. 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 . must be an occasional talk on the offerings of theleading department store, a subscription-getting chat bythe editor of a large magazine, a campaign speech by acandidate for public office, and so on. It will be thetoll charged for such broadcasting service that will payfor the radio-pho
. 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 . must be an occasional talk on the offerings of theleading department store, a subscription-getting chat bythe editor of a large magazine, a campaign speech by acandidate for public office, and so on. It will be thetoll charged for such broadcasting service that will payfor the radio-phone concerts and news. It must cometo that, sooner or later. Already department stores and others have planned andare going ahead with radio-phone transmitters, with theobject of sending out entertainment, news, and their ownparticular brand of publicity. Interesting as this workmay be, there is always a grave danger that it may beoverdone. For, let it be remembered, there is only alimited amount of radio traffic that can be borne on theether highways. It wouldnt take many radio-phone trans-mitters in any one locality to crowd each other so hardthat a hopeless tangle would ensue. That is why thethought of radio-phone transmission, which is unfortun-ately so persistent with many amateurs and business or-. .= SO s s2 — « 31* O fl s a ^-t- :« o* .a o o aj h IB J- 2o« * c i« e <^ RADIO FOR EVERYBODY m ganizations, must be discouraged, particularly in crowdedareas. The ether must be kept free and clear for thebetter class of radio-phone services. It must and will be asurvival of the fittest, for the Government must step inand see that only those with a real service to offer arepermitted to travel the ether highways, so long as ourpresent knowledge of the art affords but a Hmited numberof available wave lengths with which to operate. And at the Receiving End The radio-phone service of the present or the futureis available to everyone provided with a suitable receiv-ing set. A
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