The Wingham Advance Times, 1925-04-30, Page 7ay', April 30l #i., x925
BY R. M, SH'ERRILL
(Radio Engineer)
The progress which is being .made
with short wave radio transmission is
astounding: and promises to be little
•short of revolutionary.
Station KDICA, for example,' has
been transmitting its programs regu-
larly on a wave length• in, the vicinity
•of 5o meters. The power used at
this wave is very small compared
;with that used on the conventional
wave lengths. Arid yet, the shorter
wave is consistently reaching great-
•er distances. The short wave of this
.station is frequently picked up in
England and 'the program rebroad-
casted for local listeners. It has been
received at distances up to xo,000
miles.
Amateur operators have been ob-
-Mining remarkable results on a 20
meter wave length, With this wave
and exceedingly low power, they have
frequently communicated from coast
to coast in DAYLIGHT.
What effect is the performance of
these shorter waves going to have on
the broadcasting of the future? It is.
hard to say.
• Saving Radio Tubes
The brother "bug" with the .above-
mentioned xo tube 'set might now . be
getting the same results with 5 tubes
bad he taken a slight :precautionary
measure. This measure consists of
connecting a xio volt 25 watt incan-
descent light bulb in series with one
of the B battery connections. This
bulb may be left permanently in the
circuit, and incase of an accident it.;
willprevent the B battery from
"shooting" the tubes.
t ozig-distance Programs
Expensive
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In announcing that ;it will discon-
Lue the broadcasting of the Victor
Artists' programs, station WIVIAQ
reveals that the cost of bringing this.
program to Chicago by means •of long
distance telephone lines, amounts to,
approximately fifteen dollars per
minute.
Human Nature.
Why is it that the man who buys
a radio receiving set -"kicks" like a
steer if he doesn't get IFI at Los
Angeles and WEAF at New York the
first night? When the same man
builds his own receiver he is happy
to hear a local station come in with
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Phone 174, Wingham.
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One Program fbr Several
Stations
The present system of havinga
single program to be , broadcasted
simultaneouslys by 'several ° station
seems' to be gaining favor in the east.
While this system is undoubtedly a
step towards putting broadcasting, on
a better economical basis, it has met
with., . the disapproval of the "DX -
hounds." the corrpiaint is, that it
makes the night's entertainment more
monotonous, as the listener runs into
the same program from so many sta-
tions. Also that the listener cannot
tel what station he is hearing with-
out standing by a long time for the
infrequent call letter announcements.
There are, of course, many advan-
tages as well as disadvantages to this
system of broadcasting. This depart-
ment would be pleased to receive
some of the readers' views on the
subject.
Radio Questions and Answers
• (Mr. Sherrill will be glad to help
you solve your radio problems. Write
him in care of this' paper,)
J. B. E. wants to know: "What is
the cause of squealing in my five
tube. Neutrodyne?� This trouble is
most noticeable wherr I am tuning be-
loi5' 30o meters."
Ans.-It is probable that you are
getting some sort of a magnetic
feed -back in your wiring.. Try 10
shorten your grid and plate connec-
tions acid keep them, as ;,widely separ-
ated as possible.' Check up to see if
the set is properly neutralized,
M. S. R. asks: "What ,does the po-
tentiometer do on a two tube reflex
receiver?"
Ans.--The- potentiometer ` is prob-
ably there for the purpose of controll-
ing the grid voltage on one or both of
the tubes. This is done to prevent
the tubes from oscillating.
TENDERS WANTED '
Sealed tenders marked "Tender for
Wiring Court House" will be receiv-
ed by the undersigned up to 8 o'clock
p. m. May 25th., 1925, for re -wiring
the Court House, Goderich, for light-
ing purposes. All material to be
furnished by the' party receiving the
contract. • Plans and specifications
may be seen at my office,
The lowegt or any tender not. ne-
cessarily accepted,
Geo, W. Holman,
County Clerk.
Goderich, April 25th., .i925.
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ONE GOOD TURN DESERVES
ANOTHER
To the Editor av the Advance- T oirnes
Deer Sur, --
1 wus afther havin a quare drame
lasht noigltt, an a foolish wan. Now
webby ye tink quare an foolish mane
the same ting, an that I am usin too
mann wurruds, jist to fill up wid,
loike thim papers lawyers wroite, arr
the spaches 'av Grit pollytishuns, .yis,
arr loike some sermons I hev heard,•
Well, if, ye hev that oidea in yer head
ye hev another tink corrin, as me bye
who wus overlays wud say. Quare
an foolish are .two diffrunt wurruds,
wid two diffrunt maynins. Fur in-
shtance, whin :a Grit sees the error
av his ways anCvotes Tory, 'tis a
quare ting, so it is, but not a foolish
wan, be army manner av manes, but
whin : a Tory votes. Grit it is a quare
ting an.'a foolish wan besoides.
