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 Mullard
PIONEE RS IN ELECT RONICS
The s
cience and p ractice of electronics doubtle s
s commenced w ith t he f
i
rst app
lication
o
f the thermionic e l
ec tron tube — f amil
iarly k nown a s th
e " va lve
." T
he n ame o f
Mulard w as cl
o se
ly a s
sociated w ith the early d eve
lopmen ts of the v a
lve, and Mullard
was one of t
he f i
rs
t i n the wor ld to manu fac ture va
lves comme rc
ially. During the fi
rs
t
World Wa r Mu llard Va lves w ere used e x
ten sively by the S ervices, part
icula
rly t he
Mul
lard Sil
ica T ransm i
tting Va lves s uppl
ied t o the Admiral
ty. T hen, as now, Mullard
S
i
lica Valves w ere f amou s f
or t hei
r l ong l i
fe and high e
ff
iciency.

Early r ad
io e xper
imen ter
s r emembe r afec
tiona tely their fi
rs
t v alve —careful
ly n u
rsed
and w rapped i n cot
ton woo l — wh ich in a ma jori
ty o f case
s w as the famou s Mul
lard
"ORA ." T hose lette
rs r epre
sented "O sc
illates, R ect
ifies
, Amp lif
ies" — o ne va
lve
t
ype f o r a
ll purpo
ses. T o-day the Mul
lard r ange of valve s i
ncludes ahighly-developed
s
pec ial
ised type for every conceivab
le appl
ica t
ion i n s cience
, i ndustry
, d efence, and
entertainment.

I
n the te
levision fi
eld, t
oo, Mullard wa s (and r emains) ri
ght o u
t in fron
t. T
he l a
te
J
ohn L . B a
ird isrecogni
sed as the "fa
the r" o f pract
ica
l telev
ision, and mo s
t o f the
s
pecia
l t ubes and v a
lves he r
equired w ere d eve
loped a nd made b y Mu l
lard
. F
rom
t
hat beginning Mu llard ha
s become E ngland's leading sou
rce o f el
ectron
ic tubes for
t
e
levis
ion a nd special d
efence applica
tion s
.

T
he re i
sh a
rdly a fie
ld o f a
ppl
ica
tion f
or e
lec
tron
ics wi
th wh
ich the n
ame o
f Mul
lard
i
sn ot i
nt
ima te
ly a s
soc ia
ted. In al
l modes
ty, Mu l
lard can tr
uly claim the ti
le
"Pionee
rs in Elec
tron ics
."

I
N THE F
IELD OF E
LECTRON
ICS — "
COMMUN
ICATE WITH MULLARD"

S
ome o
f t
he Mu
llard E
lec
tron
ic P
roduct
s

E
lectron
ic Tubes
: E
lectron
ic Apparatus
:

Radio R eceiving Va lves. Domes tic R adio R eceivers.

Radio T ransm itting Va lves. Domest ic T elevision R eceivers.
I
ndustr ia
l Va lves f or H eating a nd C
ontro
l. Co mmun ication Receivers .
F
ixed a nd Mob ile R adio T ransm it
ters
.
Hearing A id Va lves.
Mob ile T ransce iver E quipment .
S
pec ial T e
levis ion Va lves. I
ntercommunica tion E quip ment.
C
athode R ay O sc i
llograph T ubes
. S
ound Amp lifying S ystems .
T
elev is
ion P icture Tubes . I
ndus trial E lectron ic E quipment .
Photograph ic a nd S roboscop ic Flash Tubes. Cathode R ay O scilloscopes .
Photoelectric C e
l ls. Mo isture Meters .
Accelerometer T ubes . Potent iometr ic T itration A pparatus .
Voltage S tabilising T ubes. Measur ing a nd T esting I nstru ments .
Voltage R eference T ubes. S
c ient if
ic Apparatus .

"Where t
here
's a n
ew e
lec
tron
ic d
evice — t
here
's Mu
llard"

MULLARD
, AUSTRAL
IA P
ty
.Ltd
. IMullardi
HEAD OFF
ICE
: 3
3-43 CLARENCE S
TREET
, SYDNEY

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hou
sand
s o
f

A
ust
ral
ian
s
L
aug
h T
he
ir W
ay
T
hroug
h

'
Much
-Bind
ing
-in-
the
- Mar
sh'
T
he t
err
ific moustache a
nd p
athet
ic e
xpress
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b
elong t
o S
am C
osta
, o
ne o
f t
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tays o
f
t
he B
rit
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roadcast
ing C
orpora
tion
's P
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rogram me
, "Much-B
1nd
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ith wh
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is f
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ppearance i
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ind
ing" e
very
w
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s "Good morn
ing
, s
ir
, was t
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s
ometh
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"'

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his i
ncreas
ing
ly p
opu
lar s
how i
s h
eard o
n
Austra
lian N
ationa
l S
tat
ions a
t 8 P
.M. E
.A.T
.
o
n S
undays
.

— Pho
to b
y C
our
tesy o
f t
he B
.B.C
.

T
ELEV
ISION SHO W

"
Alice i
n Wond
erland"
Margare
t B
arton a
s A
lice a
nd A
nthony S
harp
a
s t
he Wh
ite Kn
ight i
n t
he B
rit
ish B
road-
c
ast
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orporat
ion
's t
e
lev
ision p
roduct
ion e
t
"A
lice
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art o
n t
he s
tage

was when
, a
t t
he a
ge o
f t
welve
, s
he p
layed a
mouse i
n a p
roduct
ion o
f "A
lice" wh
ich was
s
taged a
t t
he S
hakespeare Memor
ial T
heatre a
t
S
tratford
•on-Avon i
n 1
938
. T
his p
resentat
ion
was s
pec
ial
ly a
dapted b
y J
ohn G
lyn-Jones
f
rom t
he p
lay b
y H
erbert M
. P
rent
ice
.

b
y C
bub
' y
, o
f t
he B
.B.C
.

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ctober
, 1
949 "Aus
tra
lian RA DIO a
nd TELEVISIO N News" 3
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he C
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sYou
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rotec
tion

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a
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ach R ola t r
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enef
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ngineer
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ir d
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ign a
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ctober
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49

H
ead
s Bloody
, B
ut R
adio a
nd Y
outh
Unbowed I IFE d
p
oes n
rofession o
ot c
r t
onsis t o
rade o
n
ly o
r call
f s
ing .
uccess in bus
iness o
Many a man who
r

h
as made a s uccess
, a nd espec
ia l
ly a t emporary s uccess

I
N r ecent d ays a g reat f uss h as b een made b y as ec tion
i
n these thing s h as made a n utter f ai
lure o f l
i
fe. And
o
f t he d aily P ress t o t he d etr iment i n g enera l o f t he a
t
ransm it ting r ad io ama teur . T hat t he s heets c oncerned v
ery o ften t he r eason i s t hat s chool-years a nd t he
h
ad a " good s tory" t o s eize g leefu l
ly u pon was e viden t y
ears i mmed ia te
ly f ollowing t hem h ave n ot been f ur-
when t he n ews b roke a bout a y oung Maor iland d elinquent n
ished w i
th t he righ t train
ing.
who e ndangered l ives b y m isuse o f r ad io e quipmen t. A s
As ar ule e xcessive n ight s tudy d oes n o visible h arm
has a lways b een t he c ase , t he s capegoat a t o nce b ecame
t
he " rad io ama teur ," i nsinuat ions b eing made t o t he e
xcept i n some c ases t o health d uring a ctual schoo l years.
efect t hat woe wou ld b et ide a ny " amateur" r espons ib le But t he p osition i s q uite c hanged when a l ad l eaves
when c aught . The t rue -b lue t ransm it ting ama teur i s a s
chool. He f inds h imse lf t hen a t al oose end , a nd t he
man i ntense ly j ealous o f h is r ecord — to h im , t he a pp li- more d i
ligen t h e h as b een the more o f ag ap there i s to
c
at ion o f t he word " ama teur" t o h is h obby a nd f
i
ll. T
he h ours wh ich h e s hou ld have d evo ted t o t he
s
tatus i s s o methf r
ig s acrosant . T hat u nth inking n ews c
ulivation o f h obbies w ere s pen t with s choo l-books t o
hawks s hou ld d ub a ny m iscreant d abb ler w ith r adio which h e w i
ll n ot return . I n many c ases t he a f
ter-schoo l
apparatus a
s a n " amateur" i
s i n reality some - h
ours w ere s pent q u
ite p rof
itab ly in s port; but t he e ven-
what o f a n i nsu lt t o t he amateur r ad io f ra tern ity. i
ng h ours w ere f i
l
led w ith le ssons wh ich h ave c ome t o a•
Because a ny y oung T om , D ick o r Harry h as b een a ble t o
s
udden c lose. And t hen t here i s liable t o b e t rouble;
purchase a nd p robab ly m isuse e x-Serv ice r ad io g ear
and troub le may c o me i n at housand d iferen t f orms .
f
or a mere s ong — tha t d oes n ot c lass ify h im a s a n i n telli-
gent t ransm it ting l icensee . It i s n o f au lt o f ama teur A great d
eal of t
he discontent o
f the w or
ld —d iscon tent
r
ad io a s a who le t hat D isposa ls s ales h ave made a vail- wh
ich may h ave such s erious consequences —is d ue t o
able t o a nybody who c ared t o f ork o ut t he c ash , e quip - t
he fact of young lives b e
ing left emp ty. Give y outh
ment c apab le o f b eing p ut o n t he a ir b y i ndiv idua ls p rob -
s
ometh ing in which i t can g o on t ak
ing a n in terest;
ably o f moron ic t endency . I
t s o h appens t ha t a New
Zea land member o f t he ma ligned ama teur r adio f ra tern ity s
o me
th ing
, if i
t c
an b e found, o
f limit
less p oss
ibil
i ties in
r
endered h is c oun try a g reat s erv ice b y n arrow ing d own t
he way o f d
eve
lopmen t.
t
he s earch f or t he u nlicensed masquerader who was
The b oy in t he city and t he b oy in the coun try t own
endanger ing l i
fe a nd a irways r epu ta tion . The c ulpr it,
c
an b e p rovided w ith s ome th
ing e qual
ly i nteresting.
a y outh i n h is ' teens , was a pprehended a nd f aced t he
pena lty o f t he l aw . Here i n Austra lia t he c losing s tages There is interes t w i
thou t l imit in radio. C onsider wha t
o
f t he e pisode were c harac ter ist ica l
ly g arn ished b y P ress p
rog ress h as b een made i n it i n t he p ast 2 0 y ears.
f
ulm inat ion t o t he e fect t hat " shou ld s uch a t hing o ccur Imagine wha t p rogress may b e made i n t he n ext 2 0
i
n t his c oun try , C iv il Av ia tion , w ith D irec tion F ind ing y
ears ! I
t i s t rue t ha
t n ot e veryone i s mechan ically
apparatus , wou ld s peed ily r un t o e ar th a ny ama teur m
inded . B ut i nterest in r adio o pens u p far w ider fields
ofender . Shou ld a ny menta lly d eranged d e l
inquen t t
han t hat. I
t s upplies t he mus ica
lly i ncl
ined w ith t he
embark , upon a ction o f t he k ind e xper ienced a cross t he p
ossibili
ties o f a n education wh ich t hey
, c ould n ot h ave
Tasman , t he P ress h ere may r est a ssured t hat Aus tra lian p
urchased 2 0 y ears a go for t housands o f pounds . Doors
l
icensed r adio amateurs wou ld b e s wif tly o n t he j ob t
o f urther s tudy a re o pened f or o thers b y s pec
ialists
t
o h elp l ay h ands o n t he p erson o r p ersons . I
t c ou ld whom t hey cou ld n ot have h oped t o approach a f ew y ears
even r esu lt i n n ewspapers s ing ing t he p ra ises o f
, ma tead
a
go.
o
f d amn ing t he men who p layed n o sma ll p ar t i n p ulling
Aus tra lia o ut o f t he S erv ice c ommun icat ions mud when Now, o n the h ee
ls o f radio c omes t elevision; a nd
war c ame t o u s i n 1 939 . Meanwh ile
, Austra lian ama teurs h
ere the interest i
s q u
ickened b y the s heer b reath-taking
t
ake p r
ide i n t he k now ledge t hat i t was o ne o f t he ir o wn n
ovelty of this new c ommun icative med ium . S ome t ime
f
ratern ity i n New Z ea land who was i nstrumenta l i n p in -
i
n the future youth w il
l augmen t l ong d is
tance r adio by
point ing t he i lic it s t ation , a fter a w eek o f f ran tic e for t
v
is
ion ; amateurs wil
l n ot o
nly speak w ith f ellows in other
on t he p ar t o f c o mmerc ial s erv ices h ad r esu lted i n c heck -
mate , w ith t he o fender b ut a s cant m ile d istan t f rom t he c
ountries
, b ut wil
l s ée each other a t t he s ame i nstant
.
a
i rpor t
. I
t is along w ay o f —but the possibil
ities a re fascinating
DON B . KNOCK . i
n the extreme.

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ctobe
r, 1
949 ' A
uit
tal
ian RADIO a
nd TELEVISIO N N
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 MOV
IE-TELEV
ISION
The fol
lowing is a n eye
-w i
tness account of ad emonstrat
ion r ecently o f
l
arge screen projec
ted t elev
ision in Eng land
. Th is aspect of t e
levision i s
l
ike
ly to assume considerable importance as a medium of n ews-casting. T he
r
eport
, made b y an observer for t
he British p
ublica
tion "Telev
ision," is so me-
what of ag l
impse into the near future
.

• This is the Alexandra P alace (London) Television C ontrol roam w here t

he l a
rge screen theatre programme r eferred to in
t
he a ccompany ing descr
iption was m on
itored. Engineers ( l
eft
) o perate pic
ture shad
ing c ont
rols and s uperv
ise the technica
l
q
ua l
ity o f t
he p ic
ture a ppearing on the m onitoring s creens (cent
re ). E
quipment on t he right handles the S ound side of
he p
t rogramme .
—B.B.C. photogr
aph.

L
v
ARGE s

ersat
h
as b
ion i
creen c
een t
n t
he ma
hose f
inema t
in t
ore
op
ign l i
e
lev
ic o
tt
is
f c
le r
ion
on
es
-
-
aud
a n
itorium , o
eat meta
ne i
l b ox
mmed
, a
iate
bout f
ly n ot
our f
iced
eet
t
he l
f
am il
i
gh
iar t
ts were l
e
lev
ision s
owered a
igna l a
nd t
ppeared o
he
n
h
igh a nd t wo feet w ide, wh ich s tood t
he 1 6 b y 1
2 f eet s creen. To t he
t
aurants around t he pur l
ieus o f l
eve l w ith t he front r ow o f t he s talls, h
ome v iewer this e normous magn if
i-
Wardour S tree t ( London) . A t l east about f orty f eet f rom t he s creen . c
ation s eemed u ncanny , b ut the d e-
twice i t was r eported t hat Mr . Rank 's This h oused t he p ro jecting a ppara - f
in
ition was s o excellent t hat one al-
C
inema T e
lev ision C ompany h ad f i
xed t
us , a nd i n some t heatres t his may most forgot that t his was t elevis
ion
a d ate f or a d emons trat ion a nd h is b
e f i
xed t o the f ront o f t he b alcony . a
nd a ccepted it as one d oes a fi
lm i n
publicity men were k ept b usy d eny - I
ns ide t he mag ic b ox i s ah igh p ower t
he local movie t heatre.
i
ng a w ide a ssortment o f r umours . c
athode r ay tube g iving a v ery b r
ight
One v ery s evere c rit
ic c omp la
ined
At l ast a h ighly r epresenta t
ive image a bout seven i nches s quare , a nd
c
rowd p ushed i ts way i nto a d i
lap i- t
hat t he definition r ound t he e dges
t
his i s t hrown o n t o t he s creen b y a
d
ated c inema a t B rom ley , wh ich was not so sharp a s in the c ase of a
s
pec ial l arge m irror s ystem . Th is
had b een r eturned t o t he Rank P ion - unit was o perated b y r emo te c ontro l f
i
lm; b ut t he a verage mov ie f an
e
ers a f
ter i ts wart ime u se a s af ood f
rom a mon itor p ane l a t the b ack o f wou
ld n ot h ave n ot
iced it. O ccasion-
s
tore. There were r eporters , as prink - t
he t heatre i n a s ma ll r oom wh ich a
lly t
here was t he u sual interference,
l
ing o f BBC e ngineer s w ith a s l
ight - a
lso h oused t he r ece iving a pparatus . r
ather l i
ke " rain" o n the o ld si
lent
l
y s ceptical l ook i n t heir e yes, a nd There was a n e xpectant h ush i n f
i
lms, b ut techn icians a re o ptimistic
a s mall c ont ingent o f of icials f rom t
he animated c
onversat ion t
hat
A
lexandra P alace. On e nter ing t he buzzed t hrough t he a uditorium a s (
Con
tinued o
n p
age 9
)

8 "Au
stra
lian RADIO a
nd TELEVISIO N New
s' O
ctober
, 1
949
 MOV
IE -T
ELEV
ISION
(
Con
tinued f
rom p
age 8
)

t
hat t his w ill b e o vercome v ery
quick ly when c ine - telev is ion g ets i n to
i
ts s tr ide .
A N e
P a
xcerpt f
lace p
rom t
rogramme was f
he A lexandra
o
llowed
by as pec ia l s tud io p resentat ion f rom
t
he Sydenham l abora tory o f the
C
inema T elev is ion c ompany . Th is
was a s light i mprovement t echn i-
c
a lly, w ith r eproduct ion t hat was
a
lmos t f au lt less . I n t he f ront r ows , D
iag
ram ¿
h
onin
gth
eop
era
tin
gpr
inc
ipl
eoft
h
eIc
ono
scop
e.
however , o ne c ou ld s ee t he " lines"
on t he s creen , b ut i t i s u nderstood tor w ill b e q uite s uff
i cient t o h and le An Amer ican e d
itor s ays t elev is ion
t
hat r esearch i s b e ing p ushed f or- a s how t hat c o mes o ver t he a ir. i
s f ull o f o pportun ity f or y oung
ward o n a 6 25 -
l ine s ys tem , wh ich These a re t he most o bv ious d eve lop - p
eop le. I n U .S.A . t he a verage a ge
s
hou ld e fect a c ons iderab le i mprove - ments , b ut t he r epercuss ions w ill o
f p ersonne l e ngaged i n t elev is ion ,
ment . probab ly b e e ndless . e
xc lus ive o f e ng ineers , i s• a bout 2 8.
The m icro -wave s ystem u sed f or O
ther l arge c ompan ies , i nc lud ing Eng ineers a verage 3 1.
t
he d emonstrat ion f rom S ydenham s
evera l we ll-known r ad io a nd t ele- The e d itor r epor ted : " The p eop le
(
via t he C rysta l Pa lace) u ses a b eam v
is ion manufac turers , a
re e
xper i- i
n t e
lev ision a re s o y oung t hat t hey
t
ransm iss ion , wh ich n ot o nly r ein- ment ing w ith l arge s creen t elev ision , t
ell t heir a ges w illing ly , c orrec tly ,
f
orces t he s igna l, b ut a lso e nsures and t here i s l ikely t o b e s o me f air ly and e ven p roud ly . Many o f t hem
t
hat i t i s u nlike ly t o b e r ece ived b y hectic c ompet ition f or t he e qu ipp ing l
ook a s t hough t hey s hou ld b e r ush -
more t han a h andfu l o f amateurs o
f t he v arious c ircuits a nd i ndepen- i
ng d own s choo l c orr idors i n t ime t o
who a re d irect ly i n l ine. Further - d
ent h ouses . A t t he momen t
, t he f i
lm make a g eometry c lass . As a mat ter
more , t hese r ece ivers wou ld o nly p ick t
ycoons i nc line t o t he v iew t hat t hey o
f f act , q uite a f ew o f t hem w ere d o-
up t he p ictures , f or t he s ound t rack have n oth ing t o f ear f rom t he e nter - i
ng t hat n ot s o v ery l ong a go."
wou ld b e t ransm itted b y l and l
ine . I t t
a inments o fered b y t he BBC , wh ich Cla im ing " a c lean b eat o n t he c ov -
i
s n ot s urpr is ing , t herefore , t o f ind t
hey c ons ider f a
ll f ar b e
low t he e
rage o f a t hree -alarm f ire t hat
t
hat t he e xperts a re e ager ly awa it- s
hows o fered i n t he
ir c inemas . They d
estroyed t he F irst Bapt ist C hurch
i
ng t he o pportun ity t o e qu ip t he h alf- appear t o ignore t he telev ision a eria ls i
n P hilade lph ia" NBC s ays :
dozen s pec ial ly s elec ted Rank c ine - t
hat a re s pring ing u p e verywhere , "About a n h our a fter t he f ire b roke
mas , f ul ly c onf ident t hat t heir l ong and b lind t hemse lves t o t he f act t hat o
ut i n t he b asement o f t he c hurch , t he
years o f r esearch w ill s oon b e j ust i- peop le d o n ot p ay f rom £ 50 t o £ 350 t
elev ision c ameras were o n t he s cene .
f
ied. f
or a t elev ision s et u nless t hey a re With in a f ew m inutes , t he c ab le h ad
More t han o ne o bserver a t B rom - c
onf ident t hat t hey a re g oing t o g et b
een c leared a nd t he p ictures o f t he
l
ey was a t rif le p uzz led t hat s tud io value f or money . f
ire were s een i n c ities u p a nd d own
performance , r ather t han a f i
lm , t
he NBC East C oast T elev ision Ne t
-
was t ransm itted f rom S ydenham . I t work , i nclud ing New York . The t e le-
wou ld h ave b een i nterest ing t o s ee i f c
ast l a sted f or a n h our a nd a q uar ter .
t
he r eproduct ion o f f i
lm i s a ny i m
- TELEV
ISION - W HAT IS One o f t he o ldest c ongregat ions i n t he
provement o n t hat o f t he BBC . Un ited S tates , t he F irst B apt ist
HAPPENING I
N U.S
.A. Church was e stab lished i n 1 695 ."
Every s ing le c omponent i n t his
process i
There i s
, o
s o
f c
f B
ourse
ritish manufacture
, a n a lternat ive t
.
o E
t
e
LECTRICAL r

lev
u
is
sed t
o t
ion by t
ecorders a
est a
ud
he Na
ience r
t
ional B
re t
eact
o b
ion t
e
o
roadcast
-
i
Lucky S
ng s
mous s
hort f
hort s
tr
i
ike C
lms i
tor
igaret
n Ho
ies f
l
tes a
lywood o
or t elev
re mak

is
f f
ion o
a
-
-
n
t
h is m irror s ys tem o f p ro jec t
ion . I t
i
nvo lves a n i ntermed ia te f i
lm p ro- i
ng C ompany o f Amer ica. 2
4 NBC s ta tions .
c
ess , i n wh ich t he p icture i s r ecorded Known a s the S chwer in S ys tem o f The f i
rst was Guy d e Maupassant 's
on c ellu lo id , wh ich i s r ap idly p re- p
rogramme -tes t
ing , the r
ecorders f
amous t ale " The Neck lace ." A s tory -
pared f or t he u sua l t ype o f f i
lm p ro - "will b e u sed n ot o nly t o measure t
eller i ntroduces t he f ilms .
j
ector . Th is i nvo lves a s l
ight d elay , immed iate i ndividua l a nd c ollect ive Another o ne was R ober t L ou is
but h as t he a dvantage o f p rov id ing audience r eaction t o p rogramme c on- Stevenson 's "Sire de Maletro it's
af i
lm wh ich c an b e r epeated a s o ften t
ent, b ut a lso t o s tudy s uch r e
lated Door ," b roadcast o ver h ere r ecent ly
as r equ ired . f
actors a s s i
ze o f view ing s creen , fi
lm i
n The Man i n B lack s er ies o n s ound .
Exper ts work ing o n t h
is a re n ow v
ersus l
ive p
resentat ion, v
iewer Telev ision i s n o l onger r eferred t o
anx ious t o s ecure s ome d ata o n t he f
atigue , a nd many o ther ." as a n " infant i ndustry" i n C hicago .
sub ject o f a ud ience r eact ions . They The n ew d evice w il l n ot only ma in- C arleton D . Sm ith , d irector o f NBC
free ly a dm it t hat t hey h ave p len ty t o t
ain a c ont inuous r ecord o f e ach i n- t
elev ision t here s aid r ecent ly : " The
learn a bout t elev ision p resentat ion , d
ividua l's r eaction t o what h e s ees baby h as g raduated f rom d iapers
and t he t ypes o f p rogrammes t hat and h ears , b ut w ill p roduce a g roup and i s wear ing p ants ."
will a ppea l t o t he p ub lic. There may profi
le f or i mmed ia te s tudy b y p ro- He p o
inted o ut t hat " for t he f irst
also b e a c ons iderab le d iference i n ducers a nd d irectors . t
ime s ince t he war we a re e nter ing
the t ypes o f p rogramme s u
itab le f or The q uestions i t i s h oped t o a n- a p eriod o f i ntense c o mpet it ion f or
large s uper -cinemas a nd sma ll, n ews - swer b y t his method a re: the c onsumer 's d ollar , a nd t he b ack -
r
eel t heatres . Wh ich c amera t echn iques a re most l
og o f c onsumer d emand i s b eg inn ing
I
f t h is m icro -wave t ransm iss ion t o a
cceptab le? to e vapora te. T he t elev is ion i ndustry
theatres b ecome s e stab lished , what How l ong c an s cenes b e held b efore will d o much t o c reate a n ew d emand
w
ill b e t he e fect o n t he f i
lm i ndus - l
iking d im inishes? and u ndoub ted ly w ill g ive emp loy -
t
ry? T o b eg in w ith , m illions o f f eet How l ong w i
ll a n a udience s tay i n ment t o h undreds o f t housands ."
o
f f i
lm w ill b e s aved i f e ach t heatre f
ront o f as et? •Madge Evans , r emembered a s a
d
oes n ot h ave t o r ece ive a c opy o f i ts Who s ees d ay time p rogrammes , star o f Ho llywood f i
lms , i s n ow s tar -
e
ven ing 's p rogramme . Then t here and what k ind o f s how h as g reatest ring i n P hilco T elev is ion P layhouse
wi
:1 b e a c ons iderab le r educt ion i n appea l t hen? programmes o n NBC . S he r ecent ly
l
abour , f or i t a ppears t ha t o ne o pera - Is fi
lm l iked b etter t han l i
ve s hows? played l ead i n " Pride a nd P re jud ice ."

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ctober
, 1
949 "Au
stra
lian RADIO a
nd TELEVISIO N New
s'
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ND N
OW ...a r
e
al
ly c
omp
reh
ens
ive

r
a
nge o
f P
H
ILIPS R
EPLACEMENT V
ALVES

A more c
omp
lete r
ange o
f t
he "
wan
ted" r
eplacemen
t
t
ypes h
as s
eldom b
efore b
een a
vai
lab
le. T
here
's a
v
alve f
rom t
h
is amaz
ing P
hil
ips r
ange f
or e
very
s
ocke
t o
f e
very r
adio
. P
hil
ips Va
lves a
re DEPEND
-
ABLE •v
alves — t
echn
ica
l p
erfec
tion i
s a
ssured
t
hrough every stage o
f manufac
ture . . . t
he va
lves
t
hemselves are the r
esul
t o
f many y ears of exper
i-
e
nce a
nd r
esearch i
n t
he f
i
eld o
f e
l
ectron
ics
.

