It is a good plan for any amateur to keep a note book in which he can record the various distances he has been able to receive and transmit. He should try more than one circuit and jot down the results. It is then possible to bring a station up to an efficiency which cannot be reached in any other manner.
ELECTRICAL TERMS AND DEFINITIONS.
Accumulator:
A cell whose positive and negative electrodes are formed or deposited by a current flowing from a separate source.
A network or a number of wires insulated from surrounding objects and suspended in the air to emit or intercept electromagnetic waves.
An electric current, of which the direction of flow reverses a number of times per second.
The quantity of current which will flow through a resistance of one ohm under a potential of one volt. The unit of current.
The quantity of electricity passed when flowing at the rate of one ampere for one hour.
The positive terminal of a broken circuit or a source of electricity. It is the carbon of a cell or the pole at which a current enters a solution.
The relative ability of a conductor to receive and retain an electric charge.