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From the universitios of the versity · laboratories, the world country come radio'e future in- may expoot romarkable progress ventors and builders, says a Now in radio from their students, York writer.
STANDARDISATION.
Even today some of the inost famous and successful radio engi- neora owo thoir succosa to the training they had in the laborat. The New Movement, orias of solontifis inaiitutions. Washington: Officials and en- Others attributo their progross to ginoors of the U. 8: Bureau of actual experience. But more and Standards a ro soeking means to more radio mon aro coming effect the manufacture of stand- directly from the colleges.
ard radio apparatus. It is tho The gorms of what may be re-first stop made toward unification volutionary idons spring from of the industry throughout the thong laboratories and aro dovo. country.
lopod by the students and their At present, each manufacturo instructors. Some of tho foro has his own measuremonts for most authorities, in radio and apparatus that is used generally electrical anginooring are bohind in as many forms as there are than
producers. Standardization o1
At the University of Illinois, in such parte, it is conceded, would Urbana, an original method of roduce their cost and make ro- broadcasting has boon dovised, placomonts opsior..
and experiments are being con- Taking note of the advange. duotod with Buch important ment made in the automobile and- mattores BA ground wiroloss; other industries through the static olimination and aagroomont of manufacturo for now theory of vacuum tubo ro- the standardization of their parts, coption. Theories at first studied some radio producers hayo and developed by the instructors already signified their willing- are being worked out by the noss to achieve the same results students.
in their industry, Conforoncos have been hold, with officials of the Bureau of Standards taking part, and more are oxpected to
This univority is one of many that have their own broadcasting stations, which aro того ox porimental than practical. Prof. come.
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While treasure hunters, aro sasking a $3,000,000 gold Cargo, sunk 13 years ago 60 miles off the Virginia Capos, radio "fans" will be able to listen in on daily accounts of their adventures. Clarence Ludlow is the operator aboard. the boat that has sailed from Now York to search for tho trougure. Ho promises to broadcast news of the hunt as it progresses, through the apparatus with which he is shown here.
E. B. Paine, hond of the dopart- It is only aftor cortain import- pient of electrical engineering is ant parts have been standardized the guiding star under whom two says one manufacturer, that the of the most ambitious experimen- radio industry will be in a post- tors have boon Hugh A. Browntion to produce apparatus on ai and Charlos A. Keanor.
large quantity basis. At present Prof. L. A. Hazeltino, inventor oach manufacturor is virtually of the neutrodyno receiver, is in for himself. charge of the electrical engineor- With condensors, variometers, ing. department of Stevens In- rheostats and other parts used stitute of Technology at Hobokon generally made along the same! N. J. Under him are several bud-plans, they could be manufactur- ding radio engineers who are od in larger quantities for making a special study of the assembly into the various kinds) noutrodyne circuit.
of receivorg.
Now apparatus Hoensed under Panola, ospecially, are suggoet→ the Hazeltino patents is toutod, od for standardization of Bizon and improvements on them are and positions of holes. To do devised, at the college laborator- this would mean standard sizos of Mry. Wida Wilson Church, ios, hofore Approval isparts making up receivers, and for their commercial oven standardization of tho
HOSPITAL FOR ENGLISH.
Things to Know in Building a Set. director of audio players in drama given
at station KGO, Oakland, Calif., distribution. At the same time shafts of condensers, variomotors Experimenters in the labor- j
A load-in insulator can be made is instituting a radio hospital for further developments are sought and other pieces that are usually stories of the University of hy nailing a tin can to the side of broken down words and grammar. for improvement of the circuit, attached to the panels. Illinois at Urbana are working on the house and placing a pop bottle Listeners writing in for advice At Columbia Vniversity, Now Such panels, carried alrondy a ayatom of broadcasting without in it, fitting the bottle snugly in on the uses of words, phrases York, Prof. J. H. Morecroft drilled, would be much cheaper the use of carrier waves.
the can by driving wooden and other grammatical construc-directs the department of than they are to-day, and would They have succeeded in trang wedges between the tin and the tions will got her advice by air. electrical engineering, one of the Lonablo radio fans to dabble with mitting programmes from their bottle.
most prolific sources from which now hook-upa-and: thoroforo station, WRM, by the new systom To soldor aluminum, melt the
radio engineers have como. buy new parta-more industrious- In which carrior W&YUB are soldor and while molton scratch While the naval airship Shen-
While some aro known, indopen-ly than thoy do to-day It is s soiployed only while sounds enter the surface beneath it with ajandoah sailed over the U.8.A dently as prime movers in wire-mattor of more business, as soon
wire brush The exido thus will from Atlantio to Pacific, amatours students havo
loss progress, cthors of his by somo of the more advanced be broken down so the solder will in six states kept 24-hour watches
ontored the radio producers. stick when it cools,
laboratories of· the largar communicating with the big ship.
the microphone.
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"HAMS" TO AIRSHIP.
Elimination of the carrior waves at other intervals has brought about inorgaaed sending officiency more selective tuning at the work in
It will help in attaining quiet Bosidos, "fiams" strung along the electrical compantos to: continue ceiver and greater opportunities to covor large distances.
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RADIO ON TRAINS.
laboratorios.
their EUROPE WELI. COVERED. noous noises in a sot, if a 5 mfd. touch with Nork, the onll lotters fixed condenser is connected be- for the Shenandoah.
Morcoroft himself has nat European listeners, although Under the present system of, tween the negativo A battery and
brought out any definito radio limited in the use of their ap broadcasting the oarrior wave, on positive B battery posts.
inventions but has given to the paratus, can tune in on some sort which the sound wave is impress-, Physicaland mental discomfort
world some of the most benefical of atation every day. Broadcasting ed, convey a. all sorts..of sour de, can be avoided if time is taken to
Gormany is to have a regular ideas concerning radio. Holestations in England, Franca, Gor- which only perfect modulation bond headphone bands so they fit system of radio reception an Its president of the Institute of Radio many, Sweden, Switzerland, Hol- at the transmitter end the und saugly, but not tightly. larger trains. Expross trains bo-Engineers and is considorod and land, Belgium. Denmark and effojent deception at the receiver
Soap rubbed on scrows usell to woon. Borlin and Hamburg carry of the highost authorities, in this Czechoslovakia transmit entor pan "eliminate effectively, enabi- fasten instruments to the base such apparatus, and the service lino,
tainment regularly, while others sound frequencies to be board will keep the wood from will be extended soon to other! With such mou de Morcoreft, in the rest of Europe are on the
spliting.
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