1
0 "Au
stra
lian RADIO a
nd TELEVISION New
s" O
ctobe
r. 1
940
 e
new
s
NE W IMPROVE MENTS I N
DESIGN
Impor tan t telev is ion r esearch wh ich
i
s g oing o n i n B ritain i s l ikely t o
e
volve t he means o f s imp lify ing t he
c
athode r ay t ubes u sed i n t elev is
ion
s
ets. T he ma in p rob lem i s t o f ind a
c
o mp le tely e fec tive me thod o f sea l
ing
TELEV
ISION a
w
nd p ract
omen a
ica l; d
lready p
ealing w i
ossess i
th g
ns
armen
tead o
ts
f
t
ogether t he me tal a nd t he g lass. A s
s
oon a s t h
is p rob lem i s so
lved i tw il
l
F
ash
ion Show Poss
ibi
lit
ies wildly i nduc ing t hem t o d ash o ut t o b
ecome p rac t
icab le t o make c athode
purchase more . I t w on't d o a ny h arm r
ay t ubes ma inly o f me tal a nd t hen
Whether i tb e Myers i n Me lbourne ,
t
o g ive h ints o n h ow t o make o ld g
lass w ou ld o nly b e used a t t he e nd
o
r Dav id J ones ' in S ydney , t here is
c
lothes d o a nd h ow t o u se t he t hread o
n wh ich t he i mage i s s hown . I t i s
an air o f d elight w ith wh ich women
and n eedle t o k eep u p w ith f ashion e
stima ted t ha t t his wou ld r esu lt in a
c
ontemp late t he s eeming ly u nattain-
c
hanges —or p erhaps s uch a s ession r
educ t ion o f a bou t 2 0 p er c ent i n t he
able a ttract ions b ehind t he p late
c
ou ld b e q uite d ivorced f rom t he p
rice o f t e
lev ision s ets.
g
lass. I t i s one of t he f eminine mys -
Fash ion S how a nd p roduced u nder The t ype o f r ece iver ma inly u sed
t
eries; t his a l
lure o f s hop -w indow
what t he Navy c al
ls a "Make a nd i
n B rita in t o
-day i s t he tab le mode l
gazing where in most , i f not a ll, of
Mend ." T he f uture o f TV l i
tera l
ly which g ives a n i mag e a bou t s even
t
he a rticles o f appare l may b e wel
b
ristles w i th p ossibilit
ies, a nd n ot the i
nches w ide a nd s ix i nches d eep . T his
b
eyond t he p urse of m ilady, n ot to
l
eas t o f t hese a re t he l ikes a nd d is- s
ize o f p icture c an b e comfor tab ly
mention h er h usband . But w indow -
l
ikes o f the w omen -folk. " VIDER" v
iewed b y u p t o t welve p eop le. S ets
s
hopp ing i so ne of the d el
ights o f l
ife
i
n a metropo lis , and l ives t here t he a
re r easonab le i n c ost c ompared w i th
human , ma le o r female, who d oesn't p
rices r ul
ing i n o ther c oun tries.
i
ndu lge i n it f rom t ime t o t ime? I n AMERICAN TELEVISION
Brit
ish t elevision p rogrammes , o ne CHANNELS The new T elevision s tat
ion i n pro-
o
f t he most p opular f eatures i s the Reference i s made f requen tly i n c
ess o f c ons
truc t
ion a t Sut ton C old-
overseas t echn ical p ublica t
ions t o the f
i
eld n ear B irm ingham w ill u t
ilize
various t elev ision c hanne ls i n u se p
ower r ating o f 3 5 kilowa tts f or the
i
n t he Un ited S tates o f Amer ica, V
is ion t ransm itter a nd 1 2 k ilowatts
and t he c hanne l is invar iab ly q uoted, f
or t he S ound c hannel. Normally,
but n ot t he f requency . F
or t he t
his s tat
ion w ill t ransm it t he same
b
enef it o f o ur r eader s i nterested i n p
rogramme a s t ha t r adiated f rom
t
he e stabl
ishmen t of o verseas s tand- t
he L ondon s ta t
ion a t A lexandra
a
rds a nd t heir p ossib le e fec t o n Palace.
Austra lian p rac tice the l ist given h ere
i
ndicates t
he c
o mplete r
ange i n Apart f rom t he NBC n etwork , the
U
.S .A .: y
ear 1 948 t o
talled i n Amer ica 6 5
TV Channe
l C
hannel Freq
.
T
elevision s tations o n the air in 4 2
Number Megacyc
les c
i
ties a nd 2 8 S tates. Programmes
1 4
4-50 went t o a n e st
ima ted 9 10,000 r e-
2 5
4-60 c
eivers a nd a population of 66
,868,000.
3 6
0-66 T
elevision i s indeed o n t he mar ch
4 6
6-72 a
nd i s likely, and i ndeed certain, to
5 7
6-82 a
ssume v ast proportions in the n ext
6 8
2-88 t
wo d ecades .
,
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ritain's Telecommun ica t
ion R
e-
1 1
98-204 s
earch E stablishmen t h as d emon-
f
ash ion p arade , a l though o ne may 1
2 2
04-210 s
trated r ecen t
ly a v elocity modu la-
d
oubt i f t he l ady " viewer" i s a lways 1
3 2
10-216 t
ion v alve c over ing t he f requency o f
happy a bout s uch t anta lising d i splays 8
-9 MILL I METRES ! T
his v alve
b
eing b rought r ight i nto t he h ome . A
s men tioned i n o ur Vol
. 1 No . 3 o
pera tes w i
th 2 400 v o
l ts b etween
No d oub t a n e xperienced h ubby man - i
ssue, t he f requency r ange c hosen c
athode a nd r esona tor a nd w ith the
ages s omehow t o s witch t he r eceiver f
or Austra lian Na t
ional TV t rans- r
eflector a t 200 v o l
ts n ega tive to the
of j ust when h ats a nd g owns a re t o mission includes 1 78-200 Mc/s . with c
athode . One wonder s i f there i s
b
e d isplayed —w ith t he h ope p erhaps amplitude modu lation f or vision and a
ny l imit t o the f requenc ies w e can
o
f d odg ing f inanc ial r u
in. f
requency modu lation f or s ound. r
each ?
I
f t he s how c omes o n d uring t he
a
f ternoon when h ubby i s b usy a t t he
ofice mak ing t he "wherew itha l," t hen
h
e h asn 't much c hance o f a vert ing t he A PO WER AT THE HEARTHS
IDE
i
nev itab le; a nd p ar ts -u p w ith t he
c
hequebook . No d oubt t he f em inine "Te levision i s not merely a s c
ientif
ic t oy. I
t is
p
roducer r espons ib le for r unn ing a potent ial social force . . . a p
er manen t a ddit
ion
t
hese a fternoon s hows a t t he L ondon
t
o t he twent ieth c entury- way o f •
c
ivilised life
. I
t
TV s tud ios h ad t his i n m ind when
s
he s tarted t he s eries . A t a ny r ate, w
ill o vershado w a ll other b roadcasting p roble ms
i
t i s at hought f or t hose who s ome - i
n impor tance dur ing t he n ext few y ears. The
d
ay n ot s o far a head w i
ll p lan t ele- s
ocial o bligations a re great
." —S ir Wi llia m Ha ley,
v
ision p rogrammes f or Aus tra lian
D
irector -General o f t he British Broadcas ting Cor -
c
ities ...t he F ash ion S how h as d e-
f
inite p oss ibi
lities. I t n eedn 't b e c ar- p
orat ion.
r
ied t o e xtremes b ut c an b e s ensib le

O
ctob
er, 1
949 -A
ust
ral
ian RADIO a
nd TELEV
ISION .
N
4-w
s" i
l
 RAD
IOT
ICAL RUM
INAT
IONS
.
yOU may k now l it
tle o r nothing o f r ad
io, techn ical
ly s peaking, b ut a t
s
o me time o r other y ou are sure t o have h eard u nfam iliar terms b and ied
b
ack a nd forth b y r adio ama teurs; o ft-times d ubbed "Hams ." S uch r efer-
e
nces a s 'bott
le,' t
oob, "Dope ' a nd ' Feeder' may c onvey a n u nwarran ted
i
mpress ion t hat most "Hams" d erive t heir income i n c hem ists
' s hops, b ut
s
uch i s not the c ase. Our i rrespons ible contributor
, k nown mere ly a s "RAT -
BAG ," h as been d oing a s pot of investigating o f these u ncertain terms , w ith
r
ather r emarkab le r esults
. T he editor a ccepts no r espons ibil
ity for t he d e-
f
i
nitions, b u
t a fter all, what CA N o ne expect from, a Ratbag?

A
ccumula
tor:
(A) a col
lection o
f mater
ial
k
nown a s junk.
(B) a co
llector of QSL cards
.
A
rtif
icial Aerial:
Something t hat e
xists only i n
t
he i maginat
ion o
f t he rad
io Fone S tation On ly:
i
nspector
. Means " I c an't read Morse , s o
A
coustic Feedback: i
t
's n o u se c all
ing me o n CW ."
Caustic r emarks made b y a n Gremlin:
ama teur who h as had h
is e ars Ancient h istory ( apparently).
bashed b y m icrophone whist
les. "
EARS B ASHED" Ham:
(See a l
so C ross Talk)
. Dope: One who s ays H I i
n h is sleep
.
B
.C.L.: General
ly i naccurate i nformation Ham B and :
Anima
l l
i
fe o
f low o
rder (
accord
- imparted b y a n amateur who Occupan ts o f the s aloon a t t he
i
ng to "
hams"
). c
an't think of t he n ext th
ing t o l
ocal b efore a meet ing.
s
ay; t o an amateur who d oesn
't Ham S pirit:
B
ott
le: want to hear it
, anyway . I nduces The b ond o f f r
iendship b inding
S
ee u
nder F
eeder
. af ee
ling of sleepiness in both. t
ogether a l
l who u se t he s ame
B
ug: Dear OB: c
rysta l (
or VFO g
roup) f
re-
An instrument f
or mu
ltip
lying B
lime y
ou a
gain
! q
ency .
d
ots
. DX:
One o f the most f
ervent o
f
amateur r
e
l ig
ions
.
E
xperimenter: P
erson w ith l arge
g
lasses (eye)
, ac opy of a Radio
Handbook, and one who thinks he
knows all the a nswers
.
E
r:
The p ause
, or break sign
, much
WHAT S Y
OURS
?
u
sed i n radio
telephony (ama
teur
v
ersion). Handle:
Usually attached t o aL ID ( dust
-
b
in t ype). S ee also Lid.
HI
:
I
ndicates s o mething sent o n CW ,
s
upposed ly f ul
l o f s pontaneous
humour.
HI ( on fone):
Same a s a bove , b ut that you a re
being f unn ier w ithout r eal
iz ing
i
t.
L
id:
MULT
IPLY
ING D
OTS
! See also Hand le
.
OW :
C
.W.: The r eal
ly i nfluent ial reason f or
C
ontinuous wave
. S
o ca
lled be- c
on t
inued a ctivity o n the air o f
cause it is b
roken up i
nto do
ts t
he Ham .
and dashes
. Phonetics
:
C
rys
tal
: A method o f c onvey ing i ntell
i-
gence!! b y t elephony . Used e x-
A sma
ll p
iece o
f g
round g
lass
.
t
ensively b y t hose u nab
le to speak
C
ross T a
lk: norma l
ly. Examp le: CHARL IE
S
ee Acoust
ic Feedback
. Usual
ly QUEEN DOG X RAY .
a
dopted by a
n annoyed amateur. "
BREAK S
IGN" R
:
D
istort
ion: FB
: Means " Rece ived" t o the ex tent
A s trange p henomenon u sua
lly F
unny b
usiness
. t
hat a t l east t wo words h ave
a
pplicable t
o f
i
shermen and F
eeder: b
een c opied c orrec t
ly.
s
tor
ies a bout DX. See Bott
le. (
Con
tinued o
n p
age 1
4)

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ral
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nd TELEV
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RADIOTICAL RU MI NATIO NS QUEST ETER NAL b
y c ondensers , t ransformers , vern ier
d
ials, p otent
iome ters a nd v a
lves o f

R
epea
(
Cont
inued f
ter S tat
rom p
ion:
age 1
2)
S OMETI ME i
tha t
, b eing o
t may h
ut of b
ave h
ed i n t
appened
he s mal
,
l a
l
o
l d
us
escr
ly h
ipt
ions
e may h
, a nd
ave g
, t hough p
ot th
rev
rough l
i
i
-
fe
hours o f t he morn ing, k eeping a
One who t el
ls y ou all t
hat y ou v
ig il
, p erchance , f or s o me s tay-ou t- w
i th n o more a ids to h andicraft than
h
ave a lready t o
ld h im so a s to l
ate d augh ter o r g randmother , y ou ah ammer a nd a p acket of n a
ils, h e
e
nsure t hat you will know he has have, b ut w ith l itt
le h ope o f f i
nd - a
ccumu lates the v aried p arapherna lia
r
eceived a l
l y ou h ave told him i
ng a ny b roadcas ting s tation s till o
f ay oung f actory s o that h e may
a
bout a l
l y ou k now, and t hat e
rupt ing , t urned o n t he d ua l waver s
tring t hese con trap t
ions t ogether i n
. . . .oh
, s k
ip it! c
oun tless c omb ina t
ions a nd permu ta -
switch a nd s low ly s wept o ver t he
s
hor t wave r ange . I f you h ave d one t
ions.
s
o, y ou p robab ly h ave h eard a s or t
His p ath i s b es trewn w ith d ificul-
o
f monotonous s hri
ll p ip ing l ike a
t
ies, b ut t hese make h im t he more
l
ost s oul w i th t he t oothache . B e
ing
d
eterm ined . The mater ials a nd t he
c
onversant w ith t alkies t ha t depict
myr iad g adge ts u sed i n r ad io s eem
e
xp lorers s end ing o ut d espa iring l a
st t
o h ave b een d es igned w ith t he s ole
messages o n ar adio s et t ha t makes
objec t o f d iscourag ing t he ir u se.
an oise l ike a s iren, y ou i mmed iately
Anybody n ot a r adio -add ict who h as
r
ecogn ise t h is f or what i t is —a tele-
t
ried t o c ut a s hee t o f p las t
ic o r
g
raph ic message —and y ou i dly w ish
y
ou c ou ld r ead Mor se. And t hat i s s
epara te t he p ar ts o f a2 6 p in p lug
p
robab ly a s f ar a s y ou g et. You w
il l u nder stand , h owever d im ly , wha t
s
pare n o t hough t f or t he s ender o f I mean . I
nstead o f b eing d eterred
t
hat message , s i
tting u p when a ll the by t hese o bstac les , t he i nd ividua l
l
ast t rams h ave g one t o wherever w
ith t he r adio v irus i n h is b lood
"
Su
rrounded b
y w
i
res
." t
hey g o, when w ives h ave g one t o g
r ee ts t hem w ith a whoop o f j oy.
b
ed a nd t he f ire ( if i t happens t o be From c rys tal d e tec tors h e moves o n
S
hack: w
inter ) h as g one o ut. t
o t herm ion ic v alves a nd s uper -
A s hed or sim
ilar b
uild
ing com
- h
e terodynes , g oes i n f or s hor t waves ,
You h ear h im c o mmun ing i n s ome - a
nd when mere l istening p alls, h e
p
letely surrounded b
y w ire
. what h alt ing Morse w ith s o me k in-
t
akes u p t ransm itting . This i s t he
T
heory: d
red s pir it i n t he n ex t suburb o r i n
f
inal s tage , a nd o nce i t is a ttained
Nobody
's b
usiness
. Addis Abbaba , a nd y ou n ever s ay
t
here i s n o l ook ing b ack . G
ive a
WX: t
o y ourse lf, "Why d oes h e d o tha t?"
t
ransm itting ama teur 1 000 y ears o f
You d o n ot r eflect t ha t h ad i t n ot
A t op
ic o f conversa
tion intro- l
i
fe , a nd a t t he e nd o f i t y ou wou ld
b
een f or s tern-m inded , devo ted men
duced af
ter dah dit dit d
it d ah f
ind h im i n h is b ath -cha ir e ndeavour -
s
ix times. who s corned t heir b eds a nd l ived
l
aborious n ights, t heir m inds f ixed i
ng t o es tab lish c o mmun ica tion w i
th
o
n i mpedance , i nduc tion, r ectification t
he s atel
l ites o f S a turn o r d raw ing
and f requenc ies , t he mechan ism o f a d iagram o
f h
is lates t b eam
r
adio wou ld n ever h ave r eached i ts a
n tenna .
p
resent h igh p itch o f a udibility. Y ou
p
robab ly s ay t o y ourse lf t ha t i t
would h ave b een a d arned g ood
j
ob i f t hey h adn '
t. I t is i n s uch a n z
uIT
a
tmosphere o f indifference , i f n ot o f 4
c4T
ei Fee
o
e
ve
p
ositive h os ti
lity, t ha t the ama teurs w
6
A
pfla F
E ,
o
f rad io p ur sue t heir d ark r esearches . f T
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3e
4
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1
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f the p ubl ic m ind i s thé p urpose o f S
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"To k now a ll," s a

id a p hilosopher
whose n ame I f orget, " is t o forg ive
T
he T
L.
a
ll." At the o utse t of my m iss ion,
which i s to cast a s earch light o n t he
YL :
l
ives of h ome -se t-cons truc tor s, s hor t-
Another e
xcuse f
or c
ont
inued wave e xper imen ter s a nd a l
l t ha t i lk
,
a
ctiv
ity on the I am f aced w ith t he d ificu lty t ha t
YF
: t
hese n
octurna l c
rea tures canno t
An OW in the ear
ly s
tages o
f s
peak more t han a v ery f ew words
r
adio w
idowhood
. c
oncern ing their e xper iences and
o adventures w i thou t r esor ting t o a
j
argon t hat n o o uts
ider c an f ollow , And wha twh
a
tof it? T
he r ad
io ama -
t
hus v eiling w ith mys tery t heir a r
t t
eurs d o n obody a ny h arm ; t he
and craf t
, a s i s t he manner o f d oc- amoun t o f m ischief t hey k eep t hem-
t
ors a nd l awyers a nd p rofessor s o f s
elves o ut o f i f placed e nd to e nd
phrenology . But I h ave e licited would g ird le t he e arth, a nd t hey
s
o mething r egard ing t he g enesis o f avo
id b oredom , t he f ather o f a l
l
r
ad io amateury . Ihave q uestioned d
evils. Every n ow a nd t hen o ne of
many e xperimen ter s, a nd i n n ear ly t
hem i s able t o a dd a lit
tle bit more
e
very c ase I f ind t hat o nce a n orma l t
o the s um o f know ledge, and i fthere
h
uman b e
ing h as f iddled a round w i th i
s a ny w or thier aim t han t hat avai
l-
a f ew "D isposa ls" b i
ts a nd p ieces a
ble to t he o rdinary u nsain t
ly h uman
h
e i s never t he s ame a gain. I
n n o Ih aven't h eard o f it
.
t
ime a t a l
l h e is e nt
irely s urrounded —"VER
ITAX
."

1
4 "Au
stra
lian RAD
IO a
nd TELEVIS
IO N New
s" O
ctober
, 1
949
W HAT I
S A "WAVE
-BAND"?
The word "wave -band" h as b een A THOUGHT
u
sed f or y ears b y amateurs t o d e-
s
igna te the v
ar ious "bands" i
n FOR
wh ich t hey a re a llowed t o o perate AN I
DLE
by t he P .M .G. I
nstead o f a ssign -
i
ng e ach amateur a s pec ia l wave - MOMENT
l
eng th o n wh ich t o t ransm it, a l
l
amateurs a re a llowed t o t ransm it o n
c
er ta in wave -
leng ths b etween d ef i
- "
BAND -PASS"
n
ite ly s pec if ied l imits. Thus , t here
e
x ist c erta in ama teur " bands ." The
genera l mean ing o f the word "wave
b
and" i s a r ange o f wave -leng ths CONTR
IBUTED ART
ICLES
b
etween c er ta in l im its
. Wave -bands I
n c ose s ome r e
ade rs m ay g e
t t he w rong i d
ea a bou t " Austra
lian R ADIO
and f requency b ands b oth mean t he a
nd T ELEV ISION N ews," w e w ish to e mpha sise ap o
int o r tw o f o
rthwith. T his i s
s
ame t hing , a lthough t he p resent - n
ot in
tended t ob e prima ri
ly ot echnical m agaz ine, b u
t i ti n
clude s art
i cles of as u
itable
day t rend i s t oward t he words " fre - t
e
chn ical t ype t o cater f o
r al arge s e
ction o f o u
r r e
ade rs
. We d o n ot i n
tend t h at
q
uency ," o r " frequency b ands ." b
ecause o ft e
chnicalit
iest he non-academi c r eader s ha
ll s ufe r; indeed, w e have al
r eady
If i ti s s tated t ha t ac er tain t uning s
t
ated p l
ainly i n an e ditor
ial in o ur fi
rst i sue t h a
t m athema t
ic a
l e p
ist
le s have n o
c
ondenser w ith i t
s c oil c overs t he p
l
a ce i nt h
i s m agazine. T here a r
e o t
he r p ublications c atering f o
r s uch n eeds
. O ur
"
40 -metre" b and , i t s imp ly means f
i
rst reade r c o
sideration i sthat o fthe n on-t echnica l public —M r. and M rs. Ever
yb ody
t
hat t he c ondenser c over s a c er- a
nd f amily —who l ook f or af ew p ages o f t opical r e
ading t o s u
it s imple t a
stes
. T o
t
ain r ange i n wh ich t he wave -leng th t
hat e nd t he e d
it o
r w elcome s c ont
ribut
ion s o f varied s cope . I fyou t h
ink y ou c an
o
f 4 0 -metres i s i ncluded . T he ama - w
r
i te art
i c
le s ofa ny k i
nd ; humoro us
, ser
io us, p art
ially techn ical o ro therwise ...t h en
t
eur b and i n t his v ic
in ity i s c a
lled s
end y our e ffo
rt a l
ong . S hort paragraph s u nde r p en-name s d ealing w i
th a ny su b
jec t
t
he " 40 -me tre b and" ; i t i s c l ose t o
a
s
socia ted w ith r ad
io a nd t e
levis
ion— the se c a n p rov
ide i n
te res
ting r ead
ing a lso.
4
0 me tres a nd c al
led b y t h
is n ame C
on t
ributio ns, which i faccepted, wil
l be p aid f or on p ubl
i cation; m ust b e accomp anie d
f
or t he s ake o f s imp licity . S im ilar ly,
b
y t he s ender's f u
ll n ome a nd a ddress
, n ot o f c o
u r
se, n ecessari
ly f o
r p ubl
ica t
io n.
t
he " 20 -metre b and" wou ld r efer t o
l
e
gible h andw r
i t
ing i s in order, b ut d ouble -spac ed l i
n e t yping i s preferab
le. t he
a b and o f wave -
leng ths n ear 2 0-
e
ditor ist oo b usy t o gue s
s at h ie
roglyphi cs
. I fa l
so y ou o r
e a dept w ith a p en a nd
metres , a nd u sua lly i nc lud ing t his
s
ketch p od, you m ight l i
ke tot r
y y ou
r h and a t o ne o rt wo a pprop r
iate o rl a
ugh-raising
wave -leng th. Such d es igna t
ions f or
d
rawing s
. Why n ot? S END T HEM I N
.
t
he v ar ious amateur b ands , a lthough 1

c
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POTTY RECEPTION o
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lmost t
wenty -four t
ion d esp ite i ts s i ze a nd i mpor tance ,
Listeners who h ave b een e xper i- h
ours. d
id i t
s b es t. I t l oca ted t he s peaker ,
e
nc ing b ad r ecept ion r ecent ly may I
t i s diff
icu lt to c onvince many a member o f t he C hinese S ec t
ion
have a scr ibed t he f ault t o many p
eople that i nvis
ible sunspots a re the o
f t he O verseas S erv ice c alled Mr s
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t
hings . The most l ikely c ause i s c
ause o f b ad r eception
. Those l i
s- Lucy F ang . She g ives d aily t a
lks
s
unspots , wh ich h ave b een v ery t
eners who s aw t he o fending s pots t
o h er c o mpatr io ts a ll o ver t he
a
c tive r ecent ly . I
n e arly F ebruary f
ind it easier t o b e
lieve. wor ld o n t h
ing s o f i nteres t t o w omen
peop le were a ble t o s ee a n umber and e ven ts i n B rita in's wor ld o f t he
o
f t hese s pots w ith t he n aked e ye. a
r ts. Before j oin ing t he BBC , Mrs .
THE LOVELY VOICE Fang t augh t Eng l ish a t t he C hinese
There were t hree o f t hem ; t wo s ou th
o
f t he s un 's e qua tor a nd o ne n or th "Her v oice was s oft, g entle a nd Na tiona l Un iver sity a nd s tar red i n
o
f i t
. The s outhern o ne, a ccord ing l
ow , a n e xcellen t t hing i n w oman ," f
i
lms made i n I nd ia, p rov ing t hat
s
aid K ing L ear , a s h e mourned h is her f ace ma tched h er v oice .
t
o t he R oya l O bservatory a t G reen -
wich , was a bout f orty t imes t he y
oungest d augh ter, Corde l
ia. A T he BBC 's D an ish S erv ice i nv ited
a
rea o f ac ross -sect ion o f t he e ar th. modern i nstance o f t he a ppea l t hat Mrs . F ang t o a ppear i n t he ir p ro-
This , a lthough h alf t he s ize o f t he a b eaut ifu l v oice may e xerc ise was gramme a s ag ues t s peaker , a nd i n
l
argest s unspot e ver r ecorded , s till s
hown r ecen tly when t he D an ish r
esponse t o t he y oug Danes ' r eques t
c
overs a r emarkab ly l arge a rea. S
ect ion o f t he BBC 's European S er- f
or a g ree t
ing i n C h
inese , s he s poke
v
ice r ece ived a mos t u nusua l " fan"
The s unspots a re c aused b y wh ir l- t
o t hem a nd s en t h er b es t w ishes ,
poo ls wh ich f orm amongst t he t ur- l
etter. I
t c ame f rom t wo Dan ish wh ich s he t hen t rans la ted i n to Eng -
bulent mass o f h ot, l um inous g ases bachelors , who w ro te t ha t i n t he l ast l
ish . Their e very w ish was g ra ti
-
wh ich c ompose t he s un a nd, a s l i
s- f
ew d ays t hey h ad t uned -in o n t he f
ied , f or Mrs . F ang a l so e xp lained
t
eners k now t o t he ir c ost, t hey g ive twenty -five me tre b and a nd h ad heard tha t why t hey h ad n ot b een a b
le
r
ise t o most s er ious d isturbances i n what t hey d escr ibed a s " the wor ld's t
o f ind h er a ga in o n t heir s e ts was
t
he r ecept ion o f s hor t-wave t rans - most c harm ing f e ma le v oice." I
t because t he wave leng th o f t he C hi
-
miss ions . These d isturbances c an b e must h ave b een a n e x traord inar ily nese t ransm is ions h ad r ecen tly b een
d
iv ided i n to t wo c lasses ; t he D el- b
eaut ifu l v oice , f or t hough i t s poke changed f rom t wen ty -five t o t hirty-
l
inger f
ade -ou ts, s
hor t-lived and i
n Ch inese , o f wh ich t hey u nder - one me tres .
v
io lent , wh ich a fect t ransm issions s
tood n o s ing le word , y et t hey l i
s-
i
n t he d ay -l
it p ar ts o f t he wor ld ; t
ened f or t he who le o f t he p ro-
and i onospher ic s torms wh ich, t hough gramme , wh ich l as ted. f i
fteen m in-
l
e ss v iolent t han t he D ell
inger f ade - u
tes . B ut t hey w ere n ot d istressed ,
outs , p ers ist s o met imes f or a s l ong they w rot e
, f or, l ong ing t o h ear t he
as t wo o r t hree d ays. Both k inds voice a ga in, t hey h un ted t he s hor t
-
of d isturbances were c aused b y t hese wave b and f or s o me d ays a nd c ou ld
l
a test s unspots , when r ecept ion o f not f ind t he o wner o f i t
. Wou ld
t
ransm iss ions f rom many d irect ions the BBC c onvey t heir mos t c ord ial
was u pset b y D ellinger f ade -outs . greeting s t o h er a nd t ell t hem h ow
Ionospher ic s torms n early b lot ted t
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b
e —er , i nde lica te i n b roadcas t
ing?
ab
le t hat I q uest ioned h im. "It's
I
n t he U .S.A . a b ig r ad io n etwork me b irthday ," h e s aid. "
I'm t en ."
a
rranged a s eries o f h ealth t alks b y Is ugges ted t hat a b irthday s hou ld
f
a mous Amer ican d octors , a ll s peak - be a h appy e ven t. "No b loom in'
i
ng a nonymous ly , o f c ourse : D oc tor f
ear , m ister ," h e r eplied d o
lorous ly.
No. 1 a rrived , a s s chedu led , a t t he "They a l
l t hink a man 's a k id. And
s
tud io.
Mum 's w r
i tten t o 4 XX f or a w ire -
"What i s y our s ub ject t o
-n ight , l
ess c all. Bet I k now wha t t he
doc tor?" a sked a n i mpor tant f unc - b
loke '
l l s ay!" H e s crewed u p h is
t
i onary .
f
ace a nd i mitated a r a ther s anc ti-
The d octor was b lun t. "I am mon ious v oice : "And n aow ' ere's a
abou t
," h e s aid, " to t ell y ou a f ew "ME AND MY SHADO W" c
all f or l i
ttle V icky . V icky 's
things c oncern ing s yph i l
is."
A stage s how o f a man who c an t
en t o-day . Marny h arpay r ee -turns ,
" But, d octor ," c ried t he f unct ion -
l
eave h is s hadow b eh
ind h as been V
ickay , a nd w e k now y ou 're a g ood
ary, " you c an 't u se t ha t word o n o ur
l
i
ttle b oy !" I n ever h eard s uch c on -
network . I t's a h orrible word . T hink c
reating a g ood d ea
l o f i n
terest i n
c
en trated c on temp t a s V icky p ut i nto
o
f o ur a dver tisers !" America. The p erformer s its down
t
hose t hree w ords . " And ," h e a dded
"
I'm t hink ing o f ' em , a ll r igh t," i
n front o f ac urtain, gets u p whi
le b
itterly , " every k id i n t he s choo l'll
s
a id t he d octor . "
I'm t h ink ing o f h
is s hadow r ema ins s i
tting , then b
e l i
sten '-in t ern igh t. Won't t hey
'
em a s Ir ea lise t hat y ou won 't l e
t s
hakes h ands wi th it a nd t hen goes c
hiak me t ermorrow . Aw , a b loke
me t alk a bou t ad isease wh ich k ills
of
, l e
av ing h is s hadow b eh ind
. o
ugh t t o wag i t
." I f elt r ather
s
ome h undreds o f t housands a y ear
T
he e xplana tion i s that t he s creen g
lad h e, a nd n ot I . w ou ld h ave t o
wh i
le y ou , a ll t he t ime , a re p utting f
ace t hat b arrage o f mockery o n t he
your smu tty l i
tt le v audev ille a cts on wh ich t he s hadow i s cast i s made
morrow .
over t he a ir
." o
f a p hosphorescent ma terial. The
Ridicu lous, a ll o f i t; b ut t here s
creen s tores u p t he l i
gh t wh ich i t
have b een s im ilar i nstances h ere. r
eceives f rom a p owerfu l s potligh t
O ne o f t he s ongs b y c o med ian S tan - and con tinues t o g low a fter t he li ght
"
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recent ly i
n Aus - h
as b een t urned o f
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t
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, h umorous t hing c
o mb ina t
ions, even t hose t ha t a uto-
t
he p erformer s tands o r sits i n fron t ma t
ically c hange records, six o r mor e
a
bout Anne B o
leyn : "W ith h er h ead
o
f t he s creen, a ll o f i
t i s "charged" on e nd, h ave one fai
ling : the n eed le
t
ooked o onderneath h er a ir -m , s he
w
ith l ight e xcep t t he p art o bscur ed has t o b e changed. A F rench i nv-
waaa -
lks t he B loody T ower ." A f ew
y
ears a go i t was s ung —and s ung a
nd a ll o f t he s creen g lows e xcep t e
n tor p roduced a device b y wh ich t he
v
ery i ndifferent ly —from a S ydney t
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ta t
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iven a s trong e nough l ight, t he motor b oard in ab elt; as t he p ick -
c
ensor h ad b een b usy w ith h im) s ang s
creen w ill c ontinue t o g low f or a s up r eturns t o the s tart
ing p osition
a
bou t the B loom ing T ower . l
ong a s 1 0 m inu tes. a n eedle i s dr
iven i nto a s elf -grip -
They g ave S tan a b et ter b reak t h
is p
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t
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There a re many d esigns a nd o ne f or eve ry
r
oom . P arker-Knoll C hairs are avai
lable i n a
s
elect
ion o f b eau
tiful c overings
. T he s ecret
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l com fort is in the s pr
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which c onsis
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prings t hat give to e very movemen t of t he
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v
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o
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tl e a bou t t he s ervice

