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A SHORT WAVE RECEIVER
By R. M. Sherrill „
*(Radio Engineer)
Now that the $Bort wavelengths are
'being so rapidly developed, there is
much popular interest in the experi-
menting that is being done. The re -
many of the regular broadcasting sta-
tions may be heard on their harmon-
ies, or sub -multiples o£ their funda-
mental wavelengths.
Thus a station broadcasting at 36o
teeters, is likely fo radiate also at
wavelengths of 18o, 120, 90, 72, 6o me -
sults that are being obtained on these
waves of zoo meters and below are as-
tonishing. Trans -Atlantic traffic is
being successfully handled around a
3o meter wavelength with but four or
five kilowatts of power, whereas, on
the customary high wavelengths it is
necessary to use about 200 kilowatts.
Broadcasting too, is being develop-
ed on these wavelengths. WGY
broadcasts around roc) meters, and
KKDKA broadcasts regularly, at about
68 meters, the same program is being
sent out on its regular wavelength,
In addition to . these two stations,
ters and so on down the scale. These
harmonics are often quite strong and
may easily be picked up by the short
wave receiver. In Chicago (311.),
WBZ of Springfield (Mass), is often
heard on its sixth harmonic, or 'on
about 55 metiers. ' ,
It is not necessary to use a special
circuit topick up these short waves,
but it is necessary to use special care
in the construction and arrangement
of the parts. The Reinartz and , the
Tickler Regenerative are both popu-
lar circuits for this work, and other
circuits may be used.
CROSS WORD
Horizontal
x; A bivalve mollusk
4. Road or route
7. Soft mud or slime
lo. Fortune or fate
xi. " A gambling game at cards
12. •'Competent
xq. Namely
15. Peaceful; quiet
't6. Eager or greedy
17. Accomplish
18. Sorrows
19.. A narrow opening
20. Slightly sweetened raised biscuit
21. `Royal
23... A large oven
24. Give food to'
25. Some
26. Pennsylvania (Abbr.)
27. Exist ,
28. American Society of Ornitholo-
gists (Abbri)
29. A.circle of light around the head
3r. Angers
34.' Embodiment or incarnation
38. Large graceful trees
39. Run or jog
40. A movable cover
42, That is (Abbr.)
• 44. upon
45, A snake -like fish `
46, Color
48, Idea
50, Parsonage
52. ° Commotion
53. Wander
54,, :Annoyer.
55. Regarding
56. A flower- or nosegay
.57. Kill
58. Myself
59. Tumult
60, Black substance lodged its the
chimney
6x, Human beings
62. A vegetable
63. Suggest carefully
,64. plead coverings
PUZZLE NO. 14.
Vertical
i. Plain
2. Ship's record
3. Near
4. Friends
5. Provide with weapons
6. Thus
7. Death (French)
8. Aged
9. Zanzibar Ethnology (Abbr.)
xi. Autumn
12. A river which passes the birth-
place of Shakespeare
13. A small body of water
15. Earth or mud -
x6. Friend or confederate
r7. A contest between two people
i8. Refuse to notice
r9. Seventh tone of diatonic scale
20. Exist
22. Comfort
23. Glasswort
24. The terminal parts of the legs
26. Domestic vessels
27. Contemptuous term for a child
28, Quick to learn; likely
29. Abode iif one's family
30. Often (Poetic)
3r, An image
32. Mute
33. Terminate
35• A long cut
36. A metal
3-7, Greases
41. Conceal
43. Game; sport
45. Simple
Sharp or caustic
47. Negative
48. Office or position
4g. Form of "to be"
so. Animal flesh
sr. Paradises
53. Subterranean part of a plant
54. Plan
56. A pastry crust with filling
57, Male child
58. Dneountered
59. Prefix meaning 4'agains
6o. Tone of scale
6x. A parent
WINQHA1V1 �iiftANGRll>dE
See Illustration
The rec:;iver shown in the illustra
tion above uses. the old Tickler Re
generative circuit, which , is ' so wel
known that the diagram need not be
reproduced here. The back .,side of
the receiver is shown,; and the coils
from left to right are -the tickler, the
secondary' and the primary. The tick-
ler and primary coils are rotated with
respect to the secondary by shafts
which, extend through to the: front of
the panel. All three of the coils are
mounted on binding posts so that they
may be 'changed for others when a
different band of wavelengths is de-
sired. Thus, with the proper assort-
ment of coils, this arrangement may
be used for the regular broadcasting
wavelengths also.
The secondary is tuned by a ' 5
plate variable condenser which, in the
picture, is hidden from view by the
secondary winding. The condenser
which may be seen at the extreme
right endof the set, is a 23 plate,
andis in series with the antenna. For
the shorter waves this condenser is
unnecessary and may be omitted.
