Show TO CONQUER STATIC SOON SOOM New Theory and Invention Invention tion Announced By Relay League I BT Bv v El Service Conn 16 It ItA A new nett theor theory and an tn In Ins announced by the Am American Radio I Relay lay league legue here promise to af at affect feet radio so profoundly that both lie principle and practice may be bere beres re res The theor theory hit the he sun nf- nf af affects short waves aves so as to make them covet greater distances dur dur Ing daylight dalIght than the long Ions waves laves do even at night and with pith much I less ss PO power poster er Tho l he a Invention Invention a static nalo that any ny experienced radio builder will still bl be b ablo to construct The more revolutionary of oC these Inno Is the new nest theor Ie- Ie be because cause It meins practically the 0 os- os o of ot p day present day methods and beliefs in radio It H It II Is pio ploHn pi oven en and accepted as astrue astrue Iru true The static eliminator long sought ought by radio engineers Hill willin III In short be merely merdy an ad- ad ad ad to the modern radio receiver receiver receiver er to 10 filter atmospheric and other unwelcome noises from It John L I I tz famous ana ama ama leur tour leur experimenter Is responsible tor for the new theory theor Dr Galen I McCaa of at the laboratory of oC Horace Hornce I A Beale Jr at Parkersburg Parl Ill Pa Pais lis Is the Iho inventor of ot the static natorP K ICAL l H ICAL DO CO s a theory is based on hi his pat discovery disco cry that long IanI 11 waves stases es tra trawled traveled farther at night than by day short ho t waves I sent I ent farther tarther by diy d ty than at nIght In addition he reports report the discovers ers cr that there is a definite rela rela- relationship relationship be between t een the sun suns a effect the distance and the shortness inertness of oC the radio wave stare waves contends Rein Rein- HeinI Reinartz artz I artz can enn penetrate into the ionization layer Iner or of o atmosphere lIonization formed b by the sun than can cnn longer staves aves up tip to the point at al which they ale ago reflected Being reflect reflect- reflected ed Cd at nt a 11 greater height the t taVeS staves aVeS form Corm a much elide ehele at al which they appear on the earth s a surface than the long iong waves and so o cover greater dis- dis These also lose little energy because because be- be because cause they have not been boon subject subject- subjected subjected ed to the ab Influences of othe the eal eaith th i 8 surface Its his been testing tills thIs theory for tor the list eight months In eo Lo co with Ith the naval nasal re- re research research re research search laboratory at Bellevue Washington D U C lie He has ob- ob obtained ob obtained proof from hundreds hundred of ti schedules in connection Lion tion with whit other amateur stations during serious arlous weather conditions and finally during the recent eClipse DR Si M C CIA CA A DEMCE DrIce Dr Ice The Tb were store conduct conduct- conducted conducted conducted ed on from fromon one to 60 meters Dr McCaa's static eliminator Is the product of a Scars car s experiments experiments ments It is still to bo be perfected The rho eliminator Is based on this theory discharges and 10 power er leaks from high tension wires sires act actliS liS as shock bock e exciters to receiving an- an antennas an antennas tennas No matter matler what wave wave- av wavelength wavelength length the tho antenna Is tuned to the static discharges will still shock the tho antenna and so 0 affect the re- re receiving re detector It If we could tune the tho to the wavelength of othe the signal we ste want ant to receive and then tune tuno the static to a different wave nave the disturbance would ho bo either eliminated or so 80 mitigated that Its lis effect on the 1 be negligible This Is what hat Dr McCaa's device does docs It consists of an hn oscillator and se several eral extra tolls colls and Is hooked to any type t pe pc of 1 cr nn |