1924 BUICKS
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
For the sixth consecutive year Buick has been assigned first place at the National Automobile Shows which will be held in the United States during January 1924.
As has been the case in previous years, the choice of positions was made on the basis of the greatest dollar volume of business done by manufacturers during the year at hand. The fact that Buick has been given first place six times in succession is convincing evidence of Buick's leadership, and the leadership of General Motors, in the automotive world.
Buick is now producing' over 1000 cars a day-the greatest production in its history.
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Tel. 1036.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER -12- 1923
RADIO NOTES AND NEWS.
A CHAT ON RECEIVING AERIALS
In the course of an article in Popular Wireless Weekly. Capt. C.C.J. Frost says I feel that a consideration of one's own aerial is of the utmost importance to all listeners, whether they are using a crystal, valve, or multivalve installation.
According to the regulations laid down by the Post Office an antdoor sarial's combined lengib and height should not exceed 100 ft. Many people are so placed that they are unable to erect an outside serial and have to content themselves with one inside their house. I know of any delight The other day a visitor came to ed crystal set users who ar see me from France, and he told obtaining really excellent results me.ut once that he knew "no-lat Да distance of, from 12: thing about anything" to do with to 15 miles from London with an wireless. He possesses a powerful aerial supported on insulators in ļ valve instrument, and ascribed the lofts of their houses. his poor results to it, or to a fall- ing off in efficiency of the broad- casting station.
(By the way, lots of people biate the broadcasting station before they have made quite sure that the falling off in signal strength is not due to their own sel. aerial, earth, to the hundred and one causes which may possibly be responsible.)
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Some have spanned the length | of the house with a twin wire the aerial wire around the cir aerial, and others have spread cumference of the loft. Daa listener whom I know obtains quite good results from a crystal set with an aerial bung from a balcony in the back of the house and swinging in mid air-its tautness being obtained by means At any rate, my visitor, in the of a weight secured to an insul course of conversation, remarked, ator at the bottom. This is not, "Of course, it can't be my serial, of course, a commendable type of it is 45 ft. in height and is aerial-induction being possible supported on two masts having from the electric light wiring of a span of over 120 yards (360 feet) the house-but, having a flat on completely across a cornfield." the first floor, and no facilities It was only necessary, then, to for an aerial, he hit upon this explain to him the necesity of having an aerial of reasonable size. Had this gentleman known that his aerial should be in keeping with his receiving instrument the trouble which had been caused would never have occurred.
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[The above, which is extracted.
from the North-Chirua Doily News, might apply very easily to Hong- kong as well)
idea.
Another indoor aerial in we with a crystal set at twelve miles from the London Broadcas Station, and giving very ex
cellent
strength of signals, consists of two ordinary worden coat hangers hanging to the picture rail around the room. On to each coat-hanger is scTON= ed
porcelain cleats, the aerial wires passing diagonally scross the rom from coat-hanger to coat-hanger. The earth is fxed to the watertap.
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A rather interesting case ofj **screening ocentred with this listener. He lives in a flat on the graund floor. The occupant of the flat above erected an aerialin the loft of the house and as a result of this, our unfortunate friend of the lower flat bost 90 per cent. of signals. The user of valve set can, of course, obtain excellent results from an indoor aorial. A short time ago my out- Iside aerial broke and a piece of insulated cable sid along the floor of my flat, which is an up- stairs one, was sufficient to give! me very excellent signals.
Many and various are the ca-cs reported where people have obtain- excellent reception of other types of aerials, but the outdoor type always cores when it is possible to erect one in that way.
On one occasion, when I was using an indoor aerial, a lady who had come to "listen in" asked me how it was that the ether wave could reach my aerial when the windows of the room were closed! In case any of my readers are a little hazy on this point. I would! point out that the ether ware is not interrupted in its passage by anything which is a non-conduc tor of electricity-such as dry buildings constructed of stone or | brickwork..
If, however. the building poss sesses a steel framework then the steel, being a conductor of electricity, tends to obstruct the passage of the wave and causes "screening." In the same way, an aerial so situated as to be
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surrounded by trees or which has mon cause of fading. It is very ium, sich may be a coating over a tree between it and the direc-easy for an aerial to become slack. an iron or metal core. Chromium tion of the broadcasting station and AC occasional inspection Elaments may be oride-coated. may suffer from "screening.") would well repay the listener. The trees have sap continually
Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd.-Receiving systems.- For reducing interference from condacfors of electricity, hence Cie. Compteurs et Materiel atmospherics the incoming poten- they screen the serial. Certain D'usines .a Gaz.-Valves.A, rials are applied in opposition to districts have deposits of ore and valve for operation by a poly- the grids of two valves, a common the much-talked-of "blind spot "phase alternating current has plate circuit containing the re- is the result.,
flowing in them, and are good| RECENT INVENTIONS.
In
a sudden impulse is practically balanced out.
two or more cathodes, one for each ceiver. The combined effect upon phase, oracathode of considerable a train of waves is only a reduc- conclusion, let me
heat capacity is employed (1.5) tion in the telephone current, but again the importance of ensuring that your insulators are sound, amps, at 3 volts). Polished masses and that no possible leakage is may be provided on the ends of
the filament which is mounted on H. L. Thomas. Inductances, occurring to Berih. Make sure that the aerial does not come into very fine supports to increase the Coils of cellular structure formed
heat capacity.
by superimposed layers of helical contact with anything in its span.
N. E. Osborn. Vaires, Lamps, turns are wound in coarse or open and that the lead-in wire is wall;
etc.-Lamp black is placed on turns, leaving large gaps between insulated as it enters the house the lead in wire, and a inetallic. the crossing points, which points Talking of the span of the serial oxide is placed elsewhere in the are altered after every few turns. reminds me of a very common container whereupon the valve, B. Bolitho Receiving complaint which listeners make
etc., may be aged by passing Systems-For eliminating static to us. They write saying that direct current, the heated carbon interferences, etc., from signal even though they live at only taking up the residual oxygen.
waves, a balancing circuit hav. short distance (say up to twenty M.G. Andersen. Telephones.ing a series of valves suppresseа miles) from the broadcasting Advice enabling more than one the signals but amplifies the station, fading is occuring. This
is, of course, not due to the same person to listen to telephone con-interferences, which are then causes as are responsible for fad-versations consists of a small used to balance out the disturb perforted disc to which is attached ance in the main receiving cir- ing in long distance reception.
one or more flexible tubes con-cuit.
J. Robinson and Others. The listener who notices this necting to earpieces. The disc is
in his reception placed within the ear of the Directional Wireless-Received phenomenon within 20 or 30 miles of the trans-listener at the receiver proper, the signals operate pawl and ratchet mitting station would do well to secondary listeners using these mechanians, or control an electric
motor, so as to rotate one or more
tighten his aerial and to scan it earpieces.
Dr. F.E. Huth Ges-Valves loop serials automatically into thoroughly for possible leakage of current. A loo18 serial is a com-lectrodes are made of chorom-1 the critical directive position.