With the coils as shown in the il-
lustration, the range of the receiver is
from 20 to 8o meters. For lower or
higher waves, smaller or• larger, sec-
ondary coils may be used. It will be
unnecessary -go change the primary
and tickler coils .over quite a large
band of wavelengths.
The coils are wound with x6 gauge
DCC wire. The winding is double
spaced and self supporting -being
held together by, eight strips of cellu-
loid stuck on with collodion. The coils
are purposely mounted in the rear of
the set and are controlled' by wooden
shafts to .minimize body capacity ef-
fects in tuning.
During the fist night of f operation,
this receiver brought in Austrailian
2DS, and PDX and POY.of Germany.
Since then it has picked up station
4AA of New Zealand. All of these
stations were in the vicinity of 40
meters.
Radio Questions and Answers
(Mr. Sherrill will be glad to help
you solve your radio problems. Write
him _in care of this paper.)
W. J. B. says: "I am using a single
tube,' g coil spiderveb regenerative.
How can I tell when I have the right
number of turns on the secondary? I
am using 24 gauge wire, would No.
20 be better? The secondary is tuned
by. a 23 plate condenser. What tube
will give the best results?"
Ans.-You can tell when you have
enough turns on your secondary by
the setting of your 23 plate condenser.
Tune your receiver to the station with
the highest..wavelength that you want
to receive and note the position of
your condenser plates. Remove turns
from your secondary winding until
you get this station best' with the ro-
tary'plates almost entirely telescoped
within the stationary plates. No. 20
DCC wire will be slightly better than
the No., 24. A "soft" detector tube
with about 16 volts on the plate will
give the most satisfactory results.
_o_:
ers eomin 'as fasht as theykin come.
- If the Grits' an U. F, O.'s both run a
M. B. D. asks: --"How Tong should
the antenna be when it is used in re-
ceiving wavelengths from 20. -:to 8o
meters?„
Ans.-The length makes no great
difference if the proper size of series
condenser is used. About so feet is
a. good length for an outside aerial.
Good results are often obtained with
an antenna which is only xo or 20 feet
long,
HE'LL HAVE IT OUT YET
To the Editur av the Advance=Toimes,
Deer Sur,-
Mebby ye will excuse me if I am a
little late wid me letther this toime,
fer, shure, lasht wake was a busy wan
wid me, so it wus, It wus loike the
fall am the . year wid the farrunzers,
whinthey hev tin tings to do at wan
toime, trashins, an earn cuttin bees,
an fall whate sowin; an apple pickin,
an petatie diggin, an takin up turnips,
an fall piowin, impleinints to clane an
put in the droivin house, fall fairs to
attind an wid mebby a pollytickle
elickshun Crown in fer good mist ure,
so to shpake.
So it wus wid me lasht wake, fursht
cheer wus the lawn parthy at Currie's
school house oat Monday noight, thin
the Tory Convinshun on Toosday af-
thernoon, nixt the young farrumer's
picnic on Windsday ' afthernoon on
the Lower Town park, an the tJ.F.O.
shpread in . the same place on Sathur-
day. Av worse the missus wanted to
attinel all thin funkshuns in the hopes
av maytin wid some av her ould nay-
bers and askin about the childer an
grandehilcle•. Thin on the top av it
all me ould brother -Matt., wid his
English war widdy woife, arroived
from Alberta.
Wussen't it the foind Convinshun
intoirely we bad on Toosday. It
mieiuds me av the ould toimes whin
we had nobody but the Grits to shcrap
wid; an l hope it will be the same this •
toime„ an I toile mebby it will, ler i
see mosht av the ottld Tory war har-
ses back in theer shtalls, an the oth-
man, that 4s theer own business an
makes no differ to us, fer, shure, me
frind, Jarge Shpotton, kin' lick two
min as aisy as wan, an mebby alsier,
so he. kin.
The day afther the convinshun 1
mit me ould Grit frind, Sandy Banks,
on the shtarate an in taikin over tings
1 tould him I wus plazed that large
got the noninashun, rather than the
Goderich man.
"1 am glad we agree so_ w>el," sea•
he, "fer sae an 1 tae," (I don't tink
Sandy will ivir git into the way av
I shpakin the English langwidge pro-
perly.) perly.) Afther I got away from San-
dy, I began to tink over what he had
said, an wondherecl cud he mane it.
I knew that I had nivir caught him
out in a loi in me loife, Sven at elick-
shun 'toimes, whin mosht Grits will
do arr say annyting that they tink
will hilp thin to win. Mebby, sez I
to mesilf, Sandy didn't mane it in just
the same way that I thought he did at
fursht. Some Scotchmin kin luk ye
shtraight in the oye an tell ye the truth
wid more kick in it than in the biggest
loi that wus ivir printed n the South
aist earner av the Globe, arr than ye
cud git out av half a dozen bottles av
foor be foor beer. 1 wondher now if
he mint that the Grits wus more
afraid av McEwan than av Shpotton.
