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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1926
Page
8
By R. Dornbrook outlines a center tapped coil modification for radio frequency stages used in reflex circuits and superheterodyne setups. The design improves selectivity and reduces interference from local stations, with diagrams showing practical wiring and a small midget condenser acting as a volume control.
A historical article explains grid leaks in radio receivers by comparing them to car carburetor chokes. It urges using good quality, trying three or four sizes, and avoiding cheap or unknown-made leaks to prevent poor or noisy reception.
The article advises shielding intermediate frequency transformers by placing them in a metal box to reduce intercoupling, noting audible instability when a tuned radio-frequency receiver oscillates easily.
Fragmentary text mentions preventing damage from acid and water exposure with quick action. References a device or method labeled pdrometer and a person named Astin. Details are unclear due to garbled OCR.
A reader guide explains that fading volume, distant stations and crackling sound point to worn tubes. Test connections and batteries first, but eventual filament coating loss reduces emission, lowering sensitivity and causing noise, signaling time to replace the tubes.
To buy a BY battery eliminator check its current supply. Connect the eliminator to the receiver and place a high resistance voltmeter across its terminals. If a loud signal is tuned and the voltmeter pointer stays nearly stationary at the working voltage, the eliminator is satisfactory.
The article warns that x ray machines generate disruptive radio waves audible as harsh noises in nearby pets. Portable violet ray devices used for home electrotherapy are also cited as offending and causing house noise in the evenings.
An insulated wire will pick up the broadcast programs as effectively as normal, with the wave penetration covering the area without the slightest difficulty. If the lead-in is insulated it will act as part of the peripheral signal, enhancing reception.
A fragmentary exchange recalls slang riddles of youth from the past era. The passage hints at a playful generational contrast with phrases like what the flapper era said and a speaker named London Answers.
The article reports widespread Filipino belief in witches and witchcraft. It notes frequent police investigations of killings or beatings of alleged witches and describes how powerful witches can shapeshift and harm distant targets. It mentions witch doctors labeling innocents as guilty.
A new ax praised by Popular Science Monthly for one-piece forged steel construction. The handle will not loosen, preventing head loss. Leather hand-hold avoids contact with cold steel. Lighter than wooden axes with a staple-drawing hook on the head and a nail-pulling claw at the handle end.
A cautious man under his car notices a boy perched on a fence. The boy says he watches, and he would laugh if he could run faster, revealing a playful moment amid a simple exchange.
Smythe insists he cannot. he recounts an old Pat and Mike tale. Root diseases in sugar cane are decimating the cane crop in Louisiana.
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