Static Forecast

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 37, 28 March 1930, Page 3

Static Forecast

’ ‘ Scientific Research — OW that.New Zealand scientists and radiotricians are about-to-investi-gate the mystery of static in this part of the world,.it is of interest to mention that the subject is being taken up scientifically abroad. The New York "Radio World" of February 1, states: "Static, which spoils radio entertainment so frequently, is to be forecast and made known in the same manma ‘as weather forecasts are now dessbininated. When this service has been put into operation it will be possible for radio enthusiaists to know what kind of radio reception they may expect during a certain period. . "This subject will be taken up at the Stockholm meeting of the section of terrestrial magnetism and electricity of the International Geodetic and Geophysical Society to be held next August, and a proposal will be made that daily reports of magnetie disturbances, which cause much static, be broadcast on short waves along with the regular weather forecasts and reports on seismic activities, according to an announcement by Dr. D. L. Hazard ‘ assistant chief of the division of terres- . trial magnetism and seismology of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. ) "Investigations on the relationships swetween magnetic storms and reception of) radio waves have been made by Dr. G. W. Pickard, Newton Centre, Mass., _ Fesearch associate in terrestrial mag-

netism of the Carnegie Institute, the Bureau of Standards, the Naval Research Laboratory, and the General Electric Company, and the conclusion is that fairly accurate forecasts of magnetic storms and. their effects on radio reception can be made."