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Piet W e
e P
Pepa9a
ile
t4
Eur
opean Mi
sus
e ofFrequen
cie
s
A V
i
talFact
or inShap
ing th
e World o
f
T
O- MORRO W
A
FE W mon ths a go a p rom inen t Amer ican C om - b
roadcas
ting t
o him
, a
nd he d
oesn
't care wha
t happen
's
mun ica tions Eng ineer e xpressed t he o p in
ion t hat t
o other s
erv
ices s
o l
ong a
s he gets what he wants
."
o
f t he 3 00 m illion p eop le t hroughout t he wor ld I
t c annot b e d enied t ha t s hor t-wave b roadcas ting h as
who d aily l i
sten t o s o me f orm o f b roadcast ing , l e
ss t han b
een a nd i s b eing m is- used ; o ne h as b ut t o l isten t o
3p er c en t
. h ear a ny f orm o f d irect s hort-wave b road - t
ha t p ortion o f t he s pec trum t hat was o nce t he e xclus ive
c
as t
ing . The g uess i s p robab ly s omewhere n ear t he ama teur " forty me tre b and" t o n ote t he e ar ly morn ing
mark , a nd t ha t b eing s o, t he t hough t a r
ises a bou t t he c
haos . Europe i s as eething mass o f b roadca sters , n ot
a
ppa l
ling wastage o f v aluab le f requency c hanne ls. One e
ven t o t hose who c anno t r eally u nders tand t he l anguage ,
has o n
ly t o r un o ver t he s hor t-wave r ange o f a d ual - particular ly k indly d isposed t o e ach o ther . T he i ronica l
wave r ece iver t o k now t hat t housands o f stat ions , l arge par t of i t i s that i n C on tinen tal c oun tries f or whom t he
and sma ll, a re c ontinuous ly j ost ling e ach o ther , churn ing anti- Wes tern p ropaganda i si ntended , mos t o f t he p eop les
o
u t p rogrammes o f a ll k inds i n l anguages o f a ll k inds . a
re t oo p oor t o live d ecen tly, l et alone a ford t he d ub iou's
Prior t o t he war , t hese f requenc ies were n otab le a s b eing l
uxury o f a r adio r ece iver c apab le o f r ece iving t hese
av erba l b attleground f or t he Ax is D ic tators, w ith i ntens i - t
ransm iss ions . I
t i s a n i nsane s ta te o f a fairs. The
f
ication o f v ituperat ion a nd h ate a s t he war p roceeded . c
ommun ica tion c hanne ls a re i nunda ted w ith p ropaganda ,
Then c ame t he e nd, a nd t he L ord Haw Haw 's w ere n o and a s t his j ourna l s ees i t
, t he t alk ing s hop o f A tlan tic
more . Now , w ith t he r umb le o f war h ard ly r eceded C
i ty d idn 't r esu lt i n a ny r eal c on tro l o ver m is-u sers o f
f
rom memory , t he h igher f requency c hanne ls a re a gain channe ls ; t he s ame o ld s ta te o f a fa irs e xist s. At t he
a s tamp ing g round f or p ropaganda a nd f alsehood , l ook c
l ose of e ach y ear t he C hr is t
ian w orld l ikes t o s tres s t he
a
t i t wh ich way y ou w i ll. T here a re c ountr ies emp loy ing v
ir tue o f " Peace o n e ar th a nd g oodw ill t oward men ."
powerfu l r ad iations t o b lot o ut o r o therw ise i n ter fere T hat c ond ition w i ll not b e h elped b y t he m is- use o f c om -
with t ransm iss ions o f o ther n at ions ....i ti s the v icious mun ica tion f requenc ies . A much b e tter t hing f or t he
use o f s hort -wave r ad io a ll o ver a gain . A y ear o r s o w orld w ou ld b e f or men w ith a uthor ity a nd f ores igh t i n
ago t here t ook p lace t he wor ld c onference f or t he a l
lo - their o wn c oun tries t o g ive t he ama teur t he means t o
cation o f f requency c hanne ls a t A t
lant ic C ity, U .S.A ., spread g oodw ill among n a t
ions b y w iden ing i nstead o f
where s pokesmen f or c ountr ies l arge a nd sma l
l d ecided restricting f requenc ies. Shor t-wave b roadcas ting i s
, i f
the f u ture o f t he l ong -d istance f requency s pec trum f or used a s i n B ri
ta in a nd D om in ion s, av aluab le a sse t. I n
ap eriod o f y ears. Said t he p ublica t
ion " QST" a t t he w eary y ear s of war t he t ones o f Big B en w ere a n eloquen t
t
ime ...." It i sd if icu lt t o p or tray a dequate ly t he g reed , a
ssurance t hat t he h ub o f t he B ritish Emp ire was s t
ill
rapac ity a nd g enera l r ad io d umbness o f t he a verage i
n s itu. Short-wave b roadcas t
ing o f t he B ritish a nd
f
oreign s pokesman f or g overnment b roadcast ing . Wi th Amer ican k ind amp ly j ustifies t he u se o f v aluab le
e
xcep tions , o f c ourse , h e i s c o mmon ly a r ather h igh - c
hanne ls. They wou ld . have a b et ter c ase t o p resent
p
owered p ol itical c haracter , n ot a r ea l r ad io man a nd for c ontinuat ion t han s ome o ther s i f c alled u p to j ustify
not at echn ica l man , c aring l ess t han a nyth ing f or t he c
l a
ims t o f requenc ies.
c
o mmun ica tion s erv ices , a nd r ioting i n t he plen ipoten t
iary
powers g iven h im b y h is g overnment . Rad io means o nly DON
. B
. KNOCK
.

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he l ast t welve months . T hey h ave you f ind t ha t y ou d on ' t wan t to m iss
s
ome c an e ntertain t hemse lves w ith b
een a ble t o s ee a nd t horough ly e n- anyth ing o n t ha t r ece iver s creen .
l
i
ttle d if iculty. En ter tainment , h ow - j
oy "Ham let," Margare t L ockwood This w ould , o f c our se , n ot b e t he
e
ver, i n t he sense o f s creen a nd s tage , i
n Bernard Shaw 's "
Pygma lion ," c
ase i f t here w ere t echn ical i mper -
i
s s o meth ing t hat c oncerns p eop le "Bly the S pirit
," "Here C ome t he f
ec tions i n TV t ransm iss ion a nd r e-
e
ssen tia lly i n t hat i t i s d ependent Boys ," S ir Ma lco lm S argen t, a nd c
ep t
ion t o c on tend w ith ; b ut t he e x-
u
pon t he p rocess o f s ee ing. We ll t o o
thers . O
ther n o table t ransm issions perimen tal p er iod f or modern T ele-
t
he f orefront i n t his r espect we f ind i
ncluded t he O lymp ic G ames , t he v
i sion was d one w ith i n p re -war
s
por t
, n ewsree l f i
lms , f i
lm a nd s tage Lord Mayor 's S how , a nd t he R oya l year s. C
lar ity a nd d e tail i s q u
i te
p
lays . I
f y ou a sk whether o r n ot r
e markab le , a nd i n my o pinion a ny
t
hese may b e a pplied w ith f ul
l e fect s
ugges tion t hat t he 4 05 l ine B ritish
o
n Television, the u
nhes itat ing S
tandard i s b eh ind t he t imes i s jus t
a
nswer i s YES . nonsense . I
f y ou c an p ick o ut a
t
race o f t he l ines o n a n A lexandra
Palace t ransm iss ion , t hen y ou mus t
b
e b lessed ( or c ur sed ) w ith t he
mu ltifar ious e yes o f a h ouse -fly !
Telev ision h as c erta inly c o me t o s tay
... .i t i s s weep ing t he c oun try
v
ery q uickly , a nd n oth ing c an s top
i
t
. Know ing t he Aus tra l
ian l ove o f
e
n ter tainmen t a nd s por t, Is ay w ith
c
onf idence t ha t TV w i ll " catch o n"
i
n Aus tra lia w ith s peedy momentum ,
a
nd t he p ub lic i s for tuna te t o h ave
availab le a t t his p re -es tablishmen t
s
tage a p ub lica tion s uch a s " Aus -
Wedd ing . You c ould s it i n y our t
ral ian RADIO & TELEV ISION
f
lat a nd wa tch S ir D on B radman New s
." One o f t he most p opu lar
h
itting s ixer s
. t
ransm issions f rom t he L ondon T ele -
L
et me a ssure y ou that f amiliarity v
ision s
tat ion i s c al led " Picture
w
ith t he l i
ttle p icture o n the r eceiver Page ." T h
is b rings a ll manner o f
V
arie
ty O
f En
ter
tainmen
t s
creen b ecomes s ometh ing o f a n o b- i
nterest ing p eop le t o t he s creen ,
This new med ium, al
l t he time s
ession, f or t he r eason t hat h uman a
nd t here i s n oth ing h aphazard a bou t
g
athering momentum i n Britain a nd b
eings r eact t o t he s ense o f s eeing i
t
. T hose who p lan t he p rogramm ing
U
.S.A .
, w
ill, i
t s
eems, be establ
ished more e asi
ly t han t o h earing. T
he mus t n eeds h ave t he a dvanced men ta l
b
efore long i n Austra
lian C apital Televis
ion s creen v ir
tua l
ly i nsists v
ision o f t he mov ie d irec tor who
C
ities. O nce t
he admin
istrative side t
hat y ou c oncen tra te o n it
, j us t a s v
isua lises t he u ltima te e fec t
.

8 "Au
stra
lian RADIO a
nd TELEVIS
ION New
s" No ,e
mber
, 1
949
How TV P
lays Are P
lanned a
nd MUST b e r igh t f rom t he s tar t
. O ne f
or a s tage p lay, a nd wh i
ls t s hows
cannot g o b ack a nd s tar t a ll o ver are b eing p repared a nd r ehear sed ,
P
roduced
a gain . Tha t, t oo , g oes f or " l
ive" there a re a fternoon a nd e ven ing
With a s uitab le play a va ilable, t he broadcas t p lays , b ut wha t t he s how t
ransm iss ions i n p rogress a t the s ame
p
roducer a nd s taff g et b usy f or l
ooks l i
ke t o b roadcas t l i
s teners r e- t
ime . Very c arefu l p lann ing i s
about a month b efore t he a ctual p er- l
y ing o n a l oud -speaker a lone t o needed , n ot o nly b y t he p roducer , b ut
f
ormance . Rehearsa ls a
re quite convey " atmosphere" i s n ei ther h ere by t he e ntire s taf f, wh ich i nc ludes
s
im ilar t o o rdinary s tage p reparat ion nor t here . engineers , l igh ting p eop le, c amera
e
xcept ing t ha t they a re much s horter. The T elev is ion a ctor mus t p lay i n c
rew s a nd s tage h ands . Lack o f
None o f this t akes p lace a t t he T ele- dead s i
lence b u t must s t
i ll b e a ble s
tud io s pace i s a s evere h and icap
v
ision s tudios , b ut o n t he d ay f or t
o p roduce t he s ame e fec t s a s i f i
n t he p resent s tud io a rrang emen ts
t
he s chedu led t ransm ission , a r e- he h ad b een i nterrup ted b y ah ear ty o
f t he L ondon s erv ice, b ut t h
is w il
l
h
earsa l is h eld i n the s tud io, a nd f or l
augh ,f rom t he a ud ience . I n o rd inary be o ver come i n t he n ear f u ture.
t
he f irst time t he c ast g oes t hrough s
tage work a n a ctor h as t he a ud ience L
igh ting i tself, a lthough f undamen t
-
t
he s how w ith t he a ctuary s cenery , "out t here ' t o h elp h im t ime h is a
lly s im i lar t o f i
lm s tud io r equ ire-
p
rops a nd l ighting . T hen, when t he "pat ter," e tc. He h as t ime , when men t s
, i s a s pecia lised b usiness b e-
s
how a ctually g oes o n t he a ir right t
here i s al augh i nterrupt ion , t o t hink c
ause o f t he many " shots" i nvo lving
a
fter t he "work -out" t he p layers g et o
f h is n ext l ine o r s o, a nd t o s ay c
lose -up , l ong -shot s, e tc
. T hen , when
o
n w ith t he ir j ob j ust a s i f t hey t
hem . From a ud ience r eac tion h e aT elev is ion s how i s over , t here i sn o
a
re p lay ing t o ac rowded h ouse a t a t
akes h is c ue t o r aise o r l ower t he question o f r eta ining t he s cenery a nd
t
heatre . B ut . . . . t here a re v ery voice , o r a lter i ntona tion . In o ther p
rops , i t mus t n eeds b e t orn d own
i
mpor tant d iferences . words , t he i n terrupt ions c an b e e x- a
t o nce t o make way f or a n ew s et-
p
lo ited . T he d rama tic a c tor c an r ead u
p . O bvious ly , t he T elev ision s tud ios
T
elev
ision Ac
tor
s F ace Unu
sua
l w arn ing s igna ls s im ilar ly . . . a o
f t he n ear f uture w ill h ave a bundant
T
echnique
s s
pate o f c ough ing among t he a ud i- s
tage s pace a nd w ill b e a ble t o u tilize
e
nce may b e i nd ica tion t ha t p eop le as uccess ion o f p repared s ets; wh ich
Whereas there i s amp le r oom o n
a
re b ored . . . o r n ot i nteres ted , w
ill r elieve s ome o f t he s train o n
t
he t heatre stage f or p layers to t
hose who a t p resen t d o a magn ificen t
move around, t he T e
lev ision s e
t-up and h e k nows a t o nce , o r s hou ld d o
,
t
hat h e i s " of f t he r ails ." Aud i- j
ob u nder v ery a rduous c ond itions .
c
al
ls f or a s trict ma intenance o f Much o f t he p opu lar ity a nd s uccess
i
ndiv
idual p os
itions t o p ermit the e
nces d on 't c ough o vermuch a t p lays
i
f t hey a re r ea lly i n terested . When w
i th t he p ubl ic o f B rit
ish T elev ision
c
amera t o take e verything i n
. The i
s d ue t o t he u ntiring w ork a nd e n-
t
he t ime f or e xit c omes , i f a n a c tor
h
as amp ly p leased a n a ud ience , t he t
hus iasm o f t hose who w ork l ike
s
urge o f a pplause t ells h im t hat h e Trojans a t A lexandra P alace t o e n-
h
as g ot o ver w ell. Not s o w ith s
ure t hat e ach s how s ha ll b e o f t he
Telev ision . . . i n TV a ll t ha t i s b
es t p oss ib le c a
libre .
c
o mp lete ly a bsen t. There mus t b e
r
eliance o n g ood a cting a nd e xper i- A
bou
t P
rice
s
e
nce t o b e s uccessfu l. Remember Natural
ly, " viewers," h aving p aid
t
hese t h
ing s a bou t aT elev is ion p lay , o
ut a l o
t o f money f or r eceiver s
,
e
spec ia lly i f y ou a re a b roadca ster
e
xpec t to h ave s o mething g ood i n
w
ith a sp ira tions . A T elev ision p lay r
eturn. T he c ost o f sets i s a t pre-
i
s a r eproduc tion o f a p erformance s
ent h igh, b ut u ndoub tedly i t w i
ll
b
eing a ctua lly p ut o ver a t t he i nitia l c
ome d own. As Iw rite t his there
t
ime . When y ou l ook a t a mov ie i
s the announcemen t of t he n ew £ 45
f
i
lm , a nd h ear t he a ccompany ing r
eceiver by E.M .I.
, a nd w ith t hat l
ead
s
ound , y ou a re s eeing s ome th ing o f i
t may b e c onsidered c ertain t hat
a" canned" n a ture . T he a c t
ion t ook o
ther manufac turer s wil
l d o l ikewise.
p
lace mon ths , a nd p erhaps y ear s
ago. You d on 't s ee t he a c tors ....
Wha
t O
f t
he F
uture?
t
hey a ren ' t t here i n p erson . They
a
re mere ly i mages o n a s creen . There a re p eop le who s ay t hat
c
amera c omes i n f or c lose -ups a nd Televis ion i s a t hrea t t o t he s tage
I
n T elev ision t he a c tor s a re v ir -
g
oes b ack f or l ong-shots , a nd a l
l t he and s creen , b ut a l i
ttle r ef
lec tion w i
ll
t
ua lly THERE a t t he i ns tan t ....i n
t
ime t here i s s ome o f t he a tmosphere s
how t ha t b o th t he l ong -estab lished
p
erson , a nd t hey a re f ac ing a n o rdea l
o
f a mov ie s et. B ut i n a cting f or med iums w i ll n ever b e killed b y T ele-
i
n t hat t hey MUST r emember w ords
Television t here i s at echn ique t hat v
ision . T he s creen w ill b e e nhanced
and a ction o n t he i ns tan t. C on -
i
s n either s tage n or f i
lm i n c oncept v
erse ly , t he a ud ience l ook ing a t t he b
y t he a dd ition , b ut t he s tage w i
ll
....i t is simp ly T elev is ion , a nd it a
lways b e t he s ame . S ilen ts, t alk ies
s
creens o f t he ir T elev is ion r ece ivers ,
i
s a n e xacting t askmaster . I
n t he and r adio h ave n ot
, a s was p red ic ted,
a
re s ub -con scious ly a ware t ha t t hose
f
i
rs t p lace, t he a ctor must b e g ood afec ted t he s tage a dverse ly. R ather
a
ctors a re t here a c tua lly i n p erson .
a
t h is o r h er j ob, wh ich g oes w ith- have t hey h elped i t
. T here i s e very
There i s r eally a much more i n ti-
o
u t much c o mmen t, b ut t he i mpor tant p
robab i
lity t ha t T e
lev ision w ill d o
mate a nd p er sona l f ee ling o f c on -
t
hing i s t hat h e o r s he must b e much t o r aise t he s tandard o f t he
t
act t han c ou ld e ver b e t he c ase
good e nough t o get p ersona lity o n to enter tainmen t w or ld i n g enera l
, f or
w
ith f i
lm p or traya l.
t
he T elevision s creen w i thou t a ny t
he w ell-known s tars o f s tage , s creen
audience r eac t ion a t a l
l, y et k now - and b roadcas t
ing s tud io w ill h ave
P
roduc
tion P
rob
lem
s grea ter p ub lic ity t han e ver b efore ,
i
ng a ll t he time t hat c ritica l e yes a re
watch ing , a nd e ars a re l isten ing. I f As w ith t he p repara tion n eeded and a lso, n ew s tars w ill b e c rea ted.
and when t he a ud
ience a pp lauds , t he f
or stage w ork, T e
levision p roduc- The t ime w ill c o me, when T e
lev is ion
Television a ctors d on't k now a t hing t
ion calls f or a l arge amount o f i
s a n e very -day med ium i n mos t o f
a
bout i t
. Ne ither d o o rd inary f ilm o
rganisation, but w ith the d iference our h omes , t ha t p eop le w i
ll g o t o
a
c tors ...b ut t here i s av ast d ifer- t
hat the f i
nal p ol
ish must b e g iven t
he t hea tre s t o a c tua lly s ee f rom a
e
nce . T he f i
lm p layer c an b e c alled t
o the r ehearsals i n a bou t a t h
ird f
lesh -and -blood a ng les, t he s tars who
upon a gain a nd a gain t o r e-act a o
f the t ime. Costum ing h as t o be have b een s o a t
trac tive t o t hem o n
s
cene o r p or tion t hereof u ntil c on- d
one, scenery p ainted, and p rops s e
- t
he ir T elev ision s creens .
s
idered p erfect . With T elev ision, it c
ured in af ract
ion o f t
he t ime t aken

Novemb
er, 1
949 "Aus
tra
lian RAD
IO a
nd TELEVISION New
s" 9
 A
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

—u

A more c
omp
lete r
ange o
f t
he "
wan
ted" r
eplacemen
t
t
ypes h
as s
e
ldom 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 e
very s
tage o
f manufac
ture . . . t
he v
alves
t
hemse
lves a
re t
he r
esu
lt o
f many y
ears o
f e
xper
i-
e
nce a
nd r
esearch i
n t
he f
i
eld o
f e
lec
tron
ics
.

"Au
stra
lian RADIO a
nd TELEVIS
IO N New
t" November
, 1
949
 Wide u
i
eeaew
se o
si
f c o
lor t e
lecas ts f or Addressing the J unior C hamber
medical instruction a lready i s under o
f C ommer ce in Me
lbourne recently
,
way in the Un ited Sta tes. Member s C
. A . W . Harmer
, 0.B .E.
, Technica
l
o
f the Amer ican Med ica l A ssociation, D
irector o f P
ye Ltd
., o f Cambridge
,
a
t their annua l conven t
ion i n A tlantic England, made the fo
llowing points
.
C
ity, New J ersey, early i n J une, saw
c
olor t e
lecas ts o f o pera tions b eing Main d ificu lty p resen ted b y t e
le-
p
erformed a t the A tlan tic City H os- v
ision i n Aus tra l
ia wou ld b e financ ial
,
p
ital
. t
his b ecause o f grea t expense i n p ro-
v
iding s uitable p rogrammes . There
"Vaudeo": A t l east o ne Amer ican s
eemed t o b e s everal ways t he p rob-
t
hinks B ritish t e
lev ision s urpasses l
em c ould b et ackled. I
tm ight b et hat
t
hat in U .S.A . Lloyd E spensch ied, "A" a nd " B" l i
censes c ould b e i ssued
o
ne of the i nven tors o f coax ial cable, i
n t he s ame way a s w ith o rd inary
s
ays: " I wou ldn't g ive a d amn f or b
roadcas t
ing b ut with t his diference
a
nything I '
ve s een — it's the s ame a s —the G overnmen t c ould n ot l ight-
s
ound b roadcas ting —permea ted w ith h
ear tedly s ay i t would i ssue l icenses
c
o mmercial
ism f rom b eginning t o t
o a ll e xisting " B" C lass s ta tions.
e
nd. We i n t he Un ited S tates o ugh t There w ould n ot be e nough r oom i n
t
o b e ashamed . The B ritish h ave t
he e ther. T he a nswer m ight b e f or
d
one a far b etter c ultural j ob in b oth t
he " B" C la ss b roadcas ting s tations
COLOR TELEVISION s
ound a nd t elevision b roadcas t
ing ." i
n v arious c en tres o f p opula tion t o
S CENE
si
ty o
: O
f P
perat
ennsy
ing r
lvan
oom
ia Hosp
, Un
ita
iver
l i
-
n
THE TELE VISIO N ERA
g
roup t
j
oint t e
oge
lev
ther i
ision s
n t
ta
he o
tion.
peration o f a

t
he Un ited S ta tes
. Date : May 3 1
,
F ROM t he p oin t o f v iew o f t hose Wha tever t he u ltimate a nswer ,
1949. Ac tion : S killed h ands o f a
mas ter s urgeon s wiftly a nd d eftly who h ave t o c .
reate p rogrammes , there i s aw onder fu l o ppor tun i ty f or
br
ing ing a b aby i nto t he wor ld b y c
er tain p rob lems p redom ina te wh ich Aus tra lia t o s tr ike a h appy med ium
c
aesar ian s ection . C amera : T elev ision wil
l h ave t o b e r esolved a s t elev is ion between t otal S ta te o wner sh ip o f
c
o mes t o ma tur ity . T ake t he c ase o f Brita in a nd t he s ystem p reva il ing i n
—in n atura l c o lor.
t
he t hea tr ical manager . O ne t rans - Amer ica , where t here a re o nly c om -
Thus , n atura l-color t e
lev ision was mission o f ap lay b y t elev ision w il
l mer cial s tations .
u
sed f or t he f i
rst t ime f or med ical b
e e quiva len t t o, s ay, as i x mon ths '
i
nstruct ion i n U .S.A. T his d eve lop- Services t o r ura l a reas d o n ot i n-
r
un a t a l arg e t hea tre. volve i nsuperab le p rob lems . They
ment makes i t p ossib le f or h undreds There i s t he s itua tion o f t he a ctor ; •c
o
f med ica l s tuden ts a nd p hys icians, ould b e p rovided b y i nexpens ive t ele -
i
t i s n ot o n
ly t ha t h is t ota l e arn - v
ision r elay s ta tions . These c ou ld
s
ea ted b efore TV s creens , t o o bserve i
ngs f rom t he r un o f ap lay may b e
e
xact ly what t he o pera ting s urgeon be l inked b y a ir w ith t he ma in c ity
l
essened ; i t i s p ossible t ha t h is e n- s
ta tions o r c ou ld b roadca st n ews a nd
s
ees. They c an wa tch h is e very move gagements may b e f ewer , n ot o nly
a
t c lose r ange a s h e d emonstrates o
ther f i
lms made e spec ially f or t ele -
i
n t he p layhouse b ut o n t he a ir. I n v
i s
ion .
t
he l a test a dvances i n med ica l t ech- Church illian p hrase : "Never b efore
n
ique a nd p rocedures . By means o f will s o many h ave b een e n ter ta ined In the d eve lopment o f p rogrammes
ati ny m icrophone s trapped i nside h is by s o f ew ." And t hose a r tists p os- and t echn ica l d eve lopment o f TV
gauze mask , t he s urgeon c an e xplain genera lly E ng land i s f ar a head o f
sessing o nly r ad io r epu ta tions h ave
h
is a c tions a s h e performs t hem . their s pec ial a nx ie ty, f or t heir s i
tu - Amer ica. Telev is ion i s a n e ntir ely
B
efore t he a dvent o f television, ation w ill b e l ike t hat o f t he a c tor s new f orm o f e n ter ta inmen t. The
o
nly one o r t wo s tudents were a ble of t he s ilen t s creen when t hey f ound gag s t ha t h elped t o b u
ild u p t hea tre
t
o look o ver the s urgeon's s houlder. themse lves s udden ly c onfron ted w ith audiences a re o ften l ost o n a t e le -
O
ther o bservers s at i n ti
ers a round the " talk ies ." Some s urv ived t he v
ision a udience , a nd wherea s c hildren
t
he operating t able, t oo far away t o change o f t echn ique a nd g rew t o c
an b e e xcluded f rom a t heatre , t hey
s
ee the f ine d etails. — grea ter s treng th a nd s uccess ; o ther s c
annot b e e xcluded f rom a t elev is
ion
f
e ll by t he ways ide . Mat ter s a dju sted audience . T hese t hing s made n eces -
Wh ile w ide u se h as b een made
themse lves f
ina lly ; s
o t
hey w ill s
ary a mod ifica tion o f a cting s tyles .
o
f b lack -and -wh ite t elevision p ic-
t
ures i n t he l ast f ew y ears, n atura l- aga in. Austra lia, a n i dea l c oun try f or t ele -
c
olor t e
lev is ion i s a n e ven g reater v
ision , i s o bvious ly a c oun try o f
a
id i n med ica l t each ing, D r. I . S. THE NE W MEDIU M s
por tsmen a nd h as t he i dea l s et
-up
Ravd in r epor ts. Neither t he f u ture T elev is ion C ity f
or o utside b roadcas ting . I t h as t he
"
Co lor t e lev ision p rovides a s ense nor i ts p resen t makesh if t c an a ford s
ame h ome h ab it s a s B ritain , a nd
o
f d epth wh ich i sn ecessary i n teach - t
o b uild i vory t owers . Full a dvan t- t
his makes i t a g ood t elev is
ion
i
ng s urgery ," t he D irector o f t he age must b e t aken o f t he b est c re - marke t
. I
t a lso h as t he t alen t t o
Depar tment o f S urgica l Re search a t ative b ra ins e verywhere , b e t hey p
rov ide g ood e n ter tainmen t
.
t
he Un ivers ity o
f Pennsy lvan ia's writers , d
irec tor s
, d
esigner s
, o
r Over seas , t elev ision met i n t he
Medica l S choo l, s ays. "The d eeper a
c tors. i
nitial s tag es w ith s trong r es is tance
r
ecesses o f b ody c avities, wh ich o rdin- Now t ha t s igh t a nd s ound h ave f
rom s por ting b od ies, b ut e xper ience
a
rily a re di ff
icu lt to d iscern , can n ow b
een j oined t oge ther i n r ad io mar - p
roved t ha t i t n ot o n
ly c rea ted i n
b
e r ead ily o bserved b ecause o f t he r
iage , n o man c an n ut t hem a sunder . t
he v iewer a d e sire t o s ee b ox ing i n
v
arious c o
lor g radua tions . Moreover , The n eed t o c on tro l t he n ew med ium t
hé f l
esh , b ut t he f ac t t ha t a ma tch
c
olor p erm its r ecogn ition o f c hanges and t o u se i t
s i mmense p ower w ith i
s to b e t e
lev ised i s looked u pon a s a
i
n h uman t issues d uring t he c our se t
as te a nd d iscre tion i s e viden t
. guaran tee t ha t i t w ill b e a g ood
o
f a n o perat ion ." —"V IDEX .." s
how , a nd c rowds p a tron ise i t
.

No
tember
, 1
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ustra
lian RADIO a
nd TELEVISIO N New
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 MARTIAN MEGACYCLES OR
EARTH-B
red ELECTRONS ?
A F
ANC
IFUL D
ISCOURSE
B
y REX BRANDON

I
I w i
YOU
th a l
, d
i
k
ear r
ing f
eader
or s
, a
eek
re a l
ing o
i
s tener
ut t he
unknown i n t he s hape o f DX o n
shor t, a nd v ery s hor t waves , y ou h ave
probab ly a t s o me t ime o r o ther w on -
dered a t t he o rig in o f a pparent ly u n-
i
den t ifiab le s ounds . Y ou may p onder
o
ver t he p oss ib ili ty o f h aving s tum -
b
led a cross s ome th ing e xtra -terres -
t
rial, a nd i n s o d oing y ou w ou ldn 't
b
e t he f irst t o g et s uch i d eas . Our
c
on tributor d ea ls a t l arge w ith a n
i
nterest ing s ubjec t i n b oth s er ious
and s at irica l v ein , a nd l eaves u s w ith
t
he c er ta in ty o f k now ledge , t hat i f
r
ad io s igna ls f rom Mars a re n ot i n
o
ur e ther , o ur o wn u nwanted man-
made n oises ARE a ggress ive ly i n
e
vidence .
Dur ing t he l ast 2 5 y ears , s evera l
p
rom inent p eop le h ave e
xpressed
o
pin ions t hat s ome d ay we s ha ll b e
a
ble t o c o mmunca te b y r adio , o r
s
ome v ariant o f r adio , w ith o ther
i
nhab ited p lanets i n t he Un iverse .
I
t s eems f ar f rom i log ica l t o b e -
li
eve t hat t here i s l ife o n o ther
w orlds ; r ather d oes i t s avour o f a•
self
ish i nsu lar ity t o a ssume b lind ly
that o ut o f t he v astness o f S pace ,
this s hou ld b e t he o nly p lanet c hosen
t
o b reed a nd s uppor t l ife o f ak ind
w e k now a s " human ." I ndeed , when
w e c ons ider t he b illions o f s tars t hat
obvious ly e xist , i t s eems t ha t t here
sure ly must b e s ome o f t hose s tars
simi lar t o o ur S un , w ith p lanets
ith a n
ot a s y et ma teria lise a s s uch when I
t r ea l
ly i s i nconce ivab le t ha t a
sim ilar t o o ur own , a nd w
photographed , a nd i t w i
ll b e i nter - p
eop le m illions o f y ear s a head o f
p
lanetary f am ily wh ir ling a round
t
hem . e
st ing t o awa it d eve lopmen ts i n t hat o
ur selves w i
ll n ot h ave e stablished
d
irect ion when t he mass ive 2 00-
inch s
pace t rave l! Consider t his R ed
Unfounded R umours r
ef lector t elescope g ets o n t he j ob P
lane t f ur ther . . . f rom t he r adio
For s
o me t
ime many peop le a
t Moun t P a
lomar , U.S .A. A
l l t hat s
igna lling v
iewpo int. We k
now
averred t hat r ad io s igna ls c ould n ot w e k now a t p resen t i s t ha t t he f
rom s pec tra t hat i t
's c hem ica l, a nd
l
e ave t his e ar th a nd t rave l a s f ar "
cana ls" s ugges t, b y their g eome tri- h
ence '
mo lecular c
o mpos ition is
a
s Mars , b ut s i nce t he Moon -Radar c
al p at tern , a n a ntif
icial f orma tion , much t he s ame a s E ar th. T he U .S.
a
ch ievemen ts o f t he l ast t hree y ears , and Mo ther E arth , h ere o r t here , Nava l R esearch L abora tory, i n a n
s
uch o pin ions h ave b een more o r s
eldom c hooses s uch a ngu lar d esign . i
nves tiga tion o f t he a t mosphere o f
l
ess s helved . One t hing we d o k now As t he v astness o f S pace g oes, Mars Mar s
, f ound t ha t s kip d istances
b
eyond d oubt , a nd t hat i s t hat i f i
sn 't r ea lly v ery f ar away f rom u s; d
uring t he Mar tian s ummer w ere
r
ad io p ropagat ion i s i mposs ible f or i
n 1 924 i t was b ut 3 5 m illion m iles b
est s uited f or c o mmun ica tion a t
s
ome i nsurmountab le r eason . . . . d i stan t. Astronomers k now t ha t f
requenc ies b e tween 5 a nd 2 mega -
t
here a re s till l igh t waves . We Mars i s a much o lder p lane t
, f rom c
ycles a nd t hat n othing h igher i n
know w ithout g et ting i nvo lved i n a h ab itab le v
iewpo int, t
han our f
requency t han 5 .5 megacyc les w ould
any a rguments t ha t t hese waves Ear th. F rom t his i t may b e a ssumed b
e s uitab le f or l ong d istance c on tacts
c
an a nd d o g et t hrough t he l ayers t
hat Mar tians, i f t hey e x
is ted, wou ld b
etween p oin ts o n i ts s urface . L et
's
i
n t he e arth 's a tmosphere . Some b
e l ogica l
ly, a lmost m illions o f y ear s s
kip Mar s f or t he t ime b eing a nd
y
ears ago t
here were var ious ahead o f u s. There i s o ne o bv
ious t
ake a l ook a t t hat e legan t p lanet
r
umours f rom t ime t o t ime , o f s
et -back , h owever , f or the r eason t ha t . . . .V enus . T his i s t he o n
ly o ne
f
lashes o f l i ght b eing s een f rom t he we d on't s ee a ny g ian t Mar tian l
eft of o ur p lane ts where l i
fe ( in o ur
s
urface o f Mars , b ut t here a ppeared s
pace s hips f l
ying a bout o ur h eaven s, own f orm ) c ould p ossib ly e xist, b ut
t
o b e n o f oundat ion . The myster ious a
nd s ure ly s uch a dvanced i nhab it- i
t wou ld h ave b een t he v ery D evil
mark ings r eferred t o a s c ana ls d o a
nts wou ld b e f ar p ast the V 2 stage? t
o p ut u p w ith i n t he way o f clima te.

