The Book of Wireless: Being a Clear Description of Wireless Telegraph Sets and How to Make and Operate Them, Together with a Simple Explanation of How Wireless Works
The Book of Wireless: Being a Clear Description of Wireless Telegraph Sets and How to Make and Operate Them, Together with a Simple Explanation of How Wireless Works
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 Excerpt: ...than hard-drawn wire and this should not be overlooked when ordering. The Spreaders.--Any kind of strong sticks will, of course, do for the spreaders, but it gives a fellow a lot of pleasure to have a good-looking aerial as well as a good working one. I? Fig. 131.--The Spreader For The Ends. Four spreaders are needed, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 Excerpt: ...than hard-drawn wire and this should not be overlooked when ordering. The Spreaders.--Any kind of strong sticks will, of course, do for the spreaders, but it gives a fellow a lot of pleasure to have a good-looking aerial as well as a good working one. I? Fig. 131.--The Spreader For The Ends. Four spreaders are needed, one at each end of the aerial, one in the middle to keep the wires apart, and a short one for the leading-in wires. Make these spreaders of spruce if you can get this kind of wood, for spruce is light, springy and strong. If you cannot get spruce use hickory, though hickory is heavier than spruce. Make the two end spreaders 5 feet long and 2 inches scant in diameter, as shown in Fig. 131; make the middle spreader 5 feet long and 1 inches in diameter, as in Fig. 132, and the leading-in spreader 2 feet long and 1 inch in diameter, as shown Fig. 132.--The Middle Spreader. in Fig. 133. Drill three inch holes in the middle spreader (Fig. 132) and the leading-in spreader (Fig. 133)--a hole in the middle of each spreader and a hole at each end--so that the wires can be slipped through them. The Spreader Withes.--Withes are simply galvanized iron rings with eyes attached to them. Six of these withes are needed--three for each of the end spreaders. Each withe should have two eyes as shown in Fig. 134 and have ( n n-mp an inside diameter of 2 inches. j 2' - Slip three withes on each of the Fig. 133--Leading-in end spreaders--one for the middle and the other two for the ends. Drill a hole through each withe and drive in a screw to keep it from slipping on the spreader. The Ball Insulators.--To properly insulate the wires from the masts is most important and you will never have a good station unless this is done. The insulators gen...
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