Hiram Percy Maxim and Clarence D. Tuska

“ Maxim or any other of the Officers are selling anything or have anything in mind except the building up of an efficient relay association, and in spite of a conservatism produced by noting the careers of other projects, I think they deserve the hearty support of every sincere amateur in the country. ”

“ The Officers cannot thank the donor in words. It is a gift which can only be accepted and thanked in spirit. When the President and Secretary realize that someone thinks so highly of the organization, it makes them feel that their efforts have not been in vain.
Mr. William A. Nash of Biddleford, Me., writes to us that the article “Pictured Electro-magnetic Waves" in the December issue of “QST” is not exactly clear to him. He asks these questions:
1. What is meant by having the lead at the higher end of the aerial. ”

“ As in all other pursuits, there are fakirs in the wireless business, and every now and then, we may expect to hear of a new amateur organization being started. Quite a number have been advertised in my limited experience, but their career was short because they lacked these two fundamentals principles. We can readily understand why a wireless corporation or a business house should endeavor to engage the attention of the amateur field and frequently attain results from an unsuspecting few, but in general their career may ”

“ Just when are the signals received strongest between two stations? When the aerials are pointed toward each other or away from each other?
4. In sketch No. 1 aerial B transmitting, are the stronger signals toward the east or west?
Ans. 1. If in the aerial proper, one end is higher than the other and the lead-in is connected to either end, we speak of the lead as being connected to either the high or low end, as the case may be. ”

“ Editor’s Note: The amateurs should realize how serious a matter it is to send false signals. Several amateurs on the Pacific coast have been punished by the Federal authorities for violations of the law. ”

“ In answer to K. Kathkan’s query permit me to say that it has been suggested that Mr. K. being a Japanese has no business to ask such a question that upsets the laws of our society.
Have enclosed application blank for A. R. R. L.
May I suggest that it be obligatory on the part of special license stations to have
some definite hours i.e. same as the commercial or public service. ”

“ My stations have always been in Yonkers, N. Y. Last winter my call was 2ABG. The apparatus contained in this station was a 1KW Hytone, quenched rotary type and with it I was able on one occasion “to raise” Kane, Pa., and Wheeling, W. VA. However, my aerial was inadequate and better work should have been done.
I, enclose $25 which I hope will be ac
cepted by the Officers in the spirit in which it is given―in hearty support of an organization which I wish had been founded years ago.
Yours very truly,
(Signed) C. R. RUNYON, JR.
This contribution of Mr. ”