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t i s bel
ieved t hat V enus a lways
t
urns the same f ace to the sun ....
we don't k now t hat a stronom ically,
f
or t he s urface o f t he p lanet i s
a
lways o bscured b y v ast s teamy
c
louds
. I f o ne side d oes always f ace
t
he Sun, then t hat side w i
ll be r oast-
i
ng h ot
, wh ilst t he o ther w ill b e
e
terna
lly a s c old a s S pace itself.
e "Let
's s
kip
L
ow F
orm
s O
f L
ife
Mars f
or
I
t i s p ossible t hat a n arrow b e lt the ti me
w ould e xist b etween t he t wo t err i- b
eing an d
tories a nd where c l
imat ic c ond i-
t
ake a look
t
i ons c ou ld a pprox imate t hose o f
a
t that el
e-
E arth ; t here i s plenty o f a ir
. With
g
ant planet
t
he u nknown , i t i s u nw ise t o b e
a
sser tive , b ut i t d oes s eem a s i f V
enus."
l
ife o n V enus wou ld b e o f a l ower
f
orm , p ossib ly r ep tilian o r i nsec t.
Tha t, h owever , d oes n ot i mply c om -
p
le te a bsence o f i nte lligence .
I
f t hen we a re t o c ons ider t he
p
oss ib i
lity o f L ife e lsewhere i n t he
Un iverse , we must t urn t o t he more
dis tant s tars , p robab ly i n t hat h uge
a
rea we k now a s t he M ilky Way .
B u t t o c o mmun icate w ith t hem b y
rad io . . ..t hat i s av ery d iferent t
hings l ike t his w ill s ound l i ke . . . .i t c o mes f rom e ar th -b ound
ma tter. Even t he n earest s tars o f Mars . R epor ts o f s igna ls s upposed ly d
ia thermy a ppara tus s o mewhere ...
the M ilky Way a re 2 5,000 l ight o
rig ina ting o ut i n s pace c o me i n near o r f ar. Hosp i tals u se s uch
years away f rom u s ...wh ich means s
pasms , a lthough t here h as b een r e- mach ines t o p roduce a r t
ific ial f ever
t
o s ay, l ight , o r r ad io waves wou ld lative q uiet o n t hat f ron t f or s o me i
n p atien ts, a nd t hese mach ines a re
t
ake 2 5,000 y ears, e ven mov ing a s time . I
n t he e arly 1 930 's a g roup s
imp ly r ad io o scilla tor s w ith a p en -
t
hey d o a t t he s peed o f 1 86,000 of B ritish e n thus iasts w i th l ots o f chan t f or f eed ing b ack e nergy i n to
miles p er s econd ....t o r each t he i mag ina tion , s a t u p a round t he c lock t
he p ower l ines ( desp ite p recau tions ),
Milky Way . I mag ine ; o bservers o n i
n f ront o f a2 4 -va lve a fair, l i
sten - which t hen a ct a s r ad io t ransm itting
a p lanet l o cated 2 500 l ight y ears i
ng f or n oises f rom Mars . . . . o r antennas . D ia thermy a nd o ther RF
d
i stant f rom Ear th wou ld n ow b e anywhere o f s im ilar s tatus . T hey med ica l mach ines c an p roduce f ever
witness ing t he d oings i n t he t imes reported h ear ing f unny s ounds .... i
n p atien ts, a nd s ome thing a kin t o
o
f t he e arly R omans ! I f we a re t o and c onsider ing t he d in p ossib le f rom apop lexy i n " hams" a nd SWL 's.
e
s tab lish c o mmun ica t ion a cross t he e
l ec trons c areer ing a round i nside 2 4 Diathermy " hum" d oesn 't s tay p ut
Un iverse , t hen i t s eems we must valves t oge ther . . . . t hey m igh t on t he d ia l; i t wanders a bou t, a nd i f
n
eeds d iscover s ometh ing v ery much have o r
ig ina ted b etween c athode a nd s
o me e ven ing y ou r un a cross i t y ou
swif ter t han o ur r adio i mpu lses. O f anode o f t he f irst v a
lve i n t he s e t. c
an e ither t une i t o u t o r r elax a nd
n
ecess ity t hen w e c ome b ack t o c on - T hey m igh t a lso , o f c our se, h ave l
isten t o wha t i s mos t l ikely a b road -
s
idera tion o f Mars i n a ll t h
is c on - been h ead n oises ! c
as t o f a b ad c ase o f a rthr itis .
j
ec ture , a nd we igh a f ew more p ros Now t he o ld s et i s r eally g etting But i t s t
ill i sn 't Mar s.
and c ons . Among t hem w e r un s
o meth ing . . . .h ear t hose c l
ick s? Brrrp , B rrp s ays t he n ex t i n truder
a
cross t he q uestion o f n oises . . . . T hey s imp ly c annot b e p eaked f or o
n t he d ial, b ut a c o-inc iden ta l g lance
r
ad io n oises ....a nd i n s o me c ases t
un ing , f or t hey s eem t o b e e very - o
u t t he w indow s hows t ha t t he f l
ash -
....h ead n o
ises! Mars h as i n t he where a cross t he d ial, i rrespec t ive i
ng n eon s ign o utside t he s hop a cross
p
ast b een s ubject t o al ot o f b lame o
f wh ich b and w e a re u sing . T hey t
he way i s t he c u
lpr it. There a re
f
or t
hings a
ttribu tab le t
o t
hat s
ound s ome th ing l ike a t e
legraph ways a nd means o f s uppress ing t he
p
lanet . s
ounder s end ing a l o t o f d oub le d o ts n
oise f rom s uch s ources , o f c our se ,
(
i nk i nks t o S ig -men a nd W mn ) s
ub jec t t
o owner -c o-opera tion .
I
n S
earch o f Mar
tian and t hey o ccur a t r egu lar i nterva ls Ano ther i s a w ell-aimed b rick !
Meander
ing
s during t he d ay a nd n igh t
. Y ou l ive Now ...h ere w e r ea lly h ave s ome -
Let's g et t he o ld s hor t-wave s et adjacent t o t he e lec tric r a l
iway ? t
hing ....a p ecu liar s ound ....a nd
warmed u p a nd s ee what we c an Of c ourse ....t he s ound y ou h ear I
'
ll wager t han many DX f ans h ave
run a cross i n t he s pectrum t hat i
s c aused b y c on tac ts u nder t he t rack wondered a bou t i t
. B ut i t is mere ly
may o r may n ot b e e x
tra -terrestr ial
. where c erta in s igna lling g ear i s af acs im ile t ransm it ter ....w ith a
L
is ten t o that d in ....l ike a n a i
r- a
c tua ted b y whee l p ressure . T he p
icture b eing s en t b y r ad io. I t m igh t
c
raf t i n fl
ight ....b ut i t is mere ly s
ound y ou h ear i s f r
'orn u ntuned b
e f rom L ondon , P ar is , N ew Y ork ,
a c o mmerc ial te
legraphy t
rans- waves f rom t he s park ing c ontac ts, Sydney , o r Moscow . . . . t hey a ll
mitter r unning i d
le o n his d ot whee l
. and a ll o ne h as t o d o i s t o d ivide h
ave p ho torad io o utfits . T he v ary ing
The t hing i s t oo f ast t o r ead b y t
he n umber o f c licke ty-clicks b y s
ound i s c aused b y t he s cann ing g ear
human a gency d irect, a s i t b elts f
our t o f i
nd o u t h ow many c arriages a
s i t f ollows v aria tions i n p ic ture
a
long a t 200 words p er m inute a nd t
here a re t o t he t ra in . d
ens ity . The p ic ture r evo lves , a nd
t
he r ecord f or a ura l c ode s peed i s Now wha t h ave w e h ere . . . . a a
s t he i mpu lses a re s en t o u t t he
a t hird o f t hat, a nd h e
ld b y T ed r
aucous h um . . . . s o mewha t a f ter n
oise i s s im ilar t o t he e fect o f
McE lroy , of U .S .A. You h ear a round t
he n ature o f " tunab le h um" a s e x- t
ear ing u p o ne s tar ched b edshee t
8
0 d ots e ach s econd a nd a s winging p
er ienced w i th c er tain f orms o f a
fter a no ther ! Ah ...a t l ast ..
n
o te c aused b y t he i nosphere s h
ift- h
ome -made r ece iver . T his, h owever , s
o me th ing t ha t r eally d oes s ound
i
ng s o a s t o c ause f ading o f t he s
ounds p ar ticu lar ly a ggress ive ... . e
xtra - terr estr ia l. Speech . . . . i n
s
igna l. I f you d on't k now what t he a
lmost d el ibera te i n n ature . No .... s
o me s epu lchra l u nknown l anguage
s
ources o f s uch n oises a re . . . . t
his a l so ....h as n o Mar tian o rig in (
Con
tinued o
n p
age 1
4)

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, 1
949 "Au
stra
lian RADIO a
nd TELEVISIO N New
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cas
ting B
r
evi
ti
es
MARTIAN MEGACYCLES
(
Con
tinued f
rom p
age 1
3)

....a Mar tian , maybe ....b ut, o h

,
A
.B.C. ENSEMBLE G
IVES nor s pe cia l
ised c lass ical mus ic, b ut
b
itter d isappo intmen t . . . . mere ly s
ome th ing t ha t p eop le c an l i
sten t o
a t rans-ocean r adiophone w ith t he L
ISTENERS THE MUSIC
f
or h alf-an -hour o r s o wh i
le t h ey
s
peech i nver ter i n c ircuit! No c hance TI M" W ANT darn a s ock o r e at a mea l, w ithou t
o
f u nderstand ing i t f or t he d istor- A zest f or t ak ing o ne-man G allup b
e ing a nnoyed .
t
ion i s delibera te
, a nd a nyway , if i t p
o l
ls o f o ther p eop le's mus ical t aste s "We t r
ied t o make t he k eyno te o f
was Mars , t hey w ould c a
ll more d is- l
ed C live Amad io t o form a n i nstru - t
he s ess ion i ntimacy —r igh t from t he
t
inctly! T
here 's n o d oubt a bout i t men tal u nit wh ich was t he f i
rst o f its c
ont rol-room t o t he l i
stener s. Even
....a b loke who g oes h unt
ing f or k
ind i n Aus tral ia. t
he t heme t une , ' From Me T o Y ou ,
'
Mars must k now h ow t o d iscoun t Former ly s ty led t he Mode Moderne was a imed a t g iving a p ersua s
ive p er-
ag reat n umber o f man -made n oises. Quintet , iti sn ow h eard e very S unday s
ona l t ouch ."
When we c ons ider t he v ast g roup o f a
t 8 .
30 p .m . f rom A .B.C. Na tiona ls Another r eason f or t he Qu inte t's
world r adio t ransm i tters a lone, we under t he t itle o f C live Amad io 's p
opu lar i ty, Mr . Amad io t hinks, may
r
ealise t he p otent ial s ources o f c on- Quinte t. b
e t ha t i ts member s e njoy p lay ing
f
usion f or t he l istener . Add t o t he "
Its f orma tion a lmos t nine y ear s i
n i t
, a nd t ha t t he ir e n
joymen t i n-
r
adio t ransm itters o f a l
l k inds, shape ago b roke n ew g round, b ecause a t f
ec ts t heir a ud ience .
a
nd s ize
, t he h uge g roup o f n oise t
hat t ime i t was t he o nly mus ica l "The Q uin te t h as a lway s b een a
c
o mb ination c ater ing s pecifically f or r
ea l h obby t o me ," h e s ays. " In a ny
t
he m idd le-brow ," s ays Mr . Amad io. case, c rea ting s o me thing o f y our
"
It h ad b een a h obby o f m ine, i n own i s n o t li ke w ork ing f or so meone
b
etween p lay ing t he c l
arine t a nd t he e
lse , a nd y ou f eel e ncouraged a nd
s
axophone i n c hamber mus ic a nd v
ind ica ted when a n e xperimen t l ike
p
opu lar mus ic, t o a sk p eople wha t t
his i s s uccessfu l."
s
ort o f mus ic t hey l iked b est — the He a nd E dward C ochman , t he
b
utcher a nd t he b arber, a nd e veryone v
iolin is t, a re t he o nly r ema in ing
e
lse I met . member s o f t he o r
ig ina l Qu in tet.
BARBER 'S CHO ICE "Cochman was a y oung v io lin ist
"One b arber a sked me : ' Why d on't f
rom Eng land ," Mr . Amad io s ays .
y
ou e ver p lay a r humba? ' Iw en t "
I was v ery s truck b y h is p lay ing
away t h
ink ing , ' Why h ave we n ever and h is n atura l a ptituude f or l igh t
"
Seem
ing
ly i
noe
ttous i
t
em."
p
layed a r humba? ' We t ried t he mus ic ; h is s tyle was l ike A lber t
f
ol
low ing w eek , a nd it was o ne o f Sand ler ' s
. He a nd I w ere t he n ucleus
t
he most s uccessfu l t h
ing s we e ver r
ound wh ich w e b uilt."
s
ources t hat a re n ot i ntended b y d
id."
I N THE BLOOD
d
es ign t o h ave a ny e fect a t a ll o n The Qu inte t
's p opularity o ver nine
A member o f o ne o f Aus tra lia's
your r eceiver . These f orms o f i n- y
ears o f regu lar b roadcasting i s the
grea test mus ica l f am ine's, h e h as a lso
t
er ference n eed t o be c hecked b y t he r
esult o f t h is i ntensive c ross-ques -
t
he d istinc t
ion o f h aving r ece ived t he
l
istener b efore h e g rabs t he ' phone t
ioning. I t s et o ut to give l i
stener s
only t ui t
ion h e h as e ver h ad i n t he
and t ells t he l ocal d aily t hat Mars what Amad io d escribes as " p
leasant"
c
l arinet a nd s axophone f rom h is
has a
t l
ast bust through our music —"tha t i s, neither vulgar s l
ush
f
a ther, a nd o f b eing t he o nly P ro-
H eav iside a nd o ther l ayers . They
f
essor o f S axophone i n Aus tra lia.
i
nc lude such s
eem ing ly i
nocuous
Personne l o f t he Q uintet i s a s fol-
i
tems a s h ouse d oor -be l
ls a nd c h
ime
push -bu ttons , t elephone d ials , e lectr ic l
ow s: C live Amad io ( leader , s axo -
mo tors , t ram c ars, v acuum c leaners , phone a nd c lar ine t), Edward C och -
man ( v
io l
in ), O lga Krasn ik ( p iano ),
mo tor ised s ew ing mach ines , h air-
dre ssers ' e l ectric c l
ippers , m ixers , Maynard Wi lkinson (
organ ) and
r
efr igera tors , f l
oor -po lishers , t o s ay Char les G ray ( bass ) .
noth ing o f s now , h a
il, a nd l igh tn ing . They a re a l
l w ell-known S ydney
Migh t a s we ll g ive u p t he q uest mus icians . E
dward C ochman i s a
f
or Mars f rom t he r adio a ngle , b e- member o f t he c hamber ma le g roup ,
c
au se i f t he p lane t h as b een wa iting Sydney Mus ica V iva ; O lga K rasn ik,
t
o " co rne t hrough" f or c en tur ies, a a
par t f rom b eing p ian ist a nd c eles te
week o r t wo more w ill b e o f n o p
layer w ith t he S ydney S ymphony
a
ccount . Anyway , i f we a re r ea l
ly Orches tra , i s a lso a f requen t b road -
d
e term ined t o e stab lish i n terp lanet - c
as ter i n s ona ta work ; Maynard Wi li
a
ry c o mmun icat ion i n o ur own s olar k
inson i s of i cial a ccompan is t t o t he
s
ys tem we c an d o t he o bvious a nd A
.B .C . i n S ydney ; a nd C har les G ray
go a l
l o ut f or l igh t
-ray c o mmun ica - r
ecen tly c ame t o Aus tralia f rom
t
ion . A t l east we a re p ositive t hat Eng land t o t ake u p h is p os i t
ion a s
l
igh t r ays g et a cross b oth ways . p
rinc ipa l b ass p layer w ith t he S ydney
Jus t i n c ase a nybody s tar ts t alk ing Symphony O rches tra —he f irs t v isited
o
f u sing r ad io t o t he o ther e xtreme t
his c oun try w ith t he B oyd N eel
. . . . a wave leng th o f 3 0 m illion Orches tra .
me tres ....a s was mooted b y s o me - Dulcie Ho lland , B ruce F in lay a nd
b
ody w ith d eep i mag inat ion i n e arlier Henry Krips a
rrange t he mu sic
d
ays . . . . t hat means T en C ycles e CLIVE AMAD IO, one of Aus tral
ia 's best which i s f eatured b y C lW e Amad io 's
p
er s econd . . . . s omewhat o n t he e
xponents o f t he saxophone a nd c lar
ine t
, Quin tet. D ifferen t v oca l
ist s a re f ea -
l
ow s ide f or Rad io F requenc ies . A t p
ractices with muff
led saxophone among t he t
ured w i
th t he Qu intet e ach w eek ,
c
lothes i n h is wardrobe, to d eaden t he
l
eas t ....t he w ishfu l o ne wou ld b e s
ound " so I won't be a p ub
lic n uisance
,"
and r ecen tly C live i ntroduced i nstru -
s
ure o f a c lear c hanne l! So l ong . h
e s ays. men tal s o
lo is ts t o l i
st eners a s w ell
.

1
4 "Au
stra
lian RADIO a
nd TELEVISIO N New
s" November
, 1
949
 PEOPLE IN THE
PROGRA MMES
were a gen ts f or t heir mode ls. The The 2 GB S TAFF SHO W , b roadcast
Guardsmen a rrange a ll t heir o wn Saturday n igh ts a t 7 .15 a nd Wed -
numbers , a nd o ften r ehear se t hem i n n
esdays a t 1 .
15 p .m .
, h as b een t he
t
he workshop , i n wh ich t hey h ave means o f d iscover ing a no ther f i
rst-
o
ver £ 100 wor th o f v aluable e quip-
r
a te e ntertainer . She i s Ka th leen
men t.
L
loyd , 2 0-years -old d augh ter o f t he
The F our G uardsmen f i
rst met
when t hey w ere members o f t he l
ate G eorge L loyd , w ell-known r adio,
Police F orce a nd s inging i n t he s
tage a nd s creen s tar. He p layed
Police C hoir. They l ater d ecided t o q
u ite o ften w ith G eorge Wa llace , who
f
orm t hemse lves i n to a q uar te t
, a nd i
s c urren tly h eard i n h is " BARN
made t heir f irst r adio a ppearance o n DANCE" s how e very T uesday n igh t
Austra lia's " Ama teur Hour ." They a
t 8 . Ka thleen , h owever , i s s pec ial-
t
opped t he p ol
l, a nd r eceived many i
s
ing i n popu lar v ocalising . A lthough
engagemen ts
. Soon t hey h ad t o de- untra ined, s he h as amazed e verybody
cide whether t o c ontinue i n t he with h er e asy s ty le a nd c lear d ic-
M ACQTJARIE NE WS Police F orce o r d evo te all t heir t ime t
ion . T
o e ncourage h er , 2 GB p ro-
2
GB peArNsoDnalitiaecquarie Network
t
o p rofess iona l s ing ing . F
or tuna tely gramme e xecu t
ives h ave c ast h er i n
s w ere ell to f
or t he mus ical w orld, t hey c hose
a Monday morn ing p rogramme a t
t
he l a
t ter. At p resent t hey a re
t
he f ore i n t hose T elevision p re- 8
. 30, " THE SUNSHINERS ." I n t h
is,
under c ontrac t t o Artransa , t he
v
iews i n S ydney . A t the Hote l Aus - l
argest t ranscr ip tion h ouse i n t he s
he i s featured w ith F red Mc In tosh
t
ra lia p review , t he s how was c om- Southern H em isphere , b ut by a rrange - and h is Rhy thm B oys, whose r epu -
p
ered b y P eter B arry , a nd s o me o f ment , t hey a ppear i n 2 GB-Macquar ie t
a tion r anks h igh i n t he e nterta in-
t
he 2GB -Macquar ie a rtists f ea tured radio p roduc tions . They a re a lso in men t w orld. I
t
's a cer tain ty t hat
were S hirley Wa llwork ( f
ina list i n the c ourse o f r ecord ing a s er ies of you '
ll b e h earing a l ot more o f
l
as t y ear's "M iss Enter ta inment" quar ter-hour mus ica ls f or An transa. K athleen L loyd b efore v ery l ong.
ques t), F lo P aton ( 2GB s taff a ccom -
pan ist), G eorge Wa l
lace , who i s
h
eard e ach T uesday a t 8 p .m . in
"GEORGE W ALLACE 'S BARN
DANCE" f rom 2 GB a nd Ne twork
s
ta tions , a nd Wi llie F enne l
l, s tar o f
"THE RAINBO W SHO W ," b road-
c
ast o f a F riday a t 7.15 p .m . A
ll
s
ta te t hat t hey e njoyed t he e xperi-
e
nce , a nd p roved t hat t hey c ould e C
laude ( l
eft) a nd
a
dap t their a cts t o t h
is n ew medu im. J
ack Hulbert,
John Wa lker was k ept v ery b usy h
eard t ogether I n
a
t t he R oya l Easter S how i n S ydney, t
he weekly p ro-
g
ramme "Hulbert
where h e a cted a s c o mpere -commen - House," a BBC
t
a tor f or t he TV Exh ibition. He h as f
eature.
built u p a n u nriva lled r eputa tion a s
a r adio p ersona lity , a nd c reated a
g
rea t i mpress ion when h e t ried h is
hand a t T elev ision . I
t
's o ur g uess
t
ha t Austra lia's p resent r adio f avor-
i
tes w ill b e t he f uture t op -liner s in
Telev ision

"
The F our G uardsmen ," who a re
h
eard F riday n igh ts a t 7.15 i n " THE MOST PEOPLE ARE GOOD
RA INBO W SHO W" a nd T uesdays PEOPLE
a
t 8 o 'clock i n " GEORGE W AL - "
I s hou ld l ike t o make p ictures ORSON WELLES
' OP
INION
LACE 'S BARN DANCE" f rom 2 GB, b
ased o n the b elief wh ich I h old w ith
t
he g reates t p ossible s treng th, t hat I
n a n i n
terv iew f or t hat e xcel lent
n
o t o nly d isplay t eamwork i n t heir
e
ighty per c ent o f people i n this w orld English p ublica t
ion , " Bandwaggon ,"
s
inging , b ut a lso i n t heir h obbies.
a
re kind r ather t han c ruel, g enerous Orson We lles— whose r adio s hows
The q uartet co mpr ises Dav id B eecham
r
ather than mean , p eace-loving r ath- t
ook Amer ica by s
torm — say s:
(
first t enor ), J ack Neary ( second
e
r than w ar -
like , n e
ighbour ly r ather "Radio i nteres ts me , but f rank ly I 'm
t
enor), S tan R ogers ( bar itone) a nd
t
han self-seek ing. I t
's e conom ic p r
es- b
ored b y T elev is
ion . Ic an't s ee i t
Fred Omundson ( ba ss). I
n ab ack-
s
ures, and t he l ike, wh ich make t hem a
t a ny t ime u surping t he d oma in o f
y
ard workshop , t hey h ave c onstructed
b
ehave o therw ise, a nd I t hink p eople t
he t heatre o r s creen. After a ll
,
many mode ls o f sa
i l
ing s h
ips , g alleys,
n
eed t o b e c ons tantly r em inded o f t
he t echnique s imp ly s eems t o r esult
t
oge ther w ith p last ic s hoes . Wh i
le
what is some times c al
led " their b et
- i
n a d ull, murky r eproduc tion o f
t
ouring f or t he T ivoli c ircuit, t hey
t
er natures" b ut wha t in my b e
lief i s s
ome th ing t han a nother f orm o f e n-
u
sed t o take o ne mode l a s as a mple
t
heir real n ature ." t
ertainmen t d oes much b etter."
a
nd d isplay i t t o managers o f d e- Anthony Have
lock-Allan, B
ri
tish f
ilm produce
r,
p
ar tmenta l s tores. B
ig s tores i n s
peaking in the B BC's magaz
ine programme
Sydney , Melbourne a
nd Adela ide "In T own Tonight
."

Novembe
r, 1
949 "Au
stra
lian RAD
IO a
nd TELEVISION Neu
's" 1
5
 AUDIENCE IMPORTANT I
N TO BOP OR NOT TO BOP THE P
IPER FRO M OVER THE
That i s the q ues tion! A 2 SM f an, W AY
THE ATLANTIC SHO W
n
ow o n a v isit t o Eng land, w rites Non i Piper , 1 8-year s-old blonde o f
Bob Dyer, g
en ial c
o mpere of the back t o s ay t ha t t he ' teenager s o ver Le
ichhard t
, i s t he l a
tes t Au stralian
At
lantic S
how, is permanently g
rate- t
here h ave b ecome B ebop c razy. f
i
lm d iscovery .
f
ul to the aud
iences t hat pack the Band -leader s Ambrose a nd V ictor With a s mall p art i n " Sons o f
2U W Theatre every Saturday night Sylvester c lass i t a s a n u ngod ly Matthew" a nd f em inine l ead in " Into
a
t 8f or h
is half-hour of fun
. noise ...t he g reatest e nemy o f d ance t
he S traigh t" t o h er c redit, she was
"
It
's ma in
ly t he a udience t hat mus ic . . . b ut B ebop i s there , a nd c
hosen t o a ppear o ppos ite T ommy
makes this great s how," s ays Bob, i
t
's g oing s trong . Tr
inder a nd C hips R af
fer ty i n t he
"
for they
're always w illing to cl
imb I
ts c aterwau ling a ncestry c o mes n
ew f i
lm , " Bitter S pring s."
up on to the stage a nd join in the f
rom t he Har lem o f Amer ica . . . Non i Piper . ..t he p leasan t t ype
f
un." and i th as a c ostume a nd a l anguage o
f la ss whom a f ellow l ikes t o f i
nd
a
ll i ts o wn. a
s an eighbour o ver t he way ...g ot
Yet w e fee
l Bob himself must take The r egu la t
ion c ostume i s a u n
i- h
er f i
rst taste o f En ter ta
inmen t B usi-
most o f the cred
it —not o n
ly i s he f
orm -coa t
, b ere t a nd s moked g lasses n
ess when s he a ppeared i n o ne o f
h
eaps o f fun himself
, but he h as t
he . .. i n i mita t
ion o f D izzy G illespie, t
he p lays b roadcas t f rom S tation
happy k nack of "
getting next to" h
is who i s to blame f or t he who le t hing. 2SM.
audience a nd making t hem k een to Some t h
ink i t'
ll b e d ead mu tton i n Dom Harne tt
, who was p roduc ing
"
be i n it" with h
im . about s ix mon ths ...b ut w e wonder ! t
hem , g ave h er t he c hance t o f i
l
l o ne
Al
l t he l eg-pu
lling, p antom iming Youngs ters g et litt
le s atisfaction f rom o
f t he i mpor tan t r o
les . . . i t g ave
and q uest
ion ing is carried o ut in an s
huf fling a round t he d ance f l
oor Noni c onfidence , a nd g o
ing o n f rom
amiable s p
irit of g ood s portsman- i
n t he o ld s tyle t ha t's b een i n v ogue s
treng th t o s trneg th, s he l ooks l i
ke
s
hip, a nd when h is t urn c o mes, Bob f
or t he p ast 2 5 y ears o r so. b
loom ing i nto o ne o f t he b est b ets
Dyer h imse lf is only t oo r eady to o
f the l ocal fi
lm i ndus try.
b
e the b utt of one of his own p ranks
.
He h as p roved many t imes t hat he
c
an t ake i t as we
ll a s di sh it out
. BOOK WORMS , PLEASE NOTE !
QU
ITE EASILY DONE
Camden Mor risby , 2 SM 's " Book -
Now i n i t
s t hird year o f broad-
man," was o ne o f t he f ew r adio They w ere listen
ing w ith r apt
c
ast ing, t he A t
lantic S how h as a
men t o devote a c omplete s ession t o a
ttention t o the o pera b roadcast
waiting l i
st of more t han 50
,000 seek- when i t was n ot
iced t ha
t t he f i
re
t
he memory o f Henry L aw son. -
i
ng 2U W T heatre seats and a chance Camden , o ne o f t he most i ntel- n
eeded a t
ten t
ion
. Someone r eached
t
o " Pick a B ox ," as wel
l as al i
sten- l
ectual coves i n t he b us
iness , k nows f
or the poker.
i
ng a udience o f hundreds o f thou- h
is l i
terature, a nd h is S unday s es- "How c an I poke t he f
ire w ithout
s
ands , who a gree that the A t
lantic s
ions a re w el
l w orth y our a tten tion d
isturbing the music?" he wh ispered.
Show i s fi
rst-class fun for the whole . . .. assum ing t hat y ou
're a B ib- "Between t he b ars
," r eplied h is
f
am ily. l
iophi
le, a nd w e're s ure y ou a re ! n
eighbour.

A P
ARKER-KNOLL C
HAIR
T
he B
est G
i
ft o
f a
l
W
ITH E
NGLAND
'S B
EST F
ABR
IC-COVERED S
PRING
S

C
hoo
se y
ou
r g
i
ft t
h
is y
e
ar f
r
om B
e
ard W
atson
's
.
A Pa
rker
-Knol
l C hair i s a gif
t o f las
ting com fo
rt
s
t
y
led to su
it an
y f u
rnish
ing s c
heme. T here ar
e m any
d
e
signs av
ai
lab
le i n as e
lect
ion o f b
eaut
iful co
verings
.
C
a
ll and see t
he s p
ecia
l T ens
ion-Suspen
sion Spr
inging
s
y
stem that h
as m ade P a
rker-Knol
l C ha
irs so famous
.
P
arke
r-Knol
l Chai
rs a re made by a nd ob
tainab
le o n
ly
f
r
om B e
ard W at
son's.

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1
6 "
Aus
tra
li
en R
ADIO a
nd T
ELEV
ISION N
ews" N
ovemb
er, 1
9
49
 FRED HARTLEY ON THIRD
V
ISIT TO AUSTRAL
IA
En
semb
le Heard Tw
ice Week
ly
From The A
.B.C
.
F red Har tley , noted Eng lish
mus ician , i s b ack i n Austra lia o n
h
is t hird v isit. In t h
is c ountry
he c omb ines b us iness w ith p leasure ,
and s hor tly a fter h is a rriva l
, r e
-
f
ormed h is e nsemb le. T his c omb ina -
t
ion i s n ow h eard t wice week ly f or
t
he A .B.C . —Sundays a t 5 .30 p .m.
over t he I nters ta te n etwork , a nd
Saturdays a t 6 . 30 p .m . o ver t he
e
i
• Na tiona l n etwork .
Personne l o f t he e nsemb le i s a s
f
ollows : Fred Har tley (
pian ist-
arranger -leader ), P hyllis McDona ld
(
1st v iol in ), P at Buchanan (
2nd
v
io lin) , R osa l ind Gumper tz ( viola),
Mur iel L ang ( 'ce l
lo) , D on B rune 1
1
(
clar inet a
nd s
axophone) , Don
Andrews ( guitar ) a nd Edd ie F isher
(
bass ).
Fred Hart ley , who was t
he • Aj
u
nio
r b
a
lle ow b
t s
h e
for
e t
h
e c
ame
ra a
t a
nd A
mer
ican T
V S
t
ation
.
B
.B .C .
's war time D irec tor o f L ight
Mus ic, f i
rs t c ame t o Austra lia i n
Hav ing c on trolled h is own mu s
ic men ts a nd a n e x tra s hirt
, h e was o n
1
944 t o a dv ise t he A .B .C . o n l ight
b
usiness i n E ngland f rom 1 937 -1944, t
he a ir f rom D etroit a nd C hicago —
mus ic p rogrammes . He t hen f ormed
Hartley i s a b usinessman a s w el
l a
t t ha t t ime t he b igges t s tat
ions
h
is own e nsemb le o f Austra lian
a
s a mus ic ian , a nd a t t he p resen t i
n Amer ican r ad io.
a
r tists , p resen t
ing t wo p rogrammes
week ly a long s im ilar l ines t o t ho'se t
ime owns a l aundry b us iness i n E ng- But, abou t this t ime , show b us
iness
h
e h ad b roadca st f rom t he B .B .C. l
and. d
ied i n t he S ta tes, a nd h e t hen h ad
These p rogrammes w ere a g reat h it He wro te, i n 1 938, h is own s igna- t
o h ead S ou th t o j oin s mall t ouring
w
i th Austra lian l isteners , a nd o n each t
ure t une, " Life i s No th ing Wi thout s
hows , k nown a s " tab" s hows .
v
isit t o t his c oun try h e h as b een Music," a nd was g ratified t o f ind i t One d ay , o n r unning a cros s t he
e
ngaged b y t he A .B .C . ' to p resent o
ne o f t he h i ts i n Eng land when h e b
iggest o f t hese " tab" s how s
, h e
more p rogrammes i n h is own i n- r
eturned l
ast year, r
ecorded b y j
oined t hem a nd f orgot a bou t h is
imitab le s ty le. Fred Har tley h as Ambrose a nd h is o rches tra, w ith f
ly-by -nigh t o ccupat ions, f or t his was
b
roadcast s im ilar e nsemb les i n S ou th Anne S helton ( one o f Eng land 's a show t ha t w orked t he who le y ear
Afr ica a nd Ho lland . l
eading v oca lists) a nd S am B rowne . r
ound .
His specia l o
rches tra t
ion o
f This w as t he c ompany t hat h e
All mus ic p layed i n h is s essions
"Waltz ing Ma ti
lda" was o ne o f his c
ame t o Aus tra lia w ith i n 1937 .
i
s s pecially a rranged b y Har tley
h
imse lf. T
his y ear h e i s fea turing most p opu lar n umbers d uring h is From t hen o n B ob h asn't l ooked
many n ew a rrangements o f p opular B
.B.C . b oadcas ts. H e i s look ing f or back. Going f rom s uccess t o s uc-
a
nother c o mpos ition w ith a t ypically c
ess, h e h as n ow r eached t he p in-
o
ld t unes w ith a n a ccent o n s im-
p
licity. H is l i
fe i s ab usy o ne. A s Australian f
lavour a nd a c atchy nacle o f Aus tra l
ian r adio i n h is
wel
l a s the p repara t
ion o f his mus ic t
une. f
amous "A tlant ic S how ."
f
or h is A .B.C . p rogrammes , h e i s
under c ontract t o t he P eter Maur ice
publishing c o mpany t o wr i te f our
n
ew c
f
i
lled t
o mpos
his p
it
ar
ions a y
t of his c
ear.
ontract e
He f
arl
ul
-
ier
B
1
-, w
OB DYER
ise-crack
, f
ing
un-
c
loving
o mpere
, l i
keab
o
f
le
t
,
he EX -PARADISE OF GA MBLERS
"Atlant ic S how ," wh ich i s h eard A
ll who k new Mon te C arlo i n i t
s
t
his y ear
, when h e s pent t hree o
ver S ta t
ion 2U W e very S aturday Golden D ays w il
l r ecall t he c harm
months i n P erth. n
igh t a t 8o 'c
lock , l earned t he t ype o
f t he b ewitch ing p lace . . .where
o
f h umor t he p eople wan t by way Grand Dukes o f i nf
in i
te g randeur
H
IS F
IRST QUINTET o
f o ne-n igh t-stands , h ill
-billy h umor d
ined a nd w ined t heir p artner s a t
a
nd t he r igorous t raining o f r oad t
he C afe d e P aris . . . a nd t he
Fred Hart ley s tud ied w ith T obias s
hows . a
ris tocracy o
f Europe paraded
Mathay a nd Haro ld C raxton. He t
hrough t he e xotic g ardens.
Bob was b orn o n May 2 2
, 1 909 ,
h
eld t he S amue l B ennet t Scholarship
a
t ac rossroads v illage i n T ennessee , Mr. E . J . K eenan , aS ydney r adio
a
t t he R oyal A cademy , was of ic
ial
U
.S .A .
, i n a n e nvironmen t of honest , man who v
isited 2SM• Stud ios,
a
ccompan ist t here, a nd l a
ter a t the
h
ard -work ing f armers . s
ays t ha t a ll t hat g lory h as d e
-
B
.B.C . I
n 1 931 h e c o mmenced a
Impa tien t w ith l i
fe o n t he farm , p
ar ted ...maybe f orever .
p
rogramme o f l ight mus ic w ith the
B
.B.C . w ith h is own q u
intet, a nd and t o r ea l
ise a n amb ition wh ich h e He s a
id t ha t n o l onger i s Mon te
f
eaturing h is own s pecial orchestral had n urtured f rom a y outh, at t he Carlo a c lose p reserve f or t he e x-
a
rrangements . About 5 0 of his copy- age o f 1 7 h e h itch -hiked h is way t
reme ly w ealthy a nd t he a ris
tocra t
ic
r
ight a rrangements h ave b een p ub- Nor th t o t ry h is l uck a s a g uitar .a ny v isitor c an p lay a t t he
l
i
shed , and h e h as a l so made many p
luck ing , mou th o rgan p laying h ill- t
ables ...a nd h e s taked t he g rand
c
opyr ight a rrangemen ts of orchestra- b
illy. s
um o f t en b ob, j ust t o b e a b
le t o
t
ions, which a re a vailab le from m uaic I
t was n ot l ong b efore h e was s
ay t hat h e'd wagered a t t he r e
-
h
ouses h ere a s w e
ll a s i n Eng land n
oticed , f or, w ithin a f ew mon ths , n
owned t ables.
a
nd Amer ica . a
rmed w ith h is h ome -made i nstru - We '
ll l et y ou g uess t he r esu lt
!

