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

288 Radio BroadcastIF AN ESKIMO BABY LIVES FIVE DAYS, HE IS GENERALLY GOOD FOR SIXTY YEARSThis most northern Eskimo boy in the world is taking a sun bath twelvedegrees from the North Pole on the northern shores of Greenlandbe kept in darkness.shall have the newsFor better or worse, theyand no man quicker thanthey! Thus, betwixt wars and rumors of wars,these men up North shall have full opportunityto size this old world up and who shall saythat they may not indeed prefer to stay fouryears and perchance find out the answer to thatquestion the Eskimo is always asking: " Wbydo you and all the other white people like it betterto live so far from our home ?"A Dry-Cell Tube Loop Set forReceptionBy ALEX V. POLSON, E. E.LocalIreceiving set here described isone which was built after a few weeks'experimenting with loop aerial sets,and it is primarily designed for receptionfrom broadcasting stationsthat are not over a hundred miles away.This set has operated satisfactorily, signalsbeing clear and loud, while it was being carriedaround the house. As the detector tube usedis a i^-volt tube, the set may be made verycompact and may therefore be used as a portableoutfit which will prove convenient wherea ground connection cannot easily be made.A feature of this set that is a little unusualis the double loop aerial, one loop being used asa regular loop aerial and the other being used asa tickler coil. The diagonals for the frame consistof two pieces of dry wood 2^ x | x 18 inches,mortised at the centre and mounted as shownin the accompanying diagram (Fig. i). Twosets of binding posts are mounted on the faceof the frame as shown. The loop aerial properconsists of 15 turns of No. 20 D. C. C. magnetwire spaced one eighth of an inch apart andthe ends ofheld in place by saw cuts made inthe diagonals. The ends of the wire should