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RIFF
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r
endered b y our p rov incia l stat
ions; t hey a re t o h im b ut c a
llsigns o n al i
st
.
We t ell h im h ere, s o meth ing a bout t hese s tation s, a nd f or o ur o ver seas
r
eaders i nterested i n k now ing s omething a bou t Aus tralian c oun try l ife, w e
g
ive a g l
impse o f t he s teady a nd e ncourag ing d evelopmen t i n t hese l ightly
p
opula ted d istric
ts . Managers o f c ountry s tat ions' throughout Au stra lia 1 N
EW S OUTH I
a
re inv ited t o forward d eta i
ls t o the e ditor.
WALES

S
I
TUATED i n t he Murrumb idgee
i
rrigat ion a rea o f t he S tate o f
New S ou th Wa les, t he t ownsh ip
o
f G riff
ith i s t he c en tre o f t he 2 54
mi
les s quare Wade S hire, a nd h as a
p
opu lation o f a bou t 4 500 . Thir ty
y
ear s a go t his c ommun ity w as l i
ttle
more t han a s heep wa lk, b ut t o-day
i
t is at hr
iving d istrict w ith a p opu -
l
ation o f 1 2,000 w ithin a r ad ius o f
1
2 m iles o f t he t own ship . T he a n-
swer t o a ny q uestion a bout t he
g
row th o f the p opula tion i s t he a ll-
impor tant o ne o f irrigat ion . As i s
natura l f or a n Aus tra lian c oun try
a
rea o f t his k ind , the e s tab lishment
o
f a l oca l b roadcas t
ing s erv ice was
i
n k eeping w ith t he i deas o f p rom in-
e
nt c it
izens i nterested i n p rog ress ,
and o n S eptember 1 4th , 1 936 , t here
c
ame i nto b eing t he G r
if fith B road -
c
as t
ing s tation, i dent if
ied o n t he
PdM.G . l i
st a s 2 RG . A t t ha t t ime
t
he p ower r ating wa s 1 00 wat ts
, b ut
has s ince b een d oubled .

H
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f t
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riga
tion A
rea
I
t is more t han a c entury a go
, i n
June, 1 817, that ; John O xley , t he
e
xplorer, c amped a f ew m iles f rom
what is n ow the town o f Grif f
ith
. I n
t
he district h
is lit
t le party made t he
f
i
rst a t
tempt a t h or t
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t
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haVing p lanted p each a nd a pricot
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hady t
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t
ownship o f G
rif
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, N ew South Wa
les, on the w or
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d
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tion .
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n s ummer a nd a utumn , w ith p re-
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or a bout a m ile. T hey are p rettily Area New spaper s P ty. L td
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urn ished a nd e qu
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Narrandera , T emora , H illston , Hay o
ver £ 1,000. A ll moneys r a
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and s urround ing d istric ts. The t ype b
een a s ad irect r esu
lt of the e forts
o
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ncludes Request o
f members
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9
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c
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pen ing o f n ew q uarters f or n urses .
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butions t o r aise £ 600 f or t he e quip- men
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p
ing o f t he h osp ita l w ith r ad io r e- a
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Membersh ip o f t he c lub, wh ich
2RG t echn ica l s taf f o f a modern
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ntitles members t o u se al
l f aci
lit
ies,
wire r ecorder . A p ar ticu larly v a lu- c
osts 2 /- p er a nnum . AMERICAN
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er y
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lso j oin f or t he same f ee, b ut al- "
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n- t
hough n ot e ntit
led to v ote
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l t he c lub fac
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isten-ir r epor ts wh ich s eems t o a p- d
iscussions a t meetings . Aud
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lub specia
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t
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tant l ocations. S uch f
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epor
f
rom p
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laces a
een r
s f ar a
eceived b
s New Z
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ea
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a
ccommodate 1
t
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50 guests at a
ny one
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Brisbane , Queens land , and p arts of
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tewards
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8
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f t he Week ," c omp i
led b y lo
ca l mu- d
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ties
, wh i
le club members
,
s
ic d istributors . wear
ing attract
ive u niform embroid
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unsh
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ld Me
lbourne Hosp
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wa
itresses
.
The stat
ion is rightly p
roud o f t
he MELBOURNE
, Cl
.
r
ecord o f it
s " Sunshine Club," or
ig - The club, o n many o ccas
ions h as
i
nated b y Mrs . G. L . Denham , the b
een congra tulated on its high stan- C
ent
. 2
041
President, a nd an e nthus
iastic band d
ard of catering for functions o
f this
o
f h elpers. The s ess
ion is on the air n
ature.
f
or 1 5 m inutes daily and has g rown
f
rom a sma l
l b eg
inning to the mate - (
Cont
inued o
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age 2
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O
ctober
, 1
949 "Au
stra
lian RADIO a
nd TELEVISION New
s" 1
9
 (
Con t
inued from page 19) With t he g rowth o f p opu lation FRENCH FANCY RAD
IOS
T
his i nnovat
ion h as p roved e x
- would c ome o pportun ities f or t he
e
stablishment o f a Un ivers ity i n t he Latest t ype o f i nvisible h ome r ad io
t
remely popular
, a nd t
he club serves
Murrumb idgee R eg ion , t he e stab l
ish - i
s embod ied i n a F rench d esign . I
t
o
n an average 40 to 5
0 lunch s dai
ly,
b
etween 12 and 1.
15 p.m. ment o f we ll e
qu ipped T echn ica l l
ooks j ust l ike a n o rdinary t able
Co
lleges a nd p rov ision f or w ider o p- l
amp , comp lete w ith f rilly s hade , b ut
P
oin
ts Abou
t G
riff
i
th p
ortun ities f or a dolescent a nd a dult b
u ilt into t he p edesta l i s a 4 v alve
e
ducat ion a nd a w iden ing o f t he s
uperhet t uner . T he l oudspeaker i s
The s ettlement was p rocla imed a
s
cope o f s econdary e ducat ion t o p ro- c
oncea led b y t he s hade , a nd i s j ust
t
own a bout 2 9 y ears a go, a nd t akes
v
ide o ppor tun it ies f or a l
l t ypes i n b
elow t he l amp s ocket . The w ire
i
ts n ame f rom t he Hon . Ar thur
t
he c o mmun ity . f
rame f or t he s hade i st he a erial. The
Griff
ith who was M in ister f or Works
It fol
lows t hat i n a ny p rog ressive r
ece iver i s i ntended o nly f or l ocal r e-
a
t t hat t ime. S choo ling f or c hildren
p
lans f or t he f uture d evelopment o f c
ep tion a nd a s mall si ngle k nob o per-
i
s p rov ided i n t he H igh , P rimary ,
t
he Murrumb idgee a rea , t he b road - a
tes p re-set t uners f or a c hoice o f
I
nfants , a nd C onvent . I t i s in t he
c
asting s erv ice w i ll p lay , a s r ad io f
ive l oca ls. There i s n oth ing n ew
Commonwea lth E lec tora te o f R iver -
d
oes, i n o ur e very -day l ife a nywhere a
bout t he i dea o f at ab le l amp r adio,
Ma a nd t he State E lectora te o f Mur -
t
o-day, a v ery i mportant p art. S ta- but t he c o mp lete i nvis ibility makes
rumb idgee . Churches a re: C hurch
t
ion 2 RG i n i tself, s ign ifies t he s pirit i
t d oubly a ttract ive. Many y ears a go
o
f Eng land , R oman C atho lic, P res-
o
f p rogress wh ich s o o bvious ly c on- an Amer ican radio manufacturer
byter ian , Method ist, Baptist , a nd
c
erns t he l ives o f t he c i
tizens o f p
roduced a r ead ing l amp -rad io i n
Salvat ion Army . Dur ing t he war
Griff
i
th a nd d istr ic t. which t he d ownward g low o f l ight
t
he t own o f G r
if f
ith won s ix h onour
was s pread b y t he " br ight em itter"
p
ennants i n c onnec tion w ith war
valves t hemse lves . As t hese w ere
l
oans a nd more t han 1 500 y oung men
c
onsum ing a bout 2 0 wat ts f or 5
and women f rom t he d i strict e n
listed
v
a lves, t here s hou ld h ave b een a f air
i
n t he D efence F orces . Annua l v a
lue
A DUSTPA N
, A PAIL AND A amount o f r ead ing l ight.
o
f d istr ict p roduct ion , i nclud ing r ice,
whea t, woo l
, f at l ambs , a nd v ege - SCRUBBING BR USH
t
ab les i s n ow i n t he v icin ity o f "Here
's a li
ttle side
light o
n L ondon
£
2,000 ,000 a nd t he p rogress made i s l
ife —
the s tory o f a C amberwe l
l
an o bject l esson o n t he v a
lue o f i r
- c
hurch wh ich was s hort o
f cleaning THRILLER BROADCASTS
r
igat ion . mater
ials
. T he V icar, Canon V eazey
,
"B
.A." Wh ile we l ook u pon s o me
f
orms o f Amer ican e nter tainment a s
b
eing s pecially made f or morons ,
we seem t o f a
il t o take a ny a ct
ion
i
n Austra lia t o p revent n umerous
r
adio stat
ions b eef
ing o ut b lood-and -
t
hunder broadcasts calculated t
o
make chi
ldren a r ace o f n eurotics o r
,
a
t best, lazy -minded y oung a nima ls
T
he m
ain i
r
iga
tion who grow u p t o b e
lieve c urses a nd
c
ana
l n
ea
r t
h
e t
own
- s
creams a s t he b asis o f a ll d rama .
s
h
ip o
f G
r
iff
ith
, N
ew Whether my c hi
ldren h appen t o
S
ou
th Wa
les
. b
e below f .
a.q
. s tandards in human -
i
ty
, I d on't k now, b ut I d o know
t
hat they t ake p r
ising away f rom
t
he gurgles of these drowning heroes
a
nd a n
ima l
-grunt ing vil
lains
.
I
t's a bout t ime s omething was
d
one t o prevent the a ir barrage o
f
t
his sort of vocal v
iolence
.

F
utu
re P
lan
s a g reat o ld L ondon c haracter who
Any s ubstant ial n ew d eve lopment has j ust r e
tired , a nnounced t h
is
o
f t he Murrumb idgee r egion i s de- s
hor tage i n h is P arish Magaz ine.
D
ROPPED B
R
ICK D
EPT
.
p
endent u pon a n increased s upp ly o f Two o r t hree d ays a go, a c ar drove
i
rrigat ion water . The i
rrigat ion up to t he door o f h is v icarage. Out T
he re w ere a f ew t ypograph ic a
l
a
reas wh ich n ow y ield s o much p r
i- s
tepped a messenger c arrying a e
r
ro rs i n our p os
t c oal
-s tr
ike i s ue
mary p roduce c annot b e f urther e x- dustpan , a p a
il a nd a s crubbing o
f J uly-Aug.-Sep t., '49, for w hich w e
t
ended u nder p resent c ond it
ions . The b
rush . I t was a g ift, s a
id t he mes- a
polog ise
. T he a dverti
ser's i ndex o n
Snowy R iver I nvest igation C omm ittee s
enger , from a l ady who 'd r ead the p
age 5 0 was ab i
t m u s
sed u p r e
ga rd-
—a C omm ittee a ppointed b y t he V
icar 's a ppeal i n t he P arish Maga - i
ng p age i ndication; a nd H .M .V.
N
.S .W . G overnment t o s tudy a nd r e- z
ine. T he car, by t he way , was from w
ere i n
adverten tly o mit
ted . The se
p
ort u pon t he p roposa ls f or mak ing Buckingham P alace . The l ady was t
h
ing s d o h appen i n the b est o f
t
he b est u se o f t he waters o f t he t
he Queen ." p
ublishing f amilies, a nd i n t h
e se i n
-
Snowy R iver —has r epor ted t hat i t — Robert R eid t a
lk ing i n the BBC 's s
t
ance s, mino r a s t hey a re, w e u n-
i
s p ossib le t o d ivert h alf t he f low o f p
rogramme , "Across t he L ine." h
es
i ta t
ingly p o
in t t h
e b one a t t hat
t
he S nowy i nto t he Murrumb idgee r
e
cen t black d i
amond u pheaval. When
I
t i s e stimated t hat t he R iver w
e w e
re a ble t o carry o n w ith t he
YOUR NE WSAGENT
D
ivers ion S cheme wou ld s ettle a t f
inds it d
if
ficult to o
rder j ust the right
j
o
b w e had t o r e
-ca s
t p age m ake -up
l
east 5 0,000 p eop le i n t he Murrum - nu mber of c opies each month. Help r
a
the r d rast
ically. We h ope i tw on't
b
idgee Va lley w i th a dded wea lth o f
h
im b
y placing a r egular o rder f or h
appen h ere a gain.
"RAD IO a nd TELEV IS ION N ews ."
£
5,000 ,000 p er y ear.

2
0 "Au
stra
lian RA DIO a
nd TELEVISIO N New
s" O
ctober
, 1
949
 S
TROMBERG
-CARLSON

A
CCLA
IMED A
S MOST A
MAZ
ING
P
OSTWAR D EVELOPMENT
I
N R ADIO R ECEIVERS
Th
i s is the "Ova l
tone" r ad
io — the m os
t
u
p-to-da
te m ante
l radio in Aus
tral
ia today
— the f i
rst e ver to f ea
ture S t
rombe rg
-
Ca
rlson'
s e xc
lusive OVALTONE — it'
s apt
ly
n
amed t he "Mode rnai
re". C
all at your
r
adio r e
tailer
's a nd h ear the diference
.

X
-Ray i
l
ustra
tion
s s
how bas
ic d
i
f
fer
enc
e i
nde
sig
n
w
hi
ch ac
hie
vest h
ebe
aut
ifu
lt o
neo
f E7
S
trombe rg-Car lson r esearch t echnicians h ave p roved c
c
r
onclu s
ive ly
t
hat there isn o sub sti
tu te fo r speake r area. The se X -Ray p ic
ture s
s
how h ow t hey h ave a ch ieved a n a maz ing s peaker a rea b y
employing a s pec
ia lly d esigned o val
-shaped s peake r ( top i lus.).
The lowe r ilus tra
tion s how s t he area of the s peake r n orma lly used
i
n am an te
l r adio.
Not o nly h a
s "Ova ltone" s o much g rea ter s peake r a rea t han
o
rdinary r adio s of s imilar size — w h
ich i n i t
se
lf r epresents a ma jo r
s
tep forwa rd i n r adio r ecept ion — b ut in a ddition i tist he s pecial
d
esign of the s peaker a nd t he w ho
le u ni
t t hat make s t
his n ew mode l
b
y Strombe rg-Ca r
lson ama sterpiece o f modern r adio d e
sign — w i th
1
1 X
-Ray i
lus
tra
tion r
evea
ls o
utl
ine of s
pec
ial
ly t
he ri
che st tona l q uality eve r h eard i n m an tel radio.
d
es
igned "OV.4LTONE" s peaker
.
I
T HAS TO BE HEARD TO BE BEL
IEVED!
H
EAR IT
! COMPARE I
T
! YOU
'LL B
E A MAZED
!
Your S tromberg-Carlson r eta
iler i s w aiting t o g ive y ou a
demon st
ra t
ion ( no o b
ligat
ion , of c ourse), Go a long a nd h ear
"Ovaltone" t oday. I nsis
t o n ad emon st
ration, then c ompa re it
wi
th o rdinary m antel re
ceive rs—it's t
errif
ic! The re isn'
t a nother
mantel radio i
ne xi
stence with the beauti
fu l t
one of OVALTONE —
e
xclusive to Stro
rnberg-Ca r
l son, fe
atured i n the new "Mode rnalre"
5
-valve man te
l, broadcast o
r d ual wave. F our at
tractive new cabinet
s
hades — New I vo ry
, Havana B rown, S orrento Blue, N i
le G reen.

4
1
1) Th
er
i
r,s
s i
lus
tra
peaker
.
tion s
No
how
te e
x
s o
utl
ine o
traord

AVA
f o
rd
inary d

ILABLE
inary
ife
rence
.

FROM
O
VALTONE £24-19-6
ALL LEAD
ING RAD
IO STORES
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eCo
nst
ruc
tor
AW
ideR
ang
e G
r
id-D
ip O
s
cil
lat
or
The rad
io c onstru c
tor o f any c ategory who l ikes m ak
ing u p gear
where
in h ome-made i nductance s and c apaci
ties are involved, should
n
ot be w i
thou t the e as
ily-made p iece of a pparatus described here.
There i
sn othing n ew o r sen
sa tional about the G.D.O.; it was in use
a
round the r ad
io -
se rv
ice w ork b ench 2 5 years ago. I t is e
ven m ore
u
seful to
-day t han i t w as t hen, o wing t o the w ider v arie
ty o f
applica
t ions
.
Metal B ox f
l i nch d iame ter w inding f orm.
I
t is s ugges ted that t his b e made O
ther I .F. c oil— same a s above, b ut
up from s heet a lum inium, o r be
tter with 6 b anks .
s
ti
ll, t
hat y ou d e
lve a round t he r
ad io B roadcas t c o
i l -70 t urns No . 3 0
A useful d
esign for a g
r
id-dip o
sci
lla
tor
, w ith
c
al
ibra t
ion c har
t I n a frame on a s lop
ing d
ealer who o fers e x
-I.F.F . u nit e
name lled, c
l
ose -wound on 1 -
inch
f
ront p
anel
. c
overs a t 6 d
. a p op. These c overs d
iame ter f orm .
make a n ice s i
zed b ox a nd moreover , F
irst s hor t-wave c oi
l — 3 0 t urns
t
hey a re made o f Dura lum in. Some No. 2 6 D.S .C . w ound o n 1i nch f orm

T
HE a ction o f a n oscillator indi-
a
re o f very l ight g auge s heet steel s
paced d iame ter o f wire.
cating g rid c urrent i s to show
a
nd w ill serve e qually w el
l. S
econd s hor t
-wave c oil -15 t urns
a reduc t
ion i n the amount o f
No. 1 8 b are w ire, w ound o n a ir-
c
urrent when p ower i s absorbed f rom The Coi
ls
s
paced d iame ter o f wire a nd b raced
t
he g r
id c ircuit e i
ther i nductively o r The fo
llowing co
il detai
ls will pro-
w
i th c el
lu loid r i bs. F orm 1 i nch i n
c
apacitively. One c an make u p s uch v
ide for coverage of all frequencies
d
iame ter
.
a
n o scil
lator v ery s imp ly, r esort
ing f
rom a round 1 50 Kc/s t o about 1 2
All c o
ils c entre -tapped f or t he
t
o the h andy p lug-in c oil method o f Mc/s, and there should b e over
lap -
c
a thode c onnec tion .
c
hanging t he r ange; o r b etter still
, p
ing of the ranges
.
The coils s hould b e p
laced a t r igh t-
b
andsw itch ing. F or t he l ower f re- Co
il T ab
le ang les t o e ach o ther, a nd i n o rder
q
uency r anges s w
itching i s a ppropri- Lowest frequency I.F. co
il —bank t
o k eep t he ir f i
e lds a s s mal
l a s p oss-
a
te
, b ut where t he h igher a nd v ery wound, 12 banks, 3
6 turns per bank
, i
ble, t hey a re w ound o n s mall d ia-
h
igher f requenc ies are c oncerned , the making 432 turns No
. 26 D.S
.C. wire
. me ter f ormers .
p
lug-
in c oi
l s cheme i s b etter.
T
he c ircuit diagram s hows what i s
i
nvo lved i n t he a rrangemen t ; t he
o
sc illator being a Har tley (
or
c
a thode - tap) t ype, u sing a lmost a ny
i
nd irect ly h eated v alve. Suitab le
valves f or t he p urpose a re t ypes
6C5 , 6 J5, 7 6, 3 7, a nd i n the 2 .5 v olt
s
er ies, t he 5 6 or 2 7
. D on't forget a lso
t
ha t t here are many n on -triode
v
alves o f all k inds t hat c an b e a p-
p
lied b y c onnect ing BF- p entodes a nd
SG v alves a s triodes . Fundamenta l
ly
a .n umber o f c oi
ls a re s witched a s
s
hown , a nd t he g r
id c urrent r ead i n
t
he meter , wh ich may b e a nyth ing
b
etween 1 a nd 1 0 m illiamperes . There
i
s a *
, m idget c oup ling c ondenser , 2 0
mmfd , wh ich i s i dent if
ied w ith a
t
erm inal marked " red" i n the c i
rcu it.
"
Black" i st he other terminal wh ich
i
s c ommon t o e arth ( meaning t he
metal c hassis o r s t
ructure o f t he
unit
). A s tandard 3 50 mmfd b road-
c
ast type v ariable condenser g ang i s
u
sed f or t he o sci
llator t un
ing c apa- * T
h
is is aba
ttery op
e r
ated g r
id-d
ip o
s
ci
lla
tor de
signed t
o co
ver the use
ful sho
rt-wa
ve
c
ity, and a s ing
le c ontact s w
itch i s r
a
nges
. I tuse
s R CS p l
ug-
in c o
il
s. The v
alve i
sa1 .4 v
o
lt tr
iode an
d p owe
r i sf
rom
u
sed t o c onnect e i
ther o ne o r b oth E
v
ere
ady 742 (A battery
) a nd 482 (
45 vo
lt
) " MINI-MAX" dr
y b a
tter
ies.
s
ections of t he g ang. (
Cont
inued o
n p
age 2
3)

2
2 "Au
stra
lian RADIO a
nd TELEVIS
ION New
s" O
ctober
, 1
949
 (
Con
tinued f
rom p
age 2
2) av ariab le resistor i n series w ith the Connec t t he g rid-dip o scilator t o
c
athode t emporar i
ly. Vary t his re- any 2 40-v o
lt A .C. 5 0-60 c ycle s ocket
The Me ter s
istance u ntil t he me ter d ef
lects ap- and p lug t wo t est leads i nto t he jacks
The meter may b e any o ne h andy, p
rox imate ly t hree -quar t
ers o n t he on the f ron t o f the p anel. T hese t est
r
ead ing f rom o ne t o ten m il
liamperes , t
hree l owest f requency b ands. No te l
eads s hou ld b e c oloured f or e asy
f
ull s cale. T he v alue o f the c athode t
his v a
lue ! I t w i
ll be t he v a
lue o f i
den tifica t
ion , a s the b lack lead i s al-
r
esistor d epends u pon t he meter a nd t
he t o tal r esistance i n t he c athode ways c onnec ted t o t he e arthed s ide
t
he a node v oltage u sed. It is b est to c
ircuit. T hen f ind t he v alues n eeded o
f t he i nduc tance u nder t est
. A lway s
s
elect a l ow v oltage a nd u se a u
se t he m in imum amount o f c oupling
f
or t hree-quar ter d ef
lection o n t he
c
athode r es
istor t ha t g ives a bout c
ondenser . However , y ou m ight p ass
t
wo h igh -frequency b ands . C onnect
t
hree -quar ter s cale r eading o n t he over t he d ip i f m inimum i s a lways
t
he s hor ting s witch so t hat t here is u
sed , e specia lly i n c ases where t he
t
hree l owest f requency b ands . On
a
ppropr iate resis tance i n t he cathode R
.F . r esis tance o f the coil to b e mea -
t
he t wo h igh f requency b ands , o ne
c
ircuit when t urned t o t he h igh fre- s
ured i s high a nd t he dial i s t urned
s
ection o f t he b and s w
itch s horts o ut
a p ortion o f t he c athode r esistor i n q
uency b ands. r
ap idly . T herefore , t o find t he d ip,
o
rder t o ma inta in r eading o n t hese u
se s ay a q uarter o f t he c oupling
Avo iding F alse D ips c
ondenser a nd w ith t he d ip o nce
b
ands , a lso.
Next, y ou e l
im inate t he f alse d ips f
ound , r educe t he c oup l
ing t o m ini-
Calibrat ion C har t: T he frame t hat
c
aused b y u nused c oi
ls r esona ting mum .
h
olds t he c alibration c hart a nd p ro-
t
ecting g lass o r c e
l luloid can b e made w
ith t he c o
il i n circu it. Y ou w ill n ot S
e t
ting coupling condenser: Set
ting
up e asily. f
ind a ny o f t hese d ips o n t he t wo o
f the coupl
ing c ondenser afects ca
li-
l
owes t f requency b ands , so begin w i th b
ration, so when d o
ing a ny compara -
The earth p
in-jack i s black and is t
he b roadca st coil a nd r otate t he t un - t
ive w ork
, do n ot move t he c
oupling
c
onnected to the c hassis when mea -
i
ng c ondenser u ntil y ou g et a d ip. c
ondenser.
s
uring coi
ls in ar eceiver. The o ther Then t emporar ily e ar th w ith a p iece
p
in-jack cal
led the e xploring le
ad i s
o
f w ire, t he g rid o r c athode o f t he Uses f or t he O scil
la tors
c
oloured red
. l
ower f requency c oils u nt
il t he d ip Tes
ting T ransm itters
v
an ishes . C onnect t his p ermanen t
ly The prob lem o f " how many t urns"
D
eterm
ining C
athode R
esis
tors t
o t he s witch s o t ha t it is g rounded
i
s so
lved i n ah urry by the u se of the
When t he osc
illator i s b u
ilt, the o
ut when t he s witch i s turned t o t he g
rid-dip o sci
lla tor. A lways w ind o n
v
alue of the cathode r es
istors must b
roadcas t coil. T rea t t he o ther h igh
afew more t urns t han you e st
imate
f
i
rst be determined. Th is value w i
ll f
requency b ands i n t he same manner .
w
ill be needed , a s itiseasy t o remove
d
epend u pon what meter y ou a re On t he h ighes t f requency b and i t t
urns b ut d ifficult to do a n a rtist
ic
u
sing, and to some e xtent u pon the wi
ll p robab ly b e n ecessary t o e ar th j
ob of a dding t urns. A l
l i nduc tances
c
ondit
ion o f
. the v a
lve a nd p ower b
o th t he g rid a nd c athode o f t he
s
upply apparatus. T herefore, connect l
owes t f requency c oil. (
Con
tinued o
n p
age 2
4)

T
his p
owerfu
l E
veready M
ini
-Max
b
attery g
ives y
our p
ortab
le r
adio
.
6
7
'
,
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GREATER PO WER
,
N
o. 4
67
LONGER L
I
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v
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c
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ther b
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EAD
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M
INT
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R
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P
ortab
le R
adio B
atter
ies
.