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emb
er, 1
949 "Au
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IO a
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ION
4
TO
I
TOWNS V
I
LLE
NORTH
i l
i ed
ebe f f
le kl

"
' •
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1 Q
UEEN
SLAND
Tom H erh ily , h as b een a p rom inen t
f
oo tba ller a nd r eferee , a nd t akes a n
a
ctive p ar t i n many b ranches o f l ocal
s
por t. B ill McRohan , o ne o f T own s-
v
ille 's c our sing a uthor it
ies , c onduc ts
•V
i
cto
ria B
r
idge a
nd C
ast
le H
i
ll
, T
own
svi
lle
, N
orth Q
ueen
sland
. af ifteen -m inu te c ours ing ' session e ach
Saturday morn ing .
• The s tory o f t he sma ller b roadcas ting s erv ices t hroughou t Au stra
lia i s On a r ecen t F riday n igh t t wo
i
nter est ing, linked a s it is with l oca l d evelopment a nd h is tory o f the v arious I
n terna tiona l Rugby L eague f oo t-
c
oun try c o mmun ities. Each r ura l s ta tion h as i ts e ssen tially l ocalised a sso- b
a llers , F rosty B en ton , T ownsv ille,
c
iations , c onnected d irectly w i
th t he i nter ests a nd w e lfar e o f t he s urround ing a
nd B i
ll Horr igan , Ayr , w ere i n
ter -
c
ountry . T he s uccess o f the o ne i s d ependen t u pon t he p rosper ity o f t he v
iewed b y t he c o mpere o f t he s es-
s
ion , B ert M i
llingen , o n t he e ve o f a
o
ther , a nd b y v irtue o f t he co mmerc ial b roadcast ing s ystems , c ountry l is
ten -
b
ig i nter -city R ugby L eague ma tch,
e
rs e njoy n ews a nd e nter ta
inment s erv ices a ddi tiona l
ly t o t he i ndispensab le
Ayr v er sus T ownsv ille. T
he s em i-
A
.B .C . s tations. T he c i
ty-man k nows v ery l i
ttle a bou t t he s erv ice r endered
f
ina ls a nd f inals o f the Nor th Queen s-
b
y o ur p rovinc ial s tations; t hey a re t o h im b ut c alls igns o n al i
st
. We t e
ll l
and Rugby L eague s eries o f ma tche s
h
im h ere , s o meth ing a bout t hese s tations, a nd f or o ur o verseas r ead ers a
re r egu lar ly b roadcas t.
i
nter es ted i n k now ing s o mething a bou t Austra l ian c oun try l ife, w e g ive a
Every S unday morn ing t he v ari-
g
limpse o f the s teady a nd encourag ing d evelopment i n
, t hese l igh tly p opula ted o
us C hur ch s erv ices a re b roadcas t o n
d
istric ts. Manager s o f c ountry s tat ions t hroughout Aus tral ia a re i nv ited a r oster f or o ne h our .
t
o f orward d eta ils t o the e d
itor.
On S aturday n igh ts a t 7 .
30 t he
Townsv ille B ranch o f t he R .S .S. &

STmATION 4 TO T ownsvi
lle com - There a
re t wo separate studios at
, A
.I .L .A . o ccupy a h a
lf h our o n 4 TO 's
enced o
pera
tion o
n October 5
th, Beak House, as we
ll as commod ious p
rogramme , d uring wh ich t ime p ub-
1
931 . T he t ransm itter a nd s tudios o
ff
ice s
pace, and t
he staf
f tota
ls 13. l
icity i s g iven t o the v arious r equire -
were a t t hat t ime u nder a s ingle ment s o f t he l ocal l eague .
r
oof a t t he corner o f B e
ll and Morey S
tat
ion A
ctiv
itie
s
S
tree ts
, S outh T ownsv il
le, in ab u
ild - '
There a re 3 6
.000 p eople w ith
in a
i
ng wh ich was s hared b y VIT. ( The f
ive m i
le r adius o f t he 4 TO a eria l
, S
ocia
l Afa
irs
A
.W .A. Coastal Radio S
tation.) which makes T ownsv ille o ne o f t he Apart f rom w eekly C hur ch s er-
Some y ears a go t he s tudios were two largest country c i
ties o uts
ide t he v
ices a nd t he S aturday n igh t " Dig-
t
ransferred t o their p resent location , Metropolitan area i n Queens land, a nd g
ers ' S ession ," 4 TO j ust
ifies its e x-
Beak House , Flinders S treet
, T owns - t
he s tat
ion t akes a v ery a ctive p art i
stence f rom a s ocial a ngle b y p ro-
v
ille. T he 4 TO p ower r ating i s 200 i
n all local activ
ities. Two s porting v
iding f ree t ime f or p ub
licity c over-
watts. T he high f idel
ity A .W .A. trans - s
essions w eekly a re d evo ted e nt
ire ly i
ng t he r equ iremen ts o f a l
l t he
mitter i nstalled a pprox imately t hree t
o l oca
l s porting a ctiv i
ties. Horse wor th
-wh ile i nstitutions a nd o rgani-
y
ear s a go i s sti
ll s i
tua ted within t he r
acing i s n ot c a
tered f or. The s
a t
ions i n the city —Y .M .C.A .
, C.W .A .
,
VIT b u
i lding a t S outh T ownsv ille. S
ta t
ion's S port
ing C ommen tator, Mr . Y
.W .C.A .
, t he N ew S ett
ler s
' L eague

I
S "
Aus
tra
lian RAD
IO a
nd T
ELEVIS
ION N
eu s— Nov
emb
er, 1
949
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f Queens land, t he B oy S cout Move - T
own
svi
l
le '
s A
ttrac
tion
s
ment , t he S ir L eslie Wi lson 's Home
f
or Bush C h
ildren a t T ownsv i
lle
, t he S
i tuated o n C leve land B ay w i
th r o
-
Townsv ille B ranch o f t he R ed C ross mant ic Magnet ic I sland f our m iles
S
oc iety, t he Adu lt Educat ion C entre, ofshore , T ownsv ille i s ad istribu tion
t
he T ownsv i
lle O ld Age P ensioners' centre , r ely ing f or i ts p rosper ity
Assoc iation , the T ownsv i
lle Amateur upon magn if icen t p or t f acilities, a d
-
Dramat ic S ociety , t he G irl Gu ides. van tages o f wh ich a re t aken b y a
A
ll t ake a dvantage o f regu lar s pace grea ter t onnage o f s hipping p er y ear
p
rov ided . t
han t ha t o f B risbane . There a re
The morn ing a f ter t he recen t heavy l
arge r ailway workshops a nd t wo
c
yclone s truck C ook town , 4 TO o pened huge mea tworks ( one a t A lliga tor
a "D istress F und ." T he f und c losed Creek , a nd t he o ther a t R oss R iver ,
a
fter 4 1 d ays w ith a t otal o f £1200, a f ew m iles o utside ). The o utpu t
which was d istribu ted t o t he s tr
icken o
f t he Mt . I sa m ines a l
l p asses
Cooktov vn r esiden ts b y t he T owns - t
hrough T ownsv ille. F linders S tree t
,
v
ille R ed C ross S ociety. t
he ma in s treet , is o ver 3 è m iles l ong ,
p
robab ly t he l onges t s tree t i n Aus -
P
oli
tica
l a
nd En
ter
tainmen
t t
ralia . B oas ting t he mos t p icture sque
4TO i s r egarded b y t he c ommun ity water f ron t o f a ny t own a long t he
a
s inseparab le from any l
oca l Queens land c oas t
, t he c i
ty i s b ecom -
a
c tivity a foot . F
or i nstance , an ew i
ng more a
ttrac tive each y
ear .

1
7 YEARS
par ty p resented i tself t o t he T owns - Thousands o f t ouris ts s pend a f ew
v
ille v oter s a t t he r ecent Mun icipa l d
ays e ach y ear i n T ownsv ille p as s
ing
e
lect ions . T his p arty was k nown a s t
hrough a nd r eturn ing f rom C airns .
t
he T ownv ille C it
izens ' Assoc ia t
ion , The ma jor ity e xplore t he b eau ties o f
and was f or t he most p ar t y oung Magnet ic I sland , s urvey t he s ur-
men w ithout a ny p rev ious e xper i- r
ound ing c oun trys ide f rom t he p eak
e
nce o f Mun ic ipa l g overnment . T hree - o
f C
t
o Mt
ast
. S
le H
pec, a
ill
, a
bou
nd i
t 5 0 m
nc
i
lude a t
les i nland .
rip O
F L
EADERSH
IP
quar ters o f t heir p ub lic ity was c ar-
r
ied b y S tat ion 4 TO . All s peakers An i nfant movemen t n ow a foot
made e xtens ive u se o f t he S tation 's h
as a s t he u lt
ima te a im t he s e tting
"W ire R ecorder ," a nd t he p arty c om - u
p o f an ew S tate i n Nor th Q ueens -
p
lete ly s wept t he p ol l. The o nly l
and , a nd s hou ld t his ma jor c hange Ducon Mo
tor s
t
art c
apa
-
p
resent members o f t he o ld C ounc il c
o me a bou t i n t he c our se o f t ime ,
n
ow s itting o n t he n ew o ne a re t he Townsv ille w i ll b e the n a
tura l c ap ita l
. c
i
tor s a re i n use t h
roughou t
Mayor ( Ald . J . S . G il l) a nd C oun - t
he C
ommonwea lth a
nd
c
i
l lor P arry . T he o ther n ine a re t he h
ave b een s o f or many
T
.C .A . men . S
tat
ion S
taf
f
T he S tat ion 's p rogrammes c over y
ea rs
. T
hey a re u sed i n
p
ract ica lly a l
l t he b est n ationa l The p ersonne l a t 4 TO c o mprises e
ve ry c apac itor s t
art mo to r
t
he f ollowing : Manager : Mr . J .
f
eatures — the " Lux Rad io T heatre ," manu fac tured i n Au s t
ralia.
Banney . T echn ic
ian : Mr . K . Nu tt
.
R
i ta Marsden , "My Husband 's L ove ,"
Accountan t: Mr . J. Finch. Announc - The s plend id p erformance
"Silks a nd S add les ," "Mary L iving -
i
ng S taff: M iss C. J ones (Announcer -
s
t one ," " Crossroads o f L ife ," "Aunt
L
ibrar ian), Messr s. M . Hu let
t, J .
o
f t his n ew Ducon Mo tor
J
enny 's R ea l L ife S tor ies ," "When a
Taylor, W. Wynn , W. B urnet
t. O ff
ice s
tart c apac itor i s one mo re
G
ir l Marr ies ," " Stepmother ," "Doc tor
S
taff: M iss D . S canlan (Manager 's i
lustra t
ion o f D ucon's 17
Pau l," " Quent in Durward ," "D ick
S
ecre tary )
, M iss E . V enn, M iss E .
Barton ," "Danger Un l
im ited ," y
ea rs o f l e adership i n t he
Vedder, M is s I . B oyce, Mas ter G .
"Hagen 's C ircus ," "Mar tin 's C orner ,"
"Bott le C ast le," " The Ma lvern S tar Brennan ( Off
ice B oy )
. Capac itor f i
eld. You r g ood
Show ," " Sher lock Ho lmes ," "Mus ic ju d gm en t i s confirmed
i
n t he Tanner Manner ," "Mob il when y ou s pecify Ducon f or
Quest ," " The P rotex S how ," " The
Hit P arade ," "W ild L ife ," " Bluey a nd a
l
l e xacting c apacitor a p-
Cur ley ," " Ca lling t he S tars ," " The THANKSG
IVING
! p
lication s.
Q uiz K ids ," "Nat iona l F air," "Aus -
t
ra lia's Ama teur Hour ." Mummie's s hu
t t he d oor at l
ast;
Mumm ie's real
ly g one.
N
ew F
eature Now s
he's in t
he d raw
ing -room
; s
he's
Thirty m inutes e ach week i s de- t
urned t he radio on
.
v
oted t o " The O ld T imers" o f t he
d
istr
ict. Many h undreds o f o ld J
ohnny won t hat p
il
low f ight ( f
e
ll
t
imers' n ames a nd a ddresses a re re- and banged my h ead
),
r
egistered a t 4 TO, a nd b ir
thdays S
o next w e p
layed a li
ttle game of
a
nd c heerios , together w ith s uitable
"bounc
ing o n t
he bed
."
music, a re b roadcast d ur
ing " The
O
ld t imers " s ession.
Then
, after we h
ad cl
eared away t
he
Many c ountry ' s
tations, in o rder t o
f
eathers of the f
loor
s
upplement r evenue , a re f orced t o
And sewn t he p
illow up aga
in, we
s
eek r evenue f rom o uts
ide sma ller
c
ountry t owns , b ut s o g reat i s the b
ounced a li
tt
le more.
d
emand f
t
he n
or t
eeds o
ime o
f Nat
n 4 TO t
ional a
hat a
nd l
f
o
ter
cal Tha
t s inger made a l ot of n
oise — D
uc
on C
o
nden
ser L
t
d.
Townsv i
lle c lients h ave been met , no o
oh! lots more noise t
han us—
t
ime r ema ins a va
ilable i n wh ich t o I
'm glad w e've got a rad
io now; it 7
3-91 B
ourke S
t
reet
, Wa
ter
loo
,
p
lace a dver tising f rom s uch s ources . s
aves a l o
t of fuss! N
.S.W.

November
. 1
949 "Au
stta
lian RADIO a
nd TELEVISIO N New
s" 1
9
 D
ES
IGN
CATHODES
There c an be a l eak f rom h eater
AND
I
J
CI
TION
t
o c athode in at ube
. A lso, current
may f l
ow in ei ther direction ( emis-
s
ion). T
his can b e cured b y "jack-
i
ng u p" the o fending e lement t o a
p
ositive o r nega t
ive D .C. v o
ltag e to
t
he e xtent of perhaps 2 0 v olts
, rela-
t
ive t o t he o ther e lemen t. (
See
C O N Sri e OF s
ketch ).

L
OW LEVEL V OLTAGE A
MPL
IFIERS

F
OR many y ears, t he d esign o f i
n s eries w ith t he p late l oad o f a
"
pre-amp l
ifiers" h as b een s ur- p
entode p re-amp lif
ier, h ave a h um- + 2
0 V
OI
.T5 D
.C
rounded b y a c er
tain a ura o f r
educ t
ion f actor o f approx . 3 00 to 1. Pot
.POR i
TY
mystery. Many o f us amateurs s o me- This i s ah igh o rder o f h um a t
tenua - BY
t
imes i dly wonder h ow b roadcast t
ion, i n v iew o f t he f act t hat t he EXPER
I MENT

s
tat
ions , c inemas a nd o ther h igh- r
emnant r i pple i s fed t o t he PLATE
g
rade a udio installat
ions manage t o o
f t he p re-amp l if
ier. Wh ich i se quiva-
l
en t o s aying t hat i t is i mpressed
a
cross t he g r
id o f t he n ext s tage.
Before t his p art o f t he c i
rcuit, w e
Another r ather o bvious c ure f or
h
ave a v oltage g ain o f p ossibly 1 00
practically a ll f orms o f h ea ter-to-
By t
o 3 00 t imes . I t i s therefore l ogical c
a thode l eakage o r emission is t o r un
t
o p ay more a ttention t o t he g rid b
o th e lemen ts a t the s ame D .C. o r
c
ircuit d esign ( which i ncludes t he A
.C . p o
ten t
ia l— in other words , e ar th
PHIL ED WARDS
, c
athode c ircu it) i f we a re t o e fect b
oth t he e lectrica
l c en tre o f t he
a significan t r educ tion i n h um . h
ea ter AND t he cathode. T his c re-
A
.M.I
.R.E
. a
tes a b rand -new p roblem o f b ia s-
PEtoNTbeODleEssS prlikoenetheto 1i6n0h3erednot sehum
em s
ing t he s
Now w e h
tage
ave j
. More o
ust men t
f this a
ioned " e
non
lec
.
-
t
han t heir e quiva len t t ypes ( 6C6 ,
6
J7G , 5 7, etc.), b ut r egard less o f t his t
rical c entre" o f a n A .C. -opera ted
t
heir c h
ief v irtue l i
es i n t he f ac t t hat h
ea ter. You m igh t i magine t hat a
r
educe t he ir h um -level to a n a ccept- their c on trol-gr id c onnec tion i s made c
en tre-tapped h eater w inding o n t he
able f igure . Turning t o t he c om - t
o t he t op o f t he t ube. I
t i s o nly p
ower t ransformer , o r p ossibly a
mon ly-ava ilab le t ext b ooks o n t he c
entre -tapped r
esistor a
cross t
he
f
air t o s ay t hat ALL t ube t ypes
s
ub ject, w e a re c onfronted w ith v ague with t his t op -cap c ons truc tion h ave h
ea ter, would g ive u s as atisfactory
s
ta tements a bout " good plate -supp ly "
cen tre." The a nswer i s d ecided ly
an i nheren tly-lower h um l evel t han
f
i
ltering" a nd " shielding" —bu t n ever types l i
ke 6 SJ7 , 6 SQ7 a nd 6 SF5 . n
ega tive. Such a rrangemen ts w i
ll
aw ord a bout t he more s ubtle f orms v
ery l ike
ly make s ome s how o f giving
It i s a lso b as ically t rue t hat a l
l
o
f h um i njection . We are g oing t o meta l t ubes h ave a l ower c harac ter - t
he PHYSICAL c entre o f a h ea ter
d
ea l w ith h im , b ecause i t does c on- is
tic h um -con ten t t han t he ir g lass c
ircuit, but the e lectr
ical c entre c an
s
titute t he b ulk o f amp lif
ier n o
ise. equiva lents w
ith "goat -sh ields ." o
nly b e found a s s hown .
Therma l a gitation a nd shot-effect a re
We a re s ti
l l d ealing w ith k nown
much more s erious i n RF work t han
f
ac ts. T he mot ive i s to r em ind y ou
t
hey a re i n a udio, b ut p
ven t hese c an
of t hings y ou k now , b ut f requen tly
b
e r educed , a s w ill J s hown l ater. overlook . May w e s ummar ise t hus?
INTRODUCTION (
1) T riodes p referred a s R -C p re -
amp lifiers .
The c hoice o f the t ube h as a g reat
(
2) P late -circu it d e-coup ling n eed
deal t o d o w ith t he i nherent h um
not b e c arried t o e xtremes .
l
evel o f a ny s tage. B road ly s peak ing ,
(
3) T ubes w ith t op g rid-cap most
t
riodes , a s R -C p re -amp lifiers, a re
s
uitab le .
l
ess p rone t o h um t han a re p entodes
f
or a g iven v oltage g ain. R emember (
4) Me tal t ubes a nother i mprove -
ment.
t
he " old-w ives ' t ale" a bout i nverse
f
eedback r educ ing h um! T
his, o f Th
is w ould i ndica te a c ho ice b e-
c
ourse , was t he q uintessence o f n on- tween t ubes s uch a s t he 6 F5, 6 Q7 ,
s
ence —any d esigner who r educes t he 6R7, 6 J7 t r
iode -tied a nd o ther s c on -
gain o f a n amp l
ifier b y t he a pplica - f
orm ing t o requ irement s ( 1), ( 3) a nd
(
4 ) a bove .
t
ion o f i nverse f eedback , a nd t hen
c
onsiders t hat h e h as r educed t he
h
um l evel, isi ndu lging i n s ome p re tty 3
0-ohm W .W . p oten tiome ter s a re
woolly t hinking . On t he c ontrary , r
ead i
ly a vailab le a t r adio d ealers!
You m ight a t t his juncture b e jus- Proof-resistance o f the s tatemen t re-
i
nver se f eedback i s liable t o i ncrease
t
if
ied in a sking t he r eason f or t he garding e l
ectr ical cen tres may b e de-
t
he r elative h um l evel, b ecause i t
emphasis o n t r
iodes , when R -C p en - monstra ted b y t he f act t hat m ini-
v
as t
ly improves , among st o
ther
t
odes as pre-amp lif
iers h ave s uch h
igh mum h um w ill rarely i f ever o ccur
t
hing s, t he b ass r esponse !
s
tage-gain by c
o mpar ison. T he a
t t he p oint o f h a
lf-res istance. I
n
Here, then, is pla
inly o ne a venue r
eason i s t h
is : We a re t rying t o l
i
tera l
ly h undreds o f a udio s ystems
NOT t o f o
llow. What a bout p late r
educe the r e
la tive n oise l evel. \T ri- h
and led b y t he a uthor , this h as c on-
f
i
lter
ing? Typ
ical d e-coup ling R -C o
des do this b ecau se of t heir superior s
istently b een t he c ase.
f
i
lters
, s uch as the traditiona l 50
,000 c
athode-f
iltration, a nd l ack o f mu l-
o
hm r esistor and 8 mfd . e l
ectrolytic t
ip
le elemen ts c ontributing " h
iss"
. (
Con
tinued o
n p
age 22)

2
0 "Au
stra
lian RAD
IO I
nd TELEVIS
ION News" November
, 1
949
 " D.M ." wr ites :— A THOUGHT FOR AN I
DLE n
icely, t hank y ou! Gwenda , a d is
-
AD IOSIS o r e lectron p oison ing MOMENT c
overy o f t he famous 2 SM " Gang ,"
I Ni s ad isease o n wh ich I f ee l f ully i
s doing v ery nicely w ith the " Firm ."
qua lified t o wr ite, h aving s uf fered Al
though Gwenda k nows t he I rving
from t h is h igh ly v iru lent a nd c on - Berl
in s core o f "Ann ie G et Y our
tagious i lness f or s evera l y ears . Gun" b ackwards , si deways a nd every
F
irst s ymptoms o f t he d i sorder a re o
ther mus ical way, i t was o ur g uess
tha t t he v i ctim i s n oticed a t e very ...b e
ing a l
ong s
ide t he Maes tro
, t hat
oppor tun ity t o b e p eer ing a t t he s
he'd n ever s een t he show .
w orks o f e very a nd a ny r ad io s et But s he s ays Y es . . . s he's s een
wh ich c o mes w ith in r ange . It may most o f i t ref
lected i n t he g lasse s
a
l so b e n oticed t hat h e h aunt s b ook - o
f those who s i
t in t he fron t stalls!
s
ta lls, a v
id ly d evour ing a ny maga- That's o ne way o f seeing a s how !
g
ifle i nclud ing t he mag ic word r ad io
i
n i ts t itle.
The s econd s tage o f t he d isease "ZO" : L ike many a no ther i n t he
has a rrived when t he p at ien t i s o b- broadcas ting game, John Dunne,
s
erved h urry ing i n a nd o ut o f r ad io 2SM 's a
ce a
nnouncer , gradua ted
s
tores , g enera lly s peak ing ; h urry ing f
rom Sydney 's vanished P
over ty
i
n w ith a c er ta in amount o f money Point. H
is s tar d ebut was i n "My
but c om ing o ut m inus t hat a nd c arry - Lady F rayle" i n 1 918, a nd h e f o
l-
i
ng o dd ly s haped p arce ls. T hese a re l
owed i t u p w ith l eading r oles i n
quick ly c arr ied t o h is d en , o pened 1
50 s hows . He played w ith Mosco -
and g loated o ver, s '
ome t
imes f or "
DYNAM
IC S
PEAKER" v
itch o ppos ite G ladys Moncr ieff, Josie
hour s o n e nd . A fter o bta in ing s evera l Melv i
lle a nd R enee K elly, a nd h e
s
uch p arce ls t he r eal o bjec t o f a ll was d epu ty f or G us B lue tt
, A lfred
EMPLOY MENT IN BROAD
-
sr evea led when t he s ad c ase , b r
im - Frith, G eorge G ee a nd C ecil K e
lla-
ming o ver w ith h ear t-touch ing o p- CAST
ING
way o n many o ccasions. Versa t
ile
t
im ism , c ommences t o a ssemb le a Q EVERAL t housand n ew emp loyee s e
nough t o p lay e very ma le r ole i n
r
ece iver . w
ill b e h ired b y t he Amer ican "Sally" a nd " The L ilac D om ino" —
T h
is l ast s tage i s t he most t rying r
adio and t
elev ision i
ndus try i
n n
o t all a t o nce —he h as b een e qually
for p eop le f orced t o l ive i n c on tact 1
949 , t he U .S . D epar tmen t o f L abor v
aried i n h is b roadcas t
ing p erform -
with t he v i ctim , f or h e i mmed iate ly r
epor ts. T he w orker s w i
ll h elp s taff a
nces .
becomes d eaf t o a ll v oices o r s ounds t
he more t han 5 00 n ew s tandard
excep t t hose emanat ing f rom h is (AM) a
nd frequency modu la tion
loudspeaker . Often h e r efuses f ood (FM) s tations a nd 1 00 n ew t e
lev ision
and d rink f or h ours o n e nd a nd b e- "
BALLETO MANIA"
s
tations t ha t w i
ll b egin o pera ting
co mes mbrose , t aciturn a nd l iver ish . this y ear a nd i n 1 950 . S
trictly s peaking , b alle toman ia is
Only c ure f or t his c ond it ion i s f or About 2 700 AM a nd FM s ta tions ap assion f or t he a rt o f t he b a
llet
.
t
he p a t
ient t o h ear s o meth ing h e c alls and 7 0 t elevision s tations a re n ow But 2U W b orrowed t he w ord t o use
as igna l. When t his h appens h e g en - operat ing i n the Un ited S ta tes. T hese a
s at it
le f or a n early S unday e ven-
e
ra lly s hriek s w ith d e
l ight a nd c alls emp loy s ome 4 5,000 p er son s f u
l l t ime i
ng s ession t ha t makes v ery p leasing
a
ll a nd s undry i n t o l isten t o what and s evera l t housand o thers , mos tly l
i
s ten ing f or e veryone , whe ther h e
i
s l ike ly t o b e t he most e ar j arr ing s
i ngers a nd a ctor s, o n a f ree l ance b
e ab al
let f an o r just o ne who e njoys
noise i mag inab le . basis. melod ious mus ic.
After t his t he i lness i s i n t he "
Ba lletoman ia," b roadcas t S unday
About o ne-th ird t he f ul
l -time em -
hands o f t he g ods . With l uck , i t may e
ven ing s a t 6 .30, f eatures t he mus ic
p
loyees a re i n p rog ramme d epar t-
b
e t he f irst a nd l ast a ttack , b ut u n - f
rom t he w el
l -known b allets.
ments . They i nclude a nnouncer s
,
f
or tunate ly i t i s g enera lly f ollowed T
he s eries i nc
ludes " Swan L ake,"
writers, mus icians a nd n ews p er-
by o thers o f g rea ter i ntens ity , a ll "Les S
ylph ides," "
Scheherezade ,"
s
onne l
. Techn ica l d epar tmen ts h ave
a
ccompan ied b y f its o f u tmost d e - "The T hree C ornered Ha t," " Gisel
le,"
t
he s econd g rea test n umber o f em -
p
ress ion a nd b ursts o f t err ific e la - "Petrouchka ," " L'Apres M id i d 'un
p
loyees , most o f wh ich a re t rans -
t
ion . Faun ," a nd o ther e qua lly f amous
mitter a nd s tud io e ng ineer s. Other
L uck ily r adios is i s r are ly f ata l. b
allets , mak ing a n i n teres ting a nd
l
arge g roups i n t he i ndus try a re
The worst f eature i s t hat t he v ict im e
njoyab le s po t o f mus ic f or S unday
c
lerica l worker s, s ta tion manager s,
r
are ly h as a ny money t o c all h is e
ven ing l isten ing.
and s alesmen .
own , b ut i n s pite o f t his h e n ear ly
a
lways c laims t hat h e wou ld n ot h ave As more a nd more t elev ision s ta-
missed c atch ing i t f or wor lds . t
ions g o o n the a ir, t echn ica l d epar t-
men ts w ill r epr esen t a l arger pO ro-
nce t here was a b roadcas ting
portion o f emp loymen t i n t s
tahe i
t n
ion s- taff t hat p ractised f or w eeks
"S
.W .S ."
: S peaking o f g rammar , dustry, t he D epar tmen t o f L
unti abor
l t hey c ou ld e xchange t he b ig
i
s there s ome g ood a nd v ital reason says. Wherea s t echn icians c
water om -
-coo led t ubes i n l ess t han o ne-
why o ur c o mmercia l b roadcasters p
rise l ess t han o ne-four th t he f
quar u
ll-
ter o f t he t ime s tated b y t he
must v iolate e l
emen tary p rinciples — t
ime emp loyees o r r ad io s ta tions
maker ,
s o f the e qu
ipmen t. T hey h ad
why a nnouncemen ts a re h eard t hat a
bout h alf t he s taf f a t t elev
i
t d ision
own t o d r
ill-squad p erfection . S o
a
re r eplete w ith s p
lit i nfin itives a nd s
tations w ill b e t echn icians . af ore ign e ngineer c ame t o vi
s it them ,
a
djectives u sed where e very e ight- and t hey s taged a s how f or h im .
y
ear-old c hild is taught t o emp loy a n They s hu t d own t he s tation , s natched
a
dverb ? Such a nd s uch a s oap TAKING I T ON THE CHIN t
he 6 -ft
. t ube o ut of t he t ransm itter,
p
owder "washes c leaner" —for i n- s
lapped i n a no ther, s pun d own a ll t he
s
tance ? Viol
ins h ave been g regarious, right w
ingnu ts, s lipped o n the c onnec tions
I
s i t t hat t he b roadcasters a re f
rom t he time o f Stradivarius .... l ike g reased l igh tning , s wung t he tube
"
talk
ing d own" t o their a ud ience , thus a
nd i n the w orst orchestral w ea ther h
older u prigh t, s l apped s hut t he
p
rostituting r ad
io's v ast p ossibil
ities t
hey l ike t
o s tr
ing a long t oge ther! s
afe ty d oor a nd s tood t o a ttention
f
or c u
ltural a nd p a
in less e ducationa l And t alk
ing o f string s
, a ttractive while t he c hief p unched t he " on"
p
rogress ? y
oung Gwenda C o
lgan i s d o
ing v ery b
u t
ton a nd — the b ig t ube b lew u p!

November
, 1
949 "Aks
tral
lan RADIO a
nd T
ELEVISION New
s" 2
1
 VOLTAGE AMPL
IFIERS t
his d oes i nc lude t he e ar thy s ide o f i
t is n ot mere ly a q ues t
ion o f p ut-
microphone j acks, wh ich s hould b e t
ing i n a ny c onden ser. T
here i s a
(
Con
tinued f
rom p
age 2
0) s
tood o f f rom t he p ane l a nd c on- d
efinite o pt
imum t ime-cons tan t t o b e
n
ected b y a n i nsu la ted e arth w ire o
bserved , a nd a 1 0 meg . g rid l eak
EXTREME MEASURES t
o t he c ommon c opper p la te. c
alls for a 0 .
002 o r 0 .
003 mfd . m ica
I
n a n amp lif
ier where s ome o r I
t r e ma ins mere ly t o t ake t he c
ondenser . T he r es
istor i tself s hou ld
n
early a l
l o f the foregoing measures "master e ar th" l e
ad f rom t he c opper b
e sma ll, a nd o f rel
iab le b rand , a s
h
ave b een t aken, a nd the h um l evel p
late t o s o me p o
in t o n t he c hassis t
hese h igh v alues o f r esistance a re
i
s st
ill n ot "down t o standard ," there which r esu lts i n m in imum h um . I
n a
lways w orth w a
tching. The r esist-
i
s always t he possibility of rectify
ing t
he s ketch , ap entode h as b een s hown , a
nce i t
se lf i s n ot crit
ica l i n v a
lue ,
a
nd f i
ltering t he h eater supp ly. Th is t
o emphas ise t hat ALL e arth r eturn s b
ut s hou ld n ot, for p reference , b e
c
al
ls f or a sma ll h eater transformer , must b e made t o t he f loa ting e arth. l
ower t han a bout 8 meg s. a nd n ot
adry r ect
ifier to h andle p erhaps 3 00 These i nclude :— h
igher t han a bout 15 meg s. Have
m
.a., a nd a r elatively h igh f i
lter Nega tive s ide o f p late -circu it d e- y
ou a g ood "megger"? A s " Q.S.T ."
c
apacity , of t he o rder o f 2 000 mfd . c
oup ling e lectro ly tic. o
nce s aid, " It isn ot necessary t o o wn
o
r more . Screen b ypass . s
uch e qu ipmen t, b ut mere ly t o k now
Cathode b ypass, a nd r esis tor. f
olk who d o." ...
Bottom o f g r
id -input r es istor, o r
PRE AMP t
ransformer w ind ing . B
IA S
ING
2
40 Ear thy s i de o f input j ack . For t hose who s til
l p refer p ent-
Do NOT a ttempt t o e ar th t he c entre o
des i
n t heir a
ll
-impor tant f
i
rst
o
f t he h ea ter c ircuit t o t he c opper s
tage , t he 6 J7 a nd 6 SJ7 d o w ork
p
late , a s t his may w e
l l u ndo a ll t he s
a t
isfactorily w ith grid-leak bias, a nd
work wh ich t his s ys tem i s d esigned t
he h eater v ol
tage n eed n ot b e r e-
5 SWITC H TO . F
I ND S
IDE OF t
o d o. d
uced t o 4.5 volts provided t he p late
HE ATE R W H
ICH RESPONDS
BEST TO E ART HI N O current d oes n ot exceed 1 .
0 m .a. A s
SHIELDING at ypical plate curren t for a pentode -

b
It h e
lps i
e made a f
ft
ull
he r ect
-wave s
ifier c
ystem
ircu
, b
it c an
ecause
W Eof CshOieME
ld
n
ex
ing
.
t t
T
o the q
he meta
ues
l t
t
ion
ubes
o
pera
Ma.
ted 6
, t h
is s
J7 i
tipu
s b
lat
etween 0
ion i s n
.5 a
ot d
nd 0
if
ficu
.6
lt
t
he 1 00-cyc le r ipp le i s r ela tively e asy themse lves f orm a c lass ica l s hie ld f or t
o mee t
.
t
o f i
lter a nd t hus c al
ls f or l e
ss a
ll b ut t he c on tro l-gr id c onnec t
ion ,
capac ity a t " C". I t i sp erhaps s uper - wh ich i s b y f ar t he mos t s uscep t
ib le
f
luous t o a dd t hat t he d es ign o f a point o f t he c ir cui t a s r egards h um
choke t o h and le t he h ea ter c urrent or a ny o ther i nfluence . Grid c aps
without object ionab le vo
ltage -drop of t ubes must b e ' shie lded , whe ther
w ould b e q uite a p rob lem , s o we the t ube i s me ta l o r g lass . T he l ead
therefore c oncentra te o n t he h igh f
rom t he g rid mus t a lso b e s hielded ,
c
apac ity. The a uthor p refers t he and wa tch y our b rand o f s hielded
f
irst TWO h ea ters t o b e o perated i n cable . S ome o f t he s tuf f h as s uch a
GR
ID LEAK B
IAS
s
er ies, a nd t hen a s ma ll t ransformer l
o osely -woven b raid t ha t i t f orms a
r
a ted a t a bout 1 4 v olts, 0 .
5 amp . d oes v
ery d ubious s hield, e spec ia lly i f I
t is perhaps u nnecessary t o p oint
t
he j ob n ice ly, p utt ing a s hade o ver 6 there i sa ny R .F . i n the v icinity . No t o
u t
, t o t he a l
ert r eader, t ha t t he
volts o n e ach h eater , w ith a bout 2 000 only t his, b ut s ome o f i ta lso a ppears motive for i ntroduc ing t he sub ject of
mfd . a t " C" . The p rimary o f t he t
o b e ab ad c onduc tor, a nd s ome times g
rid-leak b iased R -C amp lifier s is
hea ter-rect ifier -transformer must b e i
th as b een f ound n ecessary t o p ara llel r
elated t o t he q uestion o f e ar thing
f
used , a gainst t he p oss ibility o f t he ,
an e ar th l ead f rom t he m icrophone t
he c athode. I
t i s u ndoubtedly t rue
c
ondenser s hor ting o ut, d ue t o h eat. 'head" t o t he i npu t j ack , a nd n ot t
ha t no n orma l v alue o f cathode b y-
Regard ing o
ther measures , t he r
ely o n t he b raid t o p rovide t he p
ass, u p to s evera l h undred m fd
.,
e
ar th ing s ystem must n ext b e c on- s
o le e arth . g
ives a nything a pproach ing t he h um -
s
idered . T he c orrec t t echn ique i s to Somet imes , b ut n ot o f ten , i t h elps f
i
ltration t hat d irec t c a
thode e arth-
c
rea te a " reference" e arth , a nd t h
is t
o s hield t he h ea ter l eads , b ut t his i
ng d oes
.
i
s d one b y mount ing a s quare p iece only r educes e lec tros ta tic i nduc tion , The a l
terna tive t o g r
id-leak b ias,
o
f c opper s heet , a bout a n i nch and w ill b e p recious l i
t t
le h elp i f wh i
lst s ti
ll r eta ining t he d irec tly-
s
quare , z o
i a s tand -of f i nsu lator i n t
here i s a n i npu t t ransformer a ny - grounded c athode , i s t he "Ma llo ry
t
ha t c orner o f t he c hass is where t he where w ithin a f ew i nches o f t he B
ias C ell" s ys tem s o w ide ly p ubli-
v
ar ious p late , g rid a nd c athode r e- l
e ads i n q ues tion . A
lso , i f t he c
ised a d ecade o r s o a go i n t he
t
urns a re t o b e made . o
rig ina l h in t o f u sing a t ube w ith U.S.A . I
n t ha t c oun try, s uch b ias
Then ALL e arth r e turns f or t hat ag r
id t op -cap h as b een f ollowed , t he c
ells a re s mal l, n o
iseless a nd u n-
s
tage a re made t o t he c opper p late. p
o int o f s hield ing t he h ea ters i s o
b trusive , a nd i n t he c i
r cuit h ave
For t he e d
ificat ion o f n ewcomer s
, l
arge ly n on -ex isten t
, u nless t he p la te a f ull " shelf l i
fe." In Aus tra lia,
c
ircu it o f t he s ame s tage i s o f a n t
here a re n o s uch c el
ls c o mmon ly
TYPIC AL PE NTODE unusua lly h igh i mpedance ( such a s a
va i
lab le, a nd t he t h
ink ing e xper i-
when a 6 J7 i s c oup led w ith a 0 .5 men ter h esita tes t o h ook u p at orch
C SCIlate. meg . p la te-load ) . c
ell i n a n a pp lica tion where n o c ur -
The 6 F5 a nd c er tain o ther t ypes , r
en t is t o b e d rawn a nd t he si ze i s
not n ecessar ily h igh - MU t r
iodes , l end e
n t
irely u nwarran ted.
FLO AII N
G
COPPE R
themse lves w ell t o g r
id l eak b ias . As a t hird a nd f i
nal a l
terna tive,
P
LATE T here a re a t l eas t t wo d ist
inc t t he - i
t is possible to a pply back -b
ias t o
ories a s t o t he o pera t
ion o f s uch a ap re
-amp lif
ier. T his is done i n the
grid c ircu it, b u t i t i s s uff
icien t t o c
onven t
ional manner, f
rom s
ome
say h ere t ha t i t r equ ires a bout 1 0 p
ower s upply i n which t he C.T . of
megs . f rom g rid t o g round , w ith t
he s econdary o f the p ower -trans-
c
athode e ar thed , a nd a ny i npu t d e- f
ormer i s h e
ld o f earth b y t he r e
-
v
i ces r equ iring D .C . i sola tion t o b e q
uired r es
istance t o d eve
lop a f ew
SOLE é
N PUT
— EARTH
R s• cOus , .4 f
ed i n v ia a c ondenser . T h
is d oes
mean c rysta l m icrophones ! Fur ther , (
Con
tinued o
n p
age 2
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u t f or c athode b ypasses o n p re- g
ramme p
eak -leve l. S
uch i
npu t TREBLE
, • BOOST

