Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 218, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 January 1925 — Page 18

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POWERFUL RADIO STAINS MIGHT CREATEPROBLEM Complications Arising From Foreign Plants Cause Worry, WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. —Another problem beginning to take on importance with radio officials and which may some day be' the basis of International complications, Is the increase In interest in broadcasting in Canada, Mexico and Cuba, The added interest, it is believed, may result in an increase in the number of powerful broadcasting stations in these two countries. This would either result in a lot of Interference or cut down the number of wave ‘ lengths available to American stations. wave length or frequency is the same all over the world. Take the 400 meter wave length for instance. If a station powerful enough transmitted on that wave length. It coqld be picked up all over the world with the proper receiving apparatus. The intensity of the signals transmitted and the distance they would carry would depend upon the amount of power used. The entire wave-length band (from 200 to 045 meters) best adapted at present for broadcasting’ purposes is occupied by American stations. In order to prevent interference these stations are separated by 7,8, t and 10 kilocycles. Obviously, if powerful stations (of 800 watts or over) are erected in Canada or Mexico they must be placed on the same wave-length as American stations. Because of the Short distance between the countries, interference will be bound to result. Apartment of Commerce officials are not seriously worried at present over this problem, but tbey see possibilities of future trouble in it. “It Is reasonable,” tbey assert, "to expect that in the near future there will be powerful stations In Canada, Mexico and Cuba. To prevent interference it may be necessary for us to divide our wave-length band with these three countries. In such an event, our number of channels would be cut down considerably and we would be faced with the problem of What to do with our own stations.” Label the Leads Mistakes in making connections, which aften result in the burning out*-of tubes is a failing common to radio beginners. A good plan, and one that will prove a reminder in making connections, is to have the leads from the "A” batteries and “B” batteries tagged with little tags marked with the voltage and polarity of each lead. Ohio has 7,500 radio sets on farms. Lessons in English are broadcast by stations in Germany. Only one application in six is granted by the radio division of the United States Patent Office. Samuel Hall of Matlock, England, who has been deaf for forty years, found he could hear after listening In on the radio. There are 17,142 Governmentowned land radio stations in the United States. Os these the Navy operates about eighty-eight within its borders.

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BiY special arrangement with Station WIP, Gimbel Bros. in Philadelphia and First National Pictures, Milton Sills, Doris Kenyon, Lon Chaney, Viola Dana, Ben Lyon and others will talk direct to Times readers, over the radio, on Saturday, Jan. 24, at 8 p. m., eastern standard time, which is 6 p. m. in Indianapolis. They will be glad to answer anything you want to know, by radio, if you will send in your questions to Times office not later than Friday at 8 p. m. Twenty-four hours later your questions will be answered by the individuals to whom your inquiries are addressed. The Times was invited, as the representative newspaper in this section, ta cooperate m this national movie-radio tie-up. You may have wondered how old Milton Sills is? How long he has been in pictures or the best way to get into movies, and Mr. Sills will - tell you personally. Maybe you would like to know how many times Viola Dana has or hasn’t been married? Have you ever wondered about Ben Lyon’s hair or eyes? How does Lon Chaney create those grotesque make-ups or how did Doris Kenyon feel when she grave Rudolph the rgate* In the

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Fickle Bit Times Bveeial BALTIMORE, Md., Jan. 22. Proposals of one sort of another are not an every day occurrence for the popular' radio announcers of the country’s largest broadcasting stations, but it Is not a nqjv experience either. Although the sound of one’s voice is more often than not a poor guide as to one’s personal appearance,. there are female radio fans who still believe that sweet sounding voices mean handsome men. Many letters are received in which the flans want to meet the announcers, but one received at. Westinghouse station WBZ recently Is a potential prize winner. The writer took a fancy to the voice of one of WBZ’s announcers and did not hesitate to say so. She wrote, “He sounds wonderful and It would be a real pleasure to meet him. Os course, there are more than one that announcers.” No Indication was given as to which announcer the young lady meant, but by adding that last statement the natural conjecture Is that she has developed a mania for meeting any and all radio announcers. Fickle, fickle woman!

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FAN TUNES IN f| 4500 MILES AWAY WAHG Is Heard in Arequipa, Peru, Do you know where Arequipa is? Well, it is a bustling little city of forty thousand souls hid away up in the Andes mountains- of Peru, about one hundred miles, as the crow flies, inland from the Pacific Ocean. But just the same Arequipa is a long way from Richmond Hill, Long Island, New York, where broadcasting station WAHG has its habitat. The exact distance is 4,500 miles. In Arequipa there lives a radio fan who Is known to all the DX folk south of the equator, and his name is Lorenzo Anciaux. On the night of Nov. 30 on his ten-tube set Mr. Ancieux picked up broadcasting station WAHG and reported that he enjoyed the entire program of John Cresci's Original Black Diamond Orchestra. He even nominated certain numbers which pleased him highly, including, of course, "June Night,” “Follow the Swallow,” "I Wonder What’s Become of Sally” and “Red Hot Mama.” WAHG has been beard in the Argentine, but this is the first report of reception on the western rim of South America. WAVES ARE MEASURED Seven Radio Stations Meet Frequency Standards. WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—Seven broadcasting stations whose transmitting waves were measured diming December by the bureau of standards were found to maintain a sufficiently constant frequency to be useful as frequency standards. They were WCAP, Washington; WRC, Washington; KDKA, Pittsburgh; WBZ, Springfield; WGY, Schenectady; WSB, Atlanta, and WWJ, Detroit Ethel

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