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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1924.
RADIO NOTES AND NEWS.
Low-Loss Variocoupler Made Cheaply. Little expense and littlo bffort time in the history of the world. is required to build a low-loss that the peoples of two continente variomotor that will prove an ao widely separated, word enabl effective tunor with an ordinary od to "bo prosent" at an intern- crystal and in rogonorativo ational sporting event in which oircuits.
both were intonioly Interested.
All that it calls for is a small The "proronos" of the light spool of wiro, two discs, a dis- fans in the United States and carded cigar box, a thin shaft, South American countries at the knob and dial.
flatio contest was made possible
the
The stator of this variometer through the agency of radio and
apocial radio can be cut out of cardboard ortho
relaying fibor, in the form of a flat ring, loquipment dovolopod, by 316 inches inside diameter and 458 Westinghouse Company. inches outside diamotor. From Through the oporation of two the outsido, an odd number of radio broadcasting Nots, both alote are out, 3/4 inch toward the situated at the Woatinghouse interior. Thogo slots evenly broadcasting station KDKA, at spaced, may number 7, 11, 15 or East Pittsburgh, Pa., 450, milos ovan 21. AO long as they from tho scone of the contest, tho total an odd number.
fight returns were broadcast to The rotor is a three-inch circle the fans of the United States on out out of the same material as the long wave, and to South tha stator. Tho HEL1710 num.American countries on the short hor of slots are cut into this, ono wavO, icob in.
The event
was broadcasted The castost way to lay out from the ringside and overy
of tho these plecos is to draw a circle action
fightors was 456 in diamotor and divide the minutely described. The equip circumference ovenly into the ment used permitted the picking. number of slots you want to cut up of all sounds at the ringside, Draw linos from the contro to such as the applause and the of the immonsa the circumference, after which chooring
attendanco, tha stator and rotor may be cut throng out. Those radii can thon be sound used as guides for cutting the conversation slots.
+
in
tho
of
the
goug, of those olosa
tho
to the ringside, the issuing of
The stator is wound in and instructions to the fightors by out in spiderweb fashion, the roforos and the advico of the with 24 turns of No. 22 DCC seconde to the boxers. wire. The rotor gets 60 turns of This broadcast was arranged the same wire.
for and clearly picked up in
Americani Connect the inner terminal of, South
countrice, the stator to the outer terminal particularly
Airos, of the rotor, leaving the inner Argentino, whore arrangements terininal of the rotor and the had been mado by La Nacion, outor and of the stator ired for leading South American news- connection to the rest of the paper, to retransmit in Spanish circuit.
to the throngs of interested
Buonos
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SKETCH OF SPIDERWEB VARIOMETER, SHOWING DETAILS OF CONSTRUCTION. TH
Take the top and bottom off the f countrymon of the "Wild Bull of cigar box, leaving a frame for the the Pampas."
variometer. Drive a small nail A spoolal short wave employed through the exact centre of one for the broadcast, which was con- and, and bore a hole the size of voyed from the ringside to station the shaft you will use through KDKA, at East, Pittsburgh, Pa., the exact centre of the opposito whore it was transferred to the ond.
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The shalt may he a length of paratus by means of which it was dowolling, 3-36 inch thick transtnittod at an ultra-frequency that will reach through the to Buenos Aires, The United hole to tho opposite and States broadcast was on the longer of the box, and loavo enough wave length. for the attachment of a knob.or Tho achievemont. which is pro- dial. A brass rod may also bably the greatest forward step
the in radio since serve the purpose,
inception This shaft is made to run of the art, has boon Inada through two brass rings attached possible through the continuous to each end of the stater. The daily experimentation of West-
engineers in rotor is attached firmly to it by inghouse
radio Company, who made most of the transmitted wire, so that when it is turned, broadcasting and reception. This prosont records possible through the "dot and dash" method, The the "dot and dash being picked the rotor will turn with it and experimental work has resulted short wave development. stay within the opon circle of in the development of apparatus antenns of the station is a copper up as in ordinary wireless recep- erected vortically with tion and made to contact by the stator.
to the point where it is possible tubo Corks may be attached to each to transmit programmes to great respect to the ground and sup. moans of an ink-marker on to
ported from a pole about 50 foot side of the stator to keep it in distancos, place,
The Westinghouse Company high. The antenna has a ball on Radio enthusiasts in Egypt are
In order to allow the rotor all originated this service and last its ono end and is quite rigid to having difficulty onticing the the room it needs for turning on winter transmitted signals on prevent swaying. government into permitting them its axis, the connection botwoon pre-arranged schedulee to Eng to broadcast and use receivers.it and the stator should be made land, where arrangements had At present a few amateurs are loose enough for the movement. been made to piok them up with ablo to rossive broadcasts from London, Paris and Rome late at! night.