amp lifiers . T he c apac itance o f t hese s

tages a s h ave b een d escribed h ere
c
apac itors h as a d efinite r e
lationsh ip w
ill g ive t h
is q uite e asily, d espite bulk o f s uch c apac itor s, t he c ircu it
w
ith t he p o
lar ising v oltage a pp lied, t
he f ormidab le a ppearance o f t he i
s a ccep tab le a s i t s tands , f or t he
a
nd t hus a n 8 mfd . 5 25 P .V . e lec- f
igures. D.C . a ppear ing a t t he c athode c ir-
t
roly tic i s worse t han u seless i n a We h ave n ot d eal t w ith s uch o bv i- cuit, d ue t o t he b leed f rom t he 0 .25
c
athode c ircuit wh ich f eatures p er- ous f actors a s k eep ing i npu t t rans - meg . a nd t he 4 00 -ohm r es istor s i n
h
aps 1à t o 5v olts o f b ias . T he refer - f
ormers h eav ily s hielded i n magnet ic s
er ies , mere ly i ncreases t he b ias b y
e
nce t o l eakage i s o f c ourse o bvious . meta l; p hys ica l i sola tion o f h eavy af rac tion o f av olt. Prov ided t ha t
power -transformer f i
elds f rom l ow - the 0 .25 meg . r esis tor i s 1 -wa tt
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eve l e qu ipmen t; u se o f n on -magne t ic r
a ting , t he c ircu it i s e ntire ly p rac -
D E AMP microphones i n c oncen tra ted p ower - t
ica l, a nd h as t he a dded a ttrac tion
f
requency f lux r eg ions ( typ ica l ama - o
f m in im ising p oss ible p ha se-sh if t
t
eur c ond itions ); emp loy ing n on -mag - wh ich may a t tend t he i nser tion o f a
n
et ic c has s
is ma teria l ; g round ing o f b
lock ing c ondenser .
l
ow -leve l s tages t o a r ea lly e ficient I
f t he 0 .
1 mfd . c ondenser a cross
e
ar th ; t he s uppress ion o f R .F . f eed - t
he 4 00 -ohm r es istor i s r emoved ,
b
ack ; a
nd o
ther wide ly -known t
he amp lifier becomes a
bso lu tely
s
ources o f h um . T he s ub ject o f R .F . "
stra igh t-line" i n i ts f requency r e-
feedback a nd i ts s uppress ion m igh t s
ponse , f rom s o me thing l ike 2 0 c ycles
i
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.F Perhaps i ti s n ecessary t o c o mmen t
1 5'e /
that c er tain f orms o f h um p ick -up l
if t i tself may b e v aried , b y a lter -
L
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are mechan ica l i n o rigin , a nd , i f a i
ng t he v alue o f t he c ondenser a nd
microphone h as a r i
sing b ass r e - r
es istor r espec tive ly. The v alues
HUM LEVEL sponse , o r w orks i nto a n amp lifier shown a re s uitab le f or o bta ining a
wh ich h as o ne, a ny " buzz" f rom pronounced t reb le -boos t f rom a bou t
We h ave n ow a rrived a t t he s tage
swing -chokes , power t ransformers , 3000 c ycles u pwards .
where we c an t alk a bout a f ew
f
igures . B
roadcast p ractice i n t hese e
tc .
, w ill b e amp lified a bnorma lly I
n c onc lus ion , t his c ircu i t i sn ot t he
t
imes d emands a t otal n oise l eve l even t hough t hey m igh t n ot s ound bes t p oss ible a rrangemen t f or a p re-
(
they mean o rd inary o ld -fash ioned aggress ive t o t he e ar . This a ga in amp lifier b ecause o f t he c athode c ir-
HUM !) o f so meth ing l ike 6 0 d b. b e- r
epresents t yp ica l ama teur p rac tice , c
u it a rrangemen t o f t he f irs t s tage .
l
ow 1 00 p er c ent . modu lat ion . T his and t he c ures ,a re, o f c our se , f i
r stly The r eference i s
, o f c our se, t o t he
i
s h ard t o a chieve , b ecause t here i s to t igh ten c lamp ing b olts o n t ran s- poss ib i
l ity o f h um a r
is ing f rom t he
no n oise i n broadcast s tud ios t o mask f
ormers a nd c hokes u nti l t hey a re l
igh t
ly -bypassed 4 00 o hm s ection o f
any r esidua l h um , a nd f ur thermore , a
bso lute ly " so lid" ; t hen t o f ind o ut t
he c athode r esis tance . I
t s hou ld
art
is ts a nd a nnouncers work a ny- i
f a ny c hass is i s r esona ting ; a nd a
lso b e n oted t ha t n o v olume c on -
t
hing u p t o t hree f eet f rom t he ir finally t o r educe t he b ass r esponse t
ro l c an b e i nser ted b etween t he
microphones , c aus ing a n e fect ive d e- of t he amp l ifier, a f ter wh ich t he s
tages .
c
rease i n s igna l l eve l a s r eferred t o higher -p itched harmon ics o
f t
he
t
he p re-amp lif ier g rid. I
t i s af act mechan ica l h um w ill b e t he o nly r e - CONCLUSION
tha t t here a re s ti
ll c ertain s ta t
ions sidua l n oise. Reduc ing t he b ass - I
n t he w riter's o pin
ion, t he lower
wh ich i nsist o n u sing b attery -oper - r
esponse i s n o t mere ly a ma tter o f l
im it o f t ube -noise i n a udio a pp li
-
ated p re-amp lifiers i n t he i nterests using sma ller v alues o f c oup ling a nd c
a t
ions s hould b e d eterm ined b y ther-
of comp lete e lim ina tion o f h um . T hey bypass c
apac itance — t his a
lmost mal agitation a nd " shot e fec t"
.
s
till h ave t roub le f rom ma ins i n- a
lways c auses s evere waveform d is - These n o
ises a ppear a s ab road-band
duc t
ion i n
to t heir m icrophone t rans - t
or tion o f t he f requenc ies a bove t he "h
iss" . The f i
r st-named e fec
t c an
former s. I
nc identa lly, t
hey are l
ow -frequency c ut-of f. Frequency - b
e r educed b y s election o f coupling
f
orced t o u se A .C .-type t ubes , a s d
iscr im ina ting i nverse f eed -back i s r
esistances a nd/or t ransformer s w ith
battery t ubes h ave more m icro - more s at isfac tory . T he s ke tch s how s i
nheren tly -
low t endency t o g enera te
phon ics. a method o f o btain ing a p ronounced t
his f orm o f n oise . Var
ious g rades
"
top -lif t" f or a ny p re -amp lifier u sing a
nd b rands o f c arbon r es
istors s how

F OR amateur work
of 4 0 d .b. b elow 1
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wo s tages . T
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modu la tion wou ld b e c ons idered v ery j

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led
f
ine. 3 0 d .b. b e low wou ld s till b e l
ative b ass r espon se. t
o a ny appreciable extent, but c ho
ice
a
ccep table . 2 0 d .b. a nd l ess f al
l i n to I
f ab lock ing c onden ser i s i nser ted o
f t ube
, a nd p oss
ibly s l
ight changes
t
he "mach ine -gun c arr ier" c lass, i n i
n s er ies w ith t he 0 .25 meg . f eed - i
n h ea
ter v oltage h ave b een c on-
t
he a uthor 's o pin ion , a nd n eed a tten - b
ack r es istor , i t s hou ld b e o n t he s
idered helpful. I n a
ud io work, h ow-
t
ion a s p rescr ibed i n t his a rticle. o
rder o f 0 .
25 mfd . I
n v iew o f t he e
ver, a lmos t a ny m icrophone , i n
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luding v e
loc ity t ypes , s hou ld h ave
a
dequate o utput e ven o n t he sma ll-
e
st s ounds t o mask " h
iss" n oise , r e-
gardless o f t he o r
ig in o f ‘ said h iss.
A w ell-baffled , l arge l oudspeaker i s
imperat ive i f n o
ise i s t o b e j udged
a
ural ly. Natura lly, t he C .R .O . a nd
DB. meters s imp lify t he i nvest iga -
t
ion. Headphones w ill o nly i nd icate
t
he p resence o f h igher h armon ics o f
a
ny h um , a nd s hou ld t herefore b e
a
voided f or a ural c hecks. A s i n t he
a
l
ignment o f r eceivers , t he h uman
e
ar i s o f
ten m isled b y a pparen t
c
hanges i n n oi se-leve l
. The a coust ics
o
f t he r oom a nd o ther f actors c om -
p
licate a ttempts t o j udge a rb itrar ily
t
he h um i n a n amp l
ifier. I
t i s i n-
d
eed q uite u nnecessary t o l isten t o
a
ny a ud io s ystem a t all
, b efore i t is
p
u t i nto s ervice . Al
l t e sts c an b e
d
one o n i nstruments , w ith c onse -
q
uen tly l ower s tra in o n t he n erves
o
f all c oncerned , a nd v ast ly g rea ter
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lane a nd e xplained t hat t he d onkey
wou ld h ave n owhere t o s leep t hat h e
agreed t o l eave i t b eh ind ."

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en
B
elow: —
• Leo White, whose L atin Amer ican music
w
ith Br
ian L awrence and t he L
ester S
isters
h
as been a n ABC f eature
, CARA MBA , O n
t
he I
nterstate network.

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rev
iew o f th
ings to come. T his "
shot" shows 2 GB ( Sydney) a nnouncer
J
ohn Wa lker a ct
ing as c om mentator dur
ing the t e
lev
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e
vents earlier t h
is year
. Equ
ipment d emonstrated was R ye-Astor
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t
erpart o f t h
is s cene
i
s n ot so f ar d istant.
The t e
levision c amera
i
s s canning t he s wif
t
moving p
lay at a
f
ootball f inal b etween
Sweden a nd B u
lgar ia
a
t the We mb ley ( Lon-
d
on) Empire s tadium .
(
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c
ourtesy BBC)

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l-known a
nd t
alented f
i
lm a
ctress Anna
Neagle i s no s t
ranger t o t
he b roadcasting
s
tudio. Here she is seen taking p art i
n a
BBC b roadcast
. One o f her r ecent fi
l ms
s
how ing i n Austral
ia h as been "E l
izabeth
o
f L adymead ."
(
Copyr
igh
t p
hotograph
. c
our
tesy BBC)
B
elow: —
• S hown h ere is one of t he Br
itish B roadcast-
i
ng C
orporation's i
nternat
iona l
ly kno wn
b
roadcasters a
nd c
o mmentators, R
ichard
D
i mbleby. H
is v o
ice was h eard f rom many
s
cenes o f act
ion d ur
ing , t
he war.
(
Co hr
igh
r p
hotograph
. c
our
tesy BBC)

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. mobile t
e
le •
v
ision v
an u
sed by
t
he BBC . There a re
t
hree C .P .S. Emitron
c
ameras , a nd t he p ic-
t
ure monitors (
in
l
ine) enable p
icture
p
re-selection. O
n t he
t
op s
creen I
s d
is-
p
layed t he p ic
ture a s
r
eceived b
ack f
rom
t
he t ransmi tting s
ta-
t
ion.
(
Photographed b
l courie
r)
E M.!
. L td.
, England)

"Aus
tral
ian RA DIO and
TELEVISIO N N e ws "
Nove mber
, 1
949 2
7
 I
N L
IGHTER
VEIN
"Ever r ead S herlock ' Ornes ? " "You 're o nly a s noop ing , p etti-
"NO ! !! " f
ogg ing , f atheaded , u neduca ted, u n-
"Wunnerfu l a t d edooc in ' a n
' e l
im - cultiva ted , s
tickybeak ing moron ,
merat in', a n
' a ll t ha t, a in't ' e? " t
ha t's what y ou a re !" s aid t he s auce -
"Bah!" pan man w ith c onv ic tion .
"Now y ou k now ," a nd t he l i
ttle When t he f at man g ot o f a t t he
man c rossed h is l egs a nd p roceeded nex t s top , h e was s wear ing v ici-
THE FA
1VEBLY
-MAN ously . He was s o a ng ry t ha t h e
t
o b e r eally c hatty , " I'm j u st l ike
T HE s
t
he b
harp
rown S
-nosed l
tetson h
i
ttle man w
at g azed r
ith
t
hat
ae-
nna
.
llers
Grea
is, a
t h
n' s
an' a
olvin
t d
' my
edooc in
ster
' a
ies, I
n
' f
orgot h
The l
is s
i
t t
aucepan
le man p
.
ounced o n i t
.
f
lec t
ive ly a t t he b ig f at man s i
tt ing
am. My o l
' w oman s ays I o ugh ter H eld i t u p o n h igh , waved i t
, a nd
oppos ite h im i n t he t ram . The b ig
b
e a D . Now , I '
ll j us' g ive y ou a y elled a fter t he f at man wh i
le t he
man h ad a c lumsy b rown -paper
l
i
t t
le d emmer s tation . F
'r e xamp le. who le t ramfu l reve lled i n t he c ircus.
parce l b etween h is f eet, a nd e very
Take y our b rown -paper p arce l
." The c onduc tor o blig ing ly h e
ld t he
t
ime a p assenger g ot i n o r o ut t hat The f at man g roaned f eeb ly, a nd t
ram u p f or a m inu te, a nd a ll t he
pas senger t r
ipped o ver t he p arcetl,
he c rowded c o mpar tmen t p r
icked u p passengers g azed a fter t he r etrea t-
which g ave f orth a t inny s ound , a nd
i
ts e ars. i
ng f i
gure o f the f a t man a nd c raned
t
he f at man h unched h imse lf u p a nd "
In t ha t t here p arce l
," s aid t he t
he ir n ecks i n t he ir i nteres t.
s
napped o ut, " Sorry !" a s i fh e mean l
i
ttt
le man , warm ing t o h is work , B ut t he b ig man w ouldn 't e ven
s
ometh ing q uite d if erent . "
you ' ave a n oo a llerm inn ium s auce- l
ook b ack . Hav ing b een t old t hat h e
The l ittle man r egarded t he b ig f pat
an. Ic an t ell b y t her s hape o f wou ld l eave t hat a lum in ium s auce -
man s ympa thet ica lly , a nd s ummed t
her p arce l. So Id edooce y ou 're a p an b eh ind , a nd h av ing l eft i t
, h e
h
im u p
. L
ittle men a re l i ke t hat .
marr ied b loke. I
t's a l arge s auce - wou ldn 't h ave c o me b ack f or i t if
They 're g ood a t i t
. L ook a t Wi ll
iam i
t h ad b een made o f b ea ten g o
ld
Morr is Hughes , l ook a t Napo leon , o r f
rom Mount Morgan .
—but I d igress .
A s t
he f
at man d
i sappeared
The l ittle man d ec ided t o c heer u p a
round t he c orner o f h is s tree t, the
t
he b ig man w ith i nterest ing a nd i n- c
onduc tor g ave a g rin , a nd s tarted
f
orma t
ive c onversa tion . t
he t ram a gain. Then e verybody
"Nice d ay ," s aid t he l i
tt le man . kept q uite s t
ill t o h ear t he i nevitable
"M'brung th !" s aid t he f at man . c
o mmen ts b y t he l i
ttle man .
Just h ere t he t ram p assed t he H e s hook h is h ead a nd sm i led p en -
r
acecourse . s
ive ly . "Yes ," h e s aid, " this ' e
re
"Know a nything f or S at tedy ? " r
ad io ' s a wunnerfu l t hing , when
a
sked t he l itt
le man , n odd ing h is y
ou c o me t er t hink o f i t. A g rea t
head s i deways t owards t he r ace - e
d juca tor , I c alls i t —br ing s o ut a
c
ourse g ates . man 's g if ts ."
"Mrr -r -r!" r emarked t he f at man .
"
I n ever g ot t er r aces mese lf,"
s
aid t he l i
ttle man , " I a llers l i
sten .
i
n
."
There was s i
lence , b roken o nly
by t he monotonous c hant o f t he c on -
duc tor, " Feeze p leeze ."
p
an, s o Id edooce a f ambly — I
'm a
"You g ot a r ed io ? " a sked t he
f
amb ly man mese lf. B ein' a marr ied
l
ittle man .
man i t f ol
ler s t ha t y our m issus h as
"Grum -m -m ," s aid t he f at man .
been a skin' y ou f our t imes a w eek
— "Wu nnerfu l, a in't t hey?"
for t hree mon ths t o buy t ha t there
There was n o a nswer , s o t he s
aucepan . Now , a s i t ' as taken
l
ittle man t r
ied a ga in. you s o l ong t o b uy i t
, it fo
llers t hat T
he CAPTAIN
"Take t
hese '
ere p
lays , n
ow ; AERIAL UNIT e qua ls
you a re n eg lec tfu l an' e edless c on- a 5 0ft. high a erial
, g ives
t
hr illers t hey c alls ' em ." c
ern ing t he ' ome a n' domes t
ic a fairs. t
one, v
olume , s
ensitivity,
The f at man s hif ted h is b rown - Very l ikely y ou'll f orget t hat t here more s ta t
ions, f reedom f rom
paper p arce l u neas ily , b ut s aid n o- l
ightning . Reduces s
ta t
ic,
saucepan a n
' l eave i t in t he t ram f
i
ts i nside y our s et. Does
t
hing . when y ou g et o ut. Am I r ight? " away w ith p oles a nd g uy
"Ever l i
sten t o t hem mystery "You're a f lam in ' id
io t
!" s aid t he wires. Broadca st o r s hort-
wave r ecep t
ion . I
nstalled i n
p
lays , where t he d eteckat ive s o
lves f
at man v enomous ly, a nd e verybody a m
inute —no thing t o get o ut of o rder.
t
he p rob lem ? " smiled h appily , t his s ort o f h ap- PRICE ONLY 5 /9.
Goaded t o madness , t he f at man p
en ing c heered t he h omeward w eary REG. POST FREE —NO C .O.D .
b
arked , "No !" way. Money R
efunded I
f N
ot S
atiated
"Ever r
ead Edgar Wa llace 's " But
," b egan t he li
t t
le man , " but RE G CO O KE
b
ooks ? " l
ook ' ere, ma tey , I 'm o n
ly dedooc in'" P
.
O. B
ox 9 (
V), GERR
INGONG
, M
.S.W
.
"No ! !"

2
8 "Au
stra
lian RADIO a
nd TELEVISIO N New
s" November
, 1
949
 A correspondent says o
f TV i n
"Manchester G uard
ian
," England
:—
"
Au thors a re a larmed b y t ele-
v
ision's v oracious a ppe tite• for n ew
material. H ere t he vague s tate o f the
l
aw i n r espec t o f te
lev ision c opyrigh t
d
oes n ot h e
lp ma tter s
. A
lready
Amer ica p lans r eviva ls o f p revious
p
roduc tions , p referably o n c el
luloid,
t
o s ave e xpense . T here i s also t alk
o
f s ome f orm o f i
nterna t
iona l a gree-
ment c over ing t he exchange o f script
material. Sma ll w onder t ha t t he
a
uthor , i n c o mpany w ith o thers c on-
c
erned , i
s a larmed by i
mplica-
t
ions, t he e fec t of wh ich h e c anno t
gauge.
"The i ntrins ic t echn ique o f t e
le -
v
ision h as n ot y et emerged . There
a
re b orrow ings , o f c ourse , f rom t he
t
hea tre , f rom t he c inema , a nd from
e A BBC o
uts
ide b
roadcas
t t
e
lev
ision u
nit "
on, l
oca
tion
." I
n front Is t
he r
adio r
adio . F or e xamp le, i t is c lear tha t
t
ransmi
tter v
an; a
t the rear t
he scanner v
an w
ith r
ece
iving antenna
, and a
t the t
he p ursu it o f c o mp lete r ea l
ism , a s
r
ight
, the S
uper
-Emitron cameras
.
p
rac tised o n t he s creen , i s v ain.
(
Sub jec t
ive r ea lism , t he t rue t ech -
TELEVISION AD VANCE S
eago ing T elevision was i nstalled n
ique o f t he c lose-up , i s a nother
on the p ilot boa t N ew J ersey, wh ich
B
.
B.C. e ngineers , i n c ollabora tion mat ter .) When a ll i s done t here still
w
ith B ritish manufac turers, a re works o ut o f N ew Y ork Harbor .
r
e ma in c er tain i mponderab les, s ome -
a
ctively e ngaged o n t he exp lo
itat ion It is e xpected t hat the t elevisor
t
hing o f t he o ld mag ic o f b eing r ead
o
f l ight-weight t elevision e quipmen t w
ill be ag reat help t o morale aboard
t
o a loud b y t he n ur sery f ire, when
f
or o utside b roadcasts. The a im i s t
he b oat, where a s many a s 35 p i
lots
may b e wa it
ing f or a ssignmen t to o
ne 's i mag inat ion made p ictures t o
t
o e xtend t he s cope o f these o pera-
i
ncom ing o r o u
tgo ing s hips. Good a
ccompany t he w ords ; o nly t his time
t
ions a nd t o i ncrease t he steed w ith
which t he e qu ipment c an b e s et u p s
ignals f rom t hree N ew Y ork stations t
he f ire i s a n e l
ec tric o ne. I t is this
s
o t hat event s of e xceptional t opical were r epor ted wh ile t he New J ersey f
lu
id ity , t his e lusive q uality, t ha t
i
nterest c an b e televised. was c ruising o f Ambrose L igh t, 20 makes t he med ium s o f ascina ting t o
mi
les f rom Manha ttan. t
he a r tist."
I
n p ar
ticular, a n improved r adio-
l
i
nk h as been d eveloped to transm it
t
e
levis
ion p ictures from the c ameras
t
o Alexandra P alace for broadcast.
This equipmen t, wh ich works o n the
extreme ly s hort wave leng th o f 4 i Train no w f
or Television!
c
ent imetres , is n ow b e
ing t ested, a nd
e
xcep t
iona lly clear p ictures f ree f rom
a
ll i nterference a re a t p resen t b eing
r
eceived o ver a d istance o f s even
Ac omp lete corresponden ce course in BAS IC T ELE-
miles. There s eems t o b e n o r eason V
IS ION i sn ow a va
ilable i nA us
tralia
. T hi
s cou r
se
why e qually g ood r esults s hould n ot h
as b een p repared i n Eng land by E .M.I. Ins
titute
s
be p ossible a t r anges o f t wenty
mi
les , o r even f arther . L
td. I ti sw r
itten byt he engineers and sc
ient
istsw ho
At t hese e xtreme ly s hort wave - i
nvented, d eveloped a nd s upplied t h
e E .M.I
. E lec
-
l
eng ths, t he a eria l c an b e made t o t
r
onic h igh defin
ition Television Transm i
ssion System
c
oncentrate t he r adio waves i nto a
v
ery n arrow b eam , r a ther a s as earch - t
ot he B r
iti
sh B road cas
ting C o
rpo ra
tion.
l
ight d oes. T he t ransm itting a nd r e-
c
eiving a pparatus i s li ght a nd e a'
sy
t
o c arry, a nd t hus marks a n i mpor t-
a
nt a dvance f rom t he a pparatus u sed A th
o rough knowledge of R adio is es
sentia
l f or
f
or t h
is p urpose b efore t he war . i
n
tending s t
uden
ts of te
lev
ision. C ourses in Prep-
a
ra
tory Ma themat
ics &P hys
ics, and in Bas
ic R adio
a
re availab
le fo
r those n
ot al
r eady q
ua l
ifi
ed.
THE REAL LONDON
"Whenever I g o to the East End
o
f L ondon —the East End w ith i t
s
k
indly p eople and its busy streets —
W
rit
e n
ow f
o
r p
rosp
ectu
s a
nd f
u
ll d
e
tai
ls ...
whenever I g o t
here I fee
l I'm g oing
h
ome . Iu sed to li
ve there i
n P oplar,
d
own b y the West I ndia Docks, a nd L
.M.I
. (
AUST
.) PTY
. LTD
.
t
o me t here
's a rea
lity about it which
Idon't fi
nd in o
ther parts o
f London ." 2P
arra ma
tta R
oad
, HO MEBUSH
, N
.S.W
.
— Howard Marshal
l s peak
ing of the E as
t End
i
n t
he BBC'S p
rogramme, "Churches a
t R
64/49
Worsh
ip."

November
, 1
949 "Au
stra
lian RADIO a
nd TELEVISIO N New
s" 2
9
 NE W USE FOR A W ASHBOARD l
ine. After s ome m inutes t he mag -
S
trange i nstrumen ts h ave f ound n
et b ecame warm , the v ase line wou ld

U
S
E
Z
t
heir way i nto o rchestras a nd e ven s
omet imes me lt a nd t he c oil wou ld
s
tranger o nes a ppear i n v ar iety , b ut s
l
ip . Neverthe less, t
he Round -
s
ure ly f ew c an c ompare w ith t hat Sykes was a g reat i mprovement o n
u
sed b y A lber t a nd L es Ward , t wo t
he P eel-Connor .
Welshman who p lay o n t he wash - Next c ame t he R eiss m icrophone ,
b
oard . Th is h umb le p iece o f k itchen wh ich was more s ens itive , sma ller
f
urn iture , which Nor th Coun try and e asily p ortab le. I t was s ucceed -
p
eop le c a l
l t he "Monday S crubber ," e
d b y t he C ondenser , v ery l ike a
i
s g iven s uppor ts t o make i t s tand w
ing less f i
fty p ound b omb t o l ook a t
.
upright a nd c o mbined w ith a p la t- This i n t urn g ave way t o t he f am i
l-
f
orm f rom wh ich h ang a ll k inds o f i
ar r ibbon m icrophone , a ble t o r e-
k
itchen i mped imen ta, s uch a s p ots, c
eive s ound f rom b oth s ides , wh ich
p
ans , a nd n utmeg g rater, w ith a meant t hat s evera l p eop le c ould u se
bucket o r t wo a nd a motor h orn i
t a t t he s ame t ime. A more f aith-
h
ere a nd t here . Wh ile L es p lays f
u l r eproduct ion o f a tmosphere was
t
he g uitar a nd s ings , A lber t p er- o
bta ined w ith t he r ibbon m icrophone ,
f
orms m irac les o n t his s trange " in- which g ave a r ea l
ly " live" s ound t o
s
trument ," r unn ing t he f ingers o f b
roadcast ing . Then c ame t he mov ing
one h and u p a nd d own t he c orru - c
oil m icrophone , w ith t he g reat a d-
vantage o f b eing o nly f our i nches
gated z inc t o g ive a wonderfu lly

S
U
E
r
hythm ic , s cratchy s ound , p unc tuated i
n d iame ter . I t i s s till u sed e xten-
s
ive ly i n s tud ios , i n o uts ide b road -
w
ith b angs a nd t aps o n t he v aried
c
asts s uch a s t he C oronat ion a nd a s
c
ollection o f o ddments u p a bove . L es
a h and m icrophone , p art icu lar ly f or
made t he c on trapt ion , work ing o ut
i
nterv iews .
t
he i dea a s h e l ay i l i n h osp ita l
,
The l atest d eve lopment i s t he l i
p
but when h e s aw t he f inished p ro-
microphone , h eld l e
ss t han a n i nch
duct, g ot s tage f right , a nd A lber t
f
rom t he s peaker 's mouth a nd s ensi-
now h as t o p lay i t
. B efore L es b e-
t
ive o nly f or a matter o f i nches . I t
c
ame a Var iety a rtist, h is j ob was
i
s u sed f or s port ing c ommentar ies,
f
itting h ot water p ipes , a nd h is
when t he n o
ise o f t he c rowd wou ld
experience w ith n uts a nd b olts s tands

B
U
R
d
rown t he v oice o f a c ommentator
h
im i n g ood s tead when " the t hing"
u
s ing a n o rdinary m icrophone , a nd
has t o b e r igged u p a nd d isman t led.
e
nab les h im t o g o o n t a lking n orm -
The t wo o f t hem f irst a ppeared
a
lly t o listeners e ven t hough h e c an-
i
n B .B .C . Var iety , a nd s ince t hen
not h ear h i mse lf s peak ing .
have made o ver f ifty b roadcasts a nd
s
evera l t elev ision a ppearances , where
v
iewers marve l a t t he d exter ity w ith DO YOU KNO W
which A lber t p lays h is u nor thodox WINSTON CHURCHILL?
"
instrument" a nd a lso a t t he p leas - "
One o f t he most amus ing t hings
i
ng rhythms t
he two o
f them t
hat e ver h appened t o me was i n
a
ch ieve. Norway l ast O ctober. A man o n a
0— bus asked me i f I was B r
itish a nd
SOUND PROGRESS i
f Ik new Winston C hurch i
l l
. Ia n-
swered ' Yes' t o b oth q uestions a nd

HOW
BBC
many p
's s
eop
hor
t
le who e
-wave p
njoy t
he
rogrammes
b
efore I c
was d
ou
ragged o
ld q ua
f t
lify t
o a p
he a
arty
nswers
, made a
, I

and the a r t
ists who t ake p art in them , h
ero o f, a nd was t oas
ted u ntil my
g
ive a t hought t o techn ical p rogress? h
ead r eeled. I t was s uch a g rand
I
n a r ecent b roadcast J ohn S nagge , party that I f e
lt it wou ld b e t actless
who f or t he p ast t wenty-five y ears t
o e xp
la in t hat I wasn ' t a p ersona l
has b een a n oted BBC c ommentator , f
riend o f Mr . C hurchil
l's!"
t
urned t he c lock b ack a nd s poke — Gordon C
ooper, P
resident o
f t
he Globe-
t
hrough t he d iferent t ypes o f micro - t
rottsrs
' Club
, talk
ing in t
he BBC
's p
rogra mme,
"
In T own Tonight
."
phone t hat h ave b een u sed s ince t he
BBC b egan b roadcast ing i n 1 922. WO UNDED AT PRESTONPA NS
S
ta
rt sharing the c iv
il
ised w ay —the B UK I
t wou ld s eem t hat e arly l i
steners
"A man s tood u p inthe Westm ins ter
w
ay —no w ater— no b l
ade s —no soap —no were s o e nthra l led b y t he n ew m ir -
County C ourt a nd a nnounced t hat
m
ess. BUK E l
ec t
ric D ry S h
aver g i
ves a
c le o f e nterta inment i n the h ome
h
e'd b een wounded a t t he b attle o f
t
he fa
stest, smoothe s
t s h
ave o fal. BUK'S t
hat t hey o ver looked t he p oor r e
-
Prestonpans a nd h e wanted s o me -
6
0 s e
ll-sharpening c u
t t
ing e dge
s m ow p
roduct ion o f t he f irst m icrophone ,
t
hing d one a bout it. We l
l, s ince a s
d
own t he toughest b eard. t
he o ld P eel-Connor , wh ich was v ery
y
ou a ll k now t he b att
le o f P reston -
l
ike a h and t elephone t o lo
ok a t
. I t
pans t ook p lace i n t he y ear 1 745 ,
mom .
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• m.m
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.

T
o s
ounded v ery l ike a t e
lephone , t oo,
t
his must b e considered a l i
ttle o dd .
and t ook a ll c harac ter f rom t he
B
r
evi
l
leR
ad
ioP
t
y.L
t
d. v
o
t
ice
he R
. A
ound
fter t he P eel-Connor c
-Sykes magnetophone
ame
, a
However t
d
istressing
here i
ly s
s
, I
imp
'm a
le e xp
fraid
lanat
, av
ion f
ery
or
6
7 M
ISSENDEN ROAD
, CA MPERDO W N i
t
. The b attle wasn 't t he 1 745 o ne,
c
umbersome t hing w eigh ing a pprox i-
P
lease s
end me w ithout o
bligat
ion d
eta
ils b
ut t he 1 948 o ne —from t he f i
lm
mately t wenty -five p ounds t hat i n i ts
o
f the BU K E
lectr
ic D ry Shaver. '
Bonn ie P r
ince C harlie' — t he man
c
overed c ase l ooked l i
ke a meat s afe.
with t he g rievance was a n e xtra ,
Name I
t was t he f irst mov ing c o i
l m icro -
and h e h ad h is ankle p ierced w ith a
phone a nd t he v ery l ight alum inium
Address sword d uring t he s hoot ing o f t he
w
ire c oil was s tuck o n to the m icro -
f
i
lm ."
phone p roper w ith t hree o r f our — Lester Powell s
peak
ing in t
he BBC P
ro-
small p ieces o f c otton woo l a nd v ase - g
ra m me "Across t
he Line
."

3
0 "Aus
tral nd TELEVISIO N News"
ian RA DIO a November
, 1
949
 SHORTS FRO M THE TALKS NO EXCUSE FOR BEING LATE THE BELLS OF ST
. CLE MENT
'S
DOG FOR DISPOSAL A d iscovery t hat w ill b e o f g reat "
Rea l d yed- in- the-woo l L ondoners
b
enef it t o a l arge n umber o f p eop le are h oping t hat t he d ay may n ot be
"
In Kens ing ton Gardens , i n t he has b een made b ecause a watch - far d istant when t hey 'll hear r ing ing
heart o f L ondon , p ark keepers h ave maker h eard a c ricket c hirrup ing a s out o f the r oof t ops a nd s pires o f the
a
t l ast succeeded i n trapping a mag - h
e wa lked i n t he mounta ins o f Strand o nce more — the b ells o f a
n
ificent b lack A lsatian d og, wh ich Sw itzer land. I f s uch a t iny i nsect famous C hurch , p lay ing a f amous
f
or months h as been r unning w i
ld i n c
ou ld make a s ound c lear ly a ud ible t
une . S ometh ing r i
ch w ent o ut o f
t
hat d e
lightfu l cult
iva ted w i
lderness f
rom a d istance o f a d ozen y ards London l i
fe when G erman b ombs
where P e
ter P an made h is h ome. I f rained d own a nd h it S t. C lement
why , h e thought , c ou ld h e n ot make
h
is owner c an't b e found, he w i
ll g o an a larm b el
l t hat was s ma ll e nough Danes , l eaving o nly a f i
re -b lackened
t
o o ne of t he p eople who h ave i nter- t
o g o i n aw rist-watch b ut y et n oisy shell t o r em ind u s o f t hat l oveliest
e
sted t hemse lves i n h im s ince f i
rst enough t o wake a s leeper? T he u p- o
f n ursery r hymes ' Oranges a nd
s
potted i n t he g ardens. How many s
hot o f h is mounta in wa lk was a n Lemons .' But t he o ther d ay when I
p
eop le? No t h undreds , but thousands ! was ' bussing d own t he S trand a nd
a
larm mechan ism t hat works o n t he
Oh t o be an a nimal ...i n Eng land ." p
r incip le o f t he c r
icket 's c h irrup . T he passed t h
is i s
land r uin, In oted t hat
—Col
in Wi l
ls s
peaking i
n t
he BBC p
rogramme
I
n B r
ita
in To-day
." c
ricket makes h is d istinct a nd p ene- workmen were b usily e rec ting s caf-
t
rat ing n oise b y r ubb ing t he f i
le l i
ke f
old ing u p t he o uts ide o f a t ower
e
dge o f o ne w ing a gainst t he o ther ; wh ich s urv ived t he r aid, a s d id t he
t
he watch -maker p roduced t he s ame outer wa lls. By s ome m irac le , t he
efect b y set ting a l ight h ammer t o bel
ls o f St. C lement 's were a lso p re-
AGELESS BRITAIN v
ibrate a ga inst a t hin meta l d ia- s
erved a nd t he s caffo lding g o
ing u p
"Yes, Britain is al and of surprises phragm . T he r esu lt i s that n ow , i n was t he f i
rst s tep t owards t he r e-
a
nd c ontrasts. Iam t old t
hat s he has ac ase n o bigger t han t hat c onta in ing building o f a c hurch wh ich h as a
a third u n
ique q uality: s he n ever an o rdinary wr ist -watch , l ies b oth t
housand y ears o f L ondon h istory b e-
g
rows o ld
. I f that istrue, and I've no t
he mechan ism a nd t he a larm b ell
. h
ind i t
. On t he d ay we h ear t he t une
r
eason t o doubt i t
, then what S hake- "Th is n ew a larm wr ist watch ," s aid o
f ' Oranges a nd L emons ' s ound ing
s
peare s aid o f C leopatra 3 00 y ears R
. E . Humphr ies, d escr ibing t he d is- above t he r oar o f ' buses a nd t he
c
overy i n t he BBC 's "Rad io News - s
ound ing o f t axi motor h orns —we l
l,
a
go c ould, w ith e qual truth b e a p
-
p
l
ied t o t he B r
itain o f to
-day . He r
eel" s hould i n t ime make u s more we'll d ance a l i
ttle j ig, e ven i f i t
s
s
aid: ' age c annot w ither h er, n or p
unctua l i n o ur h abits, b ecause f or o
n ly i n our h earts, f or we 'll k now
c
ustom s tale h er i nf
inite variety.
'" t
he f irst t ime y ou c an c arry t he t
hat war -bat tered L ondon h as t aken
—R. Vun
lvalu of the F ij
ian Islands
, who i s o
ne s tep f urther f rom t he n ightmare
e
qu ivalent o f a n a larm c lock a round
d
oing a post
-graduate c ourse at C ambr
idge
, d
ays o f the e ar ly f ort ies."
t
a
lking i
n the BBC p rogramme, " Call
ing t
he w
ith y ou. You c an s et i t t o r em ind
Rober
t R e
id ta
lking i
n t
he BBC
's p
rogramme
,
I
s
lands
." y
ou o f y our a ppointment s." "Across t
he L
ine."