O
ctober
, 1
949 "Aus
tra
lian RADIO a
nd TELEV
ISIO N New
s" 2
3
 (
Con
tinued f
rom p
age 2
3)

METER
2
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* C
i
rcu
it d
iagram o
f t
he Gr
id-D
ip O
sc
il
lato
r. T
he p
o
int
s o
f t
h
e t
h
ree e
a
rthed s
w
itc
hes a
r
e j
o
ined
t
oco
ils g
i
ving f
a
lse d
i
ps.

and R .F. c hokes u sed i n transm itters j

ust where . T he G rid -Dip O sc i
lla tor v
ariab
le or f i
xed capacity c onnected
s
hou ld h ave t ests b efore a nd a fter will t e
ll y ou when y ou h ave r epaired a
cross a c
oi
l, the h
igher t he R.F. re-
moun ting a nd w iring
. G r
id-D ip O s- t
he t roub le. s
i
stance. The G r
id-Dip O
sci
llator
c
i
llator t ests w ill e xplain many a Measur ing s ma ll c apac ities , b oth w
ill demonstrate t
his str
ik ingly
.
s
trange , s tubborn c ase o f r efusal t o f
ixed a nd v ar iab le : Sma ll f ixed c on- (
Continued on page 2 5)
o
scillate
. T ake t he case o f ap art
ia l
lY densers a re o ften n ot o f t he v a
lue
s
hor ted i nduc tance. T he R .F. r esis- marked o n t he c ase. I n c ases where
t
ance w i
ll b e h igh a nd s o y ou w ill i
t i s d esired t o m easure c ondenser s
o
nly o btain a s ma l
l dip a nd t he shor t

R
-C-S
up t o 5 00 mmf ., t heir c apac ity may
w
i l
l make t he amount o f the i nduc - be a ccurate ly o btained b y u se o f t he
t
ance a s r ead b y t he meter much G rid-D ip Osc illa tor. Connec t t he
smaller than o ne w ould e xpect. F rom c
ondenser t o b e measured i n p arallel
t
he s horted p lace t o earth t here w ill with a c oil. C onnect t he G rid-D ip
b
e n o dip a t all
. O scillator t o t h
is c o mb inat ion a nd
t
urn t he d ia l u ntil y ou g et a d ip.
Testing R ece ivers Leave e very th ing s et; r e move t he
4
55 KC
. NE W I
.F
.
You may h ave a s hor t
-wave s uper - unknown c ondenser a nd i n i t
s p lace TRANSFOR MERS
h
et erodyne t hat l a
cks s
ens itiv ity. s
ubst itute a c alibra ted v ar iab le c on-
Connect t he b lack l ead o f t he G rid- d
enser . R ota te t he d ial o f t he c al
i- New I .F.171-172 s er
ies
. I .F.
D
ip O scil
lator t o t he c hass is a nd b
rated c ondenser u ntil y ou g et a d ip t
ransformers a re o f revolu-
r
ap idly , one b y o ne, t ouch t he c ontro l and r ead t he c apac ity o f t he u nknown
t
i
onary d e
sign u s
ing s ilver
g
rids w ith t he o ther l ead
. I f t he d ial d
irect ly f ro m t he d ia l o f t he c ali
-
mica c
ondenser
o
f t he G rid -D ip O scillator must b e bra ted c onden ser .
a
d jus ted a uite a f ew d egrees e ach moulded i n t he
Super -osc illa tor a t " sum" o r " differ-
t
ime —you a re s afe i n a ssum ing t he ence" f requency: A s uper -he terodyne t
rolitul base ,
s
et n eeds r e -lining . ( The o scil lator i n o
sc illator t hat i s d esigned t o work a t making t hem a b-
t
he s uper w il
l d ip a t a h igher f re- s
um f requency may s ome times b e in- s
olutely mo isture
q
uency t han t he R .F . a nd t he I .F. c
orrect ly a djus ted t o d iference f re- p
roof.
a
nd s econd d etector g rid w ill d ip a t quency . A s s uch , i tw ill work b ut i m-
I
.F. f requency) . R .F . t roub le, s uch p
erfec tly. There i s a c omp licated
Buy R.C.S.
a
s s hor ted t rimmer s
, " open" o r " short - method o f f ind ing o ut i ft he o sc i
llator —and g et
e
d" R .F . c hokes: A s horted t rimmer i
s a djusted t o s um o r d ifer en ce f re- t
he best
! 1
3/- E
a.
o
r c oil w i
ll c ause t he r eceiver t o b e quency , b ut t he G rid -D ip O sc i
llator
c
omp letely d ead . F ew e xper imen ters me thod i s simp les t a nd e asies t. J ust
h
ave o hm -meters t hat w ill d etect t he t
ouch t he c on tro l g rid a nd f ind o ut!
d
iference b etween t he r esistance o f Measur ing R .F . r
esistance and I
f your l
oca
l d
ea ler c
anno
t
t
he c oil w ith o r w ithout s horted c
o mpar ing c oil s f or e fic iency: T o s
upp
ly, wr
ite d
irect t
o
t
r
immers . c
ompare c oils f or t heir R .F . r esis-
Short ing c ondenser p lates: The t
ance , measure t hem b oth w ithou t

R
.C
.S R
ADIO
Grid-D ip O sc illator i su sefu l f or f i
nd - t
ouch ing t he G rid-D ip O sci llator c on -
i
ng o ut a nd r epa iring s hort ing c on - t
rols . Every th ing e lse b eing t he
d
ensers i n ag ang . Y ou n eed n ot u n- s
ame , t he c oil wh ich c auses t he g r
ea t-
s
older a ny w ires a nd y ou c an q uickly e
st d ip h as t he l owes t R .F . r esistance 1
74 CANTERBURY RD.
t
e
ll wh ich g ang i s r espons ib le a nd a
nd i s t he mos t e f
i cien t
. T he more CANTERBURY. NS W

2
4 "
Aus
tra
lian R
ADIO a
nd T
ELEV
ISION N
ews" O
c
tob
er, 1
9
49
 (
Con
tinued f
rom p
age 2
4)

Test i nductances , R .F. c hokes a nd

transformers b efore i nsta ll
ing :
As w ith t ransm itter c onstruct ion , it
i
s ag ood i dea t o t est e very c oil b e-
f
ore moun ting i ti n as et
, a nd a fter it
i
s w ired u p a nd b efore y ou t urn t he
p
ower o n
. O ften I .F . t ransformers
a
re n ot marked . Much t ime c an b e
s
aved b y k now ing t heir I .F . f re-
quency .
Use i n b u
i lding a nd t esting a er ials:
Aeria ls w ith t ransm ission l ines may
b
e home -constructed and experi-
men ted w ith . The c oils o f t he c oup-
l
ing u nits may b e matched w ith t he
Grid -D ip Oscillator . An o
rd inary
a
er ial a nd g round c an b e c onnected
t
o t he o utput j acks o f t he G rid -D ip
Oscillator i n o rder t o t est ef iciency .
You s hould g et a d ip o ver t he e ntire
r
ange o f t he G rid-D ip O sc i
l lator.
There w il
l b e l ess d ip a t t he n atura l
f
requency o f t he a eria l s ys tem . ( The
r
ece iver s hou ld b e d i sconnected when
mak ing t his t e st). P oor a eria l c on-
t
acts w ill s how u p i n a n u ns teady
n
eed le o f t he me ter. Ear thed a erials
w
i l
l b e s hown b y t his method .

PARTS L
IST
1 Meta l c ase.
1 Vern
1 sw
ier D
itch ( s
ia
ix
l.
-gang , 5 -po ints). The ne west
1
•M illia m meter , fro m o ne t o ten Mi t
t f ull-scale.
2 sma
1S .P
l
l k
.S .T
nobs
. J
.
ack s witch . and best m ante
l rad
io
12 -gang v ariab le c ondenser , 3 50 m mf. per
s
ection .
12 0 m mf . max i mu m m idget v ar
iab le c onden-
s
er ( for c oup l
ing ).
• Improved p
erformance — n
ew c
i
rcu
its
.
1. 25 mf . f ixed c ondenser .
2i nsu lated t ip-jacks —one b lack , o ne r ed.
Valve s ocke ts.
• B
etter t
one — n
ew l
oudspeakers
.
5i nductances (built f
ollow ing i
nstructions
given i n t he t able ).
A
.C . c ord a nd p lug .
• G
rea
ter c
onven
ience — o
n/of
f p
owe
r s
witch OD
3 cathode r es istors ( Value d eter mined e xperi-
men tally; s ee t ext). s
e
t a
nd b
uil
t i
n a
eria
l.
2p ower-pack r esistors , 1 0 wat ts e ach , i f 1 0
mill
ia mpere meter i s u sed .
2 8 mf . e lectro lytic c ondensers . • MODEL i
n i
vory018
-7 -0
1m idget p ower t ransfor mer . •
1 6C5 v
1 5Y30 r
alve.
ectifier v alve.
520 m i
nwa
l
nut Z
d17-17-0

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tor
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C
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ill g
lad
ly a
rrang
e d
emon
stra
tion
s
"H
ima te" : A p urist f r
iend f e
ll f or
t
he h igh -fidelity i nstruments b eing
v
ended i n h is n eighborhood , a nd I

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O
ctober
, 1
949 "Aus
tral
ian RA DIO a
nd TELEVISIO N News" 2
5
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utdoor o
ccas
ions
a
re e
xce
llent m
ater
ial f
or
t
e
lev
ision f
eatures a
nd
s
hou
ld b
e p
art
icu
lar
lY
p
opu
lar i
n A
ustra
lia when
t
he t
ime c
omes
. T
he s
cene
h
ere i
s p
art o
f t
he
R
iver Thames n
ear L on
-
d
on, where
, by cour
tesy
o
f t
he T
hames
is C
lub
,
v
iewer
s w ere a
ble t
o see
s
ome o f the r
aces a
t a
r
ecent r
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tta
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amera
o
f t
he BBC T
elev
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O
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t u
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u
s
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n o
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nterna
tiona
l C
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D
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.

2
6 "Au
stra
lian RADIO
and TELEVIS ION New s"
Oc
tober, 1949
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howing two o
f the n
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t
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ion or guitar
, p laying i n a dance band,
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 have g reat a ppea l f or Mozar t l overs . T hese a re
THE IMPRESARIO a nd I DO MENEO .
Al l t he f reshness o f t he Eng l
ish c oun try side
i
s e voked b y S ir T homas B eecham; f oremos t
i
n terpre ter o f D elius , a s h e c onduc ts t he R oya l
Ph ilharmon ic O rches tra i n t hat mas ter 's BRIGG
FA IR . This d eligh tfu l r hapsody i s r ecorded
by H .M .V . o n DB .6452/3 u nder t he a usp ices
o
f t he D elius T rus t.
A g ifted y oung P ol ish v iolin ist, I da Haende l
,
r
ecords h er f i
rs t ma jor w ork f or t he L is ten ing
Dog L abe l o n C .7733/5 . S he g ives a memorab le
performange o f Max B ruch 's CONCERTO NO .
1 I N G MINOR , OP . 2 6, w ith Ra fae l Kube lik
c
onduc ting t he Ph i
lharmon ia O rches tra . Un-
c
on firmed r epor ts h ave i t t hat t his d ynam ic
s
on o f J an Kube lik may b ecome p ermanen t
conduc tor o f t he Me lbourne Orches tra , a
n
appo in tmen t wh ich w ou ld b e o f e normous
value t o mus ic i n Aus tralia .
Balle t h as b ecome o ne o f t he k eenes t d eligh ts
o
f o ur t hea tre -goers , a nd i n H .M .V . C .3707/8
we h ave t he f i
rs t r elease o f a s u ite wh ich i s
a g racefu l a ddi tion t o t he b allet l ibrary . T his
i
s L ecocq 's MA M 'ZELLE ANGOT , a nd t he
Roya l O pera House O rches tra o f C oven t G arden
impar ts t o i t a ll t he g lamour o f t h e f oo tligh ts.
Around t he t urn tab le r ec en t
ly w e f ind a Col. LX .1123 . These are E IN MADCREN
O pera f ans who e njoyed t he p roduc t
ion o f
p
redom inance o f s erious mus ic, b ut j udg ing b y ODER W E IBACHEN f rom " The Mag ic F lute ,"
G
iordano 's "Andrea C hen ier" b y t he I ta lian
t
he e ver - increas ing n umber o f h it mus ica ls and NON P IT ANDRAI f rom t he s parkling
c
ompany t his y ear w ill b e a b
le t o r ecapture t he
now r unn ing o n B roadway —and s chedu led f or "Marr iage o f F igaro ."
f
lavour o f t h
is r oman tic work a s J oan Ham -
Aus tra lian s easons , w e c an e xp ec t a n i nflux The r ich mus ic o f O ld Russ ia i s f aithfu lly mond s ings t he d rama tic a r ia , LA MA M MA
o
f l igh ter mus ic f a irly s oon . r
eproduced b y H .M .V . o n C .7722/5 . H ere w e
MORTA , o n H .M .V . C .3720 . S he a ppears a ga in
One t op -rank ing Amer ican mus ica l, h owever , have t he l ong awa ited n ew r ecord ing o f T cha l-
w
ith t he Ph ilharmon ia O rches tra o n t he r everse
i
s r epresen ted i n o ur l ists, a nd t ha t's "Up i n k
ovsky 's SERENADE I N C , O p. 4 8, a nd t he
s
ide s ing ing S OLA PERDUTA ABBANDONATA
Cen t ra l P ark ," Both o n t he s tage a nd i n f
ina l s ide o f t his s et I s L iadov 's BERCEUSE ,
f
rom Pucc ini's "Manon L escaut ."
mov ies , t h is mus ica l h as a dded f ur ther s tar - one o f a g roup o f Russ ian f o
lk s ongs . T he
T hey s ay t hat t he s ta te ly wa lk o f t he p ea-
glitter t o t he n ame o f c omposer R omberg , a nd Philade lph ia S tring O rches tra i s c onducted o y
c
ock i nsp ired t he s teps o f t he p avane , a n
on H .M .V .'s EA .3819 J eane t te McDona ld a nd I
ssay D obrowen .
ancien t C our t d ance . It w aited f or R ave l t o
her n ew p artner , R ober t Merr il
l, make a Louis K en tner , Eng lish p ian ist who l eapt t o
t
rans la te t he g rave f orma l ity o f t his o ld
c
harm ing p air as t hey s ing CLOSE AS PAGES f
a me p lay ing "Warsaw C oncer to" i n t he r ecord-
mus ica l f orm i nto a work o f s olemn b eauty ,
I N A BOOK a nd CAROUSEL I N THE PARK . i
ng o f t he o r
ig ina l s ound - track f rom t he f i
lm
and o ne c an't f i
nd a dequa te p ra ise f or t his
Sharp ly c ontras ted i s t hat mus ica l o utlaw , "Su icide S quadron ," g ives a n i mpress ive i n
ter -
new r ecord ing o f h is PAVANE FOR A DEAD
Maes tro S p
ike J ones , who b obs u p t o s ay p
re tation o f t he w ell-known C hop in POLO -
PRINCESS ( II.M .V . DB .6699 ) wh ich t he c ele-
I K ISS YOUR HAND , MADA ME i n h is o wn NA ISE I N A FLAT . He makes t h
is C ol.
b
rated Bos ton S ymphony O rches tra p erforms
s
pec ia l d ebunk ing manner . O n t he r everse s ide DX .1502 w ell w orth t he a tten tion o f e very
under t he b aton o f S erge Koussev i tzky .
of EA .3817 h e p romp tly d ouses MY OLD c
ollec tor o f f ine p iano mus ic.
So f am il iar h as G re ig's P IANO CONCERTO In d irec t c on tras t co me t wo l igh ter d iscs
FLAME , a t orch n umber made p opu lar s evera l wh ich mus t c onc lude o ur d iary f or t he mon th
years a go b y Mae Wes t a nd Duke E ll
ing ton . IN A MINOR b ecome t hat i t i s o ften r eferred
o
f J une . Ann ' F rind — s tar o f t hat p erenn ial
t
o n owadays s imp ly a s "The G rieg." A rthur
Co lumb ia 's D0.3282 b
racke ts an e
qua lly b
es t -se ller , "Nuns ' Chorus" — toge ther with
Rub inste in, b rillian tly s uppor ted b y E ugene
a wa ited o verseas h it, MY COUS IN LOUELLA , Wa l ther Ludw ig a nd Wi lhe lm S tr ieng , s ings
Ormandy a nd t he Ph i
lade lph ia O rches tra , p er-
wi th a c urrent r omant ic r elease , EVERYBODY PAGANINI POTPOURR I, a s elec tion o f L ehar
f
orms i
t magn if
icent ly f
or H
.M .V . o
n
LOVES SO MEBODY . S ee ing t hat t he v oca l
ist me lod ies wh ich w ill f i
nd i ns tant p opu lar ity .
DB .904/6 , a nd t akes h is p lace w ith Backhaus ,
i
s F rank S inatra w e c an f oresee t hat t h
is d isc You ' ll h ear t h is g ay p iece o f t hea treland o n
Friedman , Mo lse iw itsch , a nd o ther e xponen ts
w on 't l inger l ong o n t he c oun ter o f t he mus ic 1
046 . The o ther r ecord i s a C olum-
o
f t h
is mos t me lod ious c oncer to .
s
tore s. b
ia l abe l ( DX .1527 ), a 1 2-inch d oub le -s ided
Dinah S hore u ses t he v elve t t ouch o n e ver - f
east o f Andre Kost elane tz a nd h is O rches tra
green b es t-se ller, BLUEBIRD OF HAPPINESS , i
n L atin-s ty le n umbers . T
rad itiona l t unes g0
and o n t urn ing o ver t o t he o ther s ide o f C ol. o make u
t p MEXICANA, while MALAGUENA
D0 .3280 , w e h ear h ar d o SAY I T EVERY DAY , f
rom " Su ite Anda lus ia" b acks t his d isc , p rov -
the f irst r elea se o f ap leasant , r oman tic n umber . i
ng — If p roof w ere n eeded —why Kos tleane tz i s
Ano ther B ig T ime v oice i s h eard o n H .M .V . one o f t he b igges t n ame s o n r ecord t o-day .
EA .3818 —Perry C omo w ith t wo n umbers t ha t
are b es t s ellers b oth i n Eng land a nd U .S.A .
They a re BECAUSE , t he l ove s ong e verybody SUBSCRIBE NO W
!
i
qnows , a nd HAUNTED HEART , which i s
f
ea tured i n t he mus ica l p roduc tion , " Ins ide F
or 1
2/- a y
ear y
ou g
et
U.S .A ." Como makes t his a s much h is own
song a s h e d id w ith "Pr isoner o f L ove ." "
RADIO and TELEVISION"
Visions o f M iss iss ipp i r iverboa ts a nd New MAILED DIRECT
.
Orleans b arre l-houses a re c onjured u p b y a n
ou tstand ing h ot j azz c oup ling b y G raeme B ell
and h is Aus tra l
ian J azz Band f or P ar lophone 's
A.7725 . You 'll h ear D ix ie i diom i n t he g roove
as t hey r ock i nto SHABBY GAL RAG a nd
OLD MAN 'S BEARD .

I
UM
IIW
E
CORABELLE a nd GONNA GET A G IRL a re
two h umorous n umbers p u t o ver b y c omposer-
v
oca l
is t Hoagy C arm ichae l o n D ecca Y .6148 i n
h
is o wn i nim itab le s tyle . T
ime was when
Hoagy w as k nown ma in ly a s t he c omposer o f
"S tardus t" — fame e nough f or most p eop le — The n oted c onduc tor, Sir Ma lcolm S argen t
, The CAPTAIN
b ut d iscs s uch a s h is r ecen t r elease a re w in - with t he L iverpoo l Ph i
lharmon ic O rchestra, AERIAL UNIT e qua ls
ning h im a n e ntire ly n ew f ollow ing . l
ends h is f ine mus iciansh ip t o y e t a nother a 5 0ft. high a erial, g ive s
F
ir s t among I mported Eng lish R ecords t hi s f
avour ite w ork . T his i s Haydn 's SY MPHONY t
one, v
olume , s
ensitiv ity,
month i s a n i nteres ting o fer ing o f t wo D ebussy NO. 9 4 I N G MAJOR —THE SURPR ISE , a more s ta t
ions, f reedom f rom
p
ieces p layed o n C olumb ia LB .64 b y F rench s
tandard b est-seller, a nd t his v ersion c omes o n l
ightning . Reduces s
tatic,
p
ian is t, R ober t C asadesus . B oth a re f rom t he t
hree d iscs , DX8313/5 f rom C o
lumb ia. f
i
ts i nside y our s et. Does
second b ook o f D ebussy p reludes , GENERAL Boyd Nee l
, who h ad such a p ronounced s uc- away w ith p oles a nd g uy
LAVINE a nd LA TERRASSE DES AUDIENCES c
ess i n Aus tralia, i s we l
l r epresented o n t he w
ires. Broadca s
t o r s hort-
DU CLAIRE DE LUNE . Decca l abel. His S tring O rches tra waxes i n wave r eception. I
nstalled i n
From t he s ame s tud io , o n LB .73 , c ome s a impeccab le s tyle a f urther i s
sue o f t he famous a m
inute —no thing t o get o ut o f o rder .
me lod ious b racke t f rom t he v isit ing V iennese "Brandenburg" s er
ies b y Bach , t he BRAN - PRICE ONLY 5 /9
.
s
oprano , Elisabe th Schwarzkopf . W HEN DENB URG CONCERTO NO . 3 I N G MAJOR REG
. POST FREE —NO C .O .D.
DAISES P IED i s g rouped w ith W HERE THE on K
.1619 . With t he Na tiona l S
ymphony Money R
efunded I
f N
ot S
atisf
ied
BEE SUCKS , a nd t hey a re b acked w ith Mozar t
's Orches tra h e c onduc ts t hree Mozar t s cores:
WARNUNG . IL SERAGL IO —OVERTURE , o ne o f t he mo st RE G CO O K E
Celeb ra ted Mozar t w ork s s erve t o i n troduce popu lar o vertures i n opera, is n umbered K .1323 , P
.O. B
ox 9 (
V), GERR
INGONG
, N
.S.W
.
a
n o uts tand ing n ew b aritone i n E rich Kunz o n wh i
ls t o n K .1410 t wo f urther o vertures w ill

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-TECH
. "f
ive -m inu te e xper t
." T he s eeker o f by e arthed g rids o r s hor ted t un ing
advice h as p robab ly b een i n t he h ands c
onden ser s.
J
OURNALIST o
f s uch a k now -a ll, a nd h as e ither S
hor t-wave r ece iver s p rov ide p it-

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7 HanEN o
ne has f or many y ears been s ide -tracked o r o therw ise d i
s- f
alls for t he u nwary t ha t d on't y awn
swered r
adio q
uestions , appo in ted . Go-ge tting c rooks h ave b
efore t he c onstruc tor o f t he a verage
s
ingly, c ol
lect ively a nd in b ulk, o ne noth ing o n s ome o f t hese " exper ts" b
roadcast r eceiver . It i s c ompara -
s
hou ld know s ometh ing a bout p eop le, i
n t he ma tter o f c aus ing l o ss a nd t
ively e asy t o p ut t ogether a b road -
i
f n ot a l i
ttle a bout r adio! t
roub le , a nd s ooner o r l ater o ne i s c
as t rece iver w ith t he a id o f t ech -
What i s t he u se o f p rinting r e- a
sked t o c lean u p t he mess t hey n
ical d ir ections a nd a c ircuit d ia-
quests to "wr ite o n one s ide of t he have l eft. gram , a nd i n n ine c ases o ut o f t en
paper," "wr ite l egibly," " sign y our Then t here i s t he a gg ress ive t ype i
t works f rom t he t ime i t i s s witched
name a
nd a ddress ," o r " enclose o
f c orresponden t— the man who h as on
. S hor t-wave r eceiver c ons truc tion
s
tamped a nd a ddressed e nvelope f or "made y our s uch -and -such r e ceiver i
s a nother ma t ter. The g rea tes t
d
irect r eply"? Some d o, b ut a l ot and c an 't g et a ny s ense o ut o f i t
," s
ource of t roub le h ere i s l ong ,
d
on 't
, a nd i t
's n o u se p rotesting . e
t c. A fter w eeks , and perhaps s
tragg ling w iring i n t uned c ircu its.
Questions! Pa
the tic, weird, e ntreat - mon ths , o f l e
t ter s b oth way s, o ne Crank iness a nd h ope less p erform -
i
ng, c ompe lling a nd e ven s arcas t
ic ; i
s c ons tra ined t o t ake t he b ull b y ance a re t he p un ishmen ts f or s l op-
t
hey a ll c o me, a nd t hey h ave t o b e t
he h orns a nd make a p er sona l i n- p
iness i n s hort-wave r ece iver b ui ld-
t
aken i n t he s pirit i n wh ich t hey spec tion o f t he r eceiver . U sua lly i
ng. I
f ab roadcast mode l mus t b e
were s ent. i
t i s t hen d iscovered t hat a ny thing r
easonab ly w ell p ut t ogether t o g ive
and e very th ing was u sed r a ther t han good r esu lts, at housand t imes more
t
he c o mponen ts s pecified a nd r ecom - c
are must b e taken w ith t he s hor t-
mended , a nd t he a ttemp t h as p ro- wave j ob, h owever h umb le i t
s c a te-
duced s ome th ing e ntirely d iferen t gory. A l ot o f r easons e xist j ust
f
rom t he o rig ina l. This t ype o f why t his o r t ha t s hould o r s hou ld
c
orresponden t o ften a ssumes t he i n- n
ot b e d one , and a s t he a verage r ad io
j
ured a tti tude o f " You d es igned i t
, c
ons truc tor i s r e markab ly p a tien t
s
o y ou a re r espons ible." Ano ther and s o me thing o f as ticker , h e f inds
t
ype o f c ons truc tor i s t he man w ith t
hem a ll o ut a t l as t
. His mu lti-
ab eau tifu l s ense o f mechan ica l e ngi- f
arious p roblems h ave a w is tfu l
neering . He makes a s plend id s truc - a
ppea l t o t he e xper ienced man who
t
ura l j ob o f h is a ppara tus , b ut h is e
lects t o t ry t o s o
lve t hem . F as-
e
l ectr ica l k now ledge i s n il
. A c om - c
inating g ame, t his r adio ! Wha t
b
ina tion o f mechan ica l a nd e lec tr ical n
ex t? T elevision ? G etting n earer ,
aptitude i s r are . Often a r ece iver much n earer , d ay b y d ay, a nd w i th
i
s p resen ted f or i nspec tion a nd e luci- i
t a who le s et of n ew p rob lems , s nag s
dation o f f au lts, a nd t urns o ut t o b e and d eligh ts f or t he r adio h obby is t
.
t
he l as t w ord a s a p iece o f me tal-
work b ut p reven ted f rom f unc t
ion ing —"QUEREX
."

B
ecause i t i s i n man t o t ry t o
Train no w f
or Telerision!
f
ash ion t hings w ith h is own h ands ,
t
he h ome -construc tor , when r ad io
c
ame a long , s aw t he d escr ipt ive
Ac omplete corresponden ce course in BAS IC T ELE-
a
rticle, a nd b egan t o c onquer t he
t
echn ica lities o f t he n ew s cience . He V
IS ION i sn ow a va
ilable i nA us
tral
ia. T hi
s cou r
se
s
tar ted d oing i t e n masse a round h
as been p repared i n Eng land by E .M.I. Ins
titut
es
1
920 , a nd h e i s s t
ill d oing i t in t his
y
ear o f g race . T hat h e w ill g o o n L
td. I tisw r
itten byt he engineers and sc
ient
istsw ho
d
oing i t d esp ite t he f act t hat h e c an i
nvented
, d eveloped a nd s upplied t h
e E .M.I
. E lec
-
b
uy f airly i nexpens ive " ready -mades"
i
s c erta in, a nd p rognost icat ions t hat t
r
onic high defin
i t
ion Television Transm i
ssion System
t
he r adio c onstruc tor w ill d i sappear t
ot he Br
iti
sh B roadcas
ting C o
rpo ra
tion.
f
rom t he map a re r idicu lous . Wh ilst
p
oliticians a nd m il
itar ists r attle t he
s
abre r ad io ama teur p lods a long i n A th
orough knowledge of R adio is es
sentia
l f or
t
he e njoyment o f h is h obby . Youth
has more d es ire t o make s o meth ing i
n
tending st
uden
ts of te
lev
ision. C ourse
s i n Prep-
t
han t o d estroy , a nd r ad io ( ama teur a
ra
tory Mathemat
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s, and in Bas
ic R adio
v
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iter o f n ations .
One c an g lean f rom c orrespondence a
r
e a va
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le fo
r those n
ot already qua
lif
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t
he s acr ifices t hat h ave b een made
t
o a cquire t he p arts t o make t his o r
t
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 PRACTICAL MAN
'S
CORNER
•HEADPHONE REPAIR ' STRIPPING M TZ WIRE
When h eadphones b ecome d efec- Do y ou have t rouble s tripping i n
-
t
ive
, a lmost a lways' one o f t
he c oils s
u lation from L itz w ire a nd t he f i
ne
i
s found t o b e open. Th
is coi
l c an
wires c ommon ly u sed o n p ick -ups
b
e s horted o ut
, al
low ing t he current
and h eadphones? I f s o
, try p assing
t
o p ass through t he other coi
l. T he
a l ighted ma tch s lowly u nder t he
p
hones a re l e
ss s ens
itive, but s t
ill
u
sable t i
ll r ep
lacements c an be o b- e
nd o f the wire. T his w i
ll c har t he
t
a
ined . i
nsu lation suff
ic
ien t
ly t o p ermi t it to
b
e p ul
led o f
. U se c are s o tha t the
f
ine w ires wi
ll n e
ither c har n or me l
t. CONDENSER TESTS
Some p eop le t hink t hat a l
l c on-
d
enser s shou ld h ave t he highes t p os-
s
ible i nsula tion r esistance a nd t hat
al eaky c onden ser i s of no u se wha t-
VALVE PULLER
e
ver . T
his i s n o
t n ecessarily t rue,
A sewing-machine s crew d river is b
ecause t here a re p osit
ions i n t he
t
he b as
is o f t h
is n ovel v alve r e
- s
et where y ou c an make e xcellent
mover
. T o make i t
, hold abou t g
-in
. u
se o f a l eaky c ondenser, p rov ided
o
f the screw d r
iver blade i n av ice t
he l eakage i s n ot t oo g reat. Of
a
nd bend i t sharply 4 5 degrees. c
our se, i f a c ondenser i s l e
ak ing
S
lip the bent e nd of the screw b
adly i t i
s s carcely a cting a s ac on -
-
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-
3: --
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-
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.
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,
,,
- '
'
t2 d
enser a t a ll, and y ou may g et a ll
, - '
d
river b
lade between t
he base o
f t he
'
,
.
.e:
v
alve and i
ts holder
. A litt
le lever- k
inds o f n o
ises a nd c rackles s et u p
.
-
•
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:
.
,
,
....
=
-. :f b
y i t
.
a
ge o n the h andle wi
ll force t he
,
v
alve out eas
ily. A c ondenser i n t he g rid c ircuit
s
hou ld h ave a h igh i nsu lation r e-
METER READINGS s
istance, b ut a c ondenser wh ich i s
A p rob
lem was r ecent ly p ut f or- u
sed i n af i
lter circuit may b e none
ward b y a r eader who was t esting t
he wor se for a sligh t leak. On t he
areceiver w ith a mu lti
-purpose meter o
ther h and, if you a re u sing a c on-
a
nd who c ould n ot decide u pon t he d
en ser i n a r es
istance amp lifier f or
reading o bta ined. I
t a ppeared t ha t
c
oup ling p urposes y ou s hould t ake
the meter h ad a s eries o f v oltage
c
are t hat i t is q u
ite s atisfac tory,
ranges, o bta ined w ith a s e
lector
o
therw ise y ou may g et n oises, a nd
-
switch, and when o n ah igh v oltage
t
he w orking o f t he amp lifier b e
range h e o bta ined a r eading o f jus t
i
nterfered w ith.
over 1 00 volts . T o make q uite cer -
tain what t he r eading was , h e u sed
the n ext l ower r ange wh ich r ead
sl
igh t
ly more t han 1 00 v olts, a nd

This is a prac- P
lace t
he pa
int
he t hen f ound t hat t he r eading was BA SS COMPENSATION t
ical sugges- o
f t
he s
cissors
only s l
ightly a bove 6 0 v o
lts. He A sma l
l i r
on -cored c oi
l i n t he voice- t
ion f or t hose
i
n t
he hole
, a
s
t
hough t the meter was o ut of o rder , coi
l l eads o f a s peaker p rov ides a
who so me-
t
i mes have s
ho wn —then a
but t his was n ot s o. On t he h igh
very e fective f orm o f b ass c om - d
ifficulty i
n ha
lf t
urn and
v
o ltage r ange t he t otal c urrent f low -
pensat ion. The i nduc t
ive r eactance get
ting a nut t
he j
ob i
s done
.
i
ng t hrough t he meter wou ld b e l ess t
o start.
t
han o n the l ower r ange , ow ing t o .
o
f t he c oi
l i ncreases w ith t he f re-
t
he h igher r esistance o f t he meter , quency , t hus d ecreasing v o
ice-coil
and t hus this wou ld b et he more a ccu - current a t h igh f requenc ies wh ile
r
a te r ead
ing . T he v oltage b e
ing passing l ower n otes. T he i nduc tance
t
es ted was p robab ly t he s creen v olt- may c onsist o f a s ma
ll f i
lter c hoke
age, where t he a dd it
iona l d rain o f i
ron -cored r .f. c hoke, o r o ther i n-
t
he l ow r esistance meter wou ld c on - ductance h aving v alues b etween 1 00
s
iderab ly mod ify t he v oltage a ctually mh a nd 5 h enries. Exper i ment w ith
a
pp lied t o the c ircu it. d
iferent v a
lues f or b est r esults.

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ICROFARADS
Neat n ame p lates f or h ome -made ANTENNAE A f arad ist he u n
it of capac ity, b ut
and e xper imenta l e quipment may b e Many a n e xperimen ter a nd s er- a
s iti st oo large for ordinary u se, t he
made b y t yping o r lettering t he titles v
iceman h as installed . the most e x- m
i l
lion th par t
, o r microfarad ( mfd.),
on sma ll s trips o f wh ite p aper o r p
ens ive t ype o f co mmer c
ia l d oublet i
s used a s the p ract
ical u nit
, a nd t his
t
h in wh ite c ardboard a nd s ecuring i
n a n e fort t o reduce t he n o
ise l eve l
, again i s d
ivided into a m il
lionth p art,
t
hem t o t he p ane l b y means o f tran s- a
nd t o i ncrease t he s igna l i npu t
. o
r m icro-microfarad ( mmfd .)
, u se-
parent t ape. The t itles a re t ype - S
omet imes t hey h ave e ven made u p f
ul f or stat
ing s mall capacities. F or
written o n p aper s trips 3 -8-
in , w ide, e
labora tely s
paced doub le -doub lets e
ase i n translating t he la
tter in to t he
and b ound t o t he p ane l w ith i- in
. o
nly t o f ind t hat a fter t hey w ere f
ormer , af ew l eading c apacities a re
c
ellophane t ape . The t ape i s cut t o h
ooked u p t o the s et
, t ha t t hey d id g
iven :—
a l eng th s uff
icient t o g ive a bou t n
ot work a s w ell as a s ing le w ire. Mfd. M mfd.. Mfd. Mmfd .
1
-16 -in, o verlap a lso a t t he t op a nd The fault l i
es not w ith t he d ouble t
, .0
01 = 1 000 .
00008 = 8 0
bottom o f t he title p late . I n mount - b
ut w ith t he ma tch b etween t he .0
005 = 5 00 .
00005 = • 5 0
i
ng , the s trip i s f i
rst f astened t o t he a
n tenna a nd t he set. .0
003 = 3 00 .
000025 = 2 5
panel w ith a t hin s pread ing o f .0
0015 = 1 50 .
00001 = 1 0
r
ubber c e men t
, t hen c overed w ith .0
001 = 1 00
t
ransparent t ape a nd r ubbed b r
isk ly
t
o c o mplete t he f as tening o peration
and t o r e move a ny wr ink les. The D
IRECT MA
IL C
ORRESPONDENCE
t
ape g ives a g lossy p rotect ive c over -
i
ng wh ich p revents s o
iling . Many r eader
s h ave w r
itten t o the
e
d
i tor a s k
ing f o
r p ersonal a ttent
io n
Other p
leasing e fects may b e ob- t
o p rob
lem s
, t e
chnical a nd o therwise,
t
ained b y h and-lettering t he ti
tles b
y d i
rect m a
il
. I t i s ne
cessa ry t o
i
n black Ind
ia ink , b y p r
inting t
hem The f i
rst t hing i s t o d eterm ine
what t he i npu t-to-the-rece iver i m- s
t
ress t h at as tamp ed a nd a ddr essed
w
ith a sma l
l letter p ress, or by le
t- e
nvelope MUST b e e nclo
sed w ith
t
ering them w ith a l ettering gu
ide, p
edance i s
. Nex t ad ouble t must b e
s
uch r e
que sts and t ha t in any c ase
s
uch a s u
sed b y d raugh tsmen. u
sed t ha t wil
l ma tch t hat i npu t
. We
know o f a t least o ne r eceiver t hat s
ome d e
lay m ay be o cca
sioned o w
ing
t
o d emand s on e ditorial time. C or-
has a n i mpedance o f only 2 00 o hms.
r
e
spo ndence f r
om r eade rs iswelcome d
I
t i s who lly useless t o ma tch a 6 00
b
ut r e
ade rs are ask ed n ot t o m ake
ohm d oublet t o i t
, since t here w i
ll
SYMMETRY IN LAYOUT r
eques t
s f o
r whole t e chn
ical a rtic
l es
,
n
ot b e t he max imum t ransfer o f
Many c onstructors who t ry to d e- c
omp lete w i
th c i
rcuits a nd d at a a l
e
nergy .
s
ign t heir own r ece ivers f all into t he t
o t hem selves
. P lease k eep t echni-
Always ma tch t he d oub let t o t he
t
rap o f arrang ing a l
l p arts s ymmetr i- c
a
l q uestions br
ief a nd t o the p oint
s
et, a nd make t he d oublet s o that i t
c
ally, o r a t least i n s o me k ind o f t
o f aci
litate a q u
i ck r e
ply
.
w
i l
l ma tch. Formu lae a re a vailable
o
rder . Th is can i ntroduce d ificulty, i
n most h andbooks .
a
lthough w ir
ing may b e s imp lif
ied.
For i nstance , chokes a nd t ransform -

T
he "
YORK
"
e
rs when p laced i n l i
ne may c ause
t
he w indings o n t he c o mponents t o
b
e i nduc t
ive ly c oupled . I f ac ase o f
hum i s f ound a nd smooth ing d oes
n
ot p roduce a ny e fect, o ne o f t he
t
ransformers o
p
rov ided w
r c
ith f air
hokes s
ly l
hou
ong f
ld b
lexib
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FOUNDAT
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moved f
nd t he h
rom t
olding
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o
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ts r e-
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t
A Boon to
s
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les a
hen b
nd, i
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f n
urned a
ecessary , t
t v
i
ar ious
lted u p
t
he sma
ll
on o ne o r o ther o f i t
s c orners. I
t
may b e f ound t hat o nly when t h
is Manu
fac
ture
r
l
atter p rocedure i s a dop ted i s . i
n-
C
ompr
ising —
duction r emoved , a nd w ith i t
, t he
C
abine t ( as i lustrated).
i
ntroduc tion o f h um . Chassis, D ial A ssemb ly
a
nd S cale, S pecial AER -
O
se C
oil, Ro
la 5C
Speaker, Ro
la 8
/60
C
hoke , S /Car lson 2 -Gang
I
NSTABILITY AND DECOUPLING H C
ondenser , C
ircu it
D
iagram , C omp lete P arts
Decoup l
ing c o mponents a re o f
ten L
ist, S
imp le s
tep-by -
s
tep I nstruc tions, "How
a
dded t o a r ece iver w ithout r e mov - t
o B uild i t."
i
ng i nstability. In s uch c ases i t
s
hou ld b e r
emembered t hat t he •
ef
iciency o f t he d ecoupling c ircuit
may b e mod ified i n t wo ways . I
t P
rice o
n a
ppl
icat
ion
i
s p oss ible t o i ncrease t he v alues Wr
ite
, p hone or c
all
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f b oth c ondenser a nd r esistance , f
o
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, w
ith C
ircu
it a
nd f
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do PH
ILIPS F
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TELEPHONE EQU
. RADIO-
IP MENT FOR
p
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SA. HARBOUR TRUST The mob ile s tat ions , t ransm itters t ype 1 622 ,
A r ad io t
elephone c ommun ica tion s ys tem opera te o n 8 2.26 mc/s a nd h ave a n a eria l
emp loy ing V .H .F . frequency modu la tion i
s power o f 2 0 wa tts , d elivered b y a t ype 8 15
b
e ing c
ons truc ted by Ph ilips Elec trica l valve , t he l ow p ower s tages u sing t he M iniwa t t
I
ndus tr ies f or t he S .A . Harbour T rust t o p ro- min ia ture a l-g lass v alves . Work ing o n a d e-
%ide more ef icient work ing o f t he h arbour v
ia tion o f p lus 1 5 l ic/s t he a ud io f requency
f
ac ilit ies c on trol led b y t he T rus t
. A f lee t o f i
nput i s l ess t han m inus 2 5 V .G . a nd t he
14 t ugs a nd l aunches i s b eing f itted w i th aud io f requency r ange t ransm it ted i s f rom
r
ad io a nd t hese v esse ls o pera te i n t hree a rea s, 300-3000 c yc le s
, a s i s u sua l i n v oice c ommun i-
Por t Ade la ide , Ou ter Harbour , a nd P or t P ide . cation s ystems . Au tomat ic modu lation c on tro l
Those a t P or t Ade la ide a nd Outer Harbou r i
s e fected b y a d iode -pen tode v alve a nd p ro -
will work w ith t he P or t Ade la ide b ase s tat ion v
ides a gains t e xce ssive d evia tion .
and a s econd b ase s ta tion i s p rov ided f or P ort The p ower c onsump tion o f t he t ransm it ter ,
Pine , w ith i nter -commun ica t
ion f ac il ities b e- on 1 2 v olt s upp ly , i s 2 A . O n s tand -by a nd
tween t he t wo . 9 A . o n t ransm it. F or 6 V . o pera tion t hese
The mob i le s ta tions w il
l u se t he Ph ilips t ype curren ts a re d oub led .
1622/1623 t ransm it ter -rece iver u n
i ts wh ich a ra The r eceiver t ype 1 623 i s a d oub le c onver-
the s ame a s t hose u sed i n l and v eh icles , s
ion s uperhe terodyne u sing t he s ame c rys ta l
powered f rom t he s hips ' b atter ie s, wh ich , i n osc illator f or t he f irst a nd s econd m ixers s o
t
h is e ase , a re 1 2 v ol ts. tha t o sc il
lator d rif t d ifficu lties a re r e moved .
The 1 622/1623 i s a r e markab ly c ompact i n- The Min iwa t
t a ll-g lass m in iature v alves p ro -
s
ta lla t ion . wh ich , i nclud ing s elec t ive c alling vide e xcellen t p e rformance w ithou t e xcess ive
equ ipmen t, measures o nly 1 6 %" r 1 1% ." x 6% ," b
a ttery c on sump tion . The s ens itivity i s 1
and we ighs 4 5 l b s. When s elec tive c alling i s microvo lt f or a n oise r educ tion o f 2 0 d b., wh ich ,
no t u sed t he d imens ions a re s till sma l ler , with 1 5 K c/s d ev ia tion , g ives a s igna l t o
16 %" x 9%" r 6% ." a nd we igh ing 3 9 l bs. T he noise r atio o f 2 0 d b. The a ction o f t he
transm itter a nd r ece iver a re moun ted s ide b y l
im iters i s a ss isted b y a utoma tic g ain c ontro l
s
ide i n a s ing le s tee l c ase , w ith t he v ibra tor app l
ied t o t he h igh f requency , a nd f i
rs t i nter -
power u nit a t t he r ear e nd o f t he t ransm i tter med ia te amp lifier s.
chass is . An e lectron ic s que lch s ys tem p rov ides f or
e Mr. Frank L eddy, G overning Direc
tor o f A s ing le c able c onnec ts t he s et t o t he c on tro l comp lete s ilenc ing o f t he r ece iver i n t he a b-
P
hil
ips E lec
trica
l I ndustries o
f Aus tra
lia pane l a nd a c oax ia l f eeder i s t aken f rom t he s et s
ence o f a s igna l a nd i s a djus tab le f or f unc -
t
o t he a eria l. T he c on tro l p ane l a nd m icrophone t
ion ing b etween 1 a nd 5 m icrovo lts.
P
ty. L
td.
t
ake u p v ery l i
t tle s pace a nd may b e moun ted Th e p ower o utpu t o f t he r ece iver , u nless
AUSTRALIAN TELEVISION wherever c onven ien t. T he l oudspeaker , l ikew ise spec ially r equ ired t o b e h igher , i s 0 .8 wa tt
.
can b e s towed i n t he mos t c onven ient p osi tion wh ich w ith modern l oudspeakers p rov ides more
SHOULD BE WORLD 'S BEST t
han a dequa te v olume w ithout e xcess ivve b at-
or may b e moun ted , w ithout i ts p ro tec tive
"The s tandards a dop ted b y t he Aus tra lian hous ing , b eh ind t he l oudspeaker g rille where t
ery d rain . I
n c ases where l oudspeaker o pera-
Governmen t f or t elev is ion t ransm iss ion i n t his t
i on i s n ot d esired a n o utpu t o f 1 0 r am . c an
this i s p rov ided i n t he v eh icle.
c
oun try w ill g ive a t e lev is ion s erv ice a t l eas t The a eria l i s u sua lly moun ted o n t he r oof be p rovided f or t he e nerg ising o f a h andse t
e
qua l i f n ot b et ter t han a ny thing i n t he wor ld rece iver , w ith a c onsequent r educ t
ion i n c ur-
or c ab in t op a nd may b e e ither s pr ing b ased
when i t i s i ntroduced i n a bou t t wo y ears rnt c onsumpt ion .
or o f t he "knock -down" t ype . Cars mos tly
t
ime ," said Mr. F. N. Leddy , Govern ing
use t he s ing le q uar terwave wh ip a eria l
, b ut i n The r ece iver c ure en t c onsu mpt ion o n 1 2
D
irec tor o
f Ph ilips Elec trica l I
ndus tries volts i s 3 .3 A .
the c ase o f t he Harbour T rus t v esse ls t he
r
ec-n tly. "
fo lded u nipo le" i s b eing f itted , a s t his t ype The t ransm i tter a nd r ece iver a re o perated
Mr. L eddy s aid t ha t t he Ph ilips o rgan isa tion
of r ad iator h as s uper ior c harac ter is tics a nd i s f
rom t he c ontro l p ane l wh ich p rov ides a ll t he
a
lready h ad i n e xis tence e qu ipmen t f or t he
to b e p referred wherever p hys ica l c ond itions ncessary c ontro ls a nd i ndica tors .
t
ransm iss ion a nd r ecep tion o f t elev is ion i n
c
onform ity w i th Aus tra lian s tandards . His
Company h ad d eve loped a t elev ision d emon-
s
tra tion u n it c omp le te w i th s tud io f ac il it
ies ,
which wou ld o pera te t hrough a r ange o f
s
tandards i nc lud ing t hose a dop ted b y Aus tra-
l
ia. T his e qu ipment i s a lready b eing u sed i n
oficia l t elev is ion e xper imen ts i n t he Argen t
ine ,
i
n D en mark a nd i n many o ther European
c
oun tr ies. In 1 948 t he Ph ilips o rgan isa tion
r
ecommended a s et o f t e
lev ision s tandards f or
adop tion i n c ountr ies n ot t hen u sing t elev ision ,
which p rov ided f or e i ther 5 67, 6 05 o r 6 25 l ine
dcf
in ition w ith n ega tive modu la tion a nd a n
F
.M . s ound c hanne l. In 1 949 European a nd e De
signed a
nd manu
-
Eng lish t
elev is ion manu fac turers Inc lud ing
Philips j
oin tly recommended a European f
actur
ed i
n t
he
s
tandard o f 6 25 l ines . Hendon
, S
.A.
, f
ac-
The Aus tra lian s
tandards f
ollowed t
hese
t
o
rie
s o
f t
he P
hil
ips
r
ecommenda tions f airly c lose ly. The Aus tra lian
bandw id th o f 7 megacyc les h owever p rov ides C
o., t
h
is VHF FM
f
or g rea ter r eso lu tion a nd c on tra st a nd h ence e
quipmen
t r
epr
e-
a b e tter p ic ture t han t he 6 megacyc les b and - s
ent
s t
he l
a
tes
t '
f
or
w
id th o f t he r ecommended European s tandard ,
t
he 4 megacyc les b andw id th u sed i n Amer ica u
l
tra
-mod
ern p
oin
t-
and t he 3 megacyc les b andw idth i n Eng land . t
o
-po
int r
adio c
om-
The u se o f F .M . f or t he s ound c hanne l i s mun
ica
tion
.
an i mpor tan t f ac tor . V iewed i n r ela tion t o t he
p
rov is ion o f a f irs t-c lass t elev is ion s erv ice , i t
s
u
se i s u nques tionab le. I
t means h owever , t hat
Aus tra lian t elev ision r ece ivers w ill n ot b e s uit-
able f or r ecep tion o f n orma l b roadcast p ro -
g
rammes w ithout mak ing s epara te a nd n eces-
s
ar i
ly more e xpens ive p rov ision f or t he a ddi-
t
iona l A .M . r ad io r ece iver . I
n p rac tice t here -
f
ore i t w ill b e f ound p referab le a nd a t l eas t
a
s e conom ic t o h ave e ntire ly s epara te t elev ision
and r adio r ece ivers s o t ha t a ny member o f a
f
am ily n ot i nteres ted i n a ny p articu lar t ele -
v
ision p rogramme may a t t he s ame t ime l isten
t
o t he r ad io .