Well, 'I shtarted out to tell ye
about me drame, but got elf the
thrack, so to shpake. Well, 1 wus
shlapin avaay as sound as a top
(rnoshtly sound, so the missus sez)
wliln I shtarted to drame that I wus
woide awake and , troyin to 'git to
shlape be countin shape goin troo a
hole in 'the'fince, wan at a toime. I
sarned to count tousands av thim, till
I didn't tink theer cud be so mainly
shape in the whole wurruld, whin, all
at wance I woke up fer shure, and
whin I found out it wus all a drame I
filt as foolish as thim 'Tories did
whin they woke up frum theer 13. F.
O. drame' -and found they had been
foighten wid the lift wing av the Grit
army inshtid 'av agin thihn.
An shpakiri av pollytickle matthers,
remoinds me that fer the lasht wake,
I hev been impressed wid the oidea
that loikely theer will be a gineral
elickshun this summer, I can't ixplain
the'rayson fer me tinkin this; way, no
more than I kin undherstand whoy
me lumbago is always wurse whin
theer is a shtorm corrin, but ye know
that an ould war harse kin scint the
battle from afar, aven befoor he hears
the bugle blow, an how Jessie Camp -
bill heard the skirl av the bag "poipes
long befoor annywan ilse cud, whin
the British Army wus marchin to the
relafe. av Lucknow. I' had a dog
wance that whin I wint away frum
home wud always mate me a moile
down the road, whin 1 wus corrin
back.v The missus cud always tell
whin 1 wus corrin, whin she wud
hear the dog give a bark an shtart
out to mate me. Mebby 'tis what me
dawter-in-law wud call a presintimint
that I am afther Navin, an befoor this
is printed ye may know whether
theer is annyting in it arr not. Meb-
by "Tis the sunset av loife gives zee
mystical lore, an comin evints cast
theer shadows before" loike me pris-
int dawter-in-law used to rade to me
whin she wus,a purty young school
taycher an boordin wid us on the
ould farrum, whin the bye wus• over -
says foiglitin fer his king an counthry.
I don't suppose she ivir toughtthin
that she moight be the rnisthress
theer hersilf sometoime, but, • av
coorse, ye nivir kin till what oideas;
these younggirruls may hev in Cheer
heads. Young payple hev Cheer day
drames an ould payple drame at
nights.
I tuk the missus to the concert in
the Town Hall lasht wake. I mane
the wan that thim C. P. R, byes an
girruls gave free fer the binifit av the
Arena, an shure, it. wus a good con-
cert
oncert iittoirely, an it wus a good adver-
toisn shtunt fer the C. P. R. besoides,
an it is up to the payple av Wingham•
to pathronize Mishter Brawley's road
betther than they hev been doin.
When theer is a Tory Convinshun
in Toronto, arr at Exhibishun toirne I
hev been in the habit av moshtly goin
be C. N. R. but the nixt toime 'I' in-
tind to pathronize the C. P. R. They
hev noice comfortable coaches on that
loine, an the thrain min are gintle-
min, an will thrate ye roight, an be-
soides that ye kin see some av the
foulest scenery in Weshtern Ontario
betwane Orangeville an Toronto,
I belave that wan good turn de-
sarves another, as the clown in the
circus said whin he turned a -summer-
set backward afther ternin wan for-
ward,
Av coorse, theer is wan little
dhrawback about thravellin be C. P.
R. ye hev to go troo that Grit town
called Wroxeter, but the thrain does-
n't shtop long, an ye needn't look out
av the windy unless ye loike,
Yours till nixt wake,
Timothy Hay.
Dae Greyhound Excursion
Sometime ago the Red Star Navi-
gation Company, the new owners of
the Steamer Greyhound, advised that
their .steamer would make the annual
trip from Detroit to Goderich on
Monday, June x5, and returning
leave Goderich on Tuesday, June
x6th,
Just today, however, they advise
me that their cotttraut with the Cedar
Point people requires that they cont-
nienee operations between Toledo.
atid Cedar Point on June x41h., and
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Look ir Eg s
On April 13th we are opening_ the Egg Pool
for 1925
This will afford the Egg Producer an opportunity to get away
from low price Eggs. _Come in and let us talk it over.
OUR TRUCKS will soon be on the road Gathering Cream and
Eggs, if you call 'the office we can tell you the day they pass your
door. ,
The United Farmers Co®Op. Co,, Ltd.
Wxughailn - 4 Ontario
for that reason it will be necessary
for them to make the trip from De-
troit to Goderich on Monday, June
8th., and returning leave Goderich on
Tuesday, June 9th., at 9.3o a.. m.
There is now being built on the
Greyhound a greatly enlarged new'
dance floor on the second or cabin
deck, a considerable number of state-
rooms being taken out of the cabin
so that the new floor will be twice as
'large as the old one, which was for-
merly situated on the upper deck.
The staterooms will be rebuilt on the
upper deck where the old dance
floor was, so that there will be plen-
ty of accomodation of that kind for
' ,use who wish room.
N. F. McLean, Detroit
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Maiden loved by Jupiter
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Phantom; spook 15.
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City on the Suez canal 20.
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