when à
of the pack came from the second Lantenna was found to give par-hardly dared own & motor car district, comprising the Nass Skeens River, Rivers ticularly satisfactory results, in-junless he felt himself thoroughly River
Bella Coola. Rim suring greater ranges of trans-equipped to attend to it in every Inlet. mission, with equal current in-respect. To day. I venture to say squit. and other points in that tensities, than the usual design of not one automobile
vicinity. Of the total catch, hundred knows anything 290,901 cases were sockeye and high-power stations. Four to five s Isuch cables were eventually about the inside of his car.
231,164 cases pinks. The balance (combined to a complete antenna, does not have to and he does not
were classified as springs. bine- system, covering a span of more want to.
and than 25 kilo-metres, the free know is that the ear will take backs, steel head, cohoes height being about 300 metres. him where he wants to gu. The famous Walchen Lake Power "I think the time will very House, which is being erected inisoon be here when radio will the immediate vicinity of theireach a similar point. The great but will we still have to write wireless station, and which will interest of people in radio will be letters to one another? And tele- supply a peak output of 168,000 in what they can hear. They grams? And will we still use h.p will without interfering with will be interested more in the the telephone? its other duties, easily freed theiquality of entertainment their radio station at a cost far below receiving stations can furnish the figure estimated for a power than in the receiving set itself. station using coal under steam boilers.
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An inkling of a solution is sug- gested by H.G. Wells, the famous novelist, in the latest product of
Men **I look forward to the time. his imagination,"
Like and I do not think it will be long. Gods." when people will buy receiving sets without having the slightest technical or scientific interest in radio. They will simply want the set for the entertainment and instruction they can get by its use...
"Up to now, I venture to say, a big proportion of the people who have installed radio in their homes have had a really scientific interest in radio.
In this an inhabitant of the earth finds himself suddenly in another world, a Utopia, where the people are supposed to be thousands of years advanced. In his wanderings about this new planet the Earthling has occasion to notice the means of communic- Crystal, one -of the ation. Utopians, puts it into use, and Wells goes on to describe how.
"Crystal carried a little bundle "Of this group of the buying) of wires and light rods; and pre- public. I think we have pretty sently coming to a place where a nearly reached the saturation pillar stood in the midst of a point. From now on the great lawn he spread this affair out like increase in radio asers will be in a long cat's cradle and tapped a people who are interested al- little stud in the pillar with a key together in what they can get that he carried on a light gold from the broadcasting stations chain about his neck. Then he and not in how and why it works. took up a receiver attached to "Of course, there is one ele-his apparatus, and spoke aloud ment of fascination in the radio and listened and presently heard that will never be eliminated. Ia voice.
"It was ✡ very am confident that most people will always be more interested in woman's voice: it getting resalts from a great dis-Crystal for a time without in- and then Crystal tance than they will in getting terruption. them close from home, even talked back, and afterward there though the lattor may be superior were other voices, some of which
and Crystal answered in quality.".
which he heard without replying. Then he gathered up his op paratus again.
pleasant talked to
some
MUSIC SHOPS AND WIRELESS.
It is interesting to note the
This the Earthling learned was! number of music shops who have taken up the retail of wireless the Utopian equivalent of letter japparatus. In England several and telephone.
"A message
is sent to the shops have devoted quite half of their window to the display of station of the district in which wireless parts and sets. One well- the recipient is known to be, until ha known music publisher says that and there it waits since the shops have taken up chooses to tap his accumulated And any that one wireless the sale of music has messages. increased. The reason he gave wishes to repeat can be repeat- was that listeners-in go to aed. Then he talks back to the music shop that retails sets and senders and dispatches any other parts for a piece of music that he messages he wishes.” may have heard the night before. and he unfortunately had forgot
"The little pillars," explains ten the title, and naturally ex- pects the music retailer and Wells, supply electric power for wireless expert to know what he transmission or for any other wants. One customer called at purpose the Utopians require. a shop and asked for the ragtime For example, the gardeners re- played at 7.45 last night; the sort to them to run their mowers
rakes and diggers and [customer was promptly served.
rollers.
This is a rather flighty bit of What kind of communication imagination, but who can tell
LOOKING AHEAD,
The transmission, of course, is wireless.
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end
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will we have thousands of years how- hance 7 Of course, wireless v the Albe developed almost to perfec
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