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November
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949 "Au
stra
lian RAD
IO a
nd TELEVISIO N New
s" 3
1
 W HERE I S LONDON?
The BBC 's European S ervice i s
h
eard e xtensively a ll o ver Europe
f
or h abits f ormed d uring t he war
a
ppear t o h ave stuck a nd p eace- t ime
l
i
sten ing i s apparently a s widespread
a
s i t was d uring t he y ears o f t he
German o ccupation. How c onstant
s
uch l istening i s was r evealed r ecent-
l
y b y a L ondon n ewspaper , wh ich
t
old a c harm ing s tory o f a C zech
c
hild l earning h er g eography l esson
a
t s chool. "And where ," s a
id t he
t
eacher , "is L ondon?" " In t he forty-
o
ne me tre b and" t he p upil replied a t
o
nce.

Nature, bea
ting r adio e ngineers by
a few h undred t housand y ears
, h as
p
rovided t he h uman e ar w ith auto-
mat
ic v olume c ontrol
, t he b ody with
t
emperature c
on tro
l, a
nd "
seeing
e
quipment" wh ich i s a h ighly com -
p
act televis
ion s ystem .

e P
art o
f t
he i
n
ter
ior a
ssemb
ly o
f t
he S
chwa
rzenburg t
ransm
itter o
f t
he Sw
iss S
hor
t Wave
S
erv
ice
.

THE ART OF SHORT- WAVE human b rain c an d evise — irrespect ive

L
ISTENING o
f c ost —cannot b ring i n a d istant
t
ransm itter a t w i
l l a nd w ith p erfect
Unt il r ecent ly t he s hor t waves
r
eliab i lity. Yet i f the b eg inner c an
were c ons idered t o b e fields i n wh ich
none b ut t he e xper t e nthus iast m ight be made t o r ea lise t his a nd t he o ther
wander . L
ate ly, h owever , s o much d
if i
cu lties t o b e e ncoun tered , i t w ill
p
rogress h as b een made a t b oth t he b
e f ound t hat t h
ings a re much more
t
ransm itting a nd t he r eceiv ing e nd, s
imp le t han h as b een a ntic ipated a nd,
t
hat a t ime h as n ow a rrived when v
ery q
c
ome a
uick
n a
ly
l
l
, t he n
-absorb
ew h
ing p
obby w
ast ime . S
ill b
hor
e
t
-
-
QUAL
ITY
t
he v eriest t yro may a pproach t his
wave work i s n ot " dead e asy," b ut
t
ype o
c
onf
f work w
idence .
ith ' s
ome d egree o f
a
i
ny l
n m
istener who w
ind , a nd who i
ill b
s p
ear t his f
repared t
act
o
T
RANSFORMERS
The s hort waves a re, h owever ,
t
ake a l i
ttle p ains t o ach ieve s uccess ,
v
as
f
t
ly d
or o rd
iferent t
inary b
o t
roadcast
hose emp
ing .
loyed
This
wi
ll f ind t hat h is t roub le h as b een a
nd
c
ard ina l t ruth h as t o b e a ccepted well r epa id. The d isappo in ted s hor t-
wave l i
stener i s a d irect h indrance
a
t t
s
hor
he o
t
u
-wave l
tse t. Many p
i
sten ing w
eop le t
ithout r ea
ake u
lising
p
t
o p
f
r
rogress
iends , a
, f
nd t
or h
hus t
e m is
he s
informs h
hor t-waves
is METAL
- WORK
i
ts d if icult ies, o nly t o d rop i t i n
d
isgust s imp ly b ecause t hey h ave a
cqu ire a b ad r eputat ion .
M a n u f a ct u r e d
f
ailed t o r ealise t hat i t i s n ot p os- The most u nfor tunate p art a bout
s
ible t o sw itch o n a s hor t-wave s et s
hor t-wave l isten ing i s
, i n my o pinion , b
y
and l isten t o as tation w ith t he s ame t
he s hor t-wave e nthus iast h imse lf.
e
ase a nd c er tainty a s i n t he c ase o f I
n h is e nthus iasm , h e i s a pt —qu i te
a b roadcast r eceiver. Shor t-wave u
t
nin
o u
tent iona l
nderstand t
ly — to g
hat s
ive h
hor t
is f r
iends
-wave work
TR IM A X k
an
sf
orm
ers
l
i
s ten ing d emands p a
t ience . I
t d e-
mands , t oo , ad egree o f k eenness , t o- i
s e asy , t hat s tations a re t o b e r e- D
IV
ISION O
F C
L
IFF F
.BUNT
ING P
IT
. L
T
D.
c
eived a t a l
l t imes a nd w ithout F
LEM INGTON ROOD,
gether w ith a c erta in amount o f 2
9 -
35
c
heerfu l p erseverance . t
roub le. A d istant s tat ion c anno t N
ORTH MELBOURNE.. VIC
.
The b est s hort-wave r ece iver t he b
e h eard a t a ll t imes .

3
2 "Au
stra
lian RADIO a
nd TELEVISIO N New
s" November
, 1
949
 ARTICLES FRO M OVERSEAS "E" n orth a nd s outh —they a re a ll along a were o nly r epor ting t he DX s ta
tions o ne S
l
atitude. A ll t he o ther n orth-south mu ltip
le point better t han w e w ere giving. We c om -
SOURCES hop c ontacts a re v ia F2. The b eacon p a
ttern pared the r eceiver with a n AR88 , side b y s ide,
i
s O ctober TV , DN , C S, early November TV . and the " Turret" r an r ings around t he AR88 .
.
Ed itors o f s uccessfu l a nd p opu lar CS, end o f November , D ecember a nd beginning Last we ek-end w e comp leted t he 20 me tre c oil
-
period icals r ece ive many l etters o f o
f J anuary AD , LT , HB , ML , PH , end o f panel —as y et t his is n ot fu l
ly a djus ted, b ut
.
prai se. Once i n a l ong wh ile t here J
anuary TV , CS , F ebruary TV , C E, ON. i
t seems t o h ave p romise o f being b et
ter o n 2 0,
arrives t he o ther k ind. He lpfu l c riti
- There a re of c ourse slight variations but not t
han o n 1 0. V
I I6KU w ill c omplete t he j ob
e
nough t o affect t he g eneral pattern. when h e t akes h is annua l leave v ery s hor
t ly.
c
ism i so ne th ing , b ut u nsigned a buse
goes i nto t he WPB . A s creed r eferred From Mr . W . S proge , Hon . S ecretary , R adio (You mu st b e g etting p art
icu larly g ood r e
sults
,
t
o i tems i n t he "Home Workshop" a s Society o f Wes tern Aus tralia I nc.
, 1 1 G loster g
en t
lemen , w i
th y our t urre
t-tuned r eceiver i f it
being f rom o verseas s ources . I n n ear- S
tree t, S ubiaco w
i l
l o u
t-perform a n AR88 , a ssum ing o f c ou
rse
"My f r
iend VKF IKU h as o ne o f t he t urret t
hat t he l a
tter is i n g ood f orm . A c on s
iderable
l
y t hree d ecades , t he e ditor o f " R & r
ece ivers ( as i n R & TV f or J une, 1 940), r
i
se i n RF ef iciency CA N b e o b
tained w i
th a
TV" h as amassed a f ew t housand o
pera ting o n 1 0 me tres a nd so f ar h as b een r
eceiver where a ttention i s p aid t o c o
i l Q a nd
r
ad io, e ngineer ing , mechan ics, a via- e
x treme ly s atisf
ied w i th i ts p erformance . We L
/C r atio
, a nd t here i s even s o me
th ing t o be.
were u sing a 4 0 me tre d ouble t a ntenna a nd s
a
id i n f avour o f p lug-in r oi
ls o f r easonably
t
ion, s cience , h obby , a nd o ther maga - c
ompar ing r eports g iven b y VK6HL , VK6 MK , l
arge diame ter as a gains
t as wi
tched c oil a ssembly
z
ines a nd h as n o less i ntent ion o f re- V
ID IK W , a nd VH6RI T o n DX s tat ions. A
ll w
ith s mall c oil
s g rouped a round s witch b anks
f
err ing t o t hem t han o ther p eop le, t
hese s tations w ere u sing b eam a rrays, a nd w
ith i nevitably l ong l eads. —Ed itor).
and t he p rotester d oes n ot n eed t o
l
ook f ar. We a re n ot aware t ha t a ny
c
on temporary i n t his c oun try h as a
monopo ly i n t he d irec t
ion . I
f i t
s
hou ld h appen t hat s o me d escr iption
c
lashes w ith c ont emporar ies — that i s
u
nf or tunate . S
ometh ing l ike r iva l
a
fternoon s heets h i t
t ing t he s treets
w
ith s imilarly w orded p osters . WE
won't b urst i nto t ears a bout i t
.
D
.B.K
.

Major C oll
ett, VK2RU , o f Go sford
,
who is a r adio dealer in the t own sh
ip a nd an
en
thusiastic VHF worke r
, make s a p oint o
f
s
tudy
ing c ondition
s f or possible VHF D X c om
-
muni
ca t
ion . He w rites regarding o bse
rvat
ion
s
o
n the r adio ranges: —

"
I t
's amaz ing t he way t hey a re r unn ing t hls
year a s c ompared w ith ' 47-'48. The g enera l
pattern i s t he s ame b oth y ears, a nd t he d aily
variation p ractica l
ly n egl
igib le. The o penings
on t he b and w ere much t he s ame —except more
th
is y ear. But t his c annot b e t aken t oo much
f
or g ranted a s t his y ear t here w ere many
more s tat
ions o n, a nd in a ny c ase t wo s tat
ions
must b e o n a t t he s ame t ime t o s ay t hat t he
band was o pen. However i t h as b e en amp ly
d
emons trated t hat when t he r anges r each a
c
erta in l evel t ha t t he b and i s o pen i n t ha t
p
art icular d irection . —Bearing i n m ind t hat t he
muf p asses t hrough t he b eacon f requenc ies
b
efore i t reaches 5 0m/cs , giving t he e fec t t ha t
t
he b eacons r each t errif
ic s ignal s treng ths a nd
a
re s tarting t o f ade when 5 0
/n/cs o pens .
I
t a ppears t hat s treams o f p art
ic les —c louds
o
r wha t e ver y ou l ike to c all t hem —are c on-
t
inua lly f lowing from t he p o
lar r egions t owards
t
he e qua tor, t his a ppear s to h appen i n b oth F .e l
ead
ing makers
' a
h
em ispheres , t hey a ppear t o b e more d ense

1
n
earer t he p oles a nd p eter o ut t owards t he r
adio
. c
o m mun
icat
ionç a
nd

e
qua tor. Apparen tly t he " c
louds" mos t d i- e
lec
trica
l e
quip ment t
hroughou
t t
he .work
f .

r
ec t
ly u nder t he s un b ecome I ntense ly I on ized. I
SC makes r
esistor
s o
f more d
iff
erent t
ype
a a
nd'
As t he s un moves t o it
s s outhernmos t p ath we f
or a w
ider v
arie
ty o
f a
ppl
ica ons t
han a
ny
h
ave t he e fect of a f airly n arrow b and r ound manufacturer
,
t
he s outhern h em isphere i n wh ich t he c louds
b
ecome I ntengely i onized a s they p ass t hrough .
This b and where t he i onization o ccurs a P-

J
.DUM
AN &C
O
n
aren t
ly f ollows t he s un u p a nd d own t he
l
at
itudes w ith c hange i n season . P
TY
.
F
or a b
Eng
lish
it o
, Amer
f proof
ican o
. ...S
r loca
earch
l mag
ing t
s fa
l
hrough
ls to re- L
TD.
v
eal a ny multip
le h op contac
t v ia sporadic
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RADBURY H
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ORK S
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, 1
949 "Aus
tra
lian RADIO a
nd TELEVISIO N New
s" 3
3
 C
OMMERC
IAL BROADCASTING
NE WS a
nd NOTES
He emphas ised t ha t t e
lev ision i s STATION SPARKLES
not j ust a m inia ture o f t he r adio i n
-
A d
el
ightfu
l 2
GB morn
ing p
ro-
dustry " or a n- th ing e lse t hat h as
PI g ramme i s" THREE G IRLS AND
gone b efore ."
A P IANO ," b roadcast e very F riday
'
It i s a l usty b aby —g ian t o f a
a
t 8 .30 a .m. This p rog ramme f ea-
d
iferent f am ily," h e s aid .
t
ures t hree o f l ast y ear's "M iss
But i t
s e normous i nfluence a nd e x
-
Enterta inmen t" e ntran ts, i nclud ing
pans ion w ill n o t c ause i t t o s walow
t
he w inner , S h
irley Ab ica ir, P a tricia
up o ther med ia, h e e mphas ised .
Church a nd S hirley Egan . Shir ley
"
It i s a ma tter o f r ecord t ha t n o
mass med ium o nce d eve loped , h as Abicair h as b een f eatured i n s evera l
ever d isappeared ," h e a rgued . " Each 2GB -Macquar ie p roduc tions . The
has i ts own mass a ppea l, i t
s o wn o
ther t wo g irls h ave made a ppear -
ava ilab ilities, i t
s o wn u se. And t here a
nces i n the " 2GB S taf f S how ." M iss
Church r ecent ly won h er h eat i n t he
are f ar t oo many p eop le, w ith t oo
The fol
low ing e xt
rac t
s f r
om t he of
icia
l Bulletin many d iferent t as tes a nd d esires a nd Mob i
l Q uest. She h as s ung i n p re-
o
f t he Au st
ralian F edera
tion of C ommercial
moods a t d iferen t t imes o f t he d ay, s
en tations b y . the R ockda le Opera t
ic
B
roadcasting Station s are m ade a
vai
lable by t he
c
ourte
sy o f t he P residen
t, Mr . J. E. R idley. f
or a ny o ne med ium t o s erve t hem Company , includ ing t
he l
ead i
n
From a
n e
ditor
ial: a
ll. "Carmen ." Flo Paton , new ly
"When r ad io f irst f lour ished ," h e a
ppo in ted s taf f a ccompan ist, a ccom -
s
c p ADIO h as l ong s ince p roved i ts further e xplained , "many p eop le f e
lt p
an ies t he g irls i n t his s how.
IV e xcellence a s a med ium o f e n- i
t wou ld d o away w ith —or s erious ly
t
er tainment a nd a dver t
is ing ; but hur t — n ewspaper s a nd magaz ines,
wh i
le t he q uality o f r adio e nter tain - mov ies a
nd phonograph r
ecords . I
f s o me d aily n ewspaper s a
re
ment h as s t
ead ily i mproved , t he Qu ite t he c on trary h appened . A
ll worth t he 3 d. they a re now a sk
ing,
s
tandard o f a dver tis ing mater ia l h as have g rown s in ce t he a dven t o f r adio, we r eckon p ro r a
ta tha t " R. & TV"
not q uite k ept p ace. T here a re, t o b e a
s t he w ea lth a nd p opu lat ion a nd i
s w orth much more t han the h umble
f
a ir, a g ood many i ntelligent a nd l
eisure t ime o f t he n a tion h ave g rown . "
bob" w e c harge. I
t i sn
't e asy to
well-presented "commerc ia ls," a
nd And I s ee n o g ood r eason f or t h
ink - p
roduce a p ost-war magaz ine a nd
adver t
is ing h as i mproved i n t he l a
st i
ng t he a dv ent o f t e
lev ision w il
l f un- s
el
l, i t at pre-war p r
ices, b ut we in-
f
ew months . But t here i s sti
ll ac er - damenta l
ly c hange t his." t
end t o s t
ick a t the " bob" l eve
l.
t
ain amount o f i rr
itat ing, o ften D
id You Know . . . T ha t t he
s
ense less r
adio adver tising b e
ing amount p aid b y t he C ommer cial
t
urned o ut b y copy -wr iters who , f or -
t
unate ly , a re i n t he m inor ity."
S
tat
f
or t
ions t
he u
o t
se o
he P
f l
.M
and -
l
.G 's D
ines , d
epar
ur
tment
ing t he
l
i
nfl
re—
iff
l
i
---
2f
lui
_ou
r
Radio Ga ins R ecru its f or S ydney y
ear e nding 3 1st D ecember , 1 948,
Un iver sity R egiment: Ano ther i n- was £ 87,000? Due t o t he i ncrease i n
s
tance o f r adio's g reat v alue a s a r
a tes , t he amount t hat t he C ommer -
public s erv ice was i lustrated i n c
ial S tations w ill c ontr ibute t o G ov-
March o f t his y ear, when t he F edera - e
rnment r evenue f or t he u se o f land -
t
ion was i nstrumenta l in o bta ining a l
ines t his y ear w ill b e c ons iderab ly
r
ad io a ppea l o n b eha lf o f the S ydney h
igher .
Un ivers ity R egiment . With in a f ew
weeks o f t he a ppea l, membersh ip o f COMMUN
ITY SERVICE

IF
I
NE H
O
TEL
t
he R eg iment i ncreased b y more t han
Spor ts Parade Ra i ses £
17,000 :
1
(
00 p er c ent ( we a re t old i n al etter
The s um o f £ 17,000 h as b een r a
ised
o
f a pprec iat ion f rom t he C omman -
d
ant), a nd n ew members a re j oining by 3KZ 's " Spor ts P arade" o n it
s tour
Ah ote
l, ce
rta
inly o n
e o fS ydney's
o
f metropo litan t
own ha
lls and
e
very d ay . l
e
adin g h o
tels
, b u
t d iferent t o
c
ountry c entres . The s pecial D on
4MB 's Appea l F or L egacy : 4MB e
v
e ry other inm any t h
ings
. T he
Bradman t estimon ial s how , h e
ld l ast
Maryborough (
Qld .) r
ecent ly c o- V
v
' entwor
th, for in
stance, has ever
y
ear i n t he Me lbourne T own Ha ll
,
o
perated w ith t he Maryborough Ma le b
een n ot
ed f o
r i t
s quie
t, r e
stful
r
a ised more t han £ 400 f or t he testi- a
tmosphere. A n
other thing, t oo
,
Cho ir i n l aunch ing a n a ppea l f or t he
mon ia l fund. w
hile a way f r
om t h
e n oi
s e a nd
l
oca l L egacy C lub . More t han £ 150
2CA A ids Un ited Na tions Appea l: b
ustle
, you a re never
th e
l e
ss c on-
was prom ised b y t elephone a nd
Although t he A .C.T . D ivision o f t he v
enient
ly s i
tuated to e v
erywh ere.
a
cknow ledged b etween c hora l i tems
Un ited Na t
ions A ssoc ia tion o f Aus - S
e
r viceand cui
sine are unex ce
lled.
during t he f i
rst S unday morn ing
t
ra lia was f ormed o nly l ast Mar ch
b
roadcast . The a ppea l isn ow n earing

T
H
EWE
NTW
ORT
H
i
t h as b een a ct
ively e ngaged i n p ub-
t
he £ 1
,000 mark .
l
icity , b y t aking a dvan tage o f a
s
er ies o f b roadcas ts o fered f ree o f
T
.V. WON
'T K
ILL A
.M.
c
harge b y t he l oca l c ommerc ial s ta-
Dr
. F rank S tanton
, P resident o f t
ion , 2 CA. I n the U .N . Appea l f or i
n e
y
C
.B.S.
, a ddressing the t
hirty-seventh Ch i
ldren , t he D ivis ion r a
ised £ 2
,968
a
nniversary b anquet at t
he I nst
itute t
hereby e xceed ing i t
s q uo ta b y almost '
P
hone BW 1 10 l
361 ( i
n
es)
o
f Rad io Eng ineers
, New York , ex- half. Canberra B roadcas ters L td .
, C
. D
. Mac
lur
can
, M ana
ging Di
rec
tor
p
ressed the view t hat t
e
lev ision w i
ll gave i t
s who leheart ed c o-opera tion i n
n
ot ki
ll of radio. t
his Appea l
.

3
4 "Au
stra
lian RADIO a
nd TELEVIS
IO N New
s" November
, 1
949
 4

RAD
IOT
IPS
F
or
P
RACT
ICAL P
EOPLE
P
ITTING EXTRA S
PEAKERS t
urn l ead o f the loudspeaker t o b e
A F
IR M CO N NECTI O N
u
sed in extension isconnec ted d irectly
T HERE a
a
rrang
re c
ing f
ertain a
or e
dvantages i
xtension l oud
n
-
t
o the c
Where t
hassis o
wo aud
f t
io v
he r
a
ad
lves a
io r ece
re a
iver
ppl
ied
.
s
peakers i n t he h ome o r elsewhere.
i
n p ush-pull, the e xtension s peaker
For examp le, most h omes h ave only i
s c
onnected t hrough t wo . 1 mfd . con-
one receiver, n aturally r etained i n
d
ensers t o the anodes o f t he v alves.
one r
oom o f t he house. T o hear pro- T
hese c onnect
ion s chemes , wh ilst
g
rammes i n other p arts o f the house
s
at
isfactory f or most o rdinary n eeds,
i
t means t hat the r eceiver must b e
d
o n ot p rovide for s witching o f
u
sed a t v o lume l evels t hat p rove
e
i
ther t he ma in or extension s peaker ,
n
erve-wrack ing t o those n ear t o the
o
r for v arying volume o f t he latter.
l
oudspeaker, t o s ay n othing o f pos-
s
ible annoyance t o neighbours .
Sw
itch
ing
By includ ing a s ingle p ole s w
itch
i
n e ach e xtens ion s peaker l ead from
t
he c oup l
ing c ondenser , and a s w
itch
f
or t he v oice c a
ll c i
rcuit o f t he S
oldering t
oa n i
ron pipe already bur
ied i
n
t
he earth i
s not ea
sy, b u
t t he al
ternat
ive
main s peaker , either o r bo
th s peaker s
method of connect
ion i lus tra
ted here i
s
may b e contro lled b y a5 0,000 o hm .
qu
ite s
atisfactory.
p
otentiometer , a s s hown . The d ia-
g
ram s hows t he s cheme f or u sing
"
P.A .W .": R ecen tly I e xperienced
two e xtens ion s peakers , a nd t hese
s
evere t roub le i n my r eceiver w ith
a
re i ndicated a s b eing o f t he mag -
n
etic t ype ( 2000 o hms o r more DC r
ad io-induc tive i
n terference f
rom
r
esistance) . With P ermag s peaker s e
l ectrical mach inery a nd t ramway
c
i rcuits. It r ied many t ypes o f a nt
i-
f
i
tted w ith o utput t ransformer s, t he
i
n terference a eria ls, b ut t hey c ould
p
otentiometer a nd c onnecting l eads
O
ther App
lica
tions not b e e rec ted h igh e nough o r f ar
w
ill b e a cross t he p r
imary o f t he
enough f rom t he s ources o f i nter-
Another e xtensive a ppl
ication f or t
ransformer .
f
erence . It hen t ried a n o ld d odge- -
e
x tra s peakers i s f ound i n s chools a b uried a er ial —w ith g reat s uccess.
where i t may b e d es
ired t o s erve "Brassex": I
t
's o ften a d ificult I
t was made o f o ne o f t hose old 2 50-
more t han o ne r oom w ith p ro- j
ob replacing the rope h a
lyard o n a n t
urn t wo-p in h oneycomb c oi
ls e n-
grammes f rom a s i
ngle r eceiver. a
erial-mast p u
lley. I
llustra
ted i s a c
l ozed i n ac opper s creen ing c an. A
Most r eceivers a re t o-day suff
iciently method o f fi
xing t he p ul
ley t o t he l
ead wa s s oldered t o one p in o n t he
p
owerfu l to o perate u p to a d ozen mast so a s to obviate the diff
iculty. c
oi l a nd t aken t hrough a c opper d isc
additional e xtension s peakers w ith The p u
lley i s fi
tted into a s lot a t enclosing t he c an , h eavy i nsula ted
amp le volume . T here a re instances, w
ire b e
ing u sed f or t his l ead-in t o
t
oo , where a n e xtension may b e n
e
on STRIPS ABOUT 16 -I
NS t
he r eceiver . Wi th t his make -shift
n
eeded e xterna lly t o the h ome; i n a LONG B Y I. BROAD L
r
wc4
-
.
underground aeria l, buried o
nly
garden, f or i ns
tance , d ur
ing s ummer 1
2 -ins, in t he g round , mos t of the u n-
days. wan ted n oise was e limina ted.
nwer Cyr ro
Standard C onnec t
ion Me thods s
uLow s uP4oR7
R
ope
.7 1, W OE IRON DULL EY "D.B .K.": When u sing s creened
The method o f c onnecting e xtra T
O RULLEy
l
eads i n receiver s
, e special
ly f or g rid
eev

s
peakers i s q uite s imple, a nd c al
ls
4
90LT « Tine , c
ircui ts, low c apac ity is desirab le b e-
f
or n o expense t o speak o f
. P ermag 45 AXLE eo R
tween g rid a nd e arth i n o rder t o
s
peakers a re e ssential; ap oint wh ich O W
. LEY
avoid l oss of s igna l streng th. The
c
al
ls f or l i
tt
le c o mment t hese d ays, A
sag
e4i
'le
sr u
sua l b raided p ush -back w ire i s not
a
s most s peakers a re o f t hat k ind; t
he b es t for t h
is p urpose, a nd i t is
a
nd i f you h ave o n hand a ny o f the
b
e tter t o use l arge -diame ter s creen-
o
lder magne tic t ypes, in g ood o rder, t
he top of the mas t j
ust large e nough i
ng b raid w ith a t hin w ire f or t he
t
hese c an b e a pplied v ery c onven i- t
o take i t wi
thou t l
eaving a ny s pace c
onnec t
ing l ead. P ush the w ire w e
ll
e
ntly. I
n r eceivers u s
ing a s ingle- o
n e i
ther s i
de. Two i r
on s trips a re i
nto t he s leeving a nd i t w i
ll f ol
low
e
nded a udio o utput v alve, a s mos t t
hen f i
tted t o the top o f t he mas t a z ig -zag c our se, thus r
educ ing
a
re, al ead i s c onnected to t he v alve i
n the manner s hown. I f need a r
ise, c
apac ity l oss
.
a
node t hrough a . 1 mfd. 4 00 v o
lt an ew r ope c an be thrown o ver t he
p
aper t ubu lar c ondenser. The r e- mast a nd b etween t he i ron s truts. (Continued o
n page 3
7)

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r, 1
949
 RADIOTIPS Elec trical I nterference i sb est cured HAND CAPACITANCE EFFECTS
by t aking p reven tative measures o n I
t i s p oss ib le t ha t h and c apac i tan ce
(
Con
tinued f
rom p
age 3
5) t
he i
nterfer ing appara tus i
t
se lf, — more c orrec tly b ody c apac i tance
where t h
is i s p ossible . I
n t he c ase e fec ts h ave b een t he c ause o f more
P
ICK -UP HEIGHT o
f v acuum c leaner s
, e lec tric mo tor s headaches a nd more h ar sh w ords
While most r adio
-gram c onstruct- and d ynamos t he u sua l p rocedure i s than a ny o ther p rob lem wh ich c on -
o
rs take t he greatest care over get- t
o connect a p air o f 1o r 2 mfd . con - f
ron ts t he c ons truc tor o f s hor t wave
t
ing p roper tracking w i
th a simp le d
ensers i n s eries a cross t he b rushes rece iver s
. Many a ccep t t hese e fec ts
c
ranked a rm p ick-up, the i
mpor tance o
r t erm inals, a no ther c onnec t
ion b e
- as p ar t a nd p arce l o f t he s hor t wave
o
f correct height is of
ten overlooked. i
ng made f rom a p oint b e tween t he '
bu i
lder 's h er itage , b ut t his v iew i s
t
wo c ondenser s t o t he f rame o f t he en tire ly i ncorrec t. Wi th a c orrec tly
A pick-up a rm, the b oss o f which
i
s set s o that t he needle t racks accu- machine . I
n t he c ase o f v acuum cons truc ted r ece iver , h and c apac it -
r
a te
ly o ver t he r ecord, c an b e too c
leaner s or sma ll mo tor s s uch a s they ance e fec ts c an i n most c ases b e
c
onta in, a 1 mfd . c onnec ted a cross co mp lete ly e lim ina ted .
h
igh o r t oo l ow a nd t his w i
ll, in
t
he b rushes i so ften a ll tha t i sn eeded . I
t i s n ot p oss ible t o s tate t ha t
t
he c ase o f ac ranked a rm , vary the
Condensers mus t a lways b e o f t est atten tion t o a ny o ne p oin t w ill e fect a
angle at wh ich t he n eed le meets t he
a
bout d oub le t he v o
ltage t o wh ich cure i n a ny g iven c ase . When d e-
r
ecord . L ooking a t the n eed le i
n the
d
irection o f travel o f t he record, the t
hey a re s ubjec ted. E
lec tric s igns s
ign ing a n ew r ece iver , t hough t
a
re s omet imes a d ificu lt p roblem . shou ld b e g iven t o t he e fec ts t ha t
a
ng le s hould b e exac tly 9 0 d egrees
I
n a ny c ase where ' the i nterference may a r
ise , a nd d ue p recau tions t aken .
a
nd a ny t i
lting t o o ne s ide o r the
i
s 's
evere , it may b e p reven ted f rom F or t hose a lready i n p ossess ion o f
o
ther w il
l wear t he r ecord g rooves
r
adiat ing t hrough t he ma ins b y p
lac - ar ece iver p rone t o s uch t roub le's, t he
unnecessarily. I
t i s wor th wh ile
c
heck ing u p t h
is p oint. i
ng a s uitab le c hocke i n e ach l ead ; f
o llow ing n o tes may b e o f a ssis tance .
made o f w ire s u
ited t o c arry t he Now , t he g rea tes t t roub le i s p ri -
c
urrent , a nd o f t urns s uff
i cien t to a ct
mar ily d ue t o t he p resence o f RF
a
n a s r .f
. c hoke . curren ts i n t he a ud io s i de o f t he
s
e t, s o t ha t t he a ud io s tages f orm
par t o f t he o sc illa tory c i rcu i ts. T he
opera tor i s a t e ar th p oten t
ia l, f rom
t
he r ece iver p o in t o f v iew , s o t ha t
a
s h is b ody v ar ies i ts p os ition i n
r
ela t
ion t o t he r ece iver , t he e fec tive
t
uned c i
r cu it c apac itances a lter a c -
c
ord ing ly, w ith t he r esu lt t ha t s ta -
This d
iagra m illus
tra tes the
t
i
lting of apick-up when t he height
t
ions c annot b e p inned d own t o a ny
i
sincorrect
, as explained in t he ac- d
ef inite t un ing p oin t.
c
o mpany ing paragraph Obv ious ly , i t i s p oss ible t o m in i -
mise t hese e fec ts b y u sing a n e ar thed
me ta l p ane l, a nd a meta l c ab ine t, b ut
S
toop d own s o that the e ye i s o n t
his i s j us t b egg ing t he q ues tion ,
a l
evel w ith the r ecord s urface a nd a
nd i n a ny c ase may n ot p rov ide
s
ee t hat t he needle meets t he s ur- at ota l c ure . I
t i s b est t o t ry p re -
f
ace e xactly at r ight a ngles. An v
en ting t he e n try o f RF i nto t he
e
ighth o f a n i nch o r so d iference a
ud io s tages a t t he d e tec tor , b y i n -
i
n h e
igh t a t the p ick-up b oss w ill s
er ting RF b y-pass c apac i tor s, f rom
make a n a ppreciable d iference t o e
ither s i
de o f t he RF c hoke i n t he
t
he n eedle a ngle a nd t hin p acking anode c ircu it t o e ar th . T he b est
must b e u sed u nder t he p ick-up v
a lues c an o n
ly b e a rrived a t e x -
mounting t o get t he h e
ight c orrect. perimen ta lly , b ut w ill b e i n t he
n
eighbourhood o f 5 0 t o 2 50 p f g ener -
a
lly . Any s ing le t ype f ilter c an b e
"N.W .": A fter a y ear o r t wo o f c
ompared t o t he s hunt i n a c urrent
u
se, a r eceiver i s certain t o s uffer me ter ; i t p rov ides a n a lterna tive
f
rom t he s ett
ling of d ust o n t he vari- path a nd b y-passes most o f t he u n -
a
ble c ondensers , u n
less t hey a re t o- wan ted c ur ren t, b u t i nvar iab ly a sma l l
t
ally e nclosed . Dust s ets u p electro- SHARPENING SMALL DRILLS p
er cen tage g e ts t hrough . I
t i s i m -
s
tatic c hanges b e
tween t he c ondenser por tan t t o n ote t ha t t hese b y-pass
No d oub t many mode l e ng
ineers c
apac i tors s hou ld b e r eturned , n o t
p
la tes
, c ausing a c rack ling s ound
h
ave f ound i t d
ifi cu
lt to s harpen u p t
o a ny o ld " ear th" p oin t
, b u t t o t he
when t he c ondenser is r otated . I t is
small d rills, f rom 1 /16 -
in. d own - n
ega tive s i de o f t he f i
lamen t, o r t he
b
est t o c lean t he c ondensers w ith a
wards. The s ketch s hows a mos t c
a thode , o f t he a ppropr ia te v alve .
f
olded s trip o f thick b lot ting-paper ,
s
atisfac tory w ay b y fl
atten ing s i
des Grid s topper s, t ha t i s t o s ay r e -
by g rind ing , then i t i s q uite easy s
is tor s i nser ted i n s er ies b e tween t he
t
o a pply t he c ut
ting e dges. With t he c
on tro l g rids o f t he a udio v alves a nd
F
IXED CONDENSER
smaller s i
zes i t i s an a dvan tage t o t
he ir r espec tive i npu t c ircu it s
, o ften
CONNECTIONS
work w ith magn ifying g lasses s uch prove b enef icia l . Suitab le v alues
Modern t ubular c ondensers a re a
s t he " B
inomag ." aga in s eem t o d epend o n t he a ctua l
made i n inductive a nd n on -inductive rece iver , a nd u sua lly r ange f rom
f
orms , a nd itw ill be n oted t hat some 10,000 t o 1 00 .000 o hms . Any r e -
b
ear t he letters " O
.F ." n ear o ne of ma in ing i ns tab il ity c an i n mos t c ases
t
he c onnect ing l eads, wh i lst o thers be t aken c are o f b y f i
tting a n RF
c
arry a c oloured r ing a t o ne e nd. choke i n s er ies w ith t he o utpu t a node
This i ndicates
, t he o ut s
ide f o
il, a nd SUBSCRIBE NO W
! a
rid t he h eadphones o r s peaker w ith
t
o p reserve t he n on -
induct ive c har- F
or 12/
- a y ear you g
et ab y-pass c apac itor o f a round 3 00 p f
a
cteristics i t i s necessary t hat t he "
RADIO a
nd TELEVISION" between a node a nd e ar th , o r b y u sing
l
ead marked i n t h
is way s hould b e MAILED DIRECT para lle l f eed ( choke o utput ) t o t he
c
onnec ted t o t he e arth l ine. phones .

