. Radio for everybody; being a popular guide to practical radio-phone reception and transmission and to the dot-and-dash reception and transmission of the radio telegraph, for the layman who wants to apply radio for his pleasure and profit without going into the special theories and the intricacies of the art . on with a radioreceiving set knows what is in store for him tonight, to-morrow night, or even next Sunday evening. Radio-phone programs are printed and mailed to persons on themailing list of the various organizations doino^ this kindof work. In various cities throughout the country the
. Radio for everybody; being a popular guide to practical radio-phone reception and transmission and to the dot-and-dash reception and transmission of the radio telegraph, for the layman who wants to apply radio for his pleasure and profit without going into the special theories and the intricacies of the art . on with a radioreceiving set knows what is in store for him tonight, to-morrow night, or even next Sunday evening. Radio-phone programs are printed and mailed to persons on themailing list of the various organizations doino^ this kindof work. In various cities throughout the country there are radio-phone broadcasting stations now in operation, which sendout all kinds of information, talks, and music. With theproper type of receiving equipment it is now possible forany one to receive the raSio-phone service from the neareststation, and, if there are several stations within receivingrange, it is often possible to receive several radio-phoneservices, one by one, with absolute selectivity, althoughthey may be operating simultaneously. That is to say. RADIO FOR EVERYBODY 41 with the apparatus properly tuned, one station may beheard; then, by slightly altering the tuning, another stationmay be picked up, and so on. Further tuning may pickup an amateur radio-phone transmitter or a commercial. The radio-phone receiving set finds a ready place in every pro-gressive home. 3Iany an hour can be spent listening to themusical programs, news of the day, weather forecasts, talks byprominent men, and other radio-phone broadcasting features. Station operating or talking in the dot-dash-dot languageof the Continental telegraph code, or again a powerfultransatlantic station transmitting its messages at an ex-treme rate of speed, thanks to automatic transmitters at 42 RADIO FOR EVERYBODY one end and the photographic or phonographic recordersat the receiving end. Radio-phone broadcasting stations are sharply tuned;in fact, all radio-phone transmitters are sharply tuned;for, as we
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