RADIO REPLIES

NZ Truth, Issue 1103, 20 January 1927, Page 2

RADIO REPLIES

'Q;: (1) Having recently installed a I five-valve loud speaker set, can you inform me why/the. reception should ! be so very weak m the daytime, while at night the reception is of the best? (2) Also, do you think that the aerial' 1 am using, which is of the T type, is inferior to; the inverted L type? — "Stay Wires" (Napier). „'A.: Your receiver is working quite all right.-. "It is a well-known fact that "wireless waves" travel better through darkness than they do m daylight, due to the condition m the ether many miles above the; earth's surface. (2) generally speaking, the L type of .jierial, .is 7 supposed to be slightly superior; to, the T type, but this is largely governed by local conditions. If you are obtaining good results wifh your ' present arrangement it would hardly be worth while erecting another, -as the increase m signal strength would hardly be noticeable;