November
, 1
949 "Au
stra
lian RADIO a
nd TELEVISIO N New
s" 3
7
 made b y ' His Ma ster's Vo ice' C ompany o f 0 -
day. Only t he n ame o f t he c ompany i n t ho se
f
ar -o§ d ays wa s ' The G ramophone a nd T ype-
write r C ompany .'
"A lthough i t mu st b e J O y eors o r mor e s ince
t
hi s g ramophone wa s made , i t i s still s e
rv ice-
a
b le a nd g ives v ery g ood r eproduc tion, a nd 1
t
hink y ou w ill a gree t his i s a f ine t e
stimony t o
s
he h igh q uality o f g ood s p roduced b y t hi
s
uor ld -famou s c ompany ."
On d elving i nto t he q ues tion o f the e a
rlies t
d
isc r ecords w e l earned f rom The G ramophone
Company L im ited a t Homebush t ha t t he f irst
d
isc -type r ecord made i n Eng land a ppeared
i
n t he ir f i
rst C hristmas l i
st i n 1 898. Far f rom
p
re tent ious , i t was a c oncer tina s olo b y P ercy
Honr i, a ccompan ied o n t he p iano b y F red
Gaisberg , t he t it
le b eing "Happy Der ides ."
Cop ies o f t his 7 -inch d isc h ave l ong s ince
v
an ished , b ut w e w ere i nteres ted t o h ear t hat
t
he se t wo mus icians r ecent ly h ad a r eun ion
a
t t he "H .M .V." s tudios i n L ondon , a nd j ust
f
or o ld t imes' s ake t hey made a n i mpromp tu
r
ecord ing o f t he s ame t une u nder modern
c
ond itions .
IMPORTED ENGL ISH RECORDS
F
rom B ee thoven 's r i ch m idd le p eriod c ame
another" hit n umber c alled "Lavender B lue," " Egmon t O ver ture ." I t p rov ides amp le o ppor-
RECORDED MUSIC RECITALS a b ouncy t une w ith a f olky l yric, wh ich tuni ties f or i nd iv idua l i nterpre ta tion , a nd , ' o n
HERE TO STAY Sammy Rayes O rches tra waxes o n H .M .V. Columb ia DX .1273 , t he p erformance b y T he
Jus t o ver a y ear a go t he f tdm o f Dav id EA.3842 . Freddy Mar tin a nd H is O rchestra Ph ilharmon ia O rches tra , u nder A lceo Ca hiers ,
J
ones L td., S ydney , c ommenced a s ertes o f t
ake o ver o n t he o ther s ide w ith "The L itt
le i
s s o p owerfu l a nd d rama tic t ha t o ne f ee ls i t
r
ecorded musk r ecitals. Future o f t he p lan O
ld Church Near L eicester S quare," mak ing wou ld h ave won t he warm a pprova l o f t he
d
epended t o a g reat e xtent i n p rovid
ing f irst up a b racket t hat w ill f i nd f ull favour w ith g
rea t c omposer h imse lf.
c
lass r eproduc t
ion o f wor thwh ile mus ic, a nd dance f ans. T he s ame o rches tra , t h
is t ime c onduc ted b y
s
o t he c ompany i nstalled a n i mported H .M .V . Joe L oss takes u s t o " The Wedd ing o f L ill
i Cons tan t Lamber t, i
s h eard on Columb ia
E
lec trog ram, a n i nstrument r egarded b y i t
s Marlene" o n H .M .V . EA .3843 , a nd a nother DX .1449 p lay ing t he s ymphon ic p oem " In
manufac turers a s t he cu
lm ination o
f f i
fty n
ew h it— this t ime a b lues n umber — "The The S teppes o f C en tra l A sia ," wh ich c omposer
y
ears o f r esearch. Crystal G azer" makes u p t he o ther s ide. An Borod in d edica ted t o h is f riend , F ranz L isz t.
"DJ 's" e s
timate t ha t 2 1
,000 p eople h ave I
nteresting n ote t o t he "Mar lene" r ecord i s Lovers o f e xo tic me lody a nd r ich o rches tra tion
a
ttended t he f ree r ecitals d uring t he p ast t
he f act t hat i t was w r
it ten t o c elebrate t he will wan t t o a dd t his work t o t he ir c ollec tion .
y
ear, a nd mus ic t eachers h ave t ravel
led w i th r
ecent marr iage o f L a
ie Andersen , who f ir
st Those who e njoy t he u nusua l i n mus ic w ill
t
heir p upils more t han t hirty m iles to a ttend . s
ang "L ill
i Mar lene" i n a G erman c abare t in apprec ia te "La . F o lia ," p layed b y v iol inis t
1
938 , t o A rthur B eu l, t he c omposer o f t he Alfredo C ampo l l o n D ecca AK .1670/1 , The
s
ong wh ich l ater b ecame t he s ignature t une o f Folia i s a n a nc ien t P or tugese d ance , t he r hy-
t
he A ll
ies i n L ibya. Husky -voiced L ate, b y the t
hm a nd s ty le o f wh ich was o ften u sed b y
NE W FEATURE TO PLEASE way, i s a d escendan t o f Hans Ander sen. 17th a nd 1 8 th c en tury c omposers . On t Ee
MUSIC LOVERS "Pro fessor" Kay Kyser a gain m ixes t hat f
our th s ide o f t he d iscs , C ampo ll p lays "La
As manufac turers o f b oth r ad io a nd r ecords , d
ist
inc tive recipe o f melody a nd r hythm wh ich Campanel la " w i th t he u tmos t b rilliance .
The G ramophone C ompany ma in tains a c lose has p ut h im a t the top o f t he e n
tertainment A s plend id mus ica l f eas t awa its t he p ur-
t
ree i n U .S.A. Hear h im o n Columbia 00 .3301 cha ser o f AK .1175/6 . T he Na tiona l S ymphony
a
lliance b etween t hese t wo f orms o f h ome e n-
t
er ta inment . i
n " Saturday Da te," a b right li
ttle dit
ty s tout Orches tra p erforms Dukes ' "The S orcerers
One o f t he n ewest d evic es t o b e i ncorpora ted a coup le who k eep a r egular " at h ome" d ate Appren tice ," w e ll r emembered f rom D isney 's
o
n S aturday n igh ts
. T he b acking is that p opu- "Fan tas ia ," a nd I t i s c omb ined w ith a work
i
n t heir r adiograms i s t he Acous t ic Range
Selec tor. Th is c a
libra ted s ys tem o f t one c ontrol l
ar n ovelty, "Horses D on't B et On P eople." i
n v ery d is t
inc t c on tras t, t he b eau tifu l D ebussy
p
rov ides a f l
exibi lity o f c on tro l t o g ive t op p
re lude , " The B lessed Damose l."
performance u nder a ll c ond i tions . I
t i s a lso The b ar itone T ito G obb i, s oon t o b e s ee
.n
d
es igned t o f unc tion o n r ad io r ecep tion a s w e
ll and h eard i n t he f or thcom ing B rit ish f i
lm s uc -
a
s r ecords . c
ess , "The Glass Mounta in," r
ecords o
n
Persona l l ibrar ies o f r ecorded mus ic o ften DB .6876 f or H .M .V . a d e ligh tfu l b racke t o f
c
on ta in e ar ly e lec tric r ecord ings , a nd p oss ibly two i rres is tible Neapo litan s ongs , " Torna" a nd
s
ome o f t he s ti
ll e arlier a cous tica l t ypes . S uit- "D ici tence llo Vu je ."
able a djus tment o f t he b ass a nd t reb le c on- After a n a bsence o f s ome y ears , p ian is t
t
ro ls e nables t he b est p oss ib le r esu l ts t o b e Leff P ouishnof f makes a w elcome r eappearance
obta ined f rom t hese o lder t ype o f r ecord ings , on r ecords p lay ing t wo works o f Chop in , t he
and a bsolu tely c omp lete r esponse f rom more c
omposer who f ea tured l arge ly i n h is wa rtime
modern d iscs . By means o f t h
is t one c on trol, c
oncer ts f or Eng lish t roops a nd f ac tory workers .
r
eproduc t
ion may b e a djus ted t o t he a cous tics On H .M .V . C .3773 h e g ives s uperb p er form-
o
f a ny p ar ticular r oom . ances o f "Noc turne i n B . O p. 3 2 No . 1 ," a nd
The A cous t
ic R ange S elec tor Is mou lded i n "Wa ltz i n A F la t, o p. 3 4, No , 1 ."
bake lite, a nd h airl ine a djus tment i s o btained S
trav insky , who se n ame i s u sua lly a ssoc i-
by means o f t he t wo t humb o perated whee ls. a
ted w ith s
uch c olour fu l works as "Pe t-
Calibra ted d ials s erve f or i den t
ifica tion o f r
otichka" a nd "The R ite o f S pring ," c omposed
s
elec ted s ettings. i
n 1 946 a "Concer to i n D f or S tring O rches tra ."
On hear ing i
t p erformed by the Halle
Orches tra , under the l
eadersh ip of J
ohn
B arb iro lli, o n H .M .V . C .3733/4 , we f ind t hat
11"S l i
ke mee ting a n o ld f riend t o h ear a g ain it h as s ome t echn ica l a f
f in ity w ith t he o ld
t
hat p re-war I rving B er lin h i t
, " I've G o
t Concer to G rosso . He u ses s olo i ns trumen ts
My L ove T o Keep Me Warm ." I t's b ack a gain, RECENT RELEASES agains t t he ma in b ody , and d eve lops t he
and i n t wo d iferent v ersions . One i s b y t he work f rom a f undamen ta l i dea . Hear t his
Mil
ls B ro thers o n D ecca Y 6170 , wh ich t hey ECHOES OF M USICAL H
ISTORY mus ic f or i ts r hy thm ic i ngenu ity , h armon ic
back w ith "Manana : " a nd t he o ther i s i n dar ing , a nd mas ter ly o rches tra t
ion .
LL the way f rom G lasgow c omes t his p hoto
-
dance t e mpo b y L es B rown a nd H is O rchestra One o f T cha il eovsky 's mos t t unefu l b alle t
g
raph o f a v eteran g ramophone . I
t wa s
on C olumb ia 00 .3300 . Ray Nob le a nd H is suite s, "The S leep ing B eauty ," c omes t o r ec -
a
ccompan ied b y a l et
ter f rom t he s ender,
Orches tra a ppear o n t he r everse w ith " Streets ords o n AK .1524/5 . p layed b y t he B .B .C .
Mr. Hugh Wa llace, who w r
ites a s f ollows:
o
f L aredo ," f rom t he f i
lm o f t he s ame n ame. T hea tre O rches tra . The s et c ompr ises: I n tro -
F
avour ite o ld t unes g alore made "Words '
I enclose a p hoto o f a v ery o ld g ramophone
duc tion; The B lue B ird: P r
incess F lor isse;
and Mus ic" a mos t e njoyab le f i
lm , a nd o n which I p o s
sess, a nd i t w ou ld b e i nteresting Panorama; a
nd t
he we ll-known Sleep ing
H
.M .V . EA .3845 P erry C omo s ing s t wo n um - t
o k now i f there a re a ny more l i
ke i t s t
ill in Beauty Wa ltz.
b
ers t ha t w ere f eatured , "The B lue R oom" e
xistence. I
t i s a v ery u n
ique i nstrumen t, i n The e xqu isite v olee o f s oprano Margher ita
and "W ith A S ong I n My Hear t." r
espec t that i t h as n o mo tor, b ut is d riven b y Caros ia h as won f or h er many a dm irers , e ven
Speak ing o
f h ear ts, t
hat v ocal c
harmer hand. I u nderstand t hi
s i s t he f i
rst mod el o n t
hough s he h a s made o nly t wo p rev ious r ecord s.
D
inah S hore w i
ll s et many b ea ting a t d ouble which d i
sc r ecord s c ould b e p layed. The t u
rn- Her n ewes t, H .M .V . DB .6379 , w i ll a dd t o h er
t
e mpo a s s he s ing s " So D ear To My Hear t," t
able i s seven i nches i n d iame ter a nd i s a h eavy popu lar ity , p articu lar ly s ince s he h as c hosen
o
n C olumb ia D0 .3299 , a nd o n t urn ing o ver t he c
asting w e
igh ing a pprox ima tely l alb
. , a nd i t one o f t he b est -known ' c o
lora tura a rias f rom
d
isc we f ind s he g oes a ll old -wor ld o n u s w frh a
cts a s as ort o f fly
-whee l. opera . "Una Voce P oco Fa" f rom R oss in i's
"A R osewood S pine t," a l yrica l b al
lad w ear- "Compa ring thi
s mach ine w i
th the present- "Barber o f S ev il le." On t he r everse s ide s he
i
ng a ll t he a spects o f ag rea t s uccess . d
ay elect
rically
-opera
ted g ramophone, f
ew peop l
e s
ing s " Io S ono Doc ile ." C ares io i s s uppor ted
The D isney f i
lm " So D ear T o My Hear t," u
-
ill credi
t t hat t
his e a
rly model was the fore
- he t he R oya l O pera House O rches tra , C oven t
f
rom wh ich D inah t akes h er s ong , a lso h as t
unner of t he magnifi
cent range of g
ramophones Garden .

3
8 "Au
stra
lian RADIO a
nd TELEVISIO N New
s" November
, 1
949
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ig.
)
,
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h,eg
ad
o
A PROUD HERITAGE FOR A
' NE W NA ME
A
s f rom O c
tober , 1 949, a n ew Aus tralian t
he T ecnico n ame, a nd t he e stablishment o f
c
ompany h as taken o ver t he c apac itor d ivision H.C.C . means c onsiderab le e xpans ion i n p ro-
o
f T ecn ico L im ited. Manag ing D irector A . C . duction a nd manufac tur ing t echn iques . One
MiBingen a nnounces t he a dvent o f Un ited f
unc tion o f U .C.C. I s t he f ac ili
ty t o i mport
Capac itor C o. P ty. ' L
td. w ith T ecn ico h olding s
pec ial o
verseas c ondensers f or application
t
he ma jor ity i nterest. Subscr ib
ing c ompan ies where d emand may b e l imited . There a re
I
nclude Bri
tish Insulated Cal
lenders C
able among s uch t ypes
, t hose d es igned e specially
L
td., a nd T elegraph C ondenser C o
. L td.
, w ith f
or t elev
ision p urt
ioses; a p o int o f v ital i m-
which a re a ssociated Un ited I nsula tor C o. L td. p
or tance in t he n ear f uture f or Aus tra lia. A t
o
f Eng land . t
he h elm o f technical o pera t
ions o f U .C .C. is
The Aus tral
ian r adio t rade a nd p ublic i n Chief Eng ineer G raham Ha ll, who r ecently
g
enera l h ave b enefited f or s ome y ears n ow s
tud ied the latest c apacitor d eve lopments o ver-
b
y t he h igh g rade o f c apacitors made u nder s
eas.

NE W RADIOTRONS
NE W TECNICO RELEASE FEATURES: T he c abinet i s highly p olished
F
O
v
eneer fi
nished with t he t op hinged, and when c
ons iderab le I nteres t i s t he p ower o u t-
put p en tode t ype KT61 n ow a vailab le
Rad
io G
ramophone C omb
ina
tion c
losed forms a p erfectly p la
in s er
face. The
f
rom A .W . Va lve C o., 4 7 Y ork S tree t,
h
ingd top is i
n two s ections
, o ne for access to
Mode
l 952C t
he radio rece
iver c ontrols and t he oth er for
Sydney . Th is i s a h igh s lope p ower amp lifier
for u se i n t he o utput s tage o f a n a udio am-
The Tecn
ioo Model 9
52C i
s a rad
io gramo- t
he record changer. plifier. Sens itivity i s h igh , a nd t he v alve
p
hone c ombinat
ion
, the d
eta
ils o
f which are With a c ompensa ted f
eed b ack c i
rcu it on the shou ld n ot t here fore b e u sed n orma lly i n am-
a
s f o
llows: - o
utpu t stage a nd a 1 2 inch s peaker, e xcel
lent p
lif iers where a h igh o rder o f a udio g ain i s
1
. CABINET: t
onal q ualities are a ch
ieved . A c ontinuously p
rov ided , i f m icrophony i s t o b e a voided .
Length 35 i nches
, He
igh
t 3
0 i
nches
, D
epth v
ariable t one c ontrol enables t he d esired re- KT61 i s a 6 .3 v olt o cta l b ased t ype w ith
s
tandard c onnec tions a s i n t he 6 V6G . Self .
1
7% I nches
. s
ponse e asy t o ob
tain.
b
ias mus t a lways b e u sed b ecause o f t he h igh
2
. RECE IVER: A high gain aer
ia l c
oi
l Is emp
loyed i
n the mu tua l c onduc tance a nd a s creen s topper r e-
The R ece
iver is a 5 V . d ual wave super- r
eceiver t
o g ive good s
ensi
tiv
ity wi
th a high s
is tance i s r ecommended . P late a nd g rid c ir -
h
eterodyne for operation on a 210-280 vo
lts s
ignal to no
ise rat
io, c
u its must be i
solated f
rom e
ach o
ther .
5
0 c ycle AC supply. The select
ivity i
s s uch a s t
o el
im inate all Ano ther a dd ition t o t he Rad io tron r ange i s t he
F
requency R ange: a
djacent c hannel i
nterference and s
ti
ll e nable 6AR7-GT , wh ich i s a s e
lf -sh ielded mu lti
-un i t
valve c on tain ing t wo d iodes a nd a r emo te c ut -
5
35 Kc/s to 1
600 K cis o
n B roadcas
t Band. r
eal
ly g ood t ona
l r
eproduc tion t
o be obtained.
of p en tode i n t he o ne e nve lope . I
t p rov ides
6.0 Mc/s t
o 18 Mc/ s on Short Wave Band. h
igh s tage g a
in a s a n RF , I F, o r AT amp l
ifier
Valve C omplement: and c an b e u sed s atisfac tor i
ly i n reflex a pp li-
6
180A F requency C onverter. * * * c
a tions w ith l ow d istor tion. Th is v alve i s I n-
6
1
.17G I .F. Amp lif
ier. t
ended t o s upersede t he 6 080 . I n c onjunct ión
w
i th s uch v alves a s t he X61 M a nd KT61 , t he
608G D etector AVC a nd Aud io Amp l
ifier
.
6V6G Ou tput. TRI MAX TRANSFOR MERS 6AR7 -GT f orms t he b as is o f a h igh p erform -
ance " straigh t" 3 /4 v alve r eceiver .
5Y3G, Rec ti
fier
. NE W FACTORY
Controls: There a re four con tro
ls, viz
, tone, A
s f rom 1 9th S eptember , 1 949 , t he f ac tory
v
olume , t uning a nd p hono r ad
io wave and r eg
istered a ddress o f T rimax T ransformers
c
hange s witch. (Cl
iff & Bunt ing P ty. L td.), i s a t C harles "MIRACLE BO X" SURVIVES
3
. RECORD CHANGER: S
tree t
, Nor th C oburg , Vic toria. P ostal a ddress FIRST CRAC K
-UP
Gar
rard Model RC70 Au
tomatic r
ecord f
or a ll mai l i s Box 2 , C oburg P os t Of f
ice
, a nd
The m idge t r ad io t ransc e
iver r ecent ly p er-
c
hanger is u sed
, wh ich w i
ll play any n um- t
elephone n umber FL120 .3. The C ompany w ill f
ected a nd d emons tra ted a t Masco t b y A .W .A .
b
er of records u p t
o t en 10 inch or ten 1 2 c
on t
inue d el
iver ies t o Me lbourne C ity a s a t a
fter 2 y ears r esearch , h as s urv ived i t
s f irst
i
nch not m ixed. T his c hanger operates o n p
resen t a nd a ll r ail c ons ign m en ts s hould b e c
rack -up .
a 2
10-260 v olt 50 cycle AC s upply
. a
ddressed t o T rimax T ransformers , Spencer A Mo th a ircra ft, f i
tt ed w i th t he A ir-M ite,
S
treet. e xcep ting p assenger c ons ignment s f rom got i
n to d
if icul ties dur ing t
ake-of f
, and
4
. SPEAKER: G
ipps land, wh ich s
hou ld be f
orwarded t
o fin
ished up i n t he r eservo ir o n E ssendon
12 i
nch R
ola t
ype 1
2M. F
linders S tree t
. drome . The A ir-M ite was r ecovered b y A .W .A .
techn icians a fter t hree h ours i mmers ion, a nd
their r epor t r eads: " The c rys ta l h older l e
t i n
s
ome wa ter, o ne v alve was b roken ( probab ly
due t o s udden c oo ling ), o ne b roken d ue t o
impac t
.
The A ir -M ite, wh ich o ccup ies a s pace o f
KEMPSEY ( N
.S.W .) R ELIEF F UND approx ima te ly 4 i nches c ube , h as a roused t he
O
rgan ised b y t he B REIF C lub o f Sydney, keen i nteres t o f a via t
ion c i rcle s e verywhere ,
a
nd s uppo rted b y t he m ajor r a
dio a nd e l
ec- and A.W .A . have r epor ted e nqu iries f rom
Avia tion a u thor ities a nd Rad io O rgan isa t
ions
t
r
i cal a ssoc iation s
, t his r e
lief f und i s de- f
rom L ondon , New Z ealand , S ou th A fr
ica ,
s
igned t o a lev ia te t he damage s u
stained b y France , Morocco , Ma laya a nd I ndia .
t
rade r
s i nK emp sey, a s ar esu
lt o ft he recent The d eve lopment o f s o &k ap ut a u nit
c
apab le o f t ransm itting a nd r ece iv ing v oice
d
isastrou s f l
ood s
. O bjective h as b een s e
t up t o h or izon d istance , a nd sma ll e nough t o
a
t af i
gu re o f £ 10,000, t o b e d evoted t o f
i
t i n t he g love b ox o f e ven a l igh t c ar, may
s
pecial c o nce ssion s t o m eet c ases o f e x- o
pen u p n ew r adio u ses f or t he man o n t he
t
r
eme h ard ship a nd t o m ee
t c os
ts o f r e
- l
and .
The A ir -M ite o n-rates o n u l tra-h igh f re-
w
iring, d rying -ou t, e tc
. Y ou a re a sked t o q
uency a nd i n t h
is f requency t he r adiations
d
ona te t ow a
rd t he f u
nd g enerously a nd have f ine o f s igh t c harac ter is tics t herefore
s
peed i
ly. M ake c heque s p ayab le t o t he h
eight a bove t he s urround ing t e rra in i s a b ig
f
actor i n t he r ange o f t he u nit.
B
RE IF C lub o f S ydne y
, a nd a ddress t hem t o I
n a ircraf t
, n o d iff
icu lty h as b een e xper i-
t
he S ec reta ry, 4 4 M argaret S treet, S ydney. e
nced i n t wo-way c onversa tions a t 5 0 m iles
owing t o t he i ncr eased h or izon d is tance .

(
Con
tinued o
n n
ext p
age)

November
, 1
949 "Au
stra
lian RADIO a
nd TELEVISIO N New
s" 3
9
 TRADE SECTION "The p
HT l i
ne
rox
s cr
im
ea
i
ty o
tes a
f p
g
ower s
reat d
t
a
ea
tions a
l of i
nd 6
n
ter
fe
6
r
,000
ence,
H
.M.V
. RADIOGRA M D43B
a
nd i t appear
s t hat the un
it I s do
ing a v e
ry A 5 -va lve A/c Dua l Wave De Luxe C onso le
(
Cont
inued f
rom p
age 3
5) g
ood j ob u p h ere. A. R. Gordon , J unct
ion, Rad iogram .
V
ictor
ia." C ab inet D imens ions — Width 3 6 i nches ,
"
CAPTAIN" AERIAL UNIT D epth 1 8 i nches , He igh t 3 1 i nches.

S
Tun ing Range — 540-1600 Kc/ s
. 1 6.5-51
O s ensit ive i s t he modern r ece iver t hat
there i s o f
ten a t endency t o t reat w ith "
I d id h ave o ne of y
our aeria
l e l
iminator
s Me tres .
contemp t any s ugges tion t hat a g ood a er
ial s
o me y ears ago, a nd it i
s now d oing yeoman Flywhee l t un ing c on trol g iv ing e xcep tiona lly
s
hou ld b e u sed. Of
ten o ne f i
nds t hat a f ew s
ervice in England, where I l
ef
t it when visi
ting
. smoo th t uning .
f
eet o f w i re may b e l eft d ang ling b ehind a . „.R eg Dracup , Sta
te E
lec
tric
ity C ommission
, Large edge -
i l
lum ina ted d
ia l with s
tation
c
abine t o r l eft co i
led i nside t o t he d etr
iment Mt. B eauty
, V ictor
ia." names p rinted i n s pecia l
ly s elected t ype t o
o
f performance, a
nd t he u ser c omes t o a ccept fac e tate e ase o f r ead ing.
a genera l s ignal a nd n oise l evel a s b e
ing n or- Shor t Wave b and c alibra ted i n me tres a nd
mal
. With p roper a erial c ons ideration , f ree- "
I was for
tunate to s
ee and bear t
he resu
lts
•o
bta
ined he
re. Stati
c is norma
lly bad owing to megacyc les.
d
om f rom u nwan ted n oise b ackg round c an b e
t
he c ase, a nd where e xterna l i nstallation o f t
r
opica
l condi
tion
s. . . .P . M. Laren, Dept
. Recessed v o
lume c on t
ro l a t s ide o f c abinet
w
ire i s n o t f easible, a n e fficien t a er
ia l s ubsti- o
f Works
, Darw in, N .T
." perm i ts v o
lume a djus tmen t w ith c abinet Ed
t
ute may b e wor thwh ile. c
losed .
For many y ears n ow , there h as b een a va i
l-
Pick -up o
perat ion c
on trolled b
y W
a ve-
able o n t he Aus tral
ian r adio marke t a h andy We h ave seen a sheaf of similar le
tters cov- Change Sw itch .
l
ittle d ev ice k nown a s t he "Cap tain" u nit
. e
ring t erri
tory all o ver Aus tralia, including Tone Mon itor i ncorpora tes s pecial " Speech"
I
t h as s tood t he t est of time, a nd, i f direc t
ions Katoomba , N.S.W., F erntree Gu lly, V ictor
ia, position .
are c or rec t
ly f o
l lowed r egard ing u sage , w il
l Mt. Isa. Queensland
, G oo
lwa, S .A .
, a nd New Exc lus ive H .M .V . E lliptica l S peaker . Pro-
provide a f ul
ly e fec t
ive o utdoor a eria l s ub- Guinea. v
ision f or e xtens ion s peaker .
s
titu te. I
t i s a r esonant f i
lter u n
it d esigned Spec ia lly d eve loped d elayed a utoma t
ic v o
l-
f
or u se w ith r eceivers c over ing t he b roadcas t ERE V
ILLE NE WS T
EE MS ume c ontrol c ircu it m inim ises f ading.
band a nd c omes t o t he p urchaser p os t f ree I
nverse f eedback a pplied o ver t he e ntire
Brev
ile Radio P
ty. Ltd
. announces t
he pro-
f
or 5 /9 , f rom t he maker , R eg C ooke , P .O . Box
mot
ion of MR. B. J
. O'CONNOR f rom Accoun- audio s ystem e nsures a h igh s tandard o f t ona l
9
, G err ingong , N .S.W . I
nsta l
la t
ion i s s i mple
t
ant to Secre
tary of t
he Company. quali ty.
and i s s hown p ictorially h ere. O f p rimary i m-
portance f or f u
ll e fectiveness i s t he e ar th c on- MR. JA MES HA MILTON h
as j
o
ined t
he S
tab ility o f p erformance e nsured b y t he u se
nection , wh ich mus t b e c arefu lly made a nd s
taf
f as A
ccountan
t. o
f p ermeab ility t uning a nd d ust P roof — a -i
r
not h aphazard . A b ad e ar th c onnec t
ion may MR. L. F
ILE WOOD h as jo
ined t
he Company t
r
immer c ondensers .
g
ive p oor r esults. P
referab ly, u se s hou ld b e a
s Store Ma/r
oger/Buyer
, a nd br
ings w
ith him
made o f a wa ter
-p ipe f or t he p urpose , a nd i f a wea
lth of trade e
xperience.
t
he w ire t hereto i s o n the l engthy s ide , t his PETER KURTS , B rev
ille Nor
thern Travel
ler,
i
s h elpfu l r a
ther t han d etrimen tal. The w ire h
as j us
t returned from a mos t extens
ive t r
ip
f
or t he p urpose s hould b e o f h eavy s olid o r e
xtending over eight weeks, and reports good
s
tranded c opper.
b
usiness i
n all areas
.
BUK I NTERSTATE D ISTR IBUTORS CON -
FERENCE . A C onference o f t he "BUK"
Shaver I ntersta
te D istribu tors was h eld in
Melbourne r ecently. B ert P r
ior o f V eal
ls was
Chairman , a nd others p resent w ere L es Badge
o
f V ea
lls
, J ack En twis le o f } feelings, Bi
ll
O
'Br ien of B rev
ille
, S ydney , O ss
ie Thomas o f
Brevil
le, B risbane, a nd B ill G overtdock of
New ton McLaren , Adelaide.
A b usy day was r ounded of when t he
V
ictorian dis
tributors a cted as h os
ts at a
d
inner a t the Aus tra
lia a nd later at t
he
T
ivoli
, a nd a good t ime was had b y a
l
l.

ADVERTISING
C
ons
tant d
ripp
ing wa ter wears
away t
he hardes
t s tone
, Ligh t
-we igh t H .M .V. P ick -up g ives f ai
thfu l
r
eproduc tion o f g ramophone r ecord ings w ith
C
ons
tant g
nawing can
ine c
hew
s e
xcep tiona l
ly l ow r ecord w ear.
away t
he t
oughest b
one
, Self -star ting c
ons tant s peed motor f
i
tted
Tes t
ing t he u n i
t o n a s uitab le r ece iver , we with a utoma tic s top .
T
he c ons
tan t wooing R omeo I
nd ica tor l amp , b uilt i nto c ab inet l id, i n-
encoun tered r esu lts r eminiscent o f t es t
s s ome
years a go w ith a b uried a erial o f s pecia l d e- t
akes a way t
he wi
lling ma
id, d
ica tes when i ns
trumen t i s s witched o n.
s
ign . T he s tations were a l t here w ith p lenty And the cons
tan
t Advert
iser i
s Con trols i
nclude s
epara te On-Off P
ower
of s igna l l evel, b ut a n orma lly h eavy b ack- switch .
ground o f n oise wa s g one . The u nit d is- t
he one who ge
ts t
he Trade
. Pa ten ted "Drop-Back" c ab inet l i
d g ives f u
ll
c
rim ina tes agains t man-made and natural a
cce ss t o r ece iver a nd g ramophone c ontrols .
s
tatic . We a lso t ested t he l it
tle u n it a gainst A s pec ial f eature i s t he A cous t
ic R ange
a f air-sized o ut s
ide a erial, a nd wh i lst r esults Se
lec tor , a c a libra ted s ystem o f t one c ontrol,
were n ot q uite c omparab le w i
th t hat s ystem , PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
which f unc tions o n r adio a s w ell a s r ecords .
t
he r esu lts warran ted u se where i t is n ecessary Adding s omething o f h is own o riginality t o
t
o s tick t o a n i ndoor i ns tallation. With a Adjus tmen t o f t he b ass a nd t reb le c on trols
t
he H .M .V . "Little Nipper" c ampa ign, Mr . R .
dual-wave r eceiver o n test
, t he " Cap tain" u nit T
. Wa ters, we ll-known C ronu l
la r etailer, r e- e
nab les t he b est p ossible r esu lts t o b e o btained
p
roved e qua l a lso t o the p rovision o f p len ty f
rom o
lder- type r
ecord ings , and c
omp lete
c
ently h ad a h andout o f i ce c reams t o a ll
o
f s igna l from t he BBC t ransm itters i n t he 3 0 t
he l ocal s mal
l-fry who b rought a long t heir r
esponse f
rom modern d
iscs . Reproduc t
ion
and 1 9 me tre b ands . L e
t ters o f p ra ise f rom f
ox-terriers t o his store. A p hotographer t ook may b e a d
jus ted t o the a cous tics o f a ny p ar-
s
a t
isf ied u sers i nc lude r emark s t hus — p
ictures o f t he p ups e ntering t he c ompe tit
ion t
icular r oom , a nd t he l i
s tener i s a ble t o e xer-
and each t a
il-wagger r eceived a f ree r at
ion o f c
ise p ersóna l c ontro l a nd a djust mus ic t o h is
"It p
roved so e
fec
tive on my own li
tt
le o ne own t aste .
v
alver tha
t P op got jea
lous and now w ants b
iscuit
. For h a e nthusia sm, we s uggest t hat
Waters R adio takes t he c ake! Price £94/10/- . Ava ilab le n ow .
o
ne. . . . T . I. Moxha en
, Mu lkncudgery
,
N
.S. W."
The G ramophone C ompany e n
joyed s eeing
Miss Mol ly L ockwood when s he c alled in r e- At a g enera l mee ting o f t he I nternationa l
c
en tly. A fter t he r
ush of the c ity's b usiness F edera t
ion o f t he Phonograph ic I ndus try
, r e-
"
I wan t th
is f or a f
r
iend of mine; t he one l
i
fe s he wa s h appy to be r eturning t o h er c
en tly c onc luded i n Ho l
land , S ir E rnes t F isk,
I p
urchased is giving 1
00 per c
ent sa
tisfact
ion. '
doma in at Map les i
n Wagga, where s he man- Manag ing D irec tor o f E.M.I., was u nanimous ly
. .H. Rethus
, v ia Wodonga
, Victor
ia." a
ges t he radio
, d omest
ic appl
iances a nd mus ic re-elec ted P residen t of t he F edera tion.
d
epar tmen ts
. Represen tatives o f t welve d iferent c oun tries
par ticipated i n t he mee tings a s member s
. I
n
"My friend , Mr . Wa tts
, r eceived t
onight the a
dd ition t o members , t he mee tings w ere a t-
o
ne h e o rdered a nd i t c er
ta inly bas mad e a J
. N . B riton
, G eneral Manager o f Works tended a nd a ddressed b y of
ficial r epresentat ives
world o f d i
fference to. recept ion. . . . I am a
t T he G ramophone C ompany L imited, h as of U .N .E .S.C .O., t he I nternationa l B roadcas t-
g
ett
ing e xcellent resu
lts w i
th m ine on my Strom. b
een e lec
ted t o t he o ff
ice of S en
ior V ice- ing O rgan isation , t he Interna t
iona l F edera tion
b
erg r eceiver. J
. A . B urke, L ower B ogong, P
resident o f The I ns
titution o
f Radio Eng in- of Mus icians , a
nd r
epresen tatives o
f t
he
V
i c
toria." e
ers Australia for the current y
ear
, 1 949-1950. Ne therlands G overnment .

4
f
? "
Als
ira1
4* R
API0 a
nd TELEVIS
IO N New
s" November
, 1
949
 FM SERVICE T
his e
quipmen
t carr
ies t
he approved recog
- LATEST W ATCH T
I MING DEVICE
n
ition of the Uni
ted K ingdom M inis
try o f
Radio telephone e quipmen t giving c onnec-
T
ransport
. FOR AUSTRALIA
t
ion b etween Head O face o f Melbourne Harbour
A n ew i nstrumen t, d es igned t o d iagnose t he
Trust i n Market S treet a nd nine u nits of it
s
NOTES OF GENERAL I
NTEREST il
ls o f T ime , h as j ust a rr ived i n S ydney .
f
leet i n P ort Phi l
lip Bay , a nd b etween t he
Set c on tains 6 1 v alves . T ota l p ower c onsump- T his T ime B eat R ecorder w il l b e r eleased
Geelong Harbour T rust a nd eight u nits of i
ts
t
ion 2 .0 K .W . to t he wa tch a nd c lock i ndus try t hrough S .
f
leet
, h as now b een f orma l
ly h anded o ver to
Frequency o f o pera t
ion 9 425-9525 Mc/s B ond. Sm ith & S ons ( Aus tra lia ) P ty. L td.
t
h e Me lbourne Harbour T rust and t he Geelong Th is n ew a ppara tus w ill r evo lu tion ise c lock
Harbour T rust r espectively, b y t he makers , D
isp lay i s p resen ted o n a 9i nch P lan P osi
tion
I
ndica tor. and wa tch r epa irs c utt ing t he w ork o f t iming
E
lec tronic Industr
ies L im ited. f
rom d ays t o m inutes .
Ranges o f 1 t o 5 , 9 , a nd 2 7 m iles c an b e
I
n b oth cases a 2 4 h our s erv ice is n ow b eing E volu tion o f t he E lec tron ic T ime B ea t R e-
d
isplayed .
o
perated. A f eature o f t he e quipment I s t he corder i s a n e x treme ly i nteres ting o ne. I
t
Min imum R ange b et
ter t han 5 0 yards .
i
ncorporation o f a s elec tive c a
lling s ystem has b een k nown t ha t s killed c ra f tsmen , a fter
Range a ccuracy p lus 21 / p
2 er c ent of t he max i-
n
ew t o Aus tral
ia a nd d es igned b y t he e ngin- years o f e xper ience , c ou ld d iagnose c erta in
mu m r ange i n u se.
e
ers of Elec tronic Indus tries . The u nits of t he Range d iscr im ina t
ion -2 o bjects o n t he s ame f
au l ts i n a wa tch b y l isten ing t o t he t ick —
f
l
eet a re called u p b y d ia ling t he a ppropr iate j
us t a s t he s killed p hys ician d iagnoses c erta in
b
ear ing w il
l b e d is t
ingu ished s epara tely if
numbers o n a n o rdinary t e lephone d ial a nd more t han 1 00 y ards a part. i
lnesses i n t he h uman b ody b y means o f a
d
uring t he c onversat
ion , a ll o ther u nit
s a re s
tethoscope . T he T ime B ea t R ecorder I s j ust
Bearing d
iscr im ina t
ion -2 o
bjects at same
"
locked o ut." I
f t hey r ing h eadquarters , o r t
hat —a most i ntrica te s tethoscope ,
r
ange b ut d if erent b ear ings w ill b e s een
t
he unit t a
lk ing to h eadquar ters, wh ile a c on- The i nstrumen t c ompr ises a f requency g en-
s
epara tely i f more t han 2 00 f eet a part a nd
v
ersat
ion i s i n p
rogress , t hey r eceive an s
ubtend a n a ngle n ot l ess t han 3 d egrees . e
ra tor , a s ynchronous mo tor a nd a g raph
"
engaged" s ignal. P
ic ture i s u n-impa ired w ith r o
lling u p t o plus r
ecord ing d evice wh ich e nab les a t race o f t he
C
alls to u nits from t he base s tations a re 2
0 d egrees . record ing o f t he s ound t o b e b urn t i nto t he
n
otified b y s irens o n the larger v essels a nd S
cann ing c on tinuous , 3 0 R .P.M . paper b y a v isib le s park .
b
ells o n smaller u ni
ts. To answer, a t e
lephone S
e t t ransm i ts a p eak p ower o f 30 K .W . f or I
f t he g raph s o t raced r uns i n a s tra igh t
t
ype h andset i s lif
ted a nd t he c onversation .
2 m icro -second s, 1 000 t imes a s econd . line, t he c lock o r wa tch I s a ccura te; I f i t
c
arried o n in t he normal manner . T o originate S
torms w ith h eavy c loud c an b e d e tected a t dev iates t o t he r ight o r l eft, t he u n i
t u nder
a call, a p ress-to
-talk key is d epressed. test i s g ain ing o r l osing , a nd c an b e i mme -
n
ear r anges , g iving warn ing o f a pproach -
ing s qua lls, e tc. diat e
ly o bserved a nd r egu lated a ccord ing ly .
Both t he Me lbourne a nd G eelong s ystems
o
pera te o n P .M . I n the 7 0-87 megacyc les b and . T hus , a p roce ss t ha t h as a lways r equ ired d ays
to c arry o ut p roper ly, i s c omp le ted i n a f ew
The Me lbourne s ystem c overs t he who le o f P ort
minu tes. Many o ther p atterns a re t raced b y
Phillip Bay d own t o the Heads , a nd t he Head
the r ecorder , a nd e ach o ne i s a n i mmed iate
Of
fice t ransm itter i s h oused i n t he b asement
d
iagnos is o f t he d efec ts o f t he u nit u nder
o
f t he Harbour T rust Bu ilding . I t is connec ted
t
es t. A w eak ma in s pr ing , f or i nstance , p ro -
w
i th a n e labora te d i-pole a erial o n t he r oof
duces a p a ttern t ha t l ook s l ike t he t rack o f a
o
f t he b u
ild ing wh ich f eeds f orward o ver t he
cart h auled u p a h ill b y a w eary h orse.