3
2 "Au
stra
lian RADIO a
nd TELEVISION New
s" O
ctober
, 1
949
 The b ase stations of 200 W. a er
ia l power
operating o n 7.18 mc/s make u se o f t h t ype
1
606 2 50 W. b ase transmitter
, wh ich, i nc
lud -
i
ng i n i
ts c abinet the base r eceiver, o ccupies
a em ir space o f 24" x i '
0" a nd stands 5 '10"
h
igh . The exciter stage o f t h e t ransmitter
c
ons ists of a t ype 1622 transm itter w ith A .C.
mains p ower s upply and drives t he p ower am-
p
lifier u sing t wo QB3/300 t etrode v alves i n
push-pull
.
The h igh tension for t he power s tage is
d
erived f rom 8 66A r ectif
ier valves a nd the
p
ower d rawn from the 2 40 V. mains is 175 W.
o
n s tandby and 8 00 W. o n transmit
.
T
he b ase s
tat
ion r ece
iver i
s a type 1623
u
nit wi
th A .C. power s upp
ly and i
ts p
ower
c
onsumption i
s 50 W.
The 1606 e qu
ipmen t is designed for l
oca
l o r
r
e mote operat
ion. I
n t he latter c
ase the l i
ne
may b e of any leng
th p rov
iding that the loop
r
esis
tance d oes not exceed 1 000 ohms.
Several types o f a erial are p rovided f or b ase
s
tations s uch a s the g round p lane o r s tacked
d
ipole a rrays, b ut i n t he c ase o f P ort P ine • T
he Aegi
s C ompany so
lves al
o
udspe
ake
r e
x
ten
sion p
r
oblem f
o
r t
h
e h
ome
t
he n orma l o rani
-direc tion a rrangemen t h ad w
ith t
h
is us
eful c
ont
rol un
it
.
t
o b e d eparted f rom a nd a s pecial a rray w i
ll
b
e e rected w ith d irective p roper t
ies i n c erta in
d
irections. The s ystem i s
, o f c ourse, v erti- AEGIS EXTENSION SPEAKER
c
ally p olar
ised .
AEGIS KC 5 TUN
ING UNIT
A
ll t he b ase s tat
ion f unctions a re c arried CONTROL SYSTE M This i s a n a ll-wave t uning u nit, d eveloped
out from a c ontrol consolette t o wh ich e x
- Af
ter months o f research, A egis Manufac tur- f
or t he C us tom Bu ilt C onso le o f t he modern
t
ension t e
lephone s ets may b u c onnected s o l
ounge . The u nit i s a c
tua lly t he e n
ti re "F ron t
i
ng Company has p erfected an Extension
End" o f a r ad io r eceiver, c omp letely a ssemb led
t
hat o f
ficers in severa l l
ocations c an c ommun i- Speaker C abine
t a nd C ontrol
. S ys
tem t hat
c
a te over t he s ystem. The s elective c alling and w ired , a ccura tely c a
libra ted i n megacyc les
r
evolution
ises the f
itment o
f Extension
and a ligned . F or t hose k een o n l isten ing t o
mechanism i s o perated f rom t he c onsole t
te S
peakers.
a
long w ith the o ther central con trol func tions Overseas B roadcas ts d irect f rom t he ir o rigin ,
C
oinc id ing w ith t he r e
lease o f t he Ext en sion p
lus h undreds o f ama teur r adio o pera tors t alk -
and all t he n ecessary appara tus i s b ui
lt i nto Speaker C abine t, i s t he C ontrol Box , wh ich i
ng t o o ne a nother a ll o ver t he wor ld, sma ll
t
he c abinet. emb races a S peak er T ransformer c onnec ted ships a t s ea, a ircraf t
, p olice, a nd s tandard
t
o a s wi tch , Ou tput T erm ina ls, a nd a n I nput b
roadcas t i nter s
ta te, w e r ecommend t he KC .5
Lead f i
t ted w ith a P lug a nd S ocket, t he I dea Tun ing o n t he S hor twave Bands i s a s e asy a s
b
eing t o r emove t he o utput t ube, inser t t he t
un ing t he B roadcas t
, d ue t o t hree o uts tand ing
p
lug , r efit t he v a
lve , a nd s o b e in a p osition f
ea tures: (
1) 2
9:1 Ra tio D ial D rive , (
2)
t
o h ave i n o pera t
ion t h3 R ec eiver a s was , t he Flywhee l-sp in T un ing S haf t, (3) E
iec trica l
% tens ion Speaker o perating s epara tel
ty o r Band -spread ing . O nce a S ta tion i s l ogged o n
t
he Ex tens ion S
peak er and t
he Receiver t
his b eautifu lly c lear d ial, i t a ppears a t t he
Speaker o pera t
ing t ogether. s
ame p osition n ex t t ime.
The p ho tograph s how s t he C abinet a nd t he
B
elow a
re s
ome of t
he SPECIAL FEATURES
small r e mote c ontro l mechan ism . S trikes a nd
o
f the AEGIS KC
.5 :-
o
ther f ac tors t aken i nto a ccoun t, this e quip-
ment w ill b e r eady f or release i n time f or t he 1
. Complete coverage o f al
l p opular bands
Christmas t rade . ob
tained w i
th F IVE SW ITCH POSIT IONS.
(
550-1630 Rc ), (
3.4-4
.05 Mc ), (
5.8-7
.5
P
rices a
re :—
Mc), (9.4-12.3 Mc), 13.9-18
.2 Mc ).
PLAST IC CAB INET WITH 6 " ROLA SPEAKER 2
. Bands i ndicated on d
ial i nc
lude 1 6
, 19,
(Less O utput T
ransformer
): 2
0, 25, 31, 40
, 49, 8
0 Metres
, a nd S
tandard
Black o r Wa lnut Broadcast
.
D
is tr
ibu tor
3
. Mu lt
i-coloured , f
ull v
ision, i
l
luminated
T
rade 39/10 P lus 10% S .T.
d
ia l
.
Retail 6
5/9 I nc. Sa
les T ax
Cream U rea 4
. Band c hange s w
itch o perates Automatic
The Ph ilips s e
lective c al
ling s ystem p rovides Band I ndicator o
n d ia
l f ace
.
f
or i ndividua l c al
ling ( comp lete p rivacy ) o r D
is tr
ibu tor
T
rade 4
1/3 P lus 1
0% S .T. 5
. Prov is
ion f or "Mag ic Eye" t un
ing indi-
g
roup c a
lling, wh ich l a
tter i ncludes c al
ling a l
l
Retail 68/
- I nc
. Sales Tax cator.
s
tations s imultaneously. In t his way , wh i
le
n
orma lly o n
ly t he station d esired r eceives t he 6
. Posi
tively n o b ack lash o n dial d rive.
c
all
, when emergenc ies a ris e a nd a n umber PLAST
IC CAB
INET ALONE: 7
. Specia
l P
erspex d
ial po
inter preven t
s
o
f s ta
tions a re to b e c oncen trated a t a g iven B
lack o
r Wa
lnut i
ncorrect l ogging.
D
istr
ibutor 8
. All co
ils p ossess high q ual
ity, adjustable ,
s
pot i n t he l east time, t he g roup o r g enera l
c
all g reatly e xpedites t he t ra ff
ic. T
rade 1
8/- Plus 1
0% S .T
.
i
ron-dust c ores
.
R
etail . 2
9/9 I
nc. Sa
les T ax
h
ie sys
tem which Is worked b y tones a nd Cream U rea 9
. Trimmers h ave h igh "Q" f actor
.
t
he use of only six aud
io f requency t ones D
ist
ributor 1
0. Best quali
ty Mou lded M ica, Ceram ic, a nd
a
ccommodates a f
l
eet of 186 mob i
le s ta
tions. T
rade . . 1
9/4 Plus 1
0% S.T. Paper C ondensers i ncorporate i n c ircuit.
As a ccessor ies to t he selective c all
ing e quip- R
etail . 3
2/- I
nc. Sa
les T
ax 1
1. I
.R.C. Res istors u sed t hroughout .
men t in t he mob i
le s tations a " busy l a mp" 1
2. S
tab il
ised Vo ltage C ontro l o n S creens o f
and "memory l a mp" a re f i
tted. The b usy SWITCH BOX ( Inc
lud
ing O
utput Transformer): Both R .F. a nd C onver ter v a lves.
l
a mp i nforms t he mob ile o perator when t he D
istr
ibutor 1
3. R .F . S tage o n a ll wave b ands .
s
ystem i s b usy w ith a no ther c all a nd t he T
rade . . 3
0/3 P lus 10% S .T. 1
4. S ome thing New a nd Exc lus ive i n D ial
memory l amp s hows when a c all h as b een R
etail . 5
2/6 Inc. S a
les Tax Escutcheons .
made t o h im i n h is a bsence , s hould h e h ave
b
een c alled away f or a ny p urpose when t he 1
5. A .W .A . t hree -gang r uing C ondenser f loa
ted
c
all f rom t he centra l station was made . on Rubber .
Apar t f rom t he sma ll i ncrease i n d i men- 1
6. Who le u n
it may b e moun ted o n f our r ub-
s
ions o f t he mob i le e quipment t he s elective ber g rommets when a ttached t o c hassis.
c
alling a ppara tus invo lves a n a dditional b attery OVERSEAS CONTRACT 1
7. A ll assoc ia ted r esistors a nd b y-pass c on-
c
onsump tion o f only 4 wa tts a nd a w eight o f densers i nc luded , c omp le te.
TO AUSTRALIA
s
ix p ounds . 1
8. Any n umber o f v alves a nd c on trol c ircuits
Tenders to supply a nd insta
l l radio e
qu ip- can b e b u i
lt a round t h
is u nit t o g ive t he
men t for t he seven n ew s hips o f the Union d
esired r esu lts. (We r ecommend t wo I .F.
Steamsh ip C ompany o f New Z ea land and t he s
tages u sing Aeg is 1 20 a nd 1 21 IS .
r
ad io refi
t o f t
wo o thers has b een awarded t o Transforme rs ).
Aegis Manufac turing C o.
, 2 08 Little L ens- Ama lgama ted Wire less ( Austra
las ia
) L imited.
d
ale S treet
, Me lbourne , C .1
. , is n ow I n a 1
9. On ly F ive C onnec tions t o make , t o feed
p
osit
ion t o del
iver i mmed iately a C ommun ica- T
his tender was c
ompeted for a
gains
t l
ead- i
nto a ny 4 55 He . I .F. c hanne l.
t
ion C abinet, Fron t P anel a nd C hassis to suit i
ng overseas r
adio o
rgan
isat
ions. 2
0. G old L etter S tation T ransfers f or a ll
t
heir AEG IS l iC4 Tun ing A ssemb ly
. Readers The s h ips c oncerned c onsist o
f live vessels Australian s tations s upp lied .
w
ill r ecall that t h
is un it was s uggested f or under c ons truction i n Scot
land a nd two to b e Address e nqu iries t o Aeg is Manufac turing
t
he Dua l I
.E. R eceiver in our J une, 1949 issue. b
uilt at t he New S ou th Wales Sta
te Dockyards , C
ompany , 2 08 L itt
le L onsda le S treet, Me l-
T
he price s
truc
ture i
s a s fol
lows: Newcas t
le. The v esse
ls t o b e ref
itt
ed w ith b
ourne , 0.1.
T
rade .86/6 P lus 10% S.T. A
.W .A . e quipmen t a re the "Kopua" a nd t he
R
etail . . 1
30/
- Inc. Sales T
ax "Wa i
tak i." (
Con
tinued o
n p
age 4
1)

O
ctober
, 1
949 "Au
stra
lian RADIO a
nd TELEV
ISIO N News" 3
3
 . ••

OUR F IRST SUBSCR IBER ( s

ince a ugmented
by a f orm idable l i
s t), Mr . C liff L loyd , 7 9
V
ictor ia S
treet, L ew isham , N.S.W ., d
oesn't
r
egret b eing f i
rst i n t he f i
eld . He s ays . . •
"
thanks f or a v ery e xcellent ' bob's' wor th.
I
t i s i ndeed s ome thing v ery d iferent t o t he
u
sua l r un o f thing s. The a ttrac t
ive i l
lustra-
t
ions g ive a r elief f rom l ook ing a t p hotos o f
v
alves a nd c ondensers a ll t he t ime . S uch t opi-
c
al i l
lus trations a re n ew s i n t hemse lves. As
I w rite t his my w ife i s r ead ing c arefully
t
hrough t he magaz ine , a nd t hat r eally i s
s
o meth ing when s he h as n ot e vinced a ny i n-
t
erest i n r adio p rev ious ly. Another p oint i s
t
he f i
ne s tandard o f a dver tis ing, wh ich d oes
j
ustice t o t hose b usiness p eop le who u til
ise t he
s
pace . . . . I am l ooking f orward k eenly t o
t
he f or thcom ing i ssues . ..
(We b lush w i th mode sty a t y our b ounteous
p
laud its Mr . L loyd , a nd t ake t h is o ppor tunity
t
o t ell y ou a nd t housands o f o ur r eaders t hat
we d eeply r egre t t he r ecen t b reak i n o ur
publica tion d ates. T o u se a n o verworked b u
t
v
ery t rue c liche . . . " circums tances a rose,
o
ver wh ich w e h ad n o c on tro l
." I
t was n o
j
oke t o e stab l
ish "R & TV News" a nd t hen B
r
ush D
i
scha
rge
f
ind t hat t he p erverseness o f h uman n ature
and t he i n
to lerance o f a s ec tion o f t he c om -
mun ity h it u s b e
low t he b elt. B
eing y oung A THO UG HT FOR AN IDLE M O ME NT
a
nd h ealthy, we d id n ot f all f or t he c oun t
,
but g o t g oing a gain w ith more e nthus iasm
t
han e ver. Y our r emark s about " It & TV New s"
b
e ing " dif
feren t" empha sise t he v ery p oint
we h ave s tressed f rom t he s tar t . . .w e h ave
`1 1.
1
1111 "
eng
lIal
lir
,
n
o i nten tion o f b eing i mita tors . . . a nd o ur
c
laim t o b e a p rogress ive Na t
iona l magaz ine l : COVER D
ESIGN
no i d
le s ugges tion. We h ave n oted w ith i n-
t
eres t t ha t o ur i deas h ave b een c overtly c opied A
s w e e xpected , severa
l r e
ade rs
i
n o ne d irec t
ion a nd o f c ourse t hat i s a ccepted a
nd s ome a dvertisers have asked w hy
a
s s incere f lattery . —Ed itor ), w
e h a ve d ep
ic ted the g lamo rous
y
oung l a
dy o n ou r re
-designed C ove r
.
We a
s ked S
ydney a
rt
ist L
i
nco ln

t
i
l
a
i
t
1
[
H
am ilton t o k nock u s u p someth ing
CECIL BORNE ( Vit2AIK ), recently o f We st
Wya long, N .S .W., w r
ites: — i
ndicative o f " The S p
irit o f T ele-

v
"Jus
ery h
t a l
igh s
i
ne o r two o
tandard o
f c
f '
ongra tula
R & TV News
tion o
.
n t
' Y
he
ou
v
i
s
h
a
ion" a
ve a f
nd i
emin
n
tima
ine t
ted t
h
eme.
hat i
No
t s
t a
hou
t a
ld
l
l
have managed t o set o ut i n d igni
fied terms a l
l b
ad, i si t
? We D ID h ear a p r
actical
t
he v arious s ections a nd I am s ure t hat a l
l r
adio t echnician s ay however
, t h
at t he
d
iscern ing r eaders w il
l a ppreciate j ust t hat Ah ote
l, cer
tainly o ne ofS ydney's
f
act. There h as a lways b een a t endency f or l
ady sh ould have b een say
ing "M ISTER
'
ham ' a nd o ther h obby magaz ines t o d escend —he re
' s y our CATHODRAYTUBE ." l
e
adin g h ote
ls, b u
t d i
ferent t o
t
o a l evel tha t becomes a j argon, b ut you h ave e
very other in m any t h
ings
. T he
managed t o attain t he l evel o f high l i
terary Wen tworth, f o
r i n
stance, has ever
merit. G
ood l uck . . . " b
een n oted f o
r i t
s q u
iet
, r e
stfu
l
(Whilst w e a re i n t he p ub l
ish ing b usine ss a
tmospher e
. A nother t h
ing, t o
o
.
and d eal
ing w i th ama teur r adio a nd o ther w
hile a way f r
om t h
e n oi
s e a n
d
kindred s ub jec ts , j argon (
as d istinct f rom b
ust
le, y ou a re n everthele
ss c on
-
humorous r epar tes ) i s s omething t hat w il
l n ot v
eni
en t
ly s it
ua ted t o eve
rywh ere
.
b
e p erm
may n
it
ted t
ot a
o s
gree w i
ee p
th u
rint . We b
s . . .b
low t
ut W
ha
e d
t many
o NOT
A
' M
ile
stone i
n S
ervice and cu ine a
is re unex ce
lled
.
l
i
k e t he con tinued r eference t o r adio ama teurs
V
alve P
roduc
tion
a
s "
d
iate
m
hams
ly o
eans s
." I
n t
ome
he n
th
t i

ing q
s a t
on-unders
u
e

ite d
rm wh
tand
ich j
ing l
iferent i
ars i
ayman
n t
h
mme-
, a
e p r
o
nd
Amalgamated W irele
ss V alve C ompany T
H
EWE
NTW
ORT
H
f
sssiona l t hea trica l w orld. It i s e ven c on - h
as j u
st pr oduced t h
e o ne-million
th m inia-
s
i
d
dered
oomed t
unfor
o r
tunate
eference t
tha t we
o owners a
a
re
nd o
v
irtua
pera
l
to
ly
is t
ure type v alve in the f a
cto
ry a t Ashfield, Ut (
-
-
-Sy
o
f priva
te o
r c
itizen r
ad io s
tations a
s N
.S.W. T h is i nd
icates t h
e h igh d egree o f
"ama teurs." The "Ama teur Hour" i n r adio, p
rogre
ss a nd m anufactur
ing t echn
ique n ow '
P
hon
e BW 1 361 (
10 'l
i
nes)
d
oes, f or examp le , mean s ome thing v ery d ifer -
e
nt i ndeed t o t he a ct ivities of r adio ama teur s. a
t
tained inA us
tral
ian radio va
lve p roduction. C
. D
. Mac
lur
can
, M ana
ging Dir
e c
tor
The o ne wou ldn 't k now t '
other . Thank-you
f
or t he g ood w ishes , C ec i
l. —Ed itor).

3
4 "Au
stra
lian RADIO a
nd TELEVISION New
s" O
ctobe
r, 1
949
 COMPACT RECEIVING have 1 70 t urns, f or 8 0 me tres 6 0 s
hor t-wave b roadcas ting i s obvious t o
DOUBLETS t
urns , f or 4 0 me tres 3 0 t urns, a nd a
nybody w ith a g rain o f u nders tand-
Particular ly f or s hor t waves , t he f
or 2 0 metres 1 5 t urns. I
t w il
l b e i
ng; ' but I d isagree w ith Mr . M ilne
doublet f orm o f a eria l w ith t wisted f
ound t hat i n the s hort-wave r anges i
n h is o f-hand t rea tment o f SW
o
r t ransposed f eeder l ine i s r ecog - a d oublet s o c ons tructed f or 8 0 b
roadcast ing i n genera l. S
urely w e
n
ised a s b eing h igh ly e ficient a t t he metres w ill w ork w ell o n t he h ar- a
re n ot asked i n t his p art o f t he
r
esonant f requency o f t he a erial mon ics
. A g ood f eeder l ine c an b e
Emp ire t
o r
egard the e
xcellent
i
tself. I t a lso h as t he g reat a dvan t- made f rom 1 8-gauge V .I.R. c able
Br
itish s hor t
-wave b roadcast ing s er-
age o f p ossess ing g ood n oise -reduc - twisted t ogether, •a nd i f a t uned
c
oup ling i s used t o t he r eceiver, s o v
ice a s b eing i n t he c ategory h e
i
ng q ualities i f t he a erial p ortion
much t he b etter. emphas ises? T hat g oes also f or the
i
tself i s lo ca ted we ll away f rom t he
r
ad io-induc t ive i
n terference f
i
eld. "Voice of Amer ica" p rogrammes f rom
This c an o f ten b e a rranged , a nd Uncle S am's d oma in.
t
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THE L
IFE OF MOZART

B
y RON BRADER

W
OLFGANG A M A D E US t
i
l he c
omposed an O
rator
io. He was
MOZART was b orn o n J anu- v
ery s
oon r
eleased
.
ary 2 7
, 1 756. On t hat d ay
c
o mmenced t he l ife o f a
F
IRST SUCCESSES
man , n ow f amous , who was d estined
t
o b ecome o ne o f t he g reatest o f com- At t he a ge o f 1 2 y ears, Mozart
posers. Y et t h is l ife
, wh ich b egan produced h is f irst Opera , " The P re-
s
o b rightly was " bound i n s hal
lows t
ended S i mp le ton ," w ith a s core 6 14
and i n m iser ies" a nd was e xt
in- pages i n l eng th , b ut i ts p erformance
guished a fter o nly t hirty -five y ears was o bstructed b y t he j ealousy o f t he
e
xistence . Al
l music l
overs a
re Viennese mus ic ians . I t was n ot l ong
f
am iliar w
ith t
he extraord inary before L eopo ld , s till f earing a wan -
genius wh ich was r evea led i n h is i
ng o f h is g en ius , t ook h im t o Ita ly,
c
hildhood; t his n eed n ot b e elabor- t
he h ome o f mus ic, where h e made a
a
ted u pon h ere. H is y oung e ar was great i mpress ion . I t was h ere t hat
s
o s ensitive t hat h e f ainted when h
is memory r eta ined t he who le o f
h
ear ing a t rumpet , y et t his i nstru- Alleg ri's "M isere" a nd h e wrote i t
ment o ften f eatured i n n ove l c om- out n ote p erfect a fter h aving h eard
b
inat ions o f i nstruments , i
n t
he i
t b ut o nce . On t he r eturn j ourney
music h e wrote l ater i n l i
fe. Mozart was a dm itted i nto t he P hil-
harmon ic S oc iet ies o f B o
logna a nd
Verona a t t he a ge o f 1 4, a nd h is
M
ISUNDERSTOOD TALENT
Opera "Mithr idates , K
ing o
f
His f ather , L eopo ld, made t he Pontus ," was g iven t wenty p erform -
great e rror o f a ttr
ibut ing h is mus i
- ances . The l e
t ters o f Mozar t a t t his
cal t a
lent t o y outhful p recoc ity, a nd t
ime r evea l h is a cute d ramat ic s ense
s
oon h ad h im t ouring t he c ourts o f and p ower o f u nderstand ing c harac - WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Vienna , P aris, a nd L ondon i n a r o- t
er , wh ich c ontr ibuted s o much t o
man tic atmosphere o
f p
raise, t
he g reatness o f h is Operas . Up t o
"Don G iovanni" i n which the com-
Princes , a nd p atronage , wh ich p ro- t
his s tage h is mus ic h ad n ot b een
duced p resents o f s words, s nuff- p
oser was a ssisted by the f amous
t
ru ly h is own , a nd h ad f ollowed
l
ibrettist Da P onte
, but even these
b
oxes a nd g olden c anes i n a bun - e
x isting c onvent ion a nd s tyle, b ut the
s
e cured n o ' p
ermanent emp loyment
dance , b ut n othing much i n t he a
dvent o f manhood r evea led Mozart 's
way o f money . On ly h is v is
it t o mus ic i n i ts matur ity . The y ear f
or h im .
Eng land was r eally l ucrative ; when 1
776 i
s a
bundant w
ith Masses , The h istory o f Mozart 's l ast y ears
h
e r eceived 2 4 g uineas f rom G eorge D
ivert iment i, a nd mus ic f or t he o r- i
s o ne o f i lness , e x
treme p over ty
t
he Th ird a nd 5 0 g uineas f rom t he g
an a nd p iano . and d
ishear ten ing s
etbacks , but
Queen i n return f or six s onatas . H is more s o o f t ragedy a s ar esu lt o f t he
s
kill i n i mprov isation a nd h is t alent c
ircumstances wh ich h astened h is
MATR
IMONY AND CAREER
made h im i mmense ly p opu lar . So premature d ea th. He was o n h is
g
reat was h is i nit
ial s uccess , t hat Mozart s oon b ecame t ired o f S alz- d
eath -bed when n ews c ame o f t he
upon h is r eturn t o his h ome t own o f burg a nd l eft o n a nother j ourney . A t huge s uccess o f " The Mag ic F lute ,"
Salzburg "Wo lferl" was s hut u p i n Mannhe im h
e f
ell i n l ove with and o f f i
nanc ia l a ssistance . He d ied
a room b y t he Archb ishop , who d id Aloys ia Weber , who , u nfor tuna tely, o
n December 5 , 1 791 . Unfor tunate ly ,
n
ot b el
ieve a ll t hat was s aid a bout d
id n ot r ec iproca te h is a rdent d evo - Mozar t h ad o ften d isp layed s ome o f
h
im , a nd r efused t o r elease h im u n- t
ion. H is k ind b ut d om ineer ing f ather t
he l ess a dm irab le c haracter istics o f
d
isapproved o f t his a nd c aused h is Salzburg , b ut t h
is i s more t han o b-
s
on k ind ly b ut f i
rm ly t o b reak t he s
cured b y h is f ine c harac ter wh ich
apron s trings wh ich a l
lowed h im n o r
ema ined s teady i n t he f ace o f t he
i
ndependence . Another v isit t o P aris adulat ion wh ich was p oured o n h im
was q u
ite u nremunerat ive a nd h e r e- i
n b oyhood . S uch was t he man whose
t
urned s adly t o S alzburg . Aloy sia mus ic can t
ransport p
eop le t
o
r
ejected h im a nd h e marr ied h er Heaven , b oth b y t he magn ificence o f
s
ister C ons tanze . I n 1 781 " Idomeneo" a Mass o r a n Opera , o r b y the s im -
was c omposed f or t he Mun ich C ar- p
licity a nd b eauty o f "E ine K leine
n
iva l a nd l ike most o f h is p roduc - Nachtmus ic ." P erhaps t he g reatest
t
ions was s uccessfu l b ut b rough t t
ragedy o f h is l i
fe was t hat h is
l
i
ttle r eward . I n t he f ol
low ing y ear g
en ius was s till f ertile when h e d ied ,
h
e d edicated s ix f ine s tring q uarte ts s
ince h e p roduced t hree f amous s ym -
t
o Haydn , whom h e a dm ired s o phon ies i n s ix weeks , a ll f ull o f t he
much . Haydn 's s tyle was t he b asis p
rec ision a nd a lacr ity o f h is s ty le.
f
or Mozar t's c reat ions , b ut i t was Who -k nows t o what h e
ights t he s ym -
n
ot l ong b efore t he p up i
l b ecame t he phony wou ld have c
limbed had
Mas ter. I n t he y ears 1 786 a nd 1 787 Mozart l ived t o d ie a n orma l d eath .
V
ienna w itnessed t he p erformance I
t r e mained f or B eethoven t o t ake
o
f " The Marr iage o f F igaro" a nd u
p where h e l eft o f
.

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1
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E
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5 1
1.750 Sou th Amer ican b eam , 5 .15 t o 1 0.15 p .m .; A frica ,
1
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4
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5 1
1.826 Pac ifie b eam , 1 .45 t o 6 .00 am a
.
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5 1
1.868 African b eam , 1 .15 t o 2 .45 p .m .; S ou th Amer ica,
4
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3
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3 1
1
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P acifie
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1
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5 1
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Eng
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5 1
2
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1
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9 1
5.140 Aus tralia, 7 .45 t o 1 0.00 a .m .. N ear Ea st, 1 .45 a.m . t o
1
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12.15 t o 3 .45 p .m .; I ndia , 2 .00 t o 4 .
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9 1
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Eng
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9 1
5.300 Sou th Amer ican b eam , 6 .00 t o 7 .15 p .m .
Eng
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9 1
5.310 Nor th Amer ican b eam , 7 .15 a .m . t o 5 .00 p .m.; A frica,
2
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9 1
5.420 Pac ifie b eam , 4 .45 t o 6 .00 a .m .
Eng
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9 1
5
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amt.
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9 1
5.450 Af r
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Eng
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6 1
7.730 N ear Eas t b eam , 7 . 30 t o 1 1.15 a .m .
Eng
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4 1
7.810 Aus tralia, 6 .00 t o 1 0
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6 1
7.870 African b eam . 1 1.30 a .m . t o 1 .00 p .m .
Eng
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6 1
8.080 South Amer ican b eam , 7 .00 t o 8 .00 am a.; 1 0.00 t o
1
1.15 a .m .; 1 2
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3 2
1.470 Africa , 7.45 t o 1 .00 a
1 m.
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1.675 India b eam , 5 .00 t o 7 .30 p .m .
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F
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9 6
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5
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8
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1.785 l
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F
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5 1
1.970 noon t o 8 .50 p .m .; 1 .00 t o 2 .
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G
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9 6
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Greece Athens SV M 3
1 9
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Gaudeloupe Pointe-a-Pitre FG8AH 4
1 7
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9 6
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Guatema la Gua tema la C ity TG WA 3
1 9
.685 Sundays , e ven ings .
Guatema la Gua tema la C ity TG WA 1
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5.170 daytime t ransm is sions .
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Hawa ii Iono lulu KRHO 1
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Hawa ii Hono lulu KRHO 1
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5.250 Chinese b eam , 6.45 t o 7 .15 p .m .
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ok io JV W3 2
5 1
1.725 h
eard a t 2
.00 p.m .
J
apan Tokio JZJ 25 1
1.800 heard at 1 .
45 p.m .
J
apan Tokio JVU3 25 11
.897 6.15 to 8
.15 p.m .
J
apan Tokio 1
9 15
.105 h
eard a t 8.30 p.m.
(
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i
st o
f s
tat
ions w
ill b
e c
ont
inued u
nti
l c
omp le
te)

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every i
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sue) :S
eria
l N
ove
l, S
hor
t S
tory
, B
etween Ou
rse
lve
s, F
eatu
re A
rtic
les
(
not f
ewer t
han e
i
ght)
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nit
ting D
esign
, C
roche
t D
esign
, N
eed
lec
raf
t D
esign
, Mo
the
rcra
ft
S
ection, S
ervice and In
format
ion, Ki
tchencra
ft a
nd Readers
' Tes
ted R
ecipes, Pa
ttern
s,
P
ictoria
l Adventu
re Page, Hea
lth a
nd or Beau
ty T
alk
, Garden S
ect
ion
, C
hildren'
s Sec
tion
w
ith P
icto
ria
l S
t
rip
s, Hou
seho
ld H
int
s, Sm
ile
s C
olumn
.

REGULAR F
EATURES
: Voca
tion
s o
f Women
, Wo
rld Afa
irs
, Women i
n H
isto
ry, R
eal
-li
fe
L
ove S
tor
ies
, Women i
n Aus
t ra
las
ian His
tory
, Sof
t T oy
s, Kiddie Qu
ips
, P
rin
ted L
inen
s,
Mainly Abou
t Men, R
eal
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tch.

