Radio Broadcast - 1923, August - 86 Pages, 8.5 ... - VacuumTubeEra

280 Radio BroadcastWest Coast to Have a New StationGeneral Electric Co. has started workon a newTHEbroadcasting station to belocated in Oakland, Cal. Most of thebroadcasting stations to date have been fittedup in more or less makeshift quarters in' buildingsalready erected, but this new Western stationis to be built for radio from the ground up.Research isbeing carried on to determine howreverberator}' an ideal studio should be; a roomhaving no echoes at all gives the transmissiona peculiar empty quality, whereas too muchecho from walls and ceiling makes the speechunintelligible and accentuates severely certainmusical notes.A small power house for the radio apparatuswill be built below the antenna, which will beof the multiple tuned type. An interesting featureof the new station is the use of watercooledtriodes for the oscillator and modulator;although the normal antenna power fromthese tubes will be only 1000 watts, the possibleoutput., to be used for test purposes, will bemany times as much.HOMEWARD BOUND WITH THE CAVE-MAN SETIt is expectedHE MADE AT SCHOOLthat the programswill bebroadcasted notThis English youngsteris eager to see what's on the only from artists in the stationairdown in London. The apparatus looks a bit primitive studios, but that also, by suitable wire connectionsprovided by the Pacific Telegraph andbut it's easy to "get at," at leastTelephone Company, anylater Verner talked over the long distanceof the interestingevents taking placetelephone to his father and mother.in San Francisco, theWest's metropolis, willThe successful use of radio in the Alexandersoncase has convincingly proved the value ofbe put on the air!Thebroadcasting as a U. S. Health Service Functioning bypublicity factor when farreachingresults are desired in a short time.RadioWGY announced the kidnapping within tworadio is surely becoming one of thehours after it had been reported to the police. THAT very necessary factors in our every-dayOther broadcasting stations joined their voices life is evidenced by the following recentto the voice of WGY, and the story, with a note from the U. S. Public Health Service:description of the missing boy, went over theThe steamship Wesi Cabous, lying at anchor inentire country. Radio fans were everywhere Baltimore harbor, about nine miles from the city,enlisted in the search. The newspapers kept needed medical help at about 3 a. m. recently andthem posted on the progress of the case and also needed it quickly. A member of the crew hadfurnished them with pictures of the boy. fallen into the hold and injured himself seriously.Through Hudson Maxim, the members of the So the captain of the ship sent a wireless broadcastAmateur Relay League took up the case and asking help.hundreds of spark sets flashed the The call wasstory throughpicked up, not in Baltimore, ninemiles away,the but at Cape May, about 100 miles dueair.east of Baltimore. As Cape May was separatedDr. Alexanderson made a personal appealfrom the Schenectady broadcasting station. from the West Cabous by parts of New Jersey andDelaware and byAfter the boy had been found he again addressedthe radio audience thanking everyonethe eastern shore of Maryland, notto mention Delaware and Chesapeake bays, nofor his interest, sympathy, and assistance. Hedirect help from it was possible.But the operator was on the job. Promptly heplaced special emphasis on the cooperation of consulted the long distance list in the Baltimorethe press and police. telephone directory and called up the residence of