-
4)
Bay . I
t i s a lso c onnec ted b y l and l
ine w ith
W ith t he r egu la tion o f wa tches n ow r equ ir -
t
he Harbour T rus t O ff
ice a t Wi lliams town P ier
i
ng n o l onger t han I t t akes t o b uy a b ox o f
and c an b e r e mo tely c ontrolled f rom t here
ma tches ( under n orma l c ond i
tions ), i t l ook s

<
L‘
e l
a
fter n orma l o ffice h ours i n t he c ity. Me lbourne
a
s i f many o f u s w ill b e s eek ing n ew a libis
Harbour T rust u nits c onnec ted w i
th t he s ys-

u
,
f
or m issed a ppo in tmen ts .
t
em i nclude t hree t ugs, five b arges a nd a mo tor S
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f t he C hairman o f t he T rus t
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f
act, so s imple t o o perate t hat i t is h oused I
n t he o pera ting t hea tre o f t he S t. T homas '
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longside t he o rdinary t e
lephone s wi
tchboard Hosp ita l , L ondon , s urgeons a nd s tudents f o l-
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b
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lephon iste. i
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—the d e
tachmen t o f t he r e
t ina o f t he h uman
eye.
Marcon i e ngineer s, u sing t he i mage o rthicon
camera t ube , w ere a ble t o p rov ide t he o b - 4
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borne out w ith a s c
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ib le a s t he h uman e ye , wh ich a pprox ima tes
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On b oard w ere A .W.A . Eng ineers who r e
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ransformers a
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por
ted t he s atisfactory o perat
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t cameras s tra tegically p laced , n o s ec tion o f t he r
evolutionary d es
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ing
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tted In opera tion was o
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he surgeon 's
a s h
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ip- movemen ts. s
ilver m ica c on-
ment was manufac tured b y Ke lvin Hughes o f The n ew i mage o rth icon c amera t ube t ha t denser moulded in
England. Thirty-seven y
ears ago
, A.W.A. t
elev ised t his o perat ion i s s o s ensit ive t ha t i t
c
an p ick u p i ts p ic ture f rom t he l ight o f a
t
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litul base,
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t s h
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ralian r egister w ith Wire less. s
ing le c and le , o r t he b r
illiance o f t he n oon - making t hem a b-
day s un , a nd i s the t ype o f c amera t ube r e - s
olutely mo isture
The developmen t of this Mercan t
i le Mar ine
Radar Equipment i s a r
esult o
f intens i
fied war - c
en tly d emons trated b y Ama lgama ted Wire less
(Aust ralas ia ) L imited . proof
.
t
ime r adar research, and i s ano
ther i llus
tra -
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llowed
t
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to
p
loughshares. t
he s uccessfu l t e
lev ising o f o pera tions t o 4 00
d
elega tes o f t he G ynaeco log ica l C ongress a t Buy R .C
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it f it
ted i n t he "Manunda" i s s o t
he Un ivers ity C o l
lege Hosp ital e arly t h is
s
ensitive t hat i t c an p ick u p a nd t race h eavy —and g et
mon th .
c
loud o n i ts s creen . T
he o perat
ion o f t hese C
amera M ix. This t erm i llus trates t he u se t
he best
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quipmen ts i s e xtreme ly i ngen ious. T he a er ial o
f t wo o r more t elev ision c ameras s urvey ing
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otates a t 3 0 r evo lu
t ions p er m inu te, a nd i ts t
he o ne s cene f rom d iferent v iews , a nd p ic -
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ction i s n o
t u nlike t hat o f a g iant g arden t
ures a re d isp layed a lterna tive ly t o r eta in a n
s
pray c omp letely c over ing a r adius o f 2 7 m i les a
ll r ound v iew o f t he s cene . F or t r
ick s ho ts ,
w
ith a f ine s pray o f e lectrons . Each p artic le t
he t wo d iferen t v iew s c an b e merged b y t he
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AMATEUR
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ADIO
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ECT
ION
BC -453A —Army a
ircraf t r
ece iver: Th is i
s
An I
ndex o
f American War Surp
lus E
quipment Ind
icat
ing t
he mere ly o ne o f a g roup i n t his s er ies . The
r
ece ivers a re o f a ll a lum in ium c ons truc tion
F
unct
ion s a
nd Types o
f Tubes U
sed
. weigh ing a bout 6 A bs . a nd a re a pprox ima te ly
T
he Austral
ian ama teur interested in the purchase of ex-Service g
ear 5" x8 " x1 2" . P ower r equ ired i s 2 50 v olts a t
5
0 ma a nd 2 5.2 v o
lt s a t . 45 A . R ece ivers h ave
may at t
imes co me across so me unfamiliar i
tem of Amer ican or
igin. By the h
l a nd l ow i mpedance o utput ( 300 o r 4 000
c
ourtesy o
f one of our readers, VK2ZQ , we are g
iving here the co mple
te l
ist ohms ) a nd a re f or v oice , mew o r c w.
a
nd h ope t
hat at some t ime or o ther it w
ill p
rove t o be of uti
lity to t
he Tubes c on ta ined a re ( 3 ) 1 2SK7 , ( 1) 1 2SR7 ,
(
1) 1 2A6 , ( 1
) 1 21 (8. BC -453A c overs 1 90 t o
i
ndiv
idual amateur. 5
50 K cs , 4 54A c overs 3 t o 6 Mes , 4 55A c ove rs
6 t o 9 .1 Mes .
GUIDE TO EX -SERVICE ATL —A ircraf t t ransm it ter - 5 40 t o 9 050 K cs The 2 74N c ommand s e t c ons ists o f 3r ee givers ,
CW o r Phone , r equ ires 3 80 v ol ts a nd 1 000 2 t ransm itters , 4 d ynamo tors , 1 modu la tor , 2
EQUIP MENT v
o lts DC . RF o sc - 6 L6 , RF amp - 8 14 , 6 SL7 c
on tro l b oxes , a nd a nt c oup ling a nd t ota l o f
ADF —Navy r ece iver , 1 5 t o 1 750 k c., i n 6 s
peech , 6 1,6 d r
iver , PP 6 L6 mod . D esigned 2
6 t ubes . R ec e
ivers c over 1 90 t o 5 50 l i es, 3
bands , 8t ubes - ( 3) 6 D6 , ( 2 ) 7 6, ( 2) 6 C6 , ( 1) f
or d ynamo tor o pera tion . We ight 7 5 l bs. S ize t
o 6 Mes a nd 6 t o 9 .1 A les . T ransm it ters c over
4
1. 1
1" x 1 2" x 2 1" . 3
-4 Mes a nd 4 t o 5 .3 Mes .
AM -26 / 2I C— In terphone Amp l
if ier con ta in ing AVT - I1 2A —A ircraf t t ransm itter: 2 500 t o 6 500 BC -454A —See d ata o n BC-453A .
(2) 1 2J5 , ( 2) 1 2A6 t ubes , d es igned f or u se Kes P hone , o perates f rom 6 , 1 2, o r 2 4 v o l
t BC -455A —See d a ta o n BC -453A .
f
rom 2 8-vo lt DG d ynamo tor . s
ource . Has 6 t ubes a nd w e ighs 6 l bs . BC -456A-- Is modu la tor unit f
or BC-457A
APA- I 0—Pan -Osc i llo Rece iver: i
s 15vAC B-19--Mark I T ransm it ter a nd r ece iver c over - S
er ies t ransm itters .
o
perated a nd c on ta ins p anoram ic a dap ter w i th ing 4 0 t o 8 0 meter b ands . BC -457A --Ser ies T ransm it ters a re d es igned f or
I
F o f 4 05 -505 k c. , 4 .75 t o 5 .75 Mc ., a nd 2 9 t o RC -1 91 —Same as 3
75E t
ransm it ter excep t u
se w ith BC -453A S er ies r ece ivers i n A rmy
3
1 Mc . operaLs o n 1 2 o r 1 4 v ol
ts . a
ircraf t a nd a re s im ilar i n a ppearance b ut
AP1N- I—A lti meter: 418-4 (62 Me . T ransm it ter BC -22 1 —Frequency me ter: Up t o 1 25th h ar- sligh tly l arger . Rated o utpu t i s 3 0-40 wa tts.
and R ece iver wh ich mea sures 3 t o 4 000 f eet mon ic. Basic f requency i s 1 25 t o 2 50 K es Have d irec tly c alibra ted v ern ier d ial a nd c on-
a
ltitude , w eighs 2 5 l b s. a nd i s 1 8" x 9 " x7 ". and 2 000 t o 4 000 K cs. Better t han . 005 % tain t he f ollow ing t ubes:
Designed t o o pera te f rom 2 8 v olts DC a nd a
ccurat e. (
2 ) 1 625 PA , ( 1) 1 626 O se, ( 1 ) 1 629 T un ing
c
on ta ins t he f ollow ing t ubes: ( 4 ) 1 2SH7 , ( 3) BC -222 —Rece iver/Transm itter . 2 8-38 Mcs a nd Ind ica tor,
1
2S J7 , ( 2) 1 266 , ( 1) VR 1 50 , ( 2) 9 55 , ( 2) quenc ies . U ses 8 01 O se , 8 01 Pa ( 2 ) 4 6 Mod , All u ni ts h ave c rys ta l f or c heck o n c alibra tion .
(
1) 4 6 SP amp . 1 0 t o 3 0 wa tts o u tput o n t one , BC .457A , 4 t o 5 .3 Mes ( Crys tal 4 600 Kes );
9
004 .
AP N -4- -Radar Osc illoscope conta in ing 2
5 voice o r CW 4 c rys ta l f requenc ies a nd mas ter BC -458A , 5 .3 t o 7 Mes ( Crys ta l 6 200 K es ) ;
tubes , 1 8" x 9 " x1 2" , a nd w eighs 5 0 l bs. osc illa tor o n s w
itch . 3 c ous —TU 1 7A 2 000 t o BC -459A , 7 t o 9 .1 Mes ( Cry sta l 8 000 Kes ) ;
R65/AP N- 9 —Loran I
nd ica tor a
nd Rece iver 38 -52 Mcs . S im ilar t o BC-322 . BC-696 , 3t o 4 Mes ( Crys ta l 3 500 K cs).
BC -223AX —Transm itter , c over ing med ium f re- BC-458A —See BC -457A .
con tain ing . 3
5 t ubes a nd 3 " s cope . 1 10 v o lts,
3000 R es: TU 1 8 3 000 t o 4 500 Kes; TU 2 5 BC -4 59A —See BC -457A .
400 c ycles .
3500 t o 5 250 K es . B lack w rink le c ase w ith 2 BC -603 - 10 c hanne l FM r ece iver u sing p ush
APQ -9 —VHF R adar .
s
epara te c ases f or s pare c oils . but tons o r manua l 2 0 t o 3 0 Mes , S uperhe t,
RT34/A P S-1 3 —Transm it ter a nd R eceiver c on-
taining f o
llow ing t ubes: ( 5) 6 J6 , ( 9) 6AG5 , 6C -224 —Rece iver , 2 00 t o 5 00 K es a nd 1 500 t o BFO , 1 2 v o lt o pera tion . 1
0 t ube .
18,000 Kcs . O pera tes f rom 1 4 v olt d ynamo tor BC -604 ---10 c hanne l FM t ransm itter p ush b ut -
(
1) VR 1 50 , ( 2) 2 D21 . 4 10-420 Mc . 3 0 Mc . I F
(
iden tica l w ith BC -348 e xcep t f or i nput v o
l t- t
on o r manua l 2 0 t o 3 0 Mes u sing 1 625 f ina l
Freq .
age ). with 2 0 wa tts o utpu t f or 1 2 v o lt o pera tion . 8
APS -I 5 —Radar s e t, 4 5 t ubes , 3 me ters , f our
115 v olt 4 00 c ycle s upp lies , mu ltivibra tors , 5 " BC -306A —An t
lenna t un ing u n
it f or BC -375 t
ubes .
t
ransm itter . Opera tes f rom 1 50 t o 8 00 l ies. 16-620A —Transm itter a nd R ece iver c over ing
and 2 " s copes . BC -312 —Rece iver: 1 500 t o 1 8,000 Kes . U ses 9
APT -S--Transm itter -1 500 Mc ., u ses 1 15VAC 20 t o 2 7
.9 Mcs C rys ta l c on tro lled FM w ith 1 3
t
ubes w ith 2 RF s tages . ( 4) 6K7 , ( 1) 6 L7 , ( 2) t
ubes . (4) 1 LN5 , ( 1) 1 LC6 , ( 1) 1 ,114 ), ( 2)
f
i
la ments , no p
la te s
upp ly i
ncluded . (2) 6C5 , ( 1 ) 6 E7, ( 1) 6 F6 .
6 AC7 , ( 1) 6 L6 , ( 2) 8 29, ( I) 9 31A , ( 1) 5 22 , 1291 , ( 4) 1 299 , ( 1) 1 294 . We ighs 3 8 l bs.
BC -314 —Same a s BC-312 e xcept c overs 1 50 - BC -624 —Rece iver c omponen t o f SCR -522 , 1 0
(
1) 6A07 . 1
500 l ies.
ARB —Navy 4 -band r ece iver , 1 95 t o 9 Me ., t
ube s uperh et.
BC -322 —Rece iver/Transm itter 5 2-65 Mcs . BC -645 —Transm itter a nd R ece iver ( IFF ). 4 35
uses ( 1) 1 2SA7 , ( 4) 1 2SF7 , ( 1 ) 1 2A6 , w e
ighs BC -342 —Same a s BC -312 e xcep t w ill o pera te
28 l bs., a nd i s 6 " X7 " x1 5" . to 5 00 Mes w ith 1 5 t ubes . 4 00 v o
l ts a t 1 33 ma
on 15 VAC . r
equ ired p lus 9 v olts a t 1 .2 Amp AC . ( 4 ) 7 F7 ,
ARC -4 —Transm itter and R
ece iver u
sing 4 BC -344 —S im ilar t o BC -312 e xcept c overs 1 50
(4) 7 117 , ( 2
) 7 E6 , ( 2) 6 F6, ( 2) 9 55 , ( 1 ) 3 16A .
c
rys ta l c hanne ls , i n 1 40 Mc . r ange f or 2 4 o r t
o 1 500 l ies a nd i s 15 VAC o pera ted . We ighs 2 5 l bs.
12 v olt DC o pera tion . T ransm i tter h as 7 t ubes . BC -348 —Rece iver: 1 500 t o 1 8,000 K es a nd 2 00
ARC -5 —Navy a ircraf t e qu ipment :—Rece ivers: BC -653A —Transm itter: 1
00 watt s CW , 22
t
o 5 00 Ke s
. Au toma t ic n oise compensa tor
190 t o 5 50 k c
.: 1 .5 t o 3 Mc .; 3 t o 6 Mc .; 6 t o wa tts p hone . 2 t o 4 .5 Mes , 8 07 b uf fer , ( 2)
(neon). Output 3 00 o r 4 000 o hms . C
rys ta l
9
.1 Me . T
ransm it ters: 500 t o 8 00 k c.; 8 00 1
613 MO a nd Mod , ( 2) 8 14 F ina l.
M
iter , AVC - MVC -BFO . 1 st RF 6K7 , 2 nd RF
Rece iver h as 1 3 t ubes . BC -654A —Transm itter a nd R ece iver . 3800 t o
6K7 , I tF O se 6 C5 , 1 st D el 6 J7, l e t I F 6 1(7 ,
t
o 1 300 k c.; 1 .3 t o 2 .1 Mc .; 3 t o 4 Mc .; 4 t o 5
800 K cs, C alibra tion e very 1 0 K es, 2 00 Kcs
2nd I F a nd CW O se 6 F7, 3 rd I F a nd 2 nd D et
5
.3 Mc .; 5 .3 t o 7 Mc .; 7 t o 9 .1 Mc .; 1 00 t o 6B8 , Aud io 4 1 , O pera tes f rom 2 8 v o
lts DC . c
rys ta l f or c heck p o
in ts, P ower o utput i s 1 2
156 Me . Modu la tor i s MD-7/ARC5 2 -1625 's . wa tts v oice o r 2 5 wa tts CW , 7 t ube s uperhet
BC -357 J —Beacon R ece iver f or 7 5 Mes .
ARC -429 -2 b and r ece iver , 2 01 t o 4 00 K cs a nd r
ece iver u sing ( 3) 1 N5 , ( 1) 1 A7 , ( 2) 3 Q5 , ( 1)
1
3- C
-375 —Transm it ter: 1 50 wa tts o u tput , 2 00 t o
2
500 t o 4 700 K es ( aircraf t). 115; 6 t ube t ransm itter u ses ( 2) 3 07A i n f ina l
.
1
2,000 K es ( l ess BC ), 2 11 O se, 2 11 RF amp .
Requ ires 1 .5 v o
l ts, 4 5 v olt s, 9 0 v o
lts f or r e-
ARC -429A--2 b and r ece iver , 2 01 t o 4 00 Kcs 1
0 S peech amp , ( 2) 2 11 PP modu la tors , 5
c
eiver . R equ ires 1 .5 v olts , 6 v o
l ts, 5 1 v olts,
and 4 150 t o 7 700 K cs ( aircraf t ). t
un ing u nits a s f ollows :—TU 5 B 1 500 t o 3 000 8
4 v o
l ts, a nd 5 00 v o
l ts f or t ransm itter . O per -
R-139v'ARN -5A —G lide Pa th R ece iver; 1 1 t ube Kcs , TU 6 B 3 000 t o 4 500 K es , TU 7 B 4 500 t o a
tes f rom PE 1 03A d ynamo tor.
s
uperhet o n 3 32 t o 3 35 Mes . • ,f ixed t un ing; 6
200 Kes , TU 8 B 6 200 t o 7 700 K cs, TU J OB
G
l ide p ath r ece iver: ( 7) 6 AG5; ( 1) 1 2SR7 6C -659 —Transm i tter a nd R ece iver . FM v oice
1
0,000 t o 1 2,500 K cs .
(2) 12SN7 ; ( 1) 2
8D7 . C
rys ta l f requenc ies BC -403 —Radar o sc illoscope , 5 " s cope 1 15 v olt o
n ly . 2 7 t o 3 8
.9 Mes , C rys ta l c on tro lled , 2
a
re: . 332.6 Me s. ; 3 33 .8 Mcs .; 3 35 .0 Mes . 6
0 c ycles o pera tion , c omponent o f SCR -27 0 wa tt o utpu t, b attery o pera ted .
We ighs 1 2 l bs.; s ize 1 3" x 5 " x6 ". a
nd 2 71 . BC -684/ 683 —Transm itter a nd R ece iver . FM
R- 5/AR N- 7---Rad lo Compass Receiver — covers 6C -404 —Radar r ece iver f or SCR -270 a nd 2 71 , units , r ece iver u ses 9 t ubes i n 1 0 c hanne ls
2
00 t o 1 750 K es i n 3 b ands w ith 1 7 t ub es . 1
02 t o 10 Mes , 1 2 t ubes , o pera tes f rom 15 (
push b uttons ), t ransm i tter u ses 8 t ubes i n 1 0
v
ol ts 6 0 c ycles . c
hanne ls ( push b ut tons ), 3 5 wa tt o utpu t , 2 7
ART -IS . o r ATC —Co l
l ins Auto t une t ransm i tter:
2t o 1 8.1 Mes i n 1 1 c hanne ls, w eigh ing 7 0 l bs. BC -406 —Rece iver f rom SCR -268 u nit c over ing t
o 3 8.9 Mes .
and i s 2 3" x 1 3" x 1 1" 1 50 wa tts v oice , c w 2
01 t o 2 10 Mes , w i th 1 5 t ubes a nd 1 15 VAC BC -696 —See BC -457A .
o
r mew . U ses 8 13 i n f ina l a nd 8 11's i n pp o
perated . BC -70 1 —VHF r ece iver , 1 70 t o 1 80 Mcs . I F
modu la tor . v .f
.o . a nd c rys ta l c alibra tor . 6C -4 12 —Osc illoscope f rom SCR-268 r adar . f
req . I s 3 0.5 Mes , 1 1. t ubes , s elf c on ta ined
ASB —Radar e qu ipment , 5 15 Mc . BC -450A —Con trol b ox f or 4 53A t ype r ece ivers . p
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BC -704A —Radar i
nd ica tor uni t, p
ar t o
f RA -63A —Rec t ifier , i npu t 1 15 v o lts a t 6 0 c ycles , AMATEUR NOTES FRO M
SCR-521 . ( 4) 6 AC7 , ( 3 ) 6 116 , ( 1) 5 BP1 . outpu t 1 2 v olt s a t 8 amps .
BC -728 —Push b ut ton r ece iver . 2 -5 Me s, 2 o r 6 RA -105 —Rec tif ier , 1 17 v olt, 6 0 c yc les i nput ,
BERS195
v
o lts, 6 t ubes . output i s 2 000 v olts , 6 10 v , 4 15 v , 3 00 v , 2 00 We
ll-known r adio enthusiast Er
ic
BC -733D— Loca liser R ece iver . B
l ind l and ing v
, a l l DC p lus 6 .3 v olts AC . We ighs 1 19 l bs .
and i s 1 0" x 2 4" x 1 9" . Trebi
lcock, a
t present located i
n Vic
-
e
qu ipment w ith 6 C rys tal f requenc ies. 108
L
o 1 20 Mes w ith 1 0 t ubes . (
3 ) 7 17A , 1 2SQ7 , RAX -1 —Rece iver c omb ina tion . No . 1 - 4 b ands t
oria, sends a
long so me gen:
1
2A6 , ( 2 ) 1 2SG7 , 1 2A 117 , ( 2) 1 25 117 . f
rom 2 00 t o 1 500 Kes , No . 2 - 4 b ands f rom
BC -788 —Rece iver . 4 20 t o 4 50 Me , 6 I F s tages
1
500 t o 9 000 , No . 3 - 5 Bands f rom 7 t o 2 7 "There a re n ow a t l ea st f our
Mes . O pera tes f rom 2 4 v olt d ynamo tor. l
i
censed ama teurs o n Nor folk Island ,
u
s ing 6AG5 'S, 3 0 Mes b road b and w id th.
RC -150 —IFF e qu ipmen t, u s. (
1 w i th SCR -270
BC -929 —Army r adar o sc i
lloscope , 1 10 v olts, and 2 71 . a
nd t hree a re k nown t o b e a ct
ive .
4
00 c ycle . They a re VK9NR ( Noe l R oberts ),
RC -I 8
8A — IFF e qu ipmen t, 1 57 t o 1 85 Mcs ,
BC -939 --An tenna tun ing un it f
or BC -610
t
ransm itter .
Transm itter/Rece iver i
ndica tor , 6
2 t
ubes , VK9G M (George Meaton ) and
o
pera tes f rom 1 10 v olts , 6 0 c yc les .
BC -946 B —S e BC -453A r ece ivers —covers 5 20 VK9RI f ( Reg Hoare ). The l ast
R
I --9— In terphone amp lifier f rom 2 4 v olt DC
t
o 1 500 Kea . dynamo tor . n
amed i s at echnician a nd the o ther
BC -947A —UHF t ransm i tter . 3 000 Mes , 1 15 v olt RT -1 248 —GE t ransm itter a nd r ece iver . 435 o
pera tors w ith D ep t
. o f Civi
l Av iation
AC o pera t
ion . w ith b lower . t
o 5 00 Mes , 2 0 wa tts o ut, 5 t ubes u sing o
n t he island. T hat w el
l-known ama -
BC -966A — IFF , a
pprox imate ly 2 me ters , 1 4 WE 3 16A f ina l. R ece iver u ses 1 0 t ubes 9 55 1 st
t
ubes , 3 50 v ol t d ynamo tor w i th 1 2 v olt i npu t. Bet, 9 55 O se, ( 3) ;7 1 17 I Fs, 7 E6 , 7 117, 1 2 v olts t
eur, VQ8CB ( Leny Mazery ), at p re-
BC -I 023A —Marker B eacon R ece iver . 7
5 Mes r
equ ired . s
ent l oca ted i n t he CHAGOS a rch i-
u
s ing 6 807 . 6 176G , 6 SC7 , 1 2SH7; 1 2 t o 2 4 RU - I 6/G F -11 —Trae sm i tten-Rece iver . 3
000 t o p
elago , p lans t o m igrate t o Aus -
v
o lt DC o pera tion . 4
525 a nd 6 000 t o 9 050 Kcs T ransm i tter , 1 95 t o
1
3,575 KC r ece iver , 1 2 wa tt v o ice o r CW , 1 00 t
ral
ia a t al ater d ate
, if so me f ami ly
BC -1068A —Rece iver ( s ee BC -1161A ).
l
bs. a nd 1 3" x 3 1" . d
ificulties c an b e o vercome .
BC - 1072A —Transm itter: 1 15 v olt AC o pera tion ,
SCR -I95 —Transce iver Wa lkie - Ta lk ie. 5 2.8 t o
1
50 t o 2 00 Mes , 1 1 t ubes . 6
5 .8 Mes , 2 7 l bs. w i th k napsack , 2 5 m ile " En trants in t he l
ast VK/ZL
BC -116 I A —Reee iver u sed w ith 1 072A t rans -
mitter . 15 v olt AC o pera tion w ith 1 4 t ubes ,
r
ange , h andse t a nd s pare p ar ts p lus a ntenna Wor ld Wide DX C on test h e
ld a y ear
(
t elescope ).
1
0" x 1 6" x 1 5" , 1- 6SN7 C athode f ollower , SCR-269F —Rad io c ompass . 1
7 t ube s taperbet ago
, a re w onder ing h ow much l onger
1
- 6 H6 2 nd D e t., 2 - 6 SH7 1 st a nd 2 nd RF , r
ece iver , 2 00 t o 1 750 Kcs i n 3 b ands . t
hey h ave t o wa it b efore s eeing t he
1
- 6 SH7 V ideo amp , 3 - 6 AC7 1 st, 2 nd a nd 3 rd SCR -274N —Command s et c omposed o f 4 53A r
esu lts p ub l
ished . VKlAJT , 2 nd
IF, 2 - 6 AB7 4 th , 5 th I F, 1 - 9 006 Mod ., 1 - 6 15 s
er ies r ece ivers a nd 4 57A t ransm i tters (
see
Ose. , 1 - 5U4G R ec t., 1 - 6 E5 t un ing id ., C om - t
hose l is tings ). o
pera tor to t he G overnmen t i nspired
p
onen t o f RC 1 50 I FF , S ame a s . BC-1068A , SCR -474 —Por tab le t ransm itter a nd r ece iver , o
ccupat ion p arty o n Macquar ie Island,
I
F B and P ass i s 4 Mc . c
over ing 4 0 a nd 8 0 me ter b ands , 1 v olt t ubes has b een a ct
ive o n 1 4 Mc . CW , a nd
i
n r ece iver . Has 6 V6 v .f.o .
, 6 V6 p ower amp .,
BC -1206C —Se tche ll C ar lson B eacon R ece iver:
and 6V6 modu la tor . h
is h ome a ddress i s J ohn T o
t ten. 56
(
2 ) 2 51 ,6, 6 SK7 , 6 SF7 , 6 SA7 , 6K7; 1 95 o r
SC R-5 22 —Transm itter a nd R ece iver: 1 00 t o Leonora S treet, S outh P erth, W.A .
4
20 R es. We ighs 4 l bs. , 4 " x4 " x6 -5/8" .
BC -1267 —Transm i tter a nd r ece iver , 1 54 t o 1 86
1
56 Mes , 1 2 wa t ts o utpu t o n v oice , 4 c rys ta l Does a ny ' R
. & TV ' reader k now t he
f
requenc ies, a n tenna i s AN-104 -B 1 /4 wave .
Mes . 1 KW p ulse o sc illa tor , s uperhet c ircu it, Transm it ter a lone i s BC -625. R ece iver i s BC - QTH o r QRA o r VK1RA h eard • w
ith
2 RF s tages , a nd 5 s tagger t uned I F's. 6
24 . T ubes u sed: ( 2) 8 32, ( 3) 1 2A6 , ( 1) 6 G6 , an ice s igna l o n 14 Mc . CW? It i
s
BD -77K m —Dynamo tor , i nput 1 4 v olts DC , o ut- (
2 ) 6 SS7 , ( 1) 1 215 , ( 1) 1 2C8 , ( 1) 9 002 , ( 3) r
umoured t
ha t D
oug . Ander son
put 1 000 v o lts a t 3 50 ma . U sed w ith BC-191 . 9
003 , ( 1) 1 2AH7 , ( 3) 1 2SG7 .
C-1—Au to P ilo t Amp li fier . F or r ad io c on tro lled SCR -536- - Wa lk ie T alk ie. 1
- 1 3
15 , 1- r 4, (VK3Z W ) i s l eav ing f or Europe
mode ls e tc. ( 3) 7 F7 Amps ., ( 3 ) 7N7 S igna l 1
- 1S5, 2 - 3 84 . s
hor tly o n am ission f or the G overn-
d
iscr im ina tors , ( 1) 7 Y4 R ec tif ier . SCR -57& —G ibson g ir l t ransm it ter . Au toma tic ment i n connec tion w ith
. radio.
CCT - 46077 —Transm itter: 2 -20 Mes , 1 2 Vo lt SOS f or s ea r escue .
i
npu t. 3 0 l b s
. Un it o f RB M -2 E qu ipmen t. SCR -625 —M ine d etec tor . Balanced i nduc tance "W1X M/ M M o n 'SS F lying S cud'
b
ridge w ith 1 000 c ycle o sc. 2 t ube amp lifier and VK2XS/ M M o n 'SS S uva,' were
CRV - 46 15 I—A ircraf t r ece iver . 4 b ands c over -
1G6 a nd 1 %15 , 2 f lash ligh t b at ter ies p lus 1 00
i
ng 1 95 t o 9 ,050 Kes . 6 t ube s uperhe t. v
o lts B b attery w e
ighs 1 5 l bs. b
o th h eard r ecently w ith n ice CW
DAG -3 3A —Dynamo tor , i npu t 1 8 v olts DC , o ut- SPR -2 A —Rece iver . S uperhe t 1 000 t o 3 100 Mes , '
s
ig s on 7 Mc . The f ormer was o f
put 4 50 v olts DC a t 6 0 ma . 2C40 UHF o se. 1 15 VAC o pera tion , 1 5 t ubes . Suma tra, b ound S ingapore , a nd the
DM-2 1 —Dynamo tor , i nput 1 4 v olts DC , o utput We ighs 1 5 l bs . a nd i s 8 " x1 0" x 2 3" .
2
35 v olts a t 9 0 ma . T-I 7B —Carbon h and m ike , 2 00 o hms s ing le
l
atter e n route for S ydney ; was 4 00
DM -33A —Dynamo tor , i npu t 2 8 v ol ts DC , o ut- button p ress t o t alk . miles east of that C apital. Has a ny-
put 5 40 v olts DC a t 2 50 ma . ( Power s upp ly TA - I2—Bend ix 1 00 wa tt t ransm i tter; v .f.o ., body r ece
ived a QSL c ard f rom
f
or modu lator o f SCR-274N s er ies ). par 8 07 f ina l,
TB W —Transm i tter , s im lIkr t o GO-9 . 3 -18 ,100
VK4SI/VR1 , who c la
imed t o b e in
EE - 1
3 —F ie ld t elephone .
kc. 1 50 wa tts. t
he G ilbert I s
lands , b ut who i s b e
-
GF -1 I—Equ ipmen t c ons ists o f: CW 5
2063A
Transm itter , CW 52014 Transm i tter b
ase ,
TDV —T ransm itter/Rece iver 2 8
-30 Mes , Vo ice l
ieved t o h ave b een l o
ca ted e l
se-
and MC W . Ou tpu t 1 /2 wa t
t. P or tab le . where ?"
CW 2 3097 T ransm i tter c on tro l b ox , CW 2 3098 TCS -9—Transm i tter and Rece iver , 2
5 wa tt
Ex tens ion c on tro l b ox , CW 2 3049 R elay u n it
, outpu t
. 1500 t o 1 2,000 K M 1 15 Vo l ts AC ,
CW 4 7092 C oi l s et. Crys tals o r VFO .
GO -9 . =Transm i tter w i th p ower s upp ly , 2 00 t o TU - 5B , 6 B, e té . —Tun ing u ni ts f or BC -375
18.100 Kes , 15 v olt, 8 00 c ycles . 8 03 f ina l
, Transm i tter ( see l isting o f BC -375 ).
v
.f.o ., 1 50 wa tt. 1
-152AM —Rad io A ltime ter i nd ica tor . 3 e ach
GP -7- -Navy t ransm it ter , 1 25 wa tts , 3 50 t o 6 AG5 , 2X2 , 3 DP1 , o pera tes f rom 1 10 v ol ts,
9
050 Kes w ith p lug -in t un ing u nits . 400 c ycles .
PC -77 —Dynamo tor , i npu t 1 2 v o lts DC , o utput 1
-122A —S igna l g enera tor , s elf c on ta ined , 1 15
175 v olts a t 1 00 ma a nd 5 00 v olts a t 5 0 ma . volts 6 0 c yc le s upp ly , w ith c rys ta l c alibra tor ,
PE -73CM —Dynamo tor , i npu t 2 8 v olts , o utpu t 8-15 Mrs a nd 1 50-230 Mes , w ith h armon ics
1000 v olts a t 3 50 ma , u sed w i th BC -375 . covers 8 t o 3 08 Mes .
PE -86 —Dynamo tor , i npu t 2 8 v olts DC , o ut- 1-233 —Range c alibra tor . ( 2) 6 SN7 , ( 2) 6 L6 ,
put 2 50 v olts DC a t 6 0 ma . (
2) 6 V6 , ( 1) 6 S17 , ( 1) 5Y3 .
PE -10 I C —Dynamo tor , i npu t 1 2 o r 2 4 v olts, 602A -41 —Amp l ifier 2 s tage RF amp f or UHF .
outpu t 8 00 v olts a t 2 0 ma a nd 4 00 v olts a t 1 35
ma , p lus 9 v olts a t 1 .1 amps . Used w ith
BC -645 .
PE - 103A —Dynamo tor , 5 00 v olts a t 1 60 ma
f
rom e ither 6 o r 1 2 v olts DC .
PE-104 —Dynamo tor , 9 0 v ol ts a t 5 0 ma f rom
6 o r 1 2 v olts DV i npu t
.
An i nteresting r eceiver d esign i s
PE -1 09 —D irec t c urren t p ower p lant . G aso l ine n
oted i n a New Z ealand p ublica t
ion,
eng ine d r
iven g enzra tor , h as 3 2 v olt o utpu t u
sing d ual I.F. c hanne ls f rom 4 55 to
a
t 2 000 wa tts.
PRS - I—M ine d etec tor .
1
00 K c/s. One amp l
ifier v alve o nly
RAK -7—Navy R ece iver . 9 t ubes , 1 15 v olt AC i
s a ppl
ied i n e ach s tage. T he t uner
opera tion , 6 b ands 1 5 Xc t o 6 00 He . s
pec if
ied i s o f i nteres t
, b eing a n
RA-20 - 115 v . 6 0 c yc le p ower s upp ly f or BC - a
ttrac t
ive band-spread sw
itched
3
12 , BC -342 .
RA -38 --Rec tifier , 1 5 KVA , o utpu t i s 1 5 KV a
ssemb ly made b y S .O .S. R adio L td
.
at 5
00 ma. variab le , w eigh t 2
040 l
bs .
, o
f Auck land. I
t i s a ppropr iately
6
8" x 5 4" x 5 7" . n
amed t he "Ra
inbow" t uner — the
RA -58A - 111 v oltage s upp ly . 500 t o 1 5,000
volt c on tinuous ly v ar iab le a t 3 5 ma f or b reak - c
alibration s cales b eing a rranged i n * "
The
re h
e g
oe
s aga
in c
a
l
ling C
HARL
IE
d
own t ests, 1 15 v olt AC o pera t ion . v
ar ious i dentificat
ion c o
lours. Q
UEEN DOG X
-RAY,

November
, 1
949 "Au
stra
lian RADIO a
nd TELEVISION New
s"
HO ME CONSTRUCTION AND f
l
ou r
ishes m a
inly o n home -const
ructor pro- a
t 5 80 mc/s e verybody s eems t o b e
d
ucts m ain
ly beca use the wise head at the u
sing t hem . ( The ZL 's s eem t o h ave
GADGETRY
h
elm h as th
e c l
arit
y of vi
sion to re
al
ise that b
een l uckier, w ith 8 0
12 's a vailab le.

M
U
CH h
a
s b
een w
r
itten i
nth
e p
a
st, a
nd t
he d oy of th
e h ome-constructo
r isa s vi
r
ile —Ed .) .
ag
rea
t d
ea
l has b
een s
a
id
, a
bout t
he a
s e ver
. We b e
lieve that too, a
nd for that Favour i
te r
ig i s g rounded -grid
h
ome r
o
dio c
ons
tru
cto
r. S
ome wi
seac
res r
eason t h
is jo
urnal wil
l a lw
ays keep w e
ll in PP w ith I wave p la te a nd f i
lament
d
ismiss the very i dea with a s hrug o f t h
e m
ind t h
e li
kes a nd dis
likes of our younger l
ines a nd D ower s run b etween 3 a nd
s
houlders as being o c omp letelj, dead o ne
, r
eaders. 6 wa tts. Rece ivers r un f rom PP
t
he g enus s uppo sedly h aving b een k i
lled RL18 's a
s s
quegger transceivers ,
of by t he m ass-production w ay o f li
fe i n ABOUT VHF EQUIP MENT s
ing le j obs, a nd i n my c ase a 2 C40
t
hi
s r a
ther d ubiou s p ost-w ar w or
ld. A s "
ligh thouse" t
ube s
quegger — t o
h
umble r emnants o f th
is a legedly e xt
inc t S
ome t ime a go, w e r eceived f rom
Ken McTaggar t, V IC IVVV , an amoun t superhe ts. T her e are o ne o r two v ery
r
a
ce, w e w ould n ot n o
rma lly p resume t o good ASB r ece ivers. VK3XA u ses a
a
r
gue t he po
in t w i
th t he
se M oguls, but w e of i nforma tion a bou t V ictorian VHF
home b ui
lt s uper w ith 6 J6 o se: o n
a
v
er t h
at am odicum o f consideration migh t activities. Ow ing t o t he g enera l d is-
5
30 mc/s a nd s imi
lar m ixer i nto a n
p
l
ace t he fa
cts i n t h
eir true l i
ght. F i
rs
tly, l
oca tion o f t he i ndus trial c ond i
tion s
ASV . VK3RR u ses a n "A 'com" o sci
l-
t
h
ere i sthe question o f the ' t
een-age r wi
th immed iate ly f ollow ing o n o ur J une,
l
ator a nd a n RL/8 m ixer w ith t he
l
i
king for ti
nke r
ing a nd g adgetry. 1
949 i ssue , w e w ere n ot a ble t o p ub-
c
oncen tr ic g rid l ine h aving h igh Q
l
i
sh t he i nforma tion . I t is now g iven
T
here w i
ll a lways be y o ungs te rs i n o ur and t uning s harp ly. Ih ave d one a
h
ere a nd w il
l b e o f c onsiderab le i n
-
w
orld a nd t hey w il
l a lw ays e x hibit h obb y l
ot w ith a n
tennas , equ ipped w ith a
t
erest t o VHF r ead er s.
t
endenc ies. What m ore a ttr active t hon IN34 F ield m eter a nd h ave u sed a
580 me/s . F or 3 o r 4 mon ths t he
r
odio—and n ow o f course w ith i t p ee
ring c
orner r ef
lector — r igh t u p t o i t
s
f
ellows h ave b een g etting more a nd
o
ver t h e h or
izon — te
levision? S eco nd
ly, i f t
heore tical g a
in o f 10db a nd n ow a
more i nterested a nd c ontac ts h ave
h
ome c onst ruction be od ead e lephan t
, h ow 2
4 e lement s tacked a rray . T here i s
b
een made w ith VK 's 3 RR a nd 3 XA
e
xplain t he r u
sh s i
nce 1 945 f or " disposals —over î m i
le, a nd 3 Q0 a nd 3IM o ver ar egre ttable t endency t o g o o f h alf
g
ear," p articula r
ly of th
e r adio k ind ? T hose c
ocked , w ith t oo g rea t ar el
iance o n
o
ne m i
le. A t leas t, t hings a re mov -
d
ealers w ho " bought up b ig" a t t he m any d
ipo le s —when b eams a re s o e asy t o
i
ng. Iw ent t o Mount Dandenong a nd
g
overnmen t s a
les k new w ha t t hey w ere build. Is eldom u se 5 0 mc/s n ow e x-
had s plend id t wo-way c ontac ts w i th
d
o
ing , a nd t hey d i
d v e
ry n icely t oo
, t hank c
ept a s a c heck ing b and f or 5 80
VK 's 3 IM , 3ABA , a nd 3XA . S igna ls
y
ou. T hey c an t e
ll you wha t m anne r o fp er
- mc/s a nd d o n o t often a ppear o n 2
b
e tween t he mounta in a nd t he f irst
s
on w en t t o m ake up t heir v ast s t
ream o f me tres.
two ment ioned w ere S 9+ . I Was
c
l
ients; m os t
ly y ounger f o
lk o f c ourse. O n h
eard a lso b y 3 Q0 a t S 8
. Nex t
,
t
he o ther h and, i tis
n't a l d o
ld rum s e i
ther f
rom h igh g round n ear Mont A lber t 6 METRE DX
f
o
r f or
-see ing p eop
le catering f or b rand n ew Ih eard S 7 s igna ls f rom VK3RR —a A
t 140 h
r
s. E.
A.T
. on Octobe
r 9 , V
K's
c
omponen ts, k i
ts of p a
rts a nd a ccessor
ie s
. d
istance o f 45 m iles. T he gear v aries, 2
AH and 2ARG w o
rked cros
s-band wi
th
O
ne o fA ustralia's most p
r ogre ss
i ve r ad
io con- b
ut s ince RL18 's a re t he o n
ly t ubes J
A2AZ on 1
0 and 6 me
tre
s. V K2RU also
c
erns, l oca ted i n the c ity o f M elbo u
rne, r
ead i
ly a vailable t ha t work d ecen tly h
ea
rd t
he J
A st
at
ion on 6m e
tres
.

Best Neu tra liza tion I ndica tor I s t he c

o mp
lete
ly n
eutral
ized
, e
spec
ial
ly
Grid Me ter when phone i
s used
.
Hold a n eon g low l amp t o o ne e nd
o
f t he p late c oil, a nd t he g low w ill "
a t
JAKR
ype n
IS
o
."
t
iced i
Lord
ly Mr
n the e
. F
bb a
inal Au
nd fl
thor
ow o
i
f v
ty i
erbal
s R
adio C omponen
ts o
f
d
isappear when t he p oint o f n eu -
t
ralizat ion s eems t o h ave b een f ound .
p
arry
a
t l
ing v
ength u
ia ama
pon h
teur m
is e
ik
xpens
es.
ive e
He may d
quipment a
i
late
nd
Qua
lity
...
Now move t he l amp t o t he o ther s
neering ly d ub s ome l ad s truggling t o g et
g
oing w ith s imp le g ear a s a " screwball w ith
e
nd o f t he p late c o
i l —and i tw i
ll g low . a r egenera t
ive r eceiver
." C
onsiderat
ion f or
again . The n eutra liz ing c ondenser t
he f ledgling m inus a h eritage o f mun ificence
t
o p rov ide a s tring o f 6 40's, HRO 's etc., i s
must b e s light ly r ead justed i n o rder l
acking . T he b oy h as a s much r i
gh t t
o make
t
o f ind t he n ew p oint o f c o mp lete u
p a nd u se h is s imple " b
looper" a s Mr. P .A.
n
eu tra liza tion . But move t he l amp h
as t o air h is p om pous v iew s, a nd after a ll
,
t
his I S s upposed t o b e af ratern
ity.
b
ack a gain t o t he o ther e nd o f t he
c
oil, a nd t he l amp w ill g low a ga in.
"
Bloxon" : An i nteresting sideligh t
You s ee-saw b ack a nd f or th, a nd o ne
on Austra lian a ccent i s g athered
e
nd o f t he p late c oil w ill a lways f
rom ama teur r adio-te
lephony c on -
l
igh t t he l amp , e ven t hough t he v
ersat ions. S
evera l Amer icans o n Cap
ital "A" i s a ppropriate f
or A egis
l
amp w ill n ot g low when h eld a ga ins t 2
0 metres r eply t o Austra l
ians t hus : C
omponents, f
or t
he
ir q ual
ity i
s
t
he o ther e nd o f t he c o
il. T his p hen - s
econd to n one! Exact
ing Standards
"W6XYZ s tanding b y for VEE KYE i
n d es
ign and manufac ture are y our
omenon i s c aused b y a s l
ight u n- s
o-and -so." The "K" o f t he p ref
ix g
uarangee
. If it
's A egis . . I t
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GEELONG AMATEUR RADIO VK3AGD , Dunke ld

. C ertain ly g ets "DO UNTO OT HERS"
CLUB ( Vic.) . a
round t he c ountry; f i
rst i n Me l-
From J . A . F reeman ( VK3ALG ), b
ourne, t hen Mt . Gambier, S .A .
, t hen When you l ose t
he thr
ill of a QS0
P ub licity O f f
icer o f t he V ictor ian o
n t he air a t h ome. When d o y ou With a W —one o r t wo
,
C
lub , we h ave s elected t he f o
llow ing PLAY , J ohn , a nd h ow's t he s hack When t he f ac
t that you're h
eard in
n
otes :— c
om ing along? s
o me f ar di
stant land
Member s s
tarted their s
econd VK3A WE , Hamp ton. Hav ing a J
ust d on
't mean a thing to you
,
y
ear w ith t he n ew P res ident , Ed . '
s
pot o f b other w ith elusive h um i n
When s ending a card is ab urdensome
Kosseck , VK3AKE , of iciat ing . T
he modulation. S ounds a lot b e
t ter n ow, t
ask,
p
rogramme a s p repared f or t he n ext Wal, s
eems y ou have located i t? And a " l
istener
's" c ard is taboo
,
y
ear i nc ludes l
ectures , v
i s
its t o VK3VA , B al
larat. Hope y ou a re I
t
's t ime y ou p ul
led s w
itches a nd
ama teur s tations, a nd F ie ld d ays . n
ot worry ing a bout that rise i n plate c
losed u p the shack,
The s econd meet ing was h and led c
urrent, B ert. Hard l i
stening d oesn't For t here
's n o
thing i n t hi
s g ame
b
y B ill B rownb ill, VK3BU , who a lso r
eveal a f ault in t he t ran sm ission f
or y ou.
d
el ivered a n i n
terest ing l ecture o n OM.
Narrow B and FM . S
ecretary B ob When y ou s nub a beginner, when a
Wookey ( who c an b e r eached a t 1 58 "ch
irp" i s acrime,
Kilgour S t., G ee long , V ic .) h as b een And a "send sl
ow" p lea you abhor
,
a
dv ised b y t he W.I .A . o f t he a ccept - B
etter q uit Ama teur Rad io
, f r
iend
,
ance o f t he club a s a member . Of icers For there's no f un for y ou any
a
re : E . Kosseck , VK3AKE , P resident ; more.
W. B rownb il
l, VK3BU , a nd A . B ell,
VK3ABE , V
ice Pres iden ts; R. Ijust love to be told
, "You
're my
Wookey , VK3IC , Secre tary ; Fred f
i
rst
, VK ,"
Freeman , VK3ALG , P ub licity ; C om - I
f he o n
ly li
ves over t
he way.
mit teemen a re Messrs . W. B arre tt, T
he pleasure o
f working aChirpy DC
VK3 WT ; D ick S teighway , VK3ABK ; I
s at hri
ll t
o m e boy
, any day
.
Peter C artwr ight a nd J ack M itche ll
.
Ili
ke t o "
pipe d
own ," s
end s
low to a
" R. & TV News" w ishes t he c lub
kid
,
t
he b est o f s uccess i n its s econd y ear .
Sure —and tel
l him h is k
eying is
f
ine
.
VICTORIAN NOTES And when h e con
ies o ut w
ith tha
t
By VK3MIT SW
ING
ING S
IGNAL
?
"Pse QSL"
Our g ood fr
iend Mar t C haff
er tel
ls B
elieve me, t
he pleasure
's a
ll m
ine
.
u
s t he latest from VK3: — GLADESVILLE RADIO CLUB
,
VK2ADY I
f y ou w ould e njoy th
is old Radio
VK3T W , Ham i
lton, h eads t he li
st
w
ith a c o meback o n 40 a nd 80, even 5 E
lston A
venue
, Wes
t S
vcle
, N
.S.W
. Game,
w
ith t he old c
o mp laint of arcing over Current a c tiv
i ties a re li
sted a s i n- Just pause a nd hark back o
'
er the
c
luding :— y
ears
,
i
n t he final
. Open .your n eut
. con-
d
enser a b i
t, G eorge. G. Miles. VK2K I. —Gliding a nd When i f y
ou h ooked a G you t
hought
VK3RE , Ham ilton. B ack o n the j
ob Radio C on tro l. you'd done fine
,
E. No l
ler . —E lec tron ic Wa ter S of t- And t o l o
se h im j ust a
lmost
a
gain a f
ter a s pell in the Big Smoke .
e
ning . b
rought tears.
S
til
l p utting o ut a s ol
id p hone
J
. R ead , VK2JD .— Ionosphere P re-
Y
ou 've g ot to t
hink back t
o your kid
VK3GR , B al
lara t. Uses a F o
ldi- d
ictions a nd R otary An tenna s.
d
ay s a ga
in,
po
le o n 4 0 a t p resen t w ith a b rand F
ield Day .— 1 44 mcs .— D irect
ion
And r emember t hat th
is is qu
ite
n
ew r ack a nd p ane l TX n early f in
- f
inding — c o -opera tion with o
ther
t
rue:
i
shed. L ooks s well e ven n ow, B ob. c
lubs .
Y
ou mus t do u nto others in this
VK3AGE , C o
lac . now 's t he a n
- Social Ou ting . —P icnic t
o Eden
Ama teur World
t
enna p osition, G ordon"? S ounds f i
ne Park .
As y ou
'd h ave them do unto y
ou.
i
n t hese p arts
. Anyone i n
terested The n ame o f t he c lub h as been
i
n f l
owers , a sk A lma f or g en. ! s
hor tened a nd i s n ow k nown a s —"Unc
le I
ke."
VK3UG , Rye . Norm , why worry s
hown .
a
bou t beams when y ou h ave s uch a S
ome incapac itated amateur s
,
h
efty s ignal? That t ank -stand a nd n
ame ly, VKS , 2AQQ , 2ANF a nd 2 RR ,
"
Amgen ." That smil
ing c ounten-
mast must b e g iving y ou i deas. h
ave b een g ran ted h onorary member -
ance o
f the chappie h
olding the A WA
Norm w i
l l b e r emembered b y OT 's s
hip —en tit
l ing t hem t o all member s
'
"Air-Mite" on page 18 of our Vol
. 1,
a
s VK3DP o f 200 me tre f ame . r
ight w ithou t f inanc ial o b
liga tion
.
No. 3, is Ron Blades
, k nown t o DX
VK3EP , B endigo . T ed h as b een T he club's t ran sm itter isu sed every
and VHF men a s VK2VP . His pet
s
uffering from wr ist injur ies, b ut stil
l Tuesday e ven ing o n 4 0 me tres, a nd
outf
it a
t t he momen t runs NF M o n
c
an h andle t hat m ike FB , e ven o n i
s n ow we l l-known o n that b and.
51-6 Mc/s w ith a "Halo" type radi-
c
hange -overs . S peedy r ecovery , OM . — Ken Wh
itemore
, P
ubl
ici
ty Of
f
icer
. a
tor.

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FLOODS
We 've h eard o ur s hare o f emer -
g
ency t raffic a nd a reas , b ut i n r ecent
days w e h ave h eard t he most i nten -
sive; wh ilst K empsey , N .S.W ., was
ravaged b y f l
ood water s. T he ama -
teur was u p a ga inst t he t oughes t
propos ition h e h as s o f ar t aken u pon
h
is s hou lders i n Austra lia , a nd h e d id
af ine j ob.
A h andfu l o f men , k nown t o t he
pub lic a s " those ama teurs ," w ere
hand l ing r eams o f emergency t raf fic
f
or t he s tr
icken c o mmun ity . Many
of " those amateurs" d id n ot s ee b ed
f
or d ays ; many o f " the se ama teurs"
c
onked o ut a t t he k ey o r t he m ike .
T hese a re t he b oys who want t o
know h ow t he ir modu lation i s; t hese
are t he b oys who c on tinua lly s eek
RST r epor ts
, a nd t he p ublic s hou ld
be v ery g lad t hat t hey d o k eep t heir
s
ta tions u p t o s nuf f
.
We l i
stened t o s t rained a nd h usky
voices , a nd t ired f ists. We h eard r e - a The e
f
ficiency of a b
eam array is not Impaired b
y b
ending t
he ends down as s
hown he
re.
C
ompac tness is t
he i mmed
iate advantage. T
he 2 e
lement 20 metre array i
s used by
markab le t eam work : f lood a rea B
ert Brand , VK2A10
, at The Entrance, N.S.W.
s
tat ions p rotec ted o n t he a ir b y
o
thers e i
ther s ide o f t he f l
ood a rea
Cures Th
is p ub l
ica tion r eceived a d e-
s
ta tion f requency , a ll - set t o f lash a
(
a) More induc tance and l ess t
ai
led a ccount f rom Haro ld Why te,
warn ing a t the f irst s ign o f j a mm ing .
c
apac ity i n f i
na l t ank c ircuit —hard VK2AHA , o f t he e mergency t raf f
ic
And we f ollowed t he f or titude o f
t
o g et o n 2 8 Mc ., i sn't i t? c
ommun ica tion d uring t he Ma it
land
amateurs who p ersevered w ith a
(
b) H igher Q c oil —more s uitab le (N.S.W .) f loods . Unfor tuna te
ly ita r-
patience b eyond b el
ief , s imp ly , i n
c
onductor o r c oil s hape . r
ived d ur ing t he c oal s tr
ike, when w e
c
er ta in c ases , t o g et b ack s ome s or t
(
e) I n most c ases ( a) a nd ( b) a re c
ouldn '
t p rint. B y t he t ime w e c
ou ld,
o
f r epor t t o a mother o r a w ife
r
easonab ly w ell s atisfied b ut e ither t
here h ad b een t he K empsey f l
ood
f
raugh t w ith worry .
t
he a n
tenna c oup ling i s l eft a s f or e
xper ience , b ut t he t ime f actor was
O ur o pinion o f t his emergency
c
ode o r t he u sua l d irec tions, t o coup le a
ga inst u s t o r un a s tory, much a s
work d one b y ama teurs i st hat i t was
t
he a ntenna u nti l t he c orrec t ma tch we wou ld l ike t o h ave d one s o
. We
e
xce llent t o a h igh d egree . The
t
o t he modu lator s i s o btained , h ave h
ave t herefore h ad t o b e c onten t
public c an b et t hat whenever t he
b
een f ollow ed . Reduce t he a ntenna w
ith a n e xpress ion o f cong ratulations
n
eed a rises i n ac o mmun ity i s o
lated
c
oup ling u n til t he p late me ter c an t
o a l
l c oncerned , a nd t hey w ere v ery
by d i saster o f t he f lood o r o ther
b
e made j us t t o k ick u pwards o n numerous .
k
ind , Austra lian Amateur R ad io w i
l l
p
eaks . Now i ncrease t he p late v olt-
b
e o n t he j ob.
age u nt
il t he c orrec t p ower i npu t t o
—"R . & TV ."
match t he modu la tor i s o b tained .
Lastly a lter t he ma tch ing o f t he J
ack P ike, VK2JP , who a ppéars t o
modu la t
ion t ransformer t o s uit t he h
ave s urvived a b arrage o f c orres -
l
oad- o fered b y t he c lass C s tage p
ondence , f i
nds ama teur r adio q uite
METER MODULATION f
ull o f friends, a s w ell a s o ther
under t he n ew c ond itions . T he o nly
and when y ou s peak i nto p
eop le. His marr ied d augh ter s eri-
k
ick o bta inab le s hou ld b e u pwards
t
he m icrophone t he meter i n t he o
us ly il, Jack men tioned a bou t ac er-
on p eak modu la tions . Try i t a nd
modu la ted c lass C s tage s hou ld r e
- t
ain d rug t o a W2 i n the N ew Y ork
c
ut o ut s ide -band s platter a nd B .C .I.
main s teady ." T he u sua l p ious a nd a
rea . T
he Amer ican h ad t he s tuff
h
opefu l r
e mark i n many phone i
n t he air o n t he way t o S ydney
a
rticles. w
i thout b eing a sked . •..a nd t hen
"Noglow ." Ama teurs who t ry o ut
The f requen t wobb ling wh ich d oes t
old J ack a bout it afterwards . T hat
f
requency modula tion t
ransm itters
o
ccur , p articu larly i n t he d ownward i
s r eal co-operation a nd f i
ne f riend -
a
nd h ave b een a ccus tomed t o p ea-
d
irect ion, i s e xcused b y h igh ly t ech- s
hip , and " R
. & TV" t h
ink s, a long
l
amp me thods o f c heck ing A .M . out-
n
ica l r e marks s uch a s "We c an't b e w
ith VK2JP , t hat W2PPS i s a
put w ill need t o c ons ider t he d ifer-
worr ied," " It a lways d oes t hat ," m
igh ty good S cout. I t was a l
l ama -
e
nce . Wi th A .M . o utpu t ap ea -lamp ,
"A l i
tt
le movement d oesn 't mat ter." t
eur r adio a t i
ts bes t
.
l
oop -coupled t o t he modu lated o ut-
That d ownward k ick i s c aused b y t he
p
ut, w ill s how i ncrease a nd v aria-
n
on -linear ity o f t he c lass C s tage ;
t
ion o f fi
lament b ril
liance . With a
o
n p ositive p eaks o f modu lat ion t he
p
roper ly f unc t
ion ing F .M. t ransm it-
c
urrent d oes n ot r ise a s much a -
s i t "De
lay ." T hose who i n ad i
scord-
t
er, n othing h appens v i
sibly when
f
alls o n n ega t ive p eaks . A p hone ant m inority a ir v iews t hat t he
h
ello -
jug i nto t he m ike. The l amp
t
ransm it ter i s n ot a c ode a djusted "G8P0 i s no g ood ...I 've tr
ied it"
s
tays a t ac onstan t d egree o f l i
ght.
t
ransm itter w ith a modu lator c on- s
hou ld h ave a t a
lk t o f r
iend J ohnnie
The r eason? E
lemen tary, my d ear
nected i n
. I f e xc ita tion i s s uff
icien t
, a
t OH2Q M i n H elsinki, Finland. H e
Watson .
b
ias o btained f rom l eak a nd f i
xed s
ay s t hat h e n ever e ven h eard a n
s
upp ly a nd modu lation o f s ui
tab le Australian, let alone w ork one ....
p
ower t hen t he d ownward k ick i s d ue "
STRUTH ." L a
tes t p honetic o utburst
. A unti
l h e p ut in o ne o f Ironmonger 's
t
o t he i mpedance o f t he f inal t ank b
loke said he was u sing a n "X -Ray S ixty One p
e ts
. T hen the who le p icture changed.
Michae
l" a s a conver ter valve in his receiver.
c
ircu it b e
ing t oo l ow t o p erm it t he A
.W . Valve Co
. s urely w ouldn't recognise their His sig i s of
ten a round t he S 9 plus
c
lass C s tage t o b e l inear . X6131 under such a n a ppe
llation
. mark n ow in S ydney , a nyway.

November
. 1
949 "Au
stra
lian RADIO a
nd TELEVISIO N New
s" 4
7
 MAR
INE BCI
EA -GOING Op J im Wether ill, e x
-
G5UB , r ecen tly made s o me i n ter-
esting o bservat ions o n a p rob lem
o
f ' ships t ransm it ter o perat ion c aus -
i
ng BCI i n t he " Owner 's" r ece iver .
H e s ays ...." Five wavetraps c over -
i
ng t he mar ine c hanne ls o f 1 6, 1 2, 8 ,
6 a nd 5 00 K c/s w ere c onnec ted i n
s
er ies w ith t he a ntenna a nd a c oup -
l
ing c oil u sed t o t he r ece iver c hass is
and e ar th. F irst s t
ep was t o r educe
t
he v alue o f g rid leak t o t he 6 SQ7 2 nd
detec tor f rom 1 0 t o 12 megohms , a nd
t
o b y-pass w ith a . 001 mfd p aper
c
ondenser t he s ide s o f t he h eater
t
o c ha ss is. B efore t hese p recaut ions
c
o mp le te b lanket ing o f t he r ece iver
o
ccurred when t he r ece iver was u sed
two d ecks b elow . With a c hanged
gridleak v alue , e tc., t he r ece iver
c
ou ld b e t uned t o b roadcast s tat ions
i
n t he t ransm it ter r oom a nd n ot b e
afec ted i n a ny way b y k ey ing . E ach
s
ec tion o f t he c omb ined t rap was •T
he 5
0 m
egacy
cle (
6 m
etr
e) t
r
ansm
itte
r o
fVK2RU
, M
ajo
r C
o
lle
tt, o
f G
osfo
rd, N
.S
.W.
t
uned t o r esonance n ear t he t rans -
mitter , w ith a b ulb i n ser ted a s i ndi-
c
a tor . T e sts o n t he r ece iver r esu lted "Hombre ." I
t
's e asy t o t e
ll the "Gizmo ." T he u ncerta inty o f tele-
i
n t he b u
lb l igh ting t o f ull b rilliance v
ision r ecep tion o n the f ringe o f the
o
ld CW h and o f long s tanding from
o
n 1 6 Mc/s a nd t he a n tenna was s
erv ice a rea c an b e a nnoy ing . Dur -
t
he r ecent p roduct. Heard R ay
t
hen a rranged u ntil p i ck -up was r e- Carter, VK2HC , s ending t he w ord i
ng a y arn w ith G 3BK (March , C am -
duced , a nd n o g low n o ticeab le. No b
ridgesh ire, U .K .) o n 2 0m p hone , w e
MUCH a s
: ( M) dash d ash; ( U) dot
i
nter ference was e xper ienced o n HF d
ot d ash; ( CH ) dash d ash dash dash, g
ot t o d iscuss ing TV . His l ocation
f
rom t he 4 50 wa tt o utput f rom t he i
s 7 5 m iles n orth o f A lexandra
t
he l atter p art b e
ing t he o ld Con-
t
ransm it ter , u sing 8 13 's i n p ara lle l
, Pa
lace , L ondon , a nd 8 5 m iles f rom
t
inental p ractice of f our d ashes for
a
nd t he r ece iv ing a ntenna f or t he t
he n ew S utton C oldf
ie ld s ta tion i n
"CH" .
b
roadcast r ece iver was a bout 5 0 f eet t
he M idlands . L ondon TV i s r eceiv-
away ." J
im makes a f ew r e marks a
ble w ith a d ipo le-reflec tor a erial in
a
bout o perat ion t hus, " . ...t he l ong t
he c lear , b ut w i th occas iona l f ading
c
alling ama teur s c ould e asily t ake a "
Limey ." One mus t b e a r eally
p
er iods . Doug. s a
id t hat i t i s mos t
t
ip f rom t he c o mmerc ia ls. I
nstead k
een amateur t o h old s ky-borne v igil
a
nnoy ing t o t he f am ily t o b e a b-
o
f c alling 3 c alls d e 3 c al
ls p lu's; i
n a" Lank" o r a" Conn ie" f or b umpy
s
orbed i n a t hrilling p lay when a
many s hips n ow c all V IS V IS a nd t he hours o n e nd, a nd t hen p lant t he
t
ootsies o n terra f irma a nd t ake u p f
ade o ccur s. B y t he time t he p icture
c
oast s tat ion r ep lies w ith ' d
e.' The
amateur a ctivit
ies p ron to. We k now i
s b ack o n t he s creen s omebody
s
hip t hen b reaks i n w ith t he c al
l- m
igh t h
ave been murdered a
nd
s
ign . Russ ian P acific s tat ions s eem o
f o ne o r t wo s uch, who a t o ne
b
ur ied i n t he i nterim. E x
tra -high-
t
o l ike t his p rocedure a nd s o met imes momen t a re t hrash ing t he a ir o ver
ga
in b eams w ith s evera l e lemen ts
t
he c oast ' s
ta tion s ends d e t hree o r Arabian d eserts, o r p rodd ing a round
t
he war s urplus i n T ottenham C ourt a
re n ot t he b est f or TV , e ither ....
f
our t imes . Somehow t he Russ ians
Road, a nd the n ex t ....o n t he air b
road b and a ccep tance i s e ssen tial
,
s
eem t o b e a lways c alling i n t he
f
rom t he h ome s ta t
ion. Abou t t he o
therw ise t here i s o bvious c l
ipp ing.
s
i
lence p er iod a nd i t i s ag reat p lea -
s
ure t o s ay QRT o r AS J oe !" most i ndefa t
igab le l ives a t Wi ley
Park ( N.S
.W .), a nd h e's k nown a s
We are al
l f or i nstitu ting a c ourse Phi
l.
"Barber 's F e
line." T he d anger s o f
o
f tra
ining f or t he ' phone -amateurs - k
eeping t he mike c ircuit o pen wh ilst
who
-have-noth ing-to -say ...a nd s ay r
unning a n ama teur p hone s ta t
ion
i
t
. A s a matter o f f act, we a re a l
l S
ett
led i n Aus tralia, a fter a b r
ief a
re r eal. Ran a cross a s tation o n
p
epped u p o ver t he i dea, and h ave s
pell in New Z ealand —Ben Wa ll
ich , 2
0 o ne S unday morn a t wh ich t he
a
s an object t he t raining o f a
t l east wel
l-known f or many y ear s in p re- Op
's s pouse was d o
ing a s po t o f
o
ne amateur i n e ach S ta te who w i
ll war days a s G6B W o f S omer set
, Eng - t
ongue -lashing in f orcefu l terms ...
r
ead u s a s tory a t t hat c r
itical l
and. Another s ettler i n t he S outh - c
ulm ina ting i n " have y ou g ot t hat
moment b etween c onsc iousness a nd e
rn Hem isphere i s D ave M itche l
l, d
amn t h
ing t here o n t he a ir?"
p
eaceful slumber . Then we c an g o f
ormer ly GW6AA o f C olwyn B ay, Wher eupon t he c arrier was r e moved
t
o bed with t he h eadphones o n. North Wa les, and n ow h eard o n 2 0 s
udden ly. Be o n t he s afe side OM ,
metre p hone a s Z L1 MP. J
udg ing a
nd when s he l ooms i n t he o f
fing,
A Radio Exper t f rom B risto
l by a C oll
ins a dver t
isement i n a p
ull t he B ig s w
itch .
I
n error o nce swa l
lowed a c rysta
l. c
urrent issue o f " CQ" ( U.S.A .) Dave
T
his c aused osc
illation
, has obta
ined s o me u ltra-modern g ear
S
o, in d esperat
ion , r
ecently.
He "ear
thed" h imself —using a pisto
l. In r ecognition o f v aluable w ork
d
one b y ama teurs i n emergenc ies
,
"STAN ." Th is business of q uot
ing a t ime
a
s b eing " Two T housand" h ours when wha t
Th
is magazine o fers c ong
ra tula- F
lorida S tate ( U.S.A.) Senator Lloyd
i
s really i mpl
ied i s "Twenty" h ours and nil t
i
ons t o L
es Taylor
, VK2CL , r
ecen tly F
. B oyle h as made a va
ilable ca
ll let
-
m
inu tes. . . It arises from a t endency to a
ppointed to the position of a dver- t
er r egistrat
ion p lates for a utomo-
a
ccept i n i he m ind s ome
thing t hat LOOKS
l
ike s omething else
. There a re b ut 24 hours
t
i
sing manager o f a l arge S ydney b
ile o wning W4 's
. Yes, h e is an
t
o the d ay, so there c an
't be thousands. b
usiness e
stab
lishmen t. amateur h imse lf
.

4
8 "Au
stra
lian RADIO a
nd TELEVISIO N New
s" November
, 1
949

•
 7
/93
L
2 P
ush Pul
l
7
193 Tr
iode
D
RIVE O
UTPUT Ampl
if
ier
f
or
C
3 R
I

7
(
93
2M e
tre
s
s
leeving o f t he h ard wa l
led v ariety
R
FC
i
s h andy f or mak ing s uch VHF
H
T + c
hokes . The n eutra l
ising c ondenser s
a
re made u p f rom t hin s heet me tal,
We h ave been asked for technical artic
les d eal
ing w ith equipment for b
rass, a lum in ium , o r e ven t in
-pla te,
t
he ama teur 1
44 Mc/s ( 2 metre) band , and p resen t in rep
ly th
is descr
iption w
i th a n area o f a bout s
quare i nch .
o
f a med ium powered output s
tage f or a transm itter, us
ing the read
ily avai
l- The s pacing b etween t he p lates w ill
a
ble type 7193 valves
. O ther simi
lar e x-Service t riodes can b
e a ppl
ied
, a nd a
verage a bout 1 /8 inch , b ut this must
t
he t
ypes CV6 a nd 2C22 wil
l be
; equa l
ly suitable. b
e d e
term ined b y e xper imen t. Cor-
r
ec t neutralisa tion s etting i s obta
ined
7193 a nd s im ilar v alves a re t o b e w
il
l g ive a n outpu t of 5to 6 watts when r otation o f t he a node t ank
h
ad f rom C apita l City D isposa ls s up- w
ith e ff
iciency a round 4 5 p.
c. I
n c
ondenser t hrough resonance w ill
p
l
ier s, s uch a s Wa ltham (Me lbourne) s
uper-regenera t
ive r
ece
ivers t
he p
roduce n o c hange i n g rid c urren t.
a
nd P aragon ( Sydney) a t t he reason - v
alves a re a s e fect
ive as "acorns" I
t i s ar ather c r
itical a djus tmen t b ut
a
ble p rice o f 7 /6 e ach , a nd f or t he a
nd s imi
lar v alves a t 2
00 Mc/s a nd c
an b e efec ted w i th c are, s o t hat n o
2 metre e nthus ias t
, s uch v a
lves a re s
o mewha t higher. movemen t a t a ll will b e n oticed o n a
a p articu lar a ttraction . Norma lly gr
id me ter r eading 0 -10 Ma c on -
t
hey f i nd t heir way i nto l ong-line THE AMPL IF IER C IRCUIT n
ec ted i n s eries w ith t he g rid l eak
o
scillators a nd " squegger" r eceivers, The c i
rcuit d iag ram g ives t he n e- t
o e arth.
b
u t a l i
ttle c ons idera tion w ill s how c
essary e lectrical a rrangemen t o f a
t
hat t hey c an b e u sed f or e xcel
lent push -pull o utpu t s tage f or a s mall DRIVER STAGE
RF o utput p urposes a s c ross-néutra l- 2 metre t ransm itter, whereby t wo T
he s tage t o u se a head o f t his
i
sed triode amp lifiers. T he v a
lve types o
f t he v alves a re p u t t o g ood u se. p
ush -pu ll amp lif
ier i s a ma tt er f or
men t
ioned a l
l h ave s imilar s truc- The v arious p arts i ndicated a re a s t
he 2 metre u ser, b ut in p rac t
ice i ti s
t
ure, w ith t wo t op c aps, o ne f or t he f
ollows : Cl a
nd C
2 20 mmfd f
ound t ha t a6 C4 t riode w ill d rive i t
g
rid, a nd t he o ther f or a node . C ath- split s tator m idge t v ariable c on - t
o 8 wa t ts o utpu t
, w ