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BY
LEWIS F. KENDALL, JR.
INSTRUCTOR Y. M. C. A. RADIO SCHOOL, PHILADELPHIA
AND
ROBERT PHILIP KOEHLER
Director Y. M. C. A. TECHNICAL SCHOOLS, PHILADELPHIA
ILLUSTRATED BY
F. RUSSELL LYONS
The very large sale of this book in the original edition and the
great number of enthusiastic letters received from users have
prompted the Authors and Publishers to prepare a thoroughly
revised edition to cover all new developments in the radio art
which have proved practical in the hands of amateurs. This
edition includes a number of new Radio Frequency Circuits, the
De Forest Reflex, the Grimes Inverse Duplex, the Hazeltine
Neutrodyne Receiver, the Reinartz circuit, and many other
new hook-ups.
Thanks are due to Professor L. A. Hazeltine, Mr. David
Grimes, Mr. Boyd Phelps, the Radio Club of America,
"Q. S. T." and the American Radio Relay League for assist-
ance in preparing this revised edition.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
WHAT IS RADIO?
PAGE
Many theories about radio. Vibrations and waves. How radio
works. Sound waves and electrical vibrations. Audio frequency
and radio frequency. Necessity for tuning. Wave length. Varying
the wave length, or tuning 11
CHAPTER II
THE ANTENNA OR AERIAL
Variations in form and size. The receiving aerial. The transmitting
aerial. Making the calculations. The aerial circuit. Size of the
sending aerial. T type versus L type. Size of the receiving aerial.. 17
CHAPTER III
ERECTING THE AERIAL
Materials required. Choosing a site. Supports for the aerial.
Making a mast. Guy wires and aerial rope. Making up the aerial.
Type of spreaders and insulators. The lead-in. Splices in aerial
wires. Making sure of pulleys and guy wires. How to erect a mast.
Raising the aerial. Fire Underwriters' requirements. The aerial
as a protection against lightning. No protection for indoor aerial.
Protecting the outdoor aerial. Lightning arresters and lightning
switches. The lightning ground 24
CHAPTER IV
ESSENTIALS OF A RECEIVING STATION
The simplest receiving set. The addition of a tuning device. The
purpose of a detector. Current oscillations and radio waves. The
crystal detector. The fixed condenser. The head telephones. The
ground connection. Primary and secondary circuits. Setting the
detector. The test buzzer. The loading coil. The variable con-
denser. Capacity effects. Varying the wave length by means of con-
densers. Shunt and series condensers. Tuning by capacity and
inductance. Selecting a variable condenser. The tapped coil with
a single switch. Coil with a units and a multiple turns switch, Ad-
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vantages of double-slide and double-tapped coils. The double-slide
tuning coil. The double-tapped coil. A tapped coil with four
switches. The loose coupler and the variocoupler. Coupling effects
in tuning. Specifications for making a loose coupler. The tapped
loose coupler. The short wave loose coupler. The three-slide
tuning coil. Honeycomb and spiderweb coils. The variometer.
Underwriters' requirements 45
CHAPTER I
WHAT IS RADIO?
that the joints of the strips in any one layer do not come
too close to the joints of the strips in another layer.
Sections may be nailed together as shown in the case
of the 40-foot pole. Then these sections which are
nailed, should be joined together by means of brass screws,
which will not rust. This form of construction will per-
mit the pole to be taken apart for transportation, which
otherwise would hardly be feasible in the case of a 40-foot
or a 60-foot pole. In joining sections, bolts should not
be used on account of their weight and the possibility of
rusting. Besides, holes for the b'olts would weaken the
mast. The laminated pole is more easily constructed and
is stronger than masts made by bolting together joists or
short poles; it is also much more satisfactory than any
30 RADIO SIMPLIFIED
iron pole made from pipes of reduced sizes fastened to-
gether by reducer couplings. A good coat of paint will
add to the life, as well as to the appearance of the lam-
inated mast.
Guy wires and aerial rope.—One set of four guy wires
would be sufficient in the case of the 30-foot pole; two
sets of four each—one at the top and one at the middle—