WIRELESS CLUB TO HOLD OPEN MEETING FEB. 20

As the first of a series of meetings to be held during the coming months, S. W. Dean ocC. will give a lecture on the "Alexanderson Alternator" to the Wireless Club next Tuesday evening, February 20, at 7.30 o'clock, in the operating room of Westmorly. Following plans outlined earlier in the year, the meeting will be open to all members of the University.

The Alexanderson Alternator, while not used in amateur work, is the latest development in transatlantic commercial transmission and is rapidly being installed in practically all the more important transatlantic stations, including the new "Radio Central", on Long Island, the largest station in the world. Dean has had much practical experience with apparatus of this type, having been for several years with the Radio Corporation of America, at their high-power station at San Francisco and Honolulu where the alternator is in use.

Realizing that many men in the University, while interested in radio, were handicapped because they were unable to secure satisfactory serials, the Wireless Club has installed a special aerial and two step amplifier which will be used solely for experimental use. Any member of the University will be allowed to try out his set on this equipment, or by becoming a member of the club to set up his set permanently in the operating room at Westmorly. Any men interested should see N. K. Fairbank '24, at 13 Claverly, as soon as possible. A loud speaker and broadcast receiver for listening to radio concerts is also to be installed within the next few weeks.

Licensed operators are now standing watch every night at the station while a new wireless phone for talking to nearby amateur stations is being put in.