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4
0 "Au
stra
lian RADIO a
nd TELEVISIO N No
tes" O
ctober
, 1
949
 Embodied in t
his des
ign are the f
ollowing: —
(
Cont
inued f
rom p
age 3
3) NE W EQUIP MENT FOR 2GB
P
ick-up: Lightweigh
t t ype prov
iding wide fre-
S
ta t
ion 2 GB h as r ecen tly t aken d el
ivery o f q
uency r esponse w ith m in
imum r ecord a nd
AUSTRALIAN TELEVISION two i mpor ted r ecord ing u ni
ts f rom E
.M .I. n
eedle w ear
.
(Aus tral ia ) P ty . L im ited .
The E .M .I. Magne tic T ape R ecorder b as Automechan
ism
. Lates
t type h
andl
ing u
p t
o t
en
A Marcon i C oy. 6 25 l ine t elev ision s ys tem 1
2 in. or 1
0 i
n. r
ecords (unm
ixed).
o
pera ting t o a n Aus tra l
ian b uilt r eceiver was b
een s pec ia lly d esigned a nd made i n E ngland
d
emons trated r
ecen tly to pressmen a
t t
he f
or u se i n b roadcas ting s tat ions a nd f i
lm Duo-diffusion s ound -reproduc ing s ystem . Th is
Ama lgama ted Wireless Labora tor ies. These s
tud ios.
i
ncorpora tes a n e l
lipso idal s peaker
, a k eenly
The b roadcas ting s ta t
ion i s n ow a b
le t o
un
its d isplayed t elevis ion i mages o f e xtreme ly s
ensitive, e nerg
ised , h igh f l
ux d ensity mov ing
r
ecord a n a rtist, a p lay , o r a n e nt
ire p ro-
h
igh q uality. It was e xplained t ha t t he c on - c
oil s peaker w ith e l
liptical c one giving w ide
g
ramme , o nto a s poo l o f s ens it
ized p lastic
s
truction o f t he p icture was b ased o n a 6 25 a
ngle s ound d is
tr ibution o f a l
l f requenc ies
t
ape , a nd , s ince n o p rocess ing i s r equired, i t
l
ine d ef
inition a s c ompared w ith B rit
ish s tan- b
etween 5 0/7000 c ycles, aided b y an a ddit
iona l
may b e b roadcas t i mmed iately . E ach s pool
d
ard o f 405 l ines, a nd t he Amer ican s tandard 6 in. s peaker u n
i t t o e xtend t he f requency
p
lays f or a bout t wenty -one m inu tes, a nd o ne
o
f 5 25 l ines
. Mr. L . A . Hooke , Manag ing r
ange.
r
eel may b e s ynchron ised t o a nother t o g ive
D
irec tor of Ama lgama ted Wire less , p o
in ted o ut
t
hat war i ntens ified r adar r esearch h ad p ro- p
erfec t c on tinu ity. The mechan ism r ecords a nd Metal G r
ille
. A s ound t ransparent gri
ll wh
ich
p
lays b ack , a nd , s hou ld a r ecorded t ape b e m
in imises the a
bsorption o
f sound waves
v
ided many r efinemen ts a nd e conom ies f or t ele-
v
ision, many o f wh ich c ould n ot b e a dopted n
o l onger wan ted , i t may b e p laced i n t he r
adiated f rom t he loudspeaker, so that a
ll the
i
n e xist
ing p re-war s ystems w ithout c omp lete ly uni
t a nd r e-recorded b e
cause a n e rasing d e- n
atural crispness a nd tone of speech and music
s
crapp ing e qu ipment a nd a ll r ece ivers . v
ice i s i ncorpora ted t o "w ipe" t he t ape. A i
s retained.
s
poo l may t hus b e u sed o ver a nd o ver a gain;
Austra
lia t herefore was in a n e x
tremely up t o 1 ,000 t ime s, t hc manu facturers c la im, D
ia ls: L arge, e dge- lit calibrated d ia
l s cale
.
f
ortunate posi
tion t o s
elec
t t
he fines
t s ystem w
ithout a pprec iab le l oss. The f ac t t hat a C
ab inet: A vallagle i n p ol
ished wa lnu t, a lter
-
a
t p resent a vailable, one embodying e very s
poo l i s o nly 1 114 i
nches i n d iame ter, may b e n
a t
ive f inishes i n mahogany o r si
lver a sh to
p
ost-war ref
inemen t
. s
tored w i thou t f ear o f b reakage , a nd w ill n ot s
pec ial order o n
ly .
d
eter iora te w ith a ge, makes t his s tyle o f r e- Range: 1 0-5/51 me tres. 540/1600 K c/s.
Mr. Hooke w ent o n to s ay t ha t p ractical c
ord ing o f p articu lar a dvan tage t o a b road- Mains S upply: 2 00 t o 2
50 v o
lts. 5 0 c.P.s.
t
elevision b ased o n the l a
test o f research d ata c
asting s tation . D
imens ions: 3 1 i n
. h igh
, 3 6 in. wide, 1 8 i n
.
available c ould n ot b e a ccomp lished f or a t d
eep .
l
east t wo years a nd t hen could n ot b e r egarded
a
s a s ubst
i tute f or r adio, f or u n ti
l methods T
he Price i
s 1
15 guineas
, a nd this mode
l i
s
were f ound t o b alance t he l arge p rogramme "
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS" a
vai
lab
le for immed
iate d e
livery
.
c
osts , television m ight b e r estricted t o t he Mr. L . B ence , C hief C hem ist of G enera l D ry
hours when t he e ntire f amily c ou ld v iew i t
. Batter ies P ty . L td., i n wh ich t he s hares a re
I
n Eng land a fter 1 3 y ears o f t elevision t he held j ointly b y E lectron ic I ndus tries L im ited ,
s
erv ice was r es
tricted t o o ne h our I n t he and G enera l D ry Ba tteries I nc.
, o f Amer ica ,
a
fternoon a nd a pprox imately t wo h ours i n t he has r eturned f rom t he Un i
ted S ta tes where h e
e
ven ing. s
pent s ome t ime i n t he v ar ious p lants o f t he Good luck to p opular Dick Huey o f "H.M .V."
Amer ican C ompany i nves tiga t
ing n ew d eve lop- who i s away o n av isit t
o t he Old C ountry
. He
men ts i n b attery p roduc tion . wil
l, f or a year, be studying modern t echniques
Dur ing h is s tay a rrangements w ere c on- a
t E lectr
ical a nd Mus ica
l I ndustries Engineer-
c
luded f or f urther e quipmen t to b e s upp lied t o i
ng D eve
lopmen t L td., one o f t he many c om-
Genera l D ry Ba tter's P ty . L td.
, a nd t his i s p
an ies i n t he E .M.I. group . D ick Huey h ad
expec ted t o r each Me lbourne s hortly . Its i ns ta l
- an i mportan
t A rmy j ob d uring t he war y ears
l
ation s hou ld b oos t p roduc tion s ufficiently t o a
s D irector o f Radar e qu ipmen t. Mrs . Huey
enab le t he c ompany t o marke t i ts p roduc t i n has a ccompan ied him t o E ngland .
S
ta tes o ther t han V ictor ia. I t
s p resent o utpu t
i
s a bsorbed a lmos t who lly b y C ommonwea lth
and S tate G overnment D epar tmen ts a nd b y
V
ic tor ian t rade r equ iremen ts.
Mr. B ence was a ccompan ied f rom Amer ica
by Mr . J . V idmar , C hief Eng ineer o f t he
Dubuq ( Iowa ) p lant o f G enera l D ry Ba t ter ies
I
nc . Mr . V idmar w i l
l r ema in i n Aust ra lia
f
or s ome mon ths . He i s o ne o f Amer ica's o ut-
s
tand ing b attery p roduc tion e xperts.
Mr. O . O ppenhe im , T echn ica l Manager o f t he
Eng ineer ing D ivision o f E lectron ic I ndus tr ies
L
im ited , h as r e
turned b y a ir f rom Amer ica
where h e i nves t
iga ted l ates t d eve lopments i n
t
he p roduc t
ion o f e lectron ic a nd t e
lecommun i-
c
ation e quipment . The C ompany ma inta ins a s
f
ar a s p ossib le c on t
inuous p ersona l t ouch w ith
• The e xtreme s ensiti
vi ty of the i mage O r
th icon
a
ssoc ia ted o ver sea s c ompan ies i n t h
is r ap id ly
t
elevision c ame ra t ube i s d emon strated i n e
xpand ing f i
eld .
t
his a ctual p hotograph . I t w a
s t aken a s t he
s
ub jec
t s t
ruck a ma tch, wh ich p rov ided t he
o
n ly i lluminan t
. The e quipmen t r esponsible
H
.M.V
. AUTORAD
IOGRA M
i
s A
wa
. W
s t
.A's R
aken d ir
.C
ec
.A
t f
.- Mar
r
con
i a
om a TV r
nd t
ece
his "
iver s
sho
c
t"
reen
f
ac
An attrac
tory i
t
s t
ive n
he E
ew mode
.43A (
l from t
The "Ernes
he H.M
t F
.V
isk
.
).
QUAL
ITY
i
n t
he A
shfi eld (N.S
. W.) laboratory.
The f
ea tures are: e xtra tonal fidel
ity —wide

T
RANSFORMERS
Defini
t ion is 6 25 l ines. d
ifusion o f sound —super la
tive reproduct
ion c f
r
adio a nd r ecords a nd s impl
icity o f tuning.
These will make a t remendous a ppea l to the
most cr
i t
ical l i
stener.
a
nd
THOSE HAR MONICS
The p rog ressive ama teur k eeps h i mself w e
ll
p
h
osted w
obby , a
ith s
nd t
uitab
o t
le l
hat e
i
tera
nd w
ture c
e r
oncern ing t
ecommend t
he
hat
METAL
- WORK
f
or t he e xpend iture o f b ut 5 /- t he s ix c opies
per y ear o f A .W . Va lve C o
's e ver -popu lar
"Rad io tronics" i s c ash w e
ll i nves ted . The M a n uf a ct u r e d
current i ssue , No . 1 37 t o h and , c arries a n
a
r t
icle b y J ohn R einar tz, o n "Reduc ing t he b
y
Harmon ic P ower Ou tput o f Amateur T rans-
mitters." This i s p articular ly i nteres t
ing t o
a
ll f or t he p rob lem o f h armon ic s uppress ion i s
w
t
ith most o
he y ears o
f u
f T
s, a
elev
nd l
is
ooms m
ion t o c
isti
ome
ly l
.
arger i
Relnar
n
tz
TR IM A X 1
;
ex/
inn
ers
analyses t he c ause a nd c ure v ery e fec tively. 0
11
151
(IN O
F C
L
IFF E
.BUNT
ING P
TY
. L
TD
.
Being a n RCA e ngineer a nd a p ioneer o f s hort-
wave r adio c ommun ication , h e i s still a s much 2
9-35 F
LEMINGTON ROOD,
o
f a n amateur a t h eart a s h e was i n t he o ld N
ORTH MELBOURNE . VIG
.
1XA M -1QP d ays o f 1 024 o nwards . For t he
b
ene fit o f t hose who d on't k now , R e
inar tz was
t
he f irst Amer ican ama teur t o work o n 2 0
metres; f
irstly t
rans -Cont inen ta l, and t
hen
t
rans -Ocean .

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ctobe
r, 1
949 "Au
stra
lian RADIO a
nd TELEV
ISIO N New
s" 4
1
 Mar Ho ur W OPES
1-
101
D
A S
ec
tion F
or
T
he H
and
ic
raf
te
r
t
he commencemen t of t he " copy" w ill t
he r ivets which f asten t he t hin strips
b
e visible. A s t he lecture i s d elivered o
f w ood t o f orm t he h andle . T h
is
t
he t op r o
ller h andle i s r ota ted a nd s
hou ld b e a bou t f ive i nches ' long.
t
hus t he "copy" k eeps p ace w ith t he Before r ivet
ing t ogether, h arden t he
r
eader . The a dvan tage o f t his d e- c
u t
ting p ar
t o f the b lade a nd t emper
v
ice s hould b e i mmed ia tely a pparen t t
o a b rown c olour. S
harpen o n a n
—no l oose s heets, n o t urning o ver, o
i
ls tone, u s
ing a s lip f or t he inside.
a
nd t he top o f the p age w i
ll b e al-
ways t he matter t o b e d ealt w ith.
L
ight ing may b e a rranged s imp ly a s
s
hown i n the s ketch o f t he f i
nished A S
IMPLE S
IGN FLASHER
d
esk, w ith t wo l amps s creened f rom OME c raftsmen frequently find
t
he view o f t he a udience b y means o f o
ccas ion to u se a s imple, yet
ablack meta l shade . R ad io C lubs a nd efective
, sign fl
asher. T he one
I
nstitutions s hould f ind a r eady u se s
hown h ere is e
asy to make, yet very
f
or s uch a n e asi
ly made a ccessory . p
osit
ive i n act
ion. It
s c ost is nil
.
—E . M'c.
Anyone who p ossesses a n e lemen t-
a
ry k now ledge o f e lectricity k nows
t
hat t he s imp les t f lasher u t
ilises t he
p
rinc iple o f t he e xpans ion o f me ta ls
under t he a pplica tion o f h ea t i n t he
making a nd b reak ing o f a n elec trica l
c
ircu it
. A s t he c urren t f l
ows t hrough
D
eta
ils o
f C
ons
truc
tion
. t
he r es is
tance w ires, i t h ea ts t he
a
lum inium s trip
, c ausing i t t o e x-
pand. No te t hat t he e nds o f t his
A LECTURER
'S s
trip a re f ixed w i th s crews . There -
READ
ING DEVICE f
ore, t he s trip i n e xpand ing b y h ea t
s
upp lied t hrough t he r esistance w ire
THImaSterisiamlpleassisactcaenscseoryto craeanderbes
o
f
o
f
T
he F
ini
shed D
esk
a
rches u n t
il i t touches t he a d jus ted
Paper s
, L ecturers , P reachers a nd c
on tac t p oint. T he l ight t hen f l
a shes
o
thers . I t c onsists ma inly o f a t ri- Gouge F
ro m Hack
sa w B
lade t
o f ul
l i ntens ity, f or t hen t he c ur-
angu lar b ox o f timber , s o mewhat r e- r
en t f lows t hrough t he me tal t o t he
A tool wh ich i s worth a p lace in l
amps . The me tal t hen c ools , c on -
s
emb ling p ortion o f a wr iting d esk
a
ny woodworker 's kit can b e made t
rac ts, a nd b reaks t he c i
rcui t
. The
but o f sma l
ler d imens ions . I t c on -
f
rom a n old h acksaw blade. I
t is c
urren t t hen f l
ow s t hrough t he r e-
t
ains t wo wooden r ollers wh ich r e-
e
special
ly u seful for gett
ing i n awk - s
istance w ire w ith r esu ltan t dimm ing
v
olve o n pivots , one b e
ing p laced n ear
t
he t op o f t he d esk a nd t he o ther t o- ward places s uch a s t
he ins
ide o f a o
f t he l amps .
wards t he b ase. The r olers a re s lit model motor b oa t hul
l. The b lade
The flasher may b e s
o a d
justed at
s
im ilarly t o t hose i n a r oll-fi
lm i
s sof
tened, a f
ter wh ich the teeth are t
he c ontact point that a ny reason-
c
amera s o t hat t he e nd o f as heet o f a
ble interval between fl
ashes may b e
paper may b e p assed t hrough a nd o
btained. Th
is flasher is designed
f
olded d own . The t op r oller c arries t
o o perate two sixty-watt lamps.
as ma l
l h and le wh ich p ro jects t o t he
o
u tside o f t he d esk . The d esk b oard The few s upp lies f or t h
is flasher
i
s c ut away t o e xpose t he s pace b e- may b e o btained f rom a ny electr
ical
tween t he r ol
lers, o r i t may b e r e- d
ea ler
. The b ase s trip i s a n on-
p
la ced b y g lass. The l e
cture o r a d- d
uc tor o f electrica l curren t and a ny
d
ress i s t yped o n a s heet o f p aper A U
sefu
l Woodwork
ing T
ool
. n
on -conduc tor materials may b
e
a
bout 3 f eet l ong a nd 6 i nches o r s o u
sed . F
irst s aw o ut t he base a nd
wide. O ne s ide o nly i s u sed a nd a f
inish i t smooth . Then c ut the alu-
g
round o f and a c
utting edge ground
f
air marg in l eft at b oth t op a nd b ot- minium s trip w ith a p air of t
in snips
i
n the centre
. I t i
s then bent round
t
om . T he e nds a re i nserted i n t he and f i
nish t he e dges o f t h
is smoo th
r
o l
ler s
lots, pu
l led t hrough and as u
itable bolt a
nd a s t
rip of h ard- with fi
le a nd emery c lo th
. Nex t cut
f
olded b ack. T he b ottom r oller i st hen wood inser
ted between the ends
. Two
r
o tated u ntil the p aper i s t aut, when ho
les a re then dri
lled t hrough f or (
Con
tinued o
n n
ext p
age)

4
2 "Au
stra
lian RADIO a
nd TELEVISIO N N
ews" O
ctobe
r, 1
949
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numb a
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sbestos
f
or c
ontact Wire
BRACKET re -
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LAN AS S E MBL ED F
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t
he p iece of s trap iron f or t
he
b
racket a nd form it to shape i
n a
v
yce
, a fter d
ri
lling the ho
les
.
Locate
, c
entre punch and d r
ill al
l
h
oles, as s
hown i n the drawing, in
t
he strip
, s
trap i
ron and base
. T hen
t
ap a nd coun
ters
ink a l
l h oles a s
s
hown .
Wrap a p iece of asbestos a round
t
he alum inium s tr
ip, and t hen w ind
on the r esistance w ire e venly a nd
f
irmly
. Each t urn is roughly a bout
1
-8 inch from t he preceding o ne. A
No. 30 r esistance w ire i s r ecom -
mended.
The p ar
ts a re n ow r eady f or
a
ssemb ly. Do th
is j ob c arefu
lly.
C
t
ut a sma
he p
l
l h o
le i
unch mark a
n t
t t
he a
he c
sbestos a
en
tre o f t
t
he
"
ENG
INE TURNED" F
INISH
a
lum inium str
ip. Th is i
s the contact One o f the mos t p leas ing a ppear - p
lace, a nd t he r esu lt w i
ll n ot b e a t
p
oint. ances f or t he f in
ish ing o f a me tal a
ll pleas ing. T he l og ical methods a re
surface i s t ha t k nown ( especia lly t
o u se e ither a b ench d ri
ll p ress,
Connect t he f l
asher with a 2 40-
i
n t he Nor th o f E ngland ) a s " engine p
referab ly mo tor d riven , or al athe.
v
olt li
ne a nd test it o
ut. T he wir
ing t
urn ing ." I
t i s mere ly t he o ver - The p ress ist he h and iest. T he w riter
d
iagram o n the s ketch shows t he l
app ing e fect o f c oncen tric c i
rcles u
ses a b rass i- inch b olt, w ith t he
c
onnections. T
his fo
llows t he usual o
r d iscs o btained b y ar otary a bra - h
ead f irst turned f lat. To t h
is f l
at
p
lan k nown t o even elementary elec- s
ive mot ion. T
he i lus tra t
ion s hows s
urface i s c emen ted , b y the u se o f
t
r
igal s tudents
. how a n a lum inium p ane l f or a s mall "Bostik," a d isc o f l eather. T h
is
Adjust t
he contac
t s
crew unt
il t
he r
ad io r eceiver c an b e t hus t reat ed, i
s c harged f requen tly w ith a m ix-
and t h
is i s a much b etter i dea t han t
ure o f o i
l a nd emery p owder . A
f
l
ashes o f the lamps occur a
t the
l
eav ing a p olished s urface o f t he b
etter me thod s t
ill i s to s mear t he
i
ntervals d
esired
.
meta l t o c ol
lec t u nsigh t
ly f inger s
urface o f t he me ta l t o b e t rea ted
marks a nd s cra tches. Frequen t
ly I w
ith a f i
lm o f o i
l a nd t o s prink le
have s een a dvice, e viden tly f rom t
he emery t hereon . Keep t he o ver-
p
eop le who c anno t h ave much p rac - l
apping c
ir
cles a
s un
iform and
t
ical e xper ience , t hat t his p rocess i s s
traigh t a s p oss ible. Wash o f w ith
"
eas ily" d one w ith a c ork c oa ted w ith p
etrol o
r K ero, d
ry, a
nd c
oat
o
i
l a nd emery p owder , h e
ld i n t he l
ightly w i
th c lear t hin l acquer . T he
c
huck o f a h and -drill. Withou t a s
ame t reatmen t a pplies t o s t
eel o r
r
igid s uppor t f or t he r o tating c huck , b
rass.
t
he c ork w ill wander a ll o ver t he — The Ed itor.

O
ctober
, 1
949 "Am
tral
lan RADIO a
nd TELEVISIO N New
s" 4
3
 AMATEUR -
R
ADIO
S
ECT
ION 1 I

RE
-BIRTH OF A STAT
ION
• I
lus
t rated here i sthe v
ery m ode rn a ma-
t
eur r ad
io stat
ion o f am an l ong v ersed
i
n th e lo
re of a mateur ra
dio
, C har
les D .
Maclurcan, V K2CM , o f N eu tral B ay
,
S
ydney . T he s t
ation hs ac
a onsiderable
s
entimen tal v alue f or t he r eason t hat
t
h
is e quipment w as d esigned a nd i n-
s
t
alled , j ust p r
io r t o h is u nt
ime ly d ea th,
b
y t he l ate H . K . L ove, VK3KU , Me l-
b
ou rne. M
r. M aclu rcan p u
rcha sed t his
e
quipment i n m emo ry o f h is l a
te f riend ,
a
nd a f
te r h aving c omp leted m any d esign
d
etails a nd m odif
ica t
ions, p ut i t i nto
a
ction r ecen t
ly. The c onsole a rrange-
ment : nc
lude s as pecial A R7 r eceive r i n
t
he c en tre, w i
th m odulator a bove . T o
t
he r ight a re th e powe r input c i
rcu its, a l
c
ont rol
led t
hrough a V ariac v
o
l tage
r
egu lator. T he R F c ontrols f or the t rans_
m
i tters, c overing 8 0, 2 0, 1 0 and 6 m e tre s
,
a
re a t t h e l e
f t a bove a K S9'er a nd 6
metre C onve rter. T he f i
nish i sc h
rom ium ,
w
ith p lastic c ove red o perating t ab
le. A l
l
p
ortions a r
e r eadily a cces s
ible f or r e
-
moval a nd e xam ina t
ion . I t is o f ar c r
y
f
rom t he o r
iginal A 2C M g ear o f t he
e
arly 1 920 's to t h
is d e-
luxe o ut f
it.

"
Iron icus ." B ad enough t hat i n t he
Me tropo litan a rea o f S ydney VK2 's 1
111
111
111
111
111
111
1111
1111
111
111
111
1111
1111
111
1111
1111
1111
1111
1111
1111
111
111
111
111
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1111
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1111

have f or mon ths b een p lunged o ft

- "Jonno ." Tha t a d. i n t he c lassi-
t
imes i nto d arkness b y power b lack - MERITORIO US SER VICE f
i
ed s ection o f " R. & TV . N ews "
o
u t, b ut much more d rastic h as b een f
i
rst i ssue f or BC221 's a t £ 25 r eal
ly
t
he a ftermath o f t he c oal s trike. T
he N orth E
astern c oastal r egion o f i
s s ome thing i n t he way o f money
P owers -that -be d idn't i mpose ay N
.S.W . h as r ecently b een b eset by g r
ievous wel
l s pent. Func t
ion o f the BC221
d
raf ted r estr iction o n ama teur > s
ta- t
ragedy, w rough t b y t he f orces of N ature. i
s tha t of ah igh s tandard f requency
t
ion o perat ion t hroughou t the s trike, V
as t f l
oods d eva
s tated t he M ait
land a nd meter wh ich i s i nfallible i n wha t it
but i n
t imated t hat p eak p eriods K
emp sey a reas i n r apid s uccess
ion, w ith s
ays. The ama teur h av ing o ne o f
s
hou ld b e r espec ted. T hat was d one, t
r
ag ic lo
ss o f human l i
f e, st
ock , and prope r
ty. t
hese i n t he s hack n eed h ave n o
and c ame t he e nd o f t he s tr
ike . C
ommun ica tions a re vital i n such e mergency f
ear s about uncertain f
requency
Wi th i t c ame a s udden e xcess o f a
nd g reat c redit isd ue t o the m any a ma teur c
hecks where VFO c ontrol a nd r e-
z
ea l o n t he p ar t o f t he e lectric ity r
adio s tation s w ho se o pera tors k ept t he c
eiver c alibrat
ion i s concerned . Any -
D
ip loma B oys , who t alked t he C om- way, e ven i f y ou d on 't u se it i n the
f
l
ow o f v erbal a nd t elegraph ic traff
ic u n-
missioner i nto b an o n u ti
lisa tion o f f
unc t
ion f or wh ich i t was d esigned ,
p
ower b y VK 's b etween 7 a .m . a nd c
eas
ing
ly o
n t
he m
ove
.
t
he BC221 makes a f i
rst-rate VFO .
8p .m. I
t d idn 't h elp c omposure o f Vo
luntarily a nd u nself
ishly t hey f i
l
led a That, h owever, s eems t o b e ra ther a
t
hough t e ither t o h ave a " Great d
i
re n eed, a nd s t
uck t he j ob of m e
rcy o ut waste o f g ood g ear !
Daily" s p
lash i l-informed b lah t o t
o the e nd , a l
though i n s e
veral i n
stances
t
he efect that VK2 's i
n a
nd f
a
tigued t o t he e xt
reme . N o m ore m e
ri-
a
round Sydney use u
n "
25.000
t
o
rious s ervice w as p erformed i n t ime o f
(
twenty -five t housand) Ki
lowat ts." An old amateur sat pounding a k
ey,
w
ar, a nd t h
is p ublication o ffer
s s i
ncere
Pub lished r
eference t
o "
amateur "Wha t avery sl
ow b usiness sa
id he
,
p
ra
ise t o f e
llow r ad
io a ma teurs for ad if
fi-
s
hor t-wave b roadcas ters i n t he E lec-
c
u
lt j ob w el
l a nd t ruly d one. I
f Ih ad a good mike
,
t
ricity p ress n otices d idn't make s ense
e
ither . T hese o ccurrences s tress o nly Icould s
ay w hat Ilike,
t
oo p lain ly t hat i t is all a q uestion To my f r
iends where -ere they may
o
f p r
ivileges , n ot r ight s. b
e."

4 "
Aus
tra
lian R
ADIO a
nd T
ELEV
ISION N
euf
' O
ctob
er. 1
9
49
 AMATEUR

THE BRASSPOUNDER AND THE GUZ

INKA
By S
.H. Is at d own a nd b rooded o ver t he "How a bout y our d oub le i mpe -
weight o
f k
now ledge that must d ance c ondenser?" I a sked w ith a
FREELY c onfess that I am n o weigh d own t he e ditor
's b rain, when frown .
1radio technic
ian. Ifrank ly adm it there was a s harp k nock at t he d oor "
I d on't q uite s ee —" b e b egan ,
t
hat I don't know a s uper-genera tor and h e b lew i n
. Not the e d
itor, o h but I b ore h im d own w ith a b arrage
f
rom a frying-pan. And I make t his no! I t was a Ham , wh ich, Iu nder - of s c
ient ific a nd o ther t erms .
a
vowa l without shame. I
f i t c
omes s
tand , means a n e nthus iastic r adio - "Of c ourse y ou d on 't" I s aid , " and
t
o that, none of us know v ery much f
iend w ith a n amateur s tatus, b ut that 's j ust t he t roub le. Ic an t ell y ou
a
boi
,
it a nything
. " Behold, we k now possessing a p lus menta lity. what 's wrong i n t wo l ittle words :
n
ot anything!" as the p oet sings
. He l ooked a t me , a nd I a t h im . You s ee, i t
's what we c al l a f ebr i
-
Impressed , d oubt less, b y my a ugust fuge . The p inea l g lands h aving b e
-
T ake t he a verage motor ist, f or e x
- y
et p leasing p resence , he m istook me c
ome morb idly e xc
ited b y t he p er i
-
amp le , t he d ignified a nd l ordly own - f
or t he Ed itor
, a nd a fter bow ing l ow t
oneum d uc ts, a c ontract ility h as
e
r -dr iver . He p ours water i nto o ne t
hree t imes h e s at d own o n t he c hair ensued b etween t he c ellu lar t i
ssues
end o f h is mach ine, a nd p etro l i nto t
o wh ich I c our teous ly waved h im. o
f t he i cavernose membrane . Th is
t
he o ther . I n a nother i n
let h e p ours not u nnatura lly h as p roduced s pas-
"Yes?" I s aid, i n my b est b eds ide
l
ubr ica ting o il. Then h e g ives t he manner . mod ic o scilla tion o f t he c onduct ive
t
yres a v icious k ick t o a scerta in c
oup ling o f t he Wes tinghouse b rake ,
whether t hey a re p umped u p s uff
ici- c
omb ined w ith o ss if
icat ion o f t he h ip-
e
nt ly. c limbs i nto t he d river's s eat, A THOUGHT FOR AN I
DLE
pocampus a
nd t
he per icard ium ."
and d rives o f w ith a c igarette b e- MO MENT Then I g lared a t h im i nterroga t
ive ly.
tween h is t eeth, q uite p leased w ith " Oh —er —yes —qu ite ," h e b urbled ,
h
imse lf a nd t he wor ld. But what , I h
a lf r ising .
a
sk y ou, d oes h e k now o f what g oes "Sit d own ," I c o mmanded . He
o
n u nder t he b onne t, where a ll t hose p
rompt ly d id, a nd I went o n: " So
mys ter ious g adgets o perate? Not a y
ou s ee , i t i s o bv ious t hat t he
t
hing ! fre ies leben ite o f the mu /tur n in p arvo ,
Again, y ou o pen y our mouth a nd and t he l urca tion o f t he p ro b ono
push f ood i nto i t
. Th is y ou s wa
llow pub lico, must d esulphur ise t he n e
b
ecause a ppetite c ompe ls y ou . But p
lus u ltra . Aga in, s uppos ing t hat my
what d o y ou o r I k now a bout t he d
iagnos is i s c orrect , t he d etorsion o f
i
nterior p rocesses o f o ur own i n
ti- t
he f lage llata a nd t he d ia tose Guz inka
mate, p ersona l d omest ic e conomy? must b e l ialaceous . You u nderstand
The de
licate i
nterna l mechan ism me?"
may b e f raught w i
th b eauty — b ut "Perfect ly ," h e s aid , w ith a t ear i n
what d o we k now a bout i t
? A las ! h
is e ye.
f
ew o f u s h ave a ny i nside i nforma - Just t hen t he Ed itor c ame i n a nd
t
ion. i
ntroduced me .
My v is itor was a d ist ingu ished
S
ome t ime back an eminent ana
-
r
ad io e xpert . An a uthor ity o n l ots
t
omist showed me actua
l sect
ions o
f
o
f t hings . He i s e lectr ica l e ngineer -
alarynx taken from a human body
.
i
n-charge f or a s ister S tate .
Ishuddered
.
Anyhow , It h
ink I i nterested h im
"How h
orr
ible
!" I s
aid
. t
remendous ly .
"Horr
ible?" he echoed i
ndignant
ly.
"On the contrary, t
hey are surpr
is-
i
ngly beautifu
l." B
a
ffled S
peake
r! N.S.W . Div ision of W.I.A. h as bene-
I
t al
l d epends on t
he po
int of v
iew, f
i
ted b y t he a ppointment o f a p ar-
o
f c ourse. But I have erred a nd "
Look h ere," h e s aid e arnest
ly, t
icularly k een y oung e nthus iast a s
s
trayed a b it from r ad
io a nd its "
there's s ometh ing wrong w ith my Hon. S ecretary i n the p erson o f
wonders. d
ielectric flux d ensity o n t he g r
id- George C ameron ( VK2GC ). G
eorge
f
i
lament c apacitance —of c ourse, it t
akes o ver a t ough j ob
, a s d o all
One d ay I was sitt
ing i
n a r oom may b e the e l
as tance o f the induc- men who g ive t heir services g ratis
presided o
ver b y t he Ed
itor o
f t
ive r eactance
." i
n t he
ir own t ime
. I
t is no b ed o f
RADIO •a nd TELEVISION News .
Imay b e al i
ttle o ut in t
hese terms, r
oses t o h and le t he mon thly c orres-
He was o ut for t
he moment, but I
b
ecause I s et t hem d own f rom mem - p
ondence a lone f or u pwards o f 700
was a sked, would I wait
.
o
ry. I am p roud t o state that I rose members , a nd "R . S z TV ." e xtends
I wa
ited
. t
o t he emergency . w
ishes f or g ood luck to VK2GC .