If that was his oidea I mane to tell
him whin I see him agin that he has
another tink corrin to him, as me bye
that wus overlays wud say, fer, shure
theer isn't a man, Grit, Tory arr U.
F. 0., in Nort Huron, who kin shtand
up furninsht Jarge Shpotton on the
platfoorm, barrin Tom McMillan, an
he lives in South Huron,
Faith it wus plazed I wus to nate
me ould brother Matt. gain, an to see
him shtandin his age so well. That
English woife iv his kapes him
shpruced up, _an a foine toipe av a
wumman she sames to be, but that
soft way she has av dhrawlin out her
wurruds makes me laff . tp mesilf, so
it does. She calls Matt. Mawthew kn
makes -him take a could "bawth" an
shave himsilf iviry marnin av his
loife, an won't let him go down town
widout lookin to see if he has on a
clane collar, an Matt. sames to take to
all the fussin loike a duck to wather.
An Irishmn kin adapt himsilf to an-
nyting, an that is whoy ye foind so
nanny great min among thim.
I hev shteered clear, av talkin, pol-
lyticks wid Matt. up, to the ' prisint,
but intind to hev it out wid him be-
foor long.
Yours till nixt wake,
Timothy Hay.
TENDERS WANTED
Tenders 'will be received by the un-
dersigned until July Toth,, for the pri-
velege of runnilig a refreshment
booth on school grounds of S. S. No.
5, Morris on July 29th., when a big re-
union will be held. Highest or any
tender not necessarily. accepted.
James Mitchie R. R. No. 4, Brussels
Carl Proctor, R. R. No. 5, Brussels,
Finance Committee
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Dinner Plates, each 25c
Deep Soup Plates 19O oA
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Answer to last week's puzzle
a■r►utrwa ..
The Best Tooth Cleanse.,r
To make new friends for it, we will for One
Week Only give ;a splendid Tooth Brush
with each purchase of Nyals Pumodent Tooth
Paste. Pumodent has two tubes one for pol-
ishing
and the other cleansing. Clean, white
teeth and healthy mouth conditions are abso-
lutely certain from its use.'" ,
McAvoy's Drug St,. re
Nyal Quality. Store,
Phone 18,
We Are In The Market To Lid,
Cream and Eggs
During Hot Weather it pays to look after Cream and Eggs
and market them twice weekly.
Profits are made on the Quality produce you sell. Under
grades, no person wants them unless at a reduced price.
The United Farmers Co -Op. Co., Ltd.
Wiugham - Ontario
41111110139.
By Betty Webster
Noisy and dangerous celebrations
of July 1st. -happily -have been done
away with. But -just: the same, the
day is one that the whole .family still
happily looks forward to celebrate
with something "special." It's the
ideal occasion for a regular, joyous
"get-together" house party of as
many families as you .care to invite.
In the way of ,`_`eats" you might
serve:
Cold- Chicken.
Tomato Salad,
Sandwiches.
Deviled Eggs.
Sherbet:
Cake.
Side dishes of special candy crea-
tions are also appropriate, Such as
chocolate creams wrapped like "tor-
pedoes" or chocolate buds and pepper-
mint sticks fixed like "Fire crackers."
COOKING HINTS
First of July Frappe.
x pint of grape juice.
1 pint of water.
Juice of 1 lemon.
Sugar to taste.
Method: -Mix well. Freeze to a
mush and serve in glasses. Dot top
with whipped cream and top this with
candied cherry.
Strawberry Floating Island
Children are very fond of this des-
sert. The recipe:
I pint of strawberries.
2 eggs.
cup of powdered sugar.
1 pint of milk.
cup of granulated sugar.
A little salt.
Vanilla.
Method: -Make a soft custard of
milk, granulated sugar, little salt and
vanilla. Then crush berries and
sweeten to taste. When custard is
icool-pour over berries. Beat whites
of eggs stiff. Gradually mix with
powdered sugar. Add a little berry ":
juice for coloring. Pile lightly on top
of custard. Serve cold:
--o-
Holiday Sherbet
Red currants.
Lemonade.
Sweetening.
Method: --Crush red currants and
strain. Make lemonade. Mix cur-
rant juice with lemonade. Sweeten
• to taste and freeze.
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BAKING HINTS
Baked Prunes
. Wash prunes carefully. Cover with
hot water and let soak over night.
Place fruit, with water they have
soaked in, in a casserole. Place in a
slow oven and bake until tender.
Clean to handle. Sold by all
Druggists, Grocers and
General Stores
DOGDOIVM'S "DAVIDS AND GOLTAT1•I" -
Quite a contrast in the size of the two little hounds shown in the basket
canine prize -winners shown above.lsuspended from his neck. This trio
The big fellow is a giant St, Bernard was part of the interesting exhibit in
-"I1ercuveen Integrity" by name, ltl►e Westminster Fennel Dog Show
Compare his massive frame with the ;at New. York city recently. -