Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-01-24 | Page 14 | Radio 'Detective' Solves Interference Mysteries

RADIO DETECTIVE SOLVES INTERFERENCE MYSTERIES I I 1 t J JF F 1 ti I I II I II vt V V U I V v G c Wheat Operates th the Radio Which locales Inter Jul-er- Interference I ference That Bothers Kansas Cit City Fam Ius i Annoyed by varIous noises that Interfere with the clearness of radio reception members member of at tb Ih Radio Club of Greater reater City radio fans cans of Kan- Kan Kansas Kansas sas Kan-sas sas City Mo and Kansas City Cae have o employed a detec tive The detective Instead o or of ln be-ln be- be beIng be Ing a heeled rubber member of ot the police department Is a small radio receiving set et It I Is being operate j by W V G Wheat chairman of ot the board of ot directors of the th club and It I ll is believed Its use soon will vill willi rUminate eliminate many unwelcome noises When a member of the club re- re re reports ports porte being bothered by noise that appear to como come from without Wheat heat goes coe oes to the club members member's home bome listens in and then his detective set et t to working I i Direction from which which- tho the noise I cornea pons can an an be determined I h hy walking away from the place in inI I arlous directions direction When heti It tt Is 5 found the sound grows In anyone any one direction the th st set is carried In that I direction In that way defective trans trans- transformers formers of or the city electric light company and other Inter erl G electrical apparatus have havo been to- to located lo located The set Is ft Po compact tuner built In a small carrying case and con con- con ng orI of or I a regenerative cIrcuit with ith two stages of audio fre- fre frequency fre frequency quency A small speaker Is In the center ot of t the panel thus thull thu eliminating Ine Ing the necessity nece for the ho operator to use headphones headphone The rhe set et Is a loop tuner and may maybe maybe maybe be carried in one hand band eaSI easily