O
ctobe
r, 1
949 "Au
stra
lian RADIO a
nd TELEVISION New
s" 4
5
 "EM MATOC ." T he o ld " f
ive metre HONEST REPORTING
b
and" i s n ow , f or B ritish amateurs , Truth i n r epor ting o n c hara cter-
r
elegated t o t he p ages o f h istory . t
isties o f c ommun ica tion e xchanges
On March 3 1 l ast, t he b and was b
e tween ama teur s tations i s s ome -
f
i
na lly w ithdrawn b y t he P ost Of f
ice t
imes a s a bsen t a s T ru th i n Adver -
a
uthor ities. "Five" h ad a l ong a nd t
ising . Not s o p reva len t among t he
i
nterest ing c areer i n G -
land . . .. I CW u sers; i t i s o ft-times s triking ly
c
an r emember G 2 WV o f West Hamp- i
n e vidence b etween p hone s ta tion s
.
s
tead i n 1 924 w ith a f orm idab le Cons ider t he s tat ion t hat c alls CQ
l
ook ing q uar ter K W o scillator u s
ing t
o t he a ccompan iment o f " shrapne l"
a T 250 o n " F ive ." The " grid leak"' f
or 2 0 K e/s o r more e ither s i de o f
c
ons isted o f ap air o f w ires i n water t
he c arrier. A c o
l league a nswer s t he
wh ich b ubb led s o mewhat a nd t urned c
all and b
lissfu lly i
gnores t
he
green ish i n c olour . I t i s af act t ha t mess s
o painfu lly o
bvious t
o
t
his t hen UHF p ortion o f t he f re- o
ther s
. He g oes i nto r aptures a bout
quency s pectrum was , 2 5 y ears a go, t
he " beau tiful s igna l" t ha t i s " ood les
g
iven t o amateurs t o "waste t he ir o
f d eebees o ver E ss N ine ." Why i s
t
ime o n" . . . . t hey " cou ldn 't d o I
t t hat s o many ama teur o pera tors
much h arm d own t here ." But a s a
re l oth
, o r p oss ibly a fra id, o f te lling
t
ime moved a long t hey d id a l ot o f another t hat h e i s s pla ttering a nd
good . They weren 't s atisf ied w ith c
hopp ing t he b and t o p ieces f or o ther
squegger r ece ivers , mod . o se . TX 's f
ellow s? Sure ly no r
easonab ly-
and s imp le v er tica l d ipo les , b ut p ro - minded p er son wou ld o b
jec t. A c am-
gressed t o c
rysta l-contro l, mu lt i
- paign f or i mp l
icit t ruth i n S igna l
e
l ement b eams a nd s uperhet r e
- r
epor ting i s needed , f or most o f t he
c
e ivers . With t hese t hings c ame s
p latter o n o ur b usy 1 4 a nd 7 Mc/s
r
egu lar l ong -d istance work ing . . . bands i s u nin ten tiona l. Honest 'r e-
i
t was s ensat iona l j ust b efore t he porting i sn't a t a l
l a b ad h ab it t o
outbreak o f war i n 1 939 when a a
cqu ire a nd c an w ork o nly f or t he
L
iverpoo l ama teur worked t wo -way benef it of a ll. —Ed .
• We t o
ld y o
u a bou
t G 3BUU i n our June
,
with a n I talian ( the l atter " under
1
949 i sue. Her e isDennis w
ith hi
s X YL
,
c
over" i n Musso 's I taly ). Now t he
Madeleine
. Who S AYS D X and w ive
s
o
ld b and h as b een h anded t o c om -
don'
t m ix
?
mer cia l i nterests f or T elev ision p ur-
poses , a nd t he G -boys a re i mmersed
i
n 1 44 a nd 4 20 Mc/s . T hey a re d oing
From o ur V ictorian c orresponden t
good work i n t hose r eg ions a nd t here —a f ew VK3 " gen." notes.
seems t o b e i ncreas ing a ttract ion t o
420 Mc/s b ecause o f t he c ompact VK3A WH ( Bend igo): T ried h ard
na ture o f a ntenna a rrays . t
o separa te I.F. w inding s
; t hey stick
h
ard a nd f ast
, Wa tty. OM : C on-
g
rats. o n your FB ' phone s ignal.
VK3ARS ( Tren tham ): Work ' em
whi
le y ou rebu i
ld, i s P ix's mo tto.
New RX a nd VFO u nder way , y e
t
p
lenty o f time f or r agchew o n CW
o
r ' phone. K
eep u p t hat "whist
le,"
P
ix. S
top Press : VFO s ounds nice
a
nd d andy. V ery u seful, eh?
VK3D W (Woodend ): — ! No th-
i
ng h eard s
ince the sweet s
oprano
v
oice
. How c ome
, D oug
.?
VK3BI ( Ba
llarat
): Nifty-
look ing
l
i
ttle Xmtr f or all f requencies i n
p
rocess of h
aving modu lation a pp
lied.
B
er t
's super
-modu lation p lays h avoc
• T
wo s m
il
ing V K2'
s a re
, r i
ght
, G ordon
w
ith "S" meter s
. No t
ice a nyone?
K
emp ton, V K2CI, and G eo
ff P a
rtr
idge,
VK3UG ( Rye): P uts o ut at err
ific VK2VU , o f N ewcast
le a nd S i
ngleton
,
'
phone signal o n 4 0. T he real ama - N
.S.W., respect
ivel
y. T hat lo
oks l i
ke a
t
eur spir
it. L eaves a n ice warm f ire g
r
aflex came r
a, Gordon?
t
o attend R adio C lub at B alcombe i n
t
he c o
ldest w ea ther.
VK3HG (Coleraine): Working
p
lenty of DX o n 4 0. N ice fi
st Ne il • That Q u
iz Picture —on p
age 3 1 of our Vo l
.
• S
ome ti
me a go
, we had occa
sion tocome and a pleasure t o c opy. I
, No . 3. Taken the day S ydney B ridge
u
nder the fl
ashing penci
l of t h
at to
p- o
pened i n March , 1932
, Personnel were
VK3JH ( Cau
lfie
ld): A fter b
eing on t
he editor o
f " I
t & TV" a nd F. E. Bucke l
l,
r
anke
r c a
rtooni
st, Fr
ith. T
hi
s i s h
ow DC ma ins for y ear
s n ow o n AC , t
hen of B .G
.E. T his "Walk
ing B roadcaster"
J
ohn se
es the e d
ito
r, V K2NO. O h w
el
l b
ut not a p
ip out of you, John
. How d
escribed events i n Manly over 2 1
1w a nd
—it MUST b e so
. c
ome? G ear get mislaid in t
ransit? ther B/C s
o t
ation
s.

4
é "Au
stra
lian RADIO a
nd TELEVISIO N New
s" O
ctobe
r, 1
949
Ama
teur T
elev
ision i
n Ho
lland ZL
's CAN USE TELEVISION VK2 ML
. Recen
tly i n Melbourne
.
Did you s
ee "Chloe"
, Mac?
The f ollow ing i nforma tion r egard - T
he NZART magaz ine " Break-In"
i
ng c o mmerc ia l a nd ama teur t ele- s
ays t
hat ZL's now h ave 430 to 442 VK3BI. Playing a
round w
ith modu
-
v
ision i n Ho lland i s o f i nterest b y a
nd 1250 to 1 280 MC f or e xperi- l
at
ion when not b
usy with b
ush
-
r
eason o f t he c on trast ing a ttitude menta
l televis
ion
. f
i
re network
.
o
f t he P ostmaster -Genera l's D epar t-
men t t o t he wou ld -be Austra lian VK3ALM. Is t
he n ew car the
t
elev ision e xper imen ter. R ecent ly a n r
eason f
or t
he s
i
lence
, L
loyd?
Austra lian a pp licant f or a n e xper i- VK3BC, Me lbourne. Bert uses a
men ta l TV l i
cence met w ith a f l
at l
i
ttle phone to g et a QS0 o n 40.
r
efusa l. I
t i s n ot s o l ong a go t hat Keep t
he CW i n reserve t
hough OM !
Winston C hurch ill s aid, "We must N
ice q uality p hone . . .what d o
b
eware o f t rying t o b uild a s ociety y
ou use
, B ert?
i
n wh ich n obody c ounts f or a nyth ing
EXCEPT A POLITICIAN OR AN VH2P I, A.C.T. L
es h as at l a
st
OFF ICIAL ." Holland does n
ot d
eserted the ships a nd g one al
l BC ;
appear t o b e a b ureaucra t -r idden a
lso s e
ttled d own t o t he 5 th Age
c
oun try where t elev ision i s c on- ....c ongrats OM . Any s now
c
erned . b
rough t your a ntenna d own y et?
Philips , o f E indhoven , a re t rans -
VK3DG
, Numurkah . How a re con-
mitting s ound ( calls ign PAG3) o n
d
itions
, Dick? Y
ou a re certa
in ly
6
7.75 a nd v is ion o n 6 3.25 Mc/s , w ith
p
ush ing out a n
ice signa
l for t hat
p
ower s o f 3a nd 9 kW r espec tive ly,
QRP . . .let
's h
ear from you more
On Mondays a nd S aturdays l ow
o
ften.
p
ower t ests a re c arr ied o ut b etween
0
900 a nd 1 100 , w ith n orma l r ad ia-
t
ion o n Monday f rom 1 300 t o 1 600
and p rogrammes f rom 1 915 t o 2 100
"Vic Eddy ." Among o ur v ery c om -
on T uesdays , Thursdays a nd S atur -
p
rehens ive l i
s t of ama teur s ubscr ib-
days. The s erv ice was r esumed o n e
rs t o R & TV News t here c omes t o
February 1 0, a nd t he s ystem emp loys l
ight a v ery o ld h and w ith a n ew
5
67 l ines a nd 2 5 f rames p er s econd . c
all i n t he s hape o f Maur ice Ander -
The G ron ingen amateur g roup , s
on VK3A MA , e x
-A5 MA . A t p resen t
PAOBE , GN , USA , WL a nd ZX , t
he c ons truc tion o f an ew s hack k eeps
t
ransm it v is ion o n 1 45 a nd s ound o n h
im o f t he a ir
. O ld h ands w ill r e-
1
44 Mc/s
i
n e ach c
, w
ase
ith a p
; 2 02 l
ower o
i
nes, 2
f 2 50 wa
5 f rames
tts c
all i n t he 1
9
2
6 period t hat Maur ice
A c
ompo
sit
e p ic
ture o f the st
at
ion o
f d
id s ome y eoman w ork u nder a rduous
a
re u sed o n t he v i sion t ransm iss ion . V
K3H W Ba
lla
rat
, V i
cto
ria, we
ll k
nown o
n c
ondi tions o n the o ld b arque " E. R .
Tests a re made f or i rregu lar p er iods 20 met
re ' p
hone
. S
terling ." H e used h ome -made g ear
f
rom Monday t o F riday , a nd a p ro- o
f e ssen tially p rehistoric c al
ibre a nd
g
ramme i s r ad ia ted o n S aturdays k
ept h is s i gs o n t he a ir t hrough a
f
rom 1 900 t o 2 130 , a nd o n S undays v
ery d ev i
l o f a p rolonged w ind -
f
rom 0 900 t o 1 100 . A
ll t imes a re O
bservat
ion
s F rom O ur j
a mmer s t orm . The b arque k ept
G
.M .T ., a nd t he c all i s PAOZX . T he af
loat, a lthough t he e lement s a round
v
ision t ransm it ter a t PAOZX c on - V
ictor
ian Corre
spondent
t
he Horn n early d ecreed o therw ise.
s
ists o f a n o sc illator o n 1 45 Mc/s , VK5PB p uts in a very fine phone Later, Maur ice was a ctive f or s ome
u
sing a c av ity t uned c i
rcu it, ab uffer s
igna
l f rom Narracoor
te. How y
ears i n t he F ly ing D octor s erv ice.
s
tage , a 5 0 wat t p ush -pu ll d river , a
re the 813 f
i
nals ...all f
i
nished
and t wo t uned P h
ilips QB 2 .5/200 's yet ?
c
apab le o f h and ling 5 00 wat ts i n t he
VK5J W. John, w
ith 5 watts CW
, cer
- "Querex." Now s e
ttled i n S ydney ,
P
.A . On a p rev ious 5 0 watt t rans -
t
ainly puts out a h efty s
ignal
. o
stensibly for k eeps, i s e x
-R .A .A.F .
mitter r ange o f 3 0 m iles was o bta ined
Keep i
t u p
, OM. Radar F0 L es Page, e
rstwh ile
w
ith a c onverted B ritish G ee i ndi-
c
ator u nit mod ified f or u se a s a VK3BH. Nice t
o h ear y
ou on CW VK4LP , VK2YQ , a nd of l a
te VK3BS .
r
eceiver , b ut t he n ew t ransm itter i s for a c
hange, Chas. Do y
ou wan
t L
es is ak een VHF man a nd w i
ll b e
e
xpected t o d o much b etter . Gron - to g
ive y our t
ower away? a
n acquis
ition t
o t
hose r
egions
i
ngen i s n ear ly 4 00 m iles f rom a
round t he Harbour C ity. T hose who
V
IC3AA W . Ex-VK5, n ow a
t Ba
llarat
. worked o n " Ten" i mmed iately a f
ter
London .
Has a ll mod. cons. at h
is con- t
he l ate war w ill recall VK4LP a t
v
en ience. Ask h im about his t
he L oran s tat
ion u p o n G raham
"Had it
." ' Tis e asy f or a n u nsus- s
hack , masts
, etc. On CW a nd Moore i s
land o f Nor thern Aus tralia.
p
ect ing amateur t o f a
ll i nto a b̀lue' p hone. Les was r ecently a ppointed R ad io
w
ith t he b ureaucra tic m ind o f oficial
- S
ervice Manager t o H .M .V .
, S ydney .
d
om s hould h e u nthink ing ly a gree to VK5LO. F
ixed p
ortable VK3 . Be
-
l
i
eve you are now b ack in VK5
a r equest f rom a nother ama teur t o
"
p lease t elephone s o-and -so f or me ." a
nd hard at work. Miss y
our
Can 't b e done l ads —you m ight t hink s
o
lid s
ignals
, Don.
t
hat t he p owers t hat b e m ight a p
- VK3 MH. Why a l
l the i ndoor a
n- "
Spasebo," VK2ARS was h eard
prec iate e ven 3 d r evenue a cquired t
ennae, Mar t? Heard y ou a
re t
ell
ing VK2CL t hat h e had w orked
f
rom t hat p hone c all —but n o Sir. I t using a 3 3 ft
. SWF Windom i n a Russian s tat
ion
, a nd was " advised
c
ome u nder t he d readfu l ' c
rime' o f the bedroom. Cor
rec t? t
o b e careful or he m ight b e a p-
3
rd p arty t raff
ic — a nd i t wouldn't p
oin ted a comrade." T he sa me even-
mat ter s hou ld life a nd d eath b e i n
- VK3D W. So you d
o g et o
n the a
ir
again, Doug.
, f
rom t
he n
ew i
ng, L es
, VK2CL w orked 8 U .S.S.R.
v
o lved —you w i
ll be q uoted p aras a nd
l
o
cation. You are putt
ing out ama teur
s i n a row. A lr
ight L es —
c
lauses a nd t hreatened w ith a l kinds
o
f t hings. Wonderfu l t h
ing t h
is a good p hone signal f
rom that wha t does t hat make y ou, a c om-
DeMOCICracy . B
/C a ntenna. missar?

O
c
tob
er, 1
9
49 "
Aus
tra
lian R
ADIO a
nd T
ELEV
ISION N
ews" 4
7
 AN ANTENNA
MATCH
ING UNIT
B
y P
.B.A
. A

z
e
i T
H
E s
T antenna
o
-ca
lled "
Col
lins" method o
c
oup l
f
ing h as, i n t he
OC
c
') 0 I2T
4'
p
as t, met w ith a g reat d ea l o f p opu -
l
ar f avour among t he amateur f ra - it
t
ern ity , a nd r ight ly s o, o fer ing a s i t
d
oes , a most ef icient method o f i m- — 34 6j
4
-.

p
edance match ing b etween t he amp li-
f
i
er t ank a nd t he a ntenna s ystem .
Accord ing ly , f or t hose who w ish t o
c
omb ine t his t ype o f a ntenna c oup ling
i
n a ny HE t ransm it ter , t he u nit i s
d
e scr ibed .
The e ssent ia l c omponents o f t he
Collins s ystem a re t wo v ar iab le c on -

H
oà
,
d
ensers a nd a n i nductance , p rov ided

4
-
w
i th a s hunt ing l o op t o p erm it v aria -
t
ion o f t he amount o f i nduc tance i n
c
t
he c ircu it. T he f ew p arts r equ ired .

e
nab les u s t o d ispense w ith a c hass is
a
ltogether f or t h is u nit , mount ing
t
he c ondensers a nd i nductance d irect -
l
y t o t he p ane l
. T he 3 50 M MFD c on -
d
ensers a re r igid ly s upported t o t he
pane l b y s uppor ting s crews t o t he
e
nd p la te . I nasmuch a s t he r o tors o f
b
oth c ondensers a re g rounded , n o i n- "Dingus ." H
eard a VK3 on 2 0 "W INDGEN ." VKlADS r efer s
,
s
ula tion n eed b e p rov ided b etween phone r eferring t o an "end -fed d ipole among o ther t h
ing s, t o 8 0 m .p.h.
c
ondensers a nd p ane l. o
r Z epp a s some p eople ca
ll i t
." T he gales o n Macquar ie I sland , and s ea-
The i nduc tance i tself i s a s imp le t
erm " dipo le" shou ld surely b e self- e
lephan ts 2 5 f ee t long . Some y ears
c
opper t ub ing c oil o f t he s ame t ype e
xp lanatory — m eaning TWO p o
les, ago I s aw a r ather f anciful a r ticle
a
s t he t ank c oils i n c ommon u se , a nd o
r t wo HALVES —wh ich i ndicates a i
n a n Amer ican S cience magaz ine,
s
uppor ted f rom t he p ane l o n as tand - SPLIT a ntenna f ed i n t he c entre. t
oge ther w i
th c oncep t
ions o f artis try,
of i nsu lator . T he f l
ex ib le p iece o f The " Zepp" ( and t here i s n o s uch
d
ep icting a n u nderg round c ity a t
c
opper b ra id c onst itut ing t he s hunt - anima l a s a c entre-fed Z epp ) i s a n
i
ng l oop t erm inates i n a n a lligator e
nd -fed f olded s ystem. And b y t hat An tarctica, l it a nd p owered e lec tri-
c
l
ip a t o ne e nd , a nd o n a s tand -of f Id on't mean a FOLDED D IPOLE — c
ally b y h uge w ind mo tors a nd g en-
i
nsu la tor a t t he o ther . The e ntire Oh! what 's the use? e
ra tors o
n massive t
ower s. I
t
antenna u nit may b e mounted d irect - s
hou ldn 't b e b eyond t he b ounds o f
l
y o n a1 9in . x5 i in . x1 /8 i n. r elay "PHE W ." Wonder h ow many Aus - p
oss ibility
, u nless t he i ce
-laden t em -
r
ack p ane l o f a lum in ium . D o n ot t
ralians l i
stened s pel
lbound , a
s Id id, p
era ture a t g a
le f or ce wou ld make
u
se s tee l, a s w e d es ire t o a vo id mag - t
o a v erba l e xchange o n 2 0-me tre g
enera tor a nd w ind-mo tor ma in ten -
n
e tic e fects i n t his u nit. phone b etween a W z ero a nd a W6 a
nce a d ificult p roblem . An u nder -
The RF ammeter o f t he t hermo - a
round 1 930 h r
s., May 2 , 1949? T he ground h ab itat o n a l arge s cale
c
oup le t ype , wh ile n ot a n a bso lute d
iscussion was a bou t ARRL p o
licy,
migh t b e f easib le; t here was p len ty
e
ssent ia l t o t he b uilder who i s r e- t
he FCC a nd a p hone-C W w rangle.
s
tricted i n h is a va ilab le f unds , i s a The W zero h appened t o b e a o
f e xper ience g leaned d uring t he r e-
mos t d esirab le a d junct t o t he t un ing D
irector o f ARRL , a nd t he bloke i n c
en t war i n b uilding h uge u nder -
and a djust ing o f t he a ntenna c i rcu it, Cal
ifornia was d oing a s pot of s nip- g
round w orkshops a nd q uarters i n
and s hou ld b e p rov ided b y a ll means i
ng a t some thing. t
he O ld C oun try a nd i n Ax is E urope .
wherever p oss ible . Select a s ca le
r
ange o f a bout 2 5 p er c ent more c ur-
r
en t t han t he max imum c apab ilities
o
f t he t ransm itter w ith wh ich i t i s
•
t
o b e u sed .
A f eed -through i nsu lator , w ith t he
A g
roup o
f s
mil
ing
l
ong p or tion o f t he s hank o n t he
N
ew S
outh We
lshmen
pane l f ace , makes a v ery c onven ient
i
n t
he C
oalf
ields a
rea
,
me thod o f c onnec ting t he a ntenna
t
aken o
n t
h
!e o
cca-
l
ead t o t he u nit.
s
i
on o
f a v
is
it b
y
Var ious mod ifica tions o f t he C ollins
W.
I.A
. N
.S.W
. D
iv.
c
oup ling d ev ice t o p erm it o f t ak ing
c
ounc
illors
. T
hey a
re,
f
ul l a dvantage o f i ts s uper ior ity i n
L t
o R
: — VK
's 2
1(2
,
c
onnect ion w ith t wo w ire f eeders ,
2
TC, 2
VL, 2
Y0 a
nd
push -pu ll t ank c i rcu its e tc., w ill b e
2
ZH.
found i n t he Handbooks a nd t his
d
es ign c an r ead i
ly b e mod ified t o s uit
t
he p art icu lar a rrangement i t i s d e
- •
s
ired t o u se.
I
nformat ion o n t un ing a nd a d just -
i
ng t his s ystem w il l a l so b e f ound i n
t
he s a me s ource .

4
8 "Au
stra
lian RADIO a
nd TELEVISION New
s" O
ctober
, 1
949
 "BACKLASH ." L
is tened t o Wi ll
Ho lt o n B ritish I ndustry , t hrough t he
B
.B .C., d uring wh ich t alk h e s aid
t
ha t ' i
f h e h ad t he money h e wou ld
s
end a s hip a round t he wor ld w ith
r
epresen ta tive c hildren 's t oys , a lso
c
hi ldren w ith t hem i n t heir v arious
Na tiona l c os tumes . By s uch means
t
he y ounger p eop le o f t he w or ld
wou ld g et t o k now e ach o ther b etter !"
A l audab le i dea , b ut I k now o f
another o ne , r ealised b y s ome , b ut
h
ams trung b y I nte rna tiona l g reed
and r ed -tape . I
t i s t hat t he t ran s-
mit ting r ad io ama teur s o f t he w orld
s
hou ld b e g iven e very f reedom f or
e
ncouragemen t o f e xchange o f p r
i-
v
a te c ommun ica tion b etween c oun -
t
ries . After a ll, t he h obby a ttrac ts
ma in ly y ounger p eop le, a nd i t is t o
you th t hat t he wor ld must t urn f or
t
he f uture . I ns tead o f ama teur r ad io
hav ing a ppropr ia te f requency c han -
n
e ls f or e ven r easonab ly u ncon -
ges ted . I n terna tiona l work ing , e very
c
onference o
f C
ommun ica t ion
Mogu ls t ha t h appens a long l ops a
b
it more o f t he a lready ema scu la ted
ama teur b ands . Perhaps s ome d ay
i
n t he d istan t f uture ...a f uture w e
sha ll n ot e njoy ...men w ith more
b
ra ins t han t heir f orerunners e xhib it
,
will p rov ide y ou th w i
th u nhampered
c
o mmun ica t ion f acilities ....i n t he
A p eep into r adio history
. T his equipment c ompr ised w ha t w as p robab ly the fi
rst mob
ile/ i
n teres ts o f t he wor ld a s a who le. A s
mar
itime s tat
ion w ork
ing s hip to shore w ith B ritish ama teurs. T he c al
lsign w as GOV % a nd t
h ing s a re n ow ....w ell; b oth t he
t
he s ame vessel
, the " Aorangl," st
ill has t
he c al
l. GDVB wa s o perated b y B er
t H ay (VK2AG W) house p ain ter a nd t he P on tine Marsh
i
n 1 925/27 and was o ften h eard working A ust
ralian a ma
teurs i n that p eriod. T he g
ear was of
c
ourse, q u
ite i ndependent of t he regular ship's i nstal
lation a nd b atted a lone o n t
he old "32
bullfrog w ere o n
ly a l ittle more
metre band" n icely w i
th a q uarter KW . drast ic ...t hey s uppressed ama teur
rad io c omp le tely , e xcept f or a f ew
brave u nder -cover s ouls.

"Brasso ." We lcome v isitor t o t he (

3
D
VK2 metropo lis has b een I van M iller,
VK3EG . I van was o nce VK2EG , a nd
when h e c hanged o ver t o VK3 was "Quintex ." P oor S how l ads. When
a
ct ive i n DX C ontests p re-war f rom t
he W .I.A's N .S .W . D ivis ion p ro-
Tallanga tta, Victor ia, where h is a n- p
osed a g et-tog ether i n t he B old Bad
t
enna s ystems s t
retched w ith s eem - Wicked C ity o f C ountry VK 's i n t he
i
ng m iles o f wire u p h ill a nd d own f
orm o f aC onven tion , ac heck -up o n
dale. Now , in C au lfie
ld, Me lbourne , t
he p roposed a ttendees f rom p o
in ts
h
e s ti
ll g ets a good ly s lice of CW DX i
nland s howed t he s hat tering t o
tal o f
Seven. D id t he O utback B oys t hink
but e xh ibits a w istfu l n ostalgia f o/
t
hat t he C ity S licker s w ou ld b e t oo
t
hose w ide o pen s paces . I f y ou h ook much i n evidence o r wha t? O ne f ac-
up w ith VK3EG y ou w i
ll h ave to b e t
or c on tr
ibut ing t o t he a ppar ent l ack
on t he s peedy s ide o n c opy ing, f or o
f e nthus ia sm i s r epu ted t o b e that
I
van d oesn't d awd le o n t hat b ug o f C
ity members d idn 't r ush f orward
h
is. with o fers o f a ccommodat ion . Wi th
f
la ts a nd h omes o vercrowded i n t he
Me tropo l
is, n o d oub t t ha t I S a b it
o
f a p roblem . T he r ea l
ly o bvious
point a bout i t all i s t he d iference i n
t
he modus v ivand i o f t he " ham" o f
t
o -day. Two d ecades a go t he s ugg es-
t
ion o f a C onv en tion o f a ny k ind
wou ld h ave b rough t d roves o f VK 's
f
rom f ar a nd w ide b u t t he t endency
T
hat
's a
l
l i
t c
o
sts t
o h
ave now s eems t o b e more t oward i nd i
-
"
R & T
V" s
e
nt y
ou —po
st f
r
ee DEA FOR THE LATE B
AN I IRD v
idua l ism . T here i s n eed f or ama -
—fo
r 1
2 m
onths
. t
eurs t o g et t o k now e ach o ther b et
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Here's t he pick -up y ou've wan ted, a nd i t was wor th wa it

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300 Ohms at 1 ,
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olt from a standard recording of
The m iniature h ead, s hown i n 1
2 db up o n the zero reference leve
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