Radio Broadcast - 1925, February - 113 Pages ... - VacuumTubeEra

CHECKING RECEIVERS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST TEST
A corner in the RADIO BROADCAST Laboratory which shows some of the apparatus in the tests.
employed
At the left is a low powered radio telephone transmitter, presented by the Radio Corporation, next to it is
a Roberts short wave receiver, and beyond that, a Kennedy long wave set is being operated by John B.
Brennan, editor of the Grid. Signals from all the European countries participating in the tests were logged
at the laboratory through which the broadcast activities of two continents filtered during the test week
THE MARCH OF RADIO
B
Past President, Institute of Radio Engineers
WE
CAN
The Great Success of the International Tests
record a well-merited
success for those who conceived
and executed the international
radio broadcast tests of 1924.
It is
only a short time ago that Mr. Paul F.
Godley, one of the most skilled radio operators
in America, first
attempted to hear a lowpowered,
short-wave set span the Atlantic.
It was really a wild idea at that time, and
one for which a successful outcome had been
predicted by practically no one.
He used a many-tubed super-heterodyne
working on a specially constructed antenna,
and was finally successful in picking up code
signals from several American amateurs.
Godley's receiving apparatus was set up in
Scotland.
During the test just come to a close, thousands
of American radio fans heard many of
the low-powered, short-wave European stations.
When one compares Godley's test with
those of 1924 one cannot but believe that radio