WIRELESS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19437, 24 October 1925, Page 17 (Supplement)

WIRELESS

? By Sfie Qrid

Ths Eternal Triangle. You’ve heard of the eternal triangle —one man and two women. One his wife and the other, —well, the •‘other woman!” The problem is more or less simple. He is in love with one or the other, the mere fact of there being another implying the direction of his affections. Which is it to be I His conscience draws him to his law ] iuiiv-wedded wife; his heart to the. “Ov'ner woman.” The stronger wins, as >n everything, and, not being doiniciieo in Turkey (where he could have both), he choses his wife, or his IC ‘ vfr > as the case may be. That setlies tiai! But it’s quite different with me. Xou see in n-y case my conscience and my hcuit let! agree; they both tread he same paths, io my wife and to my other love. I love my wife, honour and obey her (sometimes). bhe is mv companion in my hours (°* meats) of gladness and my (or hoursi of sorrow. She feeds me and heels me. To her 1 pour out all mv troubles always to reeeiv e that mca “>e of sympathy which acts like healing balm? It is true lam sometime utilised as a whipping horse for h troubles -hjeb appear to £ achjh Zen n nir When I mildly inqure am chosen" as the “safety valve” of her accumulated worric ” pur““what is the good of me, why on uim. , ’aXugh ’it\as taken me a long - and how well we g - . { what I may ask why 'a the faceup . have just said, there love other in the ease! Weß, sootbes is also very dear tom - &t thp long Stretch of mental stra n tO hCr "end wXh communion, just » rVtend h. eurefuliv.-dl she is delicately attentimes I in P her Feminine wav, betion and she in o£ p eoracs dumb• unt il I gratify her eome or through needs. At other through pure own adcnly flare up, misfortune, her eyes a res t ot , and then-utter ml of coaxi ug the evening. ‘ v on lv remedy will bridge the bren.h-_My & .. ~t to a —although a sure homeward certain emporium pvpning . and a journey the folio _ g - y o u should subsequent peace off g a t see how bnghtlv -he away Her then —all my trou , £ interest conversation is ™ ndprf h „ for hours. ing - 1 •„? Vs entrancing. I must Her singing is e not confess, how ®,V ’ lea sing—the weather ; always equally P 1 r there are seems to affect a contT ary ; times, too. when ._ . sce ms wrong j mood, when every th tion I with the world, and dr ‘ stic mea- , am driven to adop C ;ipncc Such ; sure of compelling happy is mv other love. y cannot With her as with my T sho uld for the life of mP - rpv with both, not be allowed happy But it 1S " d . ffpre n t lv during periods her—my wife is. >” ’ tpr >> which of that monster has , pa] . X e that'she has on more than one o. mvloiTe? one of the ot’her. In her °P inion al ever, to find on all sueh oecas.ons tha. my fears had .been But the fatal day has arrived at la. , • lam right up against it L.fe has become intolerable—l can t stand it anv longer. Both I love and want, boih I desire with all the longing.in mv being. But both am I denied. The gauntlet has been thrown down, the ultimatium launched. Which shall it be! My wife or my wireless. <H. A. Epton in “Modern Wireless’ ) Fraudulent Apparatus. Apropos of the article on “Bootleg Valves” which appeared in these columns las: week, the following paragraph taken from the latest issue of one of the most reliable American wireless papers is decidedly interesting. “Those acquainted with the development of commercial radio during the last two decades arc well aware of its chequered career. Many a man Ims thought of radio as the happy hunting ground for stock promotion. A radio fraud not so evident as there has recently eome to light, and we are glad to say that the alleged swindler is speedily to be brought to trial. One of the well-known resistor manufacturers, the Daven Radio Corporation, which has built up a reputation for accurate grid leaks, etc., diseoveerd that the product sold to the publie under its trademark was by no means as dependable as the lactorv tests showed. District-Attorney

Salomon was sufficiently impressed by the evidence of illegal traffic that he proceeded against the alleged head of this swindling ring, Moo Goldman. It appeared that the resistors Goldman was putting out were most unreliable.” This paragraph lends point to our advice to amateurs through a reliable dealer, one who understands wireless and knows the goods. Unfortunately the dealers themselves may easily be misled if this bogus (apparatus starts coming freely to this country, but the dealers have the remedy in their hands—they can deal directly with the manufacturers or else through recognised agents. One thing amateurs should note thlat most standard apparatus has a fixed price which is well advertised. If apparatus is offered at a price considerably below the standard price it is a fair assumption that there is a catch somewhere, and amateurs (are well advised to be very careful in such cases. With wireless apparatus, just as with medicine, the 44 just as good” variety is generally the most expensive in the long run. A Local Record

We desire to tender our congratulations to Wanganui’s only genuine ham, 2BR, who has succeeded in clicking with the States on several occasions during the past week. On Monday evening he worked UTYB. whose address is somewhere in New Hampshire, U.S.A. 2BR’s feat may not sound sensational when compared with the work of 2AC. 4AA and other noted New Zealand hams, but the point is that 2BR uses only one UV2OIA and his measured input is only 12 watts, whereas the other record-breakers use anything from 30 to 300 wtitts input. 2BR is now down on 40 metres and this wavelength is of course extremely efficient for DX. We are not absolutelv certain but we imagine that it is a New Zealand record to work the Ist District U.S.A, on a 20]A. F. 8.. 0.M.. stick to it and you’ll raise a G before long. General Notes.

It is interesting to note that accurate tests show that even if two signals are compared on the same evening. one right after the other, it is impossible to detect with the ear.alone a difference in strength as great as twenty-five per cent. If the signals are heard on different evenings, the difference may be one hundred per cent, and still be undetected by tho ear. The ear is of little value as a measurer of sound intensity, probably because it has never been used for work of this kind.

The 8.8. C. recently completed a broadcasting station at Daventry, in England, which is claimed to be the largest in tho world. Before long, however, this station will be outclassed. as the Germans are erecting la station in Bavaria to use one hundred kilowatts of power. The wavelength will be 1000 metres. Another largo broadcasting station tn use fiftv kilowatts is being erected at Konigswusterhausen.

In a lecture from 2BL a fewnights ago the speaker told h, rather humorous story to illustrate a point he was making. He said that a student was asked to give throe reasons why a pin would not balance on its point. Tho answer delivered after much thought was as follows:—First, la pin will not balance on its head, so how can it balance on its point; second. a point is something which has position but no magnitude, and how can a pin balance on something which has no magnitude; third, it will balance if you stick it in!

The broadcasting by 3Af* fChructchurch) of a speech by tho Prime Minister last Tuesday week seems to have escaped tho notice of most local amateurs. Tho wavelength of this station is well down, and amateurs wlio listen to IYA and the Australian stations rarolv trouble about 3AC. According to reports received by the station the speech bv the Primo Mini c fer went ou*- very well and the Christchurch Radio Sncietv is deserving of overv eonoTntulation for its initiative in the matter.

The meeting of the Broadcast Control Board last week, presided over by tho Postmaster General, did not give much information regarding broadcasting prosnce f s. The policy of the Department seems to he to divulge as little as possible concerning wireless matters. Why this hush-hush policy should ho adopted wo do not know, as the unfortunate amateurs who- have paid their license fees are surely entitled to know wh'r? they stand Feasibly the explanation is that the Department realises what a moss has been made of broadcasting and wishes to avoid criticism.