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What wind is it that stirs, Lighter than gossamers, In the pines, in the firs ?
The Wind of Youth It blows.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1923.
RADIO NOTES AND NEWS.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AERIAL.
Among the most interesting in? Several others are plaintive-
From Yesterdays, Long Agoes,|phases of radio development is | ly asking, “Which license must í
Under the mass, the rose.
What song is it he sings t What news is it he brings Of old, of beloved things? The Wind of Youth is young He goes with a careless song: No years have done him wrong. The Wind of Youth is sad. Nay, he is merry and glad With the heart of a lad, a lad. By the Wind of Youth and its
word.
Like the song of a fairy bird. The secret springs are stirred. O Wind of Youth in the tree, Go by, nor-trouble me With news of the lost country, That all so heavenly shows Under the nose, the rose, Where none returns, none goes
KATHARINE TYNÄN.
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 production in its history,
1000 cars a day-the greatest
Įthe evolution of the serial, which | get? In this direction is an is in itself indicative of the trend opportunity for the contractor to of all progress in the science. make abundantly clear, either in |With the improvement in sensiti- | his window, by advertisement, or vity of receiving apparatus, the by postcard, exactly what the aerial has become smaller and licences really are. It is a form more efficient.
of service likely to be appreciated. It is not a long jump back to Some may argue that if anybody the early days of wireless, when does not understand such a simple aerials were made as long as ex matter from the press, he or she isting conditions would permit, 'must be past salvation. But this and especially so on ships. It is where lies a fundamental mis- seemed to be the general theory take. The great mass of people j then that the longer the serial who are non-wireles8, доп
was raade, so much greater would electrical, and technical glance be the distance over which signals roughly through many items in a could be received. To a certain newspaper, even through the new extent this was certainly true in wireless broadcasting regulations. a day when the art of tuning was in the same way as the electrical little
|contractor might look at, shall we understood, and spark every possible adjustment on a signals wandered in over almost 535, new rules for foot and mouth disease. This latter is every whit wireless receiver.
as important to the farmer as are the new wireless regulations to Radio experts now emphasise the contractor. We think enough the need of using a comparatively has been said for the moment,[ short, clear, single-wire antenna but we are rather tempted on a for reception, since exhaustive future occasion to develop our experiments have proved this special argument into a general to be the most satifactory when one. We must realise that used with an efficient receiving hundreds of thousands have but set. On short-wave work the the haziest idea of anything G.P.O. 100-ft. limit for a single-regarding broadcasting, except wire aerialis an ample allowance.that a pretty good number of their and in many cases it might pre-friends can "listen-in." fitably be cut down to 75ft.
The advent of the valve, with
tion.
EMPIRE WIRELESS.
its possibilities for radio-frequen-We have on me than one ey amplification, made practicable occasion had reason to deplore the frame aerial, which, of course. the long-drawn-out delay in the under present conditions canals dispute between the Government beused satisfactorily for broadcast and the Marconi Co. with regard reception by receivers having two to the question of the long-dis or three stages of H.F. amplifics-tance transmission stations which tion, although spark signals may this country so badly needs. The be heard by using it in a set recent speech made by the Post- employing reaction or regenera-master-General in connection with the Impérial Conference is Future developments willdoubt-freally amazing, says a writer in less abolish the aerial altogether the Electrice! Times. It is only for reception purposes, and even enthusiasts, he would have us frume aerials may only be used believe, who consider wireless as an adjunct to tuning because offers a more reliable service of their directional effect. Althan the cable. We were well ready announcements have been aware that there existed a large made of a little gadget from Burn-number of wireless enthusiasts in dept. Ltd. which, it is claimed, I this country, but if his words be will eliminate the often unsightly true the number is infinitely out door serial and take up no greater. than we suspected. more space than a condenser. Again, that wireless is to be the handmaid of the cable is a state- CHANGES IN 20 YEARS,
ment nut likely to inspire much The remarkable change that confidence in the Postmaster's has taken place in the knowledge of the subject, or understanding of what cost-should we say in that of his tutes an efficient acria! is more experts who have advised him apparent when we remember that upon the matter. only twenty years ago an opera- Perhaps it would be news to tor at sea would have wept in the Postmaster that ordinary engineers foresee assigned to a liner which had an that within a few years broad- aerial less than 350 it. from end casting will prubably involve to end, while a single-line antenna listening in to speakers in every was undreamed of
part of the world. We hammer
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Of course, at that time there away at this subject because of was only one type of receiver in the prospect opened up for general use, and that was the the whole wireless industry. Coberer set. The magnetic detec-Other countries are taking was just making its debut, every step to prepare for the day and the possibilities of crystals when they will be able to send were being investigated. So far their
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tor
new
as the coherer was concerned, straight to homes the other side tuning, as we know it to-day, was of the world; and every home will not thought of, since it was not have it wireless set for reception from their OW!! and other countries. Are we to lag behind
necessary.
It remained for the discovery of the thermionic valve and the pro- duction of undamped or contino- jous waves to bring about efficient tuners and receivers, and to make
possible the radiophone of so-day, The shape, length and height of the aerial for the amateur will always be governed by local con- ditions, but in a general way the following points should be kept in [mind.
because of the "official mind”?
REMEDIES FOR ATMOSPHERICS
There have been a good many circuits devised for trying to minimise the effect of the stray disturbances known as "Inter- ference," but most of them in-
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volve the principle of what was originally the balanced crystal circuit; to-day it is more generally In the first place it should only fly, the main idea of this method
the balanced valve circuit. Brie THE HUMAN ZOO consist. where possible, of a Įsingle wire. It should be well to an aerial. One of these is is to couple two receiving circuits insulated wherever it is support then trned so as to receive the ed. It should have as few angles desired signal, while the other is as possible. It should not be too tuned to & slighty different fre-) long in the inverted L type or quency: the receiving circuits are too closely spaced in the T type. so arranged as to send opposing The L type is the more direc- currents through the telephone. tional of the two in its effect, and, coil. Now, supposing a reason- wherever used, should have its ably weak transmission of appro lead-in nearest the station it is priate wave length is received it desired to listen to. The T type will affect only the circuit which will give better reception from all is toned to receive it. Should directions than the former type however, the strongly damped and it is most suitable for erec atmospheric strike the aerial both tion when the amateur is situated circuits will be affected by it; but}
in the centre of a number of as the currents set up in the two broadcasting stations and wishes circuits send opposing currents
to bear as many of them as pos-of approximately equal value sible.
THE SINGLE LICENCE.
through the telephone coils, the resalt will be that the effect of the atmospheric will be consider- Evidence is accumulating on ably nulliffed and is not likely to every hand, to show that we are interfere unduly with the normal not likely to get out of one parti-transmission.
cular wood until we have a single Apart from circuit design there licence, says a Home comments is not much that can be done, tor. It is surprising to note the although a high aerial is likely to ideas about the number of catch more atmospherics than a forms of licence and what lower one. As on other occasions they
stand for, which one is recommended to have a are held by quite educated people.high aerial, it is a bit confusing. One of these has asked why there But like all other questions of should be four licences, and why engineering design fhere is a mid- the genuine experimenter should dle line.of compromise which is have to pay more than a Hetener.often the best.
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