EGYPT FAR BEHIND.
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NEW WORLD LANGUAGE.
A new international language has boon recommended for consi deration by League of Nations. It is not Parlomento," and is said to be as simple as Esperanto:
HOLLAND AND LIBERAL.
NEW ACHIEVEMENT.
Special Broadcast Received at Great Distance.
of
spacial apparatus and re-broad- cast then through local stations thoro.
PICTURES BY WIRELESS.
Colour Transmitting Process.
of lindor covered with paper. Each
colour is transmitted, of course,
as a black print, aud tho. three pioturos are then at the receiving station reprinted in their primary colours, thus producing the original ricture.
·
Mr. Taylor declared that the day was not far distant when the Mr. George A. Taylor, Prosi- daily newspapers would repro- dent of the Association for duce pictures in their natural
NEW DUTCH TUBE.
A Dutch firm has brought out a new four-electrode tube, the hoating unit for the audion. The fourth element heing merely composition of this unit is kept, seorot.
This achievement, which one of many in radio originated by the Developing Wireless in Australia, colours of scenes that had taken has New Zealand, and Fiji, gave an place the day previously thous- Wostinghouse angineers,
at Australia House, ands of miles away. wonderful possibilities. The traps-address mitting of events, such as the Strand, on racect wireless dis Firpo-Wills fight, to distant coun-coveries, and explained a process. Broadcasting in 'DICOSS 5,000 miles was the remarkable trios, thus enabling the peoples of by which it is claimed coloured achiovement of radio ongineers of various countries to listen in and pictures of distant scones can b the Westinghouse Electric & gain first-hand information on transmitted. His apparatus for Sevon private and two stato Manufacturing Company rocent important avonts, will un- the purpose was shown for the
on first time in Europe.
He explained that the coloured corporations broadcast in Holland ly in connection with the heavy-doubtedly have influenco to some 20,000 listeners, Holland weight fight between Luis Angel the future of civilization.
The latest font in radio trane-picture for transmission by radio has no license fee on receiving Firpo, "Wild Buil of the Pampas" mittibg was' accomplished is photographed through scroone sets, as have other European and Harry Wills, United States, through the utilization of the new on to metal platos in the ordinary
nogro contender for the heavy- wolght boxing champlonship of specially designed radio experl-way for printing in their three The Leipzig fair for radio fans montal building of the Westing-primary colours, yellow, and red has been a disappointment, it is The broadcasting of the fight house Company on a hill high and blue. Each plate le printed reported. Prices are said to be Professor Vorotoff, inventor of returns direct from the ring at East Pittsburgh, in which the onlarged, so that when sold is
above the company's main plant in black ink, and the print is high and the quality low.. the monkey-gland operation for side by Westinghouse station short wave apparatus, employed etched on a matal plate it will the rejuvenation of mankind, is Kika, at East Pittsburgh, Pa., for long distance brondosate, is have doep stobings between the credited with a discovery for the U.S.A., and the rolaying of the situated. One of the most din sareen lines...
One of the broadcasting stations prolonging of life by prevention returns by the relay station at potive marks of the station is The plate is then..
on placed on a in Bots belos com of hardening of the arteries, East Pittsburgh to broadcasting
the extremely unique short wave cylinder moving, with a needle relay station, in which is a common symptom of stations at Buenos Aires, Argen-antenna, a spucisl typo perfected coming in contact with the broad at the cono old age. Voronoff says he has tine, South Americs, and Has- successfully trosted 16 casos of tings, Nebraske, was the firet by Frank Conrad, assistant chief total parts untouched by Billie Bros hardotted arterips..
engineer of the Westinghouse the hold, such contacts being London
countries,
PREVENT OLD AGE.
the world.
SHOW POOR:FARTS.
GERMANY TO RELAY."