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By JOSEPH AMAROSE
OF THE BEST-PERFORMING
LOW-PRICED, ALL CHANNEL
ANTENNA ON THE MARKET!
THE FRINGE AREA
‘You con enjoy perfect long-range
television reception for 10 days with
a Fringe ‘Area Buttery — and it STAL rad
Won't cost you @ cant for its use, fer. They. search everlasting’r
fora newer, better elrenit shat sammer mights, dx came in with in-
To acquaint you with this outstond- iL oxeel_ their previous best pressive regulaiity
ing new all-channel antenna, Tel-a- | etort. They want better volume, greai- No Tess Hmpressive is the selecticty
Ray will ‘send you o Fringe Area jer selectivity, higher sensitivity. Sver- of this rig. All six of the Rickmont
Buiterfly you can use for 10 days, |lastingly, t09, thay miust_ com Ineals aze foveived clearly with no 2
f ze for 10 devs. for no. sash’ optimum state. ean -be noving hash or erosetaik, And three ct
Hf you want to keep the Buttery | cseved. Oecaslonslly. an experimentes there stations aro only 40 ke apart!
efier 10 days, you may do so ct @ |ioes find s einenit that 5s o@ ‘Worse stil, one is 2 soak sister be
rice of only $29.95 (list price) for | Suen is the hookup shown. Non fhveen tro stsong ones wets
he four-bay aay shown above. if caver, basicaly the cis sll-with ease, With proper eo-ordinatio
rot, send it right back Hsmnts of control i lene ro 510 fo 1
: Geom addee. Nor most the reader ke) can be buned in with just the ont
Your only cost fer using this match | expect that rain tuning isl. Tested im Baltimore
Jess, long-range, all-chenne! antenna | the desived chavacterist by BA Schuman, ancther old-timer
for 10 days isthe shiping charge ox (Who. has. spent (ovho bus ehis eet), the vaceiver
Give “your family o7 customer TY testing ond building ¢ igbt
reception at its best
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ENTERPRISES, INC. pm. ‘ivaremitters in Atlanta, Louls- shake the wafters but every word of
nitters in Atlanta, Louis shake vie xe lisible at that distance
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om “as used, 31 feet high, with the
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lite Drive, Redwood City, Cab.)
“pwsloss" type, The consiatictor can
F make his own by winding $0 tums of
‘ouble-catten-covered wire on a
Bich
(accual winding is 9 inches). Br
aleyer of very thin coil cement to rseke
IKstick to the coil and tap both ant
anf seemdary sides. Tap the antenna
Side evers three turns from the Srd to
lie Slst, and tap the secondary every
five turns from the Sth to the S0¢h, Lit
the tums with an ice pick to sold
‘A standard 2-gang capacitor is
for C2 and C3, with @ 500-nuE te
serosa the second #4
spreading on high freq
n, for tand- |
ney end, Ade
fiat this trimmer, C4, for best vetame |
a a 1000
Switeh 1 5
Drimers-coil. tap.
hath he. impe
Tone in all locals,
Bist gives best. solocti
Volume, and leave. set
fad esvieen 2
Deals sensit
Ts the variable trap, Li,
4 Cervon S645 coil 18
avy, seoondary and variable cop
are series hooked, An “optional co
tion! is shown. If used, if makes a co
JP Yentiona! wave trap of the section. Not
sa), another tupable ciecult. is pro-
VideG, geting like a series-tuned loading
coll and capacitor, With this arrange-
| individual, until he ean loo!
ent, tuning is better.
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in a wall. This makes the best possi
round connection algal me
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Strength st with other" grounds
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fhe earth. Aatitonal grounds aig
boost signat ‘strength and ave ween.
| mended
Operating the set
|. The settings obviously will diter in
j éach locality, depending upon the fee.
gaencies employed by the local trane.
miitters. Individual experimyert is nes
ssary to determine optimiim settings
of contrals. Generally, for ax works
liminate the antenna wave trap, throw
82 to the BROAD position, and ‘do nob
ko. the “optional. conection.” For
| best selectivity, use the antenna wave
trap, move $2 fo the stuecrive position
and hook up the deTaNaL CONNECTION
| With ‘the connection closed, tune the
teimmer C8 to loudest volume on
1000-ke station, Tais completes all ade
portant to position both wave-trap eu
4 fay as possible rom the main taste
Gvil Tne scleesioisy ail be peor if tho
seagnetio felds are allowed fo affect
each other
A word about “signal meters" The
serious ds fan will do well tp cosicer
‘sng solve micecanmer exe
the phone post, 7 determine peak sg.
nal strength. All thy unaeusl rest
achieved by this receiver ave due fo he
1st of wich a ston Many mont
sige wnt the
sheuitsrrangemett vas, aries
more tine was spent in deternrinng the
lest aerial and groond esrangements
i the optim conditions were quice
ip revealed hy the meter rontings. By
the cutand-ry aural method. ually
| bse) optimam conditions could not be
very readily determined, These mutes
Ere ll available ar prices under S10.
Surplus houses. A 200smieroampere it
Strument is ideal, Especially usefl
| this device in pieking out the tpt se
| sitive detestoct some ersstals give twice
as mich output no thers, and a meter
an spot Fon best ove than ita
For wask stations and dx werk, this
srost important, The valve of fuce
Inserament helping to get dstan
cannot be overemphasized,
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