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OWNERS ON NOW TO
IMPROVE RECEPTION
A short article on causes of
radio interference which appear
ed in the February issue of Ra
dio News was brought to the at
tention of local radio fans by W.
J. Wagner, civil service represent
ative of the radio engineering
department for the Alaska com
munication system, who left Se
ward recently to install a radio
station at Kodiak.
The article is partly in the form
of questions that every set own
er can ask himself about his own
receiving appartus, and Mr. Wag
ner stated that if each set own
er could carefully study the ques
tions and follow the suggestions
contained in them he would pro
bably be able to improve his re
ception.
For the convenience of local
radio enthusiasst, the questions
except a few which are wholly
technical, are copied below just
.is they appear in the Radio
News:
Is the aerial of proper length
and in one piece?
Is the aerial properly insulated
from the extreme end to where
it enters the receiver?
Is the ground wire as short as
possible, in one piece, and at
tached firmly to a cold-water
pipe or independent ground?
Have you inspected the at
tachment plug contacts and light
globes in house to make certain
they are making good contact?
Have you inspected service
! switch and branch fuse blocks,
making sure all connections are
j tight and all fuses are tight in
their sockets?
Is the service meter of ample
capacity to handle complete load
of all electrical devices and lights
in the house?
! Is the neutral wire properly
grounded to water pipe?
Are the service wires to build
ing touching anything between
pole and building?
Have you reversed attachment
plug in socket to reduce, hum in
speaker?
Have you checked voltage in
house, making sure it is correct
for the receiver?
Have you noticed more than a
5-volt fluctuation in voltage?
Are there any of the follow
ing appliances in use in building; j
ice machines? ventilating motors? i
dish washers? vacuum cleaners? j
sewing machines? washing ma
chines? hair driers? vibrators? j
furnaces (automatic)? water heat-1
ers? violet ray? diathermy? elec
tro-therapy devices? X-ray? el-1
ectric heating pad electric blank- i
et? fire alarm systems? battery!
charger (full or trickle charge*?
electric flashers of any kind?
neon signs? automatic electric!
iron? miscellaneous?
Are those (if any) properly
equipped with filters?
If so, are you sure these fil
ters are not broken down?
Are other sets in vicinity hav
ing same interference?
Have you checked tubes before
inserting in receiver?
Are you sure aerial and ground
connections are not reversed?
Is the loud speaker lead se- 1
parated from the aerial?
Is the aerial lead separated from
the ground lead?
Is the aerial separated from
the power leads?
Do any of the tubes seem
to make improper contact to the
sockets?
Is there any extraneous noise j
in the loud speaker when the
aeriai and ground are discon-!
nected?
Is there any noise in the speak
er w-hen one of the r. f, tubes!
ks removed from the socket while j
the set is in operation?
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SOUTHBOUND LISTING
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The list of reservations which I
! took passage south Wednesday |
; on the SS Northwestern, A. S. S. |
Co., included the following:
Seattle—Emily Healas, Glenn
Healas, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Ben
ham, George E. Minick. Jane
Minick, Elizabeth Beamish, A. j
Christopherson, Gale Alexander, I
J. H. Dickenson. Mrs. L. Steph- j
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Leland, James G. Miller, Mr. and
Mrs. George H. Meyers, Agnes
B. Ross.
Cordova—J. A. Ramsay, R. E.
Lawrence, Paul Novak, W. L.
Jose, L. M. Sullivan, Mr. and
Mrs. R. J. Rogers.
Ketchikan—Emma Coke,
i Juneau—Chas. H. Florv.
j La touche—Mrs. George G ci 1
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Mr. and Mrs. George B. Nel
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established a residence at An
chorage. Mr. Nelson has been em
ployed in the big game district of
Kenai peninsula, by the Alaska
Guides, Inc., for several ears and
was recently appointed game war
den, says the Anchorage Times.
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Pilot Matt A. Nienimen, .chief
pilot of Alaska Airways, Inc.,
in the Fairchild arrived in An
chorage recently with Andrew
Johnson of Bethel, a passenger.
Mr. Johnson was sick and his
condition such that he had to
be carried prone. He was immed
i lately rushed to the hospital by an
ambulance upon his arrival. He
was accompanied by 11-year old
Marius Hosfeth, the small son of
the man who recently • bought Mr.
Johnson’s roadhouse b u s i ness
Bethel.
At the Ketchikan hospital with
a broken anklet Miss Mame
Eversole, the 78 year-old city
treasurer, is carrying on her
work the same as usual.
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