A ONE-VALVE RECORD

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19983, 28 October 1927, Page 10

A ONE-VALVE RECORD

OVEB 400 STATIONS LOGGED A woman who has been confined to her bed for a period of more than 19 years probably has established a world’s record for radio reception with a one-valve receiving set. Her log now contains 412 broadcasting stations, and many of these are located in foreign countries. Her record reception with one tube is station 3LO, Melbourne. The person in question is Miss Jennie R. Miller, of Oswego, New York. •She is the recipient of the silver trophy offered by the Radio World’s Fair in 1926 for the greatest distance received on a one-tube set, and she also has received other laurels for her records and writings about radio. Her story of the remarkable Australian reception follows: — “This past May, June and July I have been tuning-in to radio stations sometimes until 5 a.m., particularly during the trans-Atlantic aeroplane flight reports. “While listening for the bulletins on the Bellanca plane flight to Berlin, at 3.15 a.m., I picked up a very weak signal,- and after a few minutes I heard a man talking, but static was noisy. I marked the setting and on a fine, cool night, at 3.5 a.m., I heard the station again, very clear, and heard the call

3LO, Melbourne. I heard very clearly a piano solo. I will never forget those few minutes as long as I live.

“This has been the best summer for radio reception I ever had,” she continues. “Most nights this summer it has been as good and loud as it was in the winter. And last winter was a fine radio season. I was very much disappointed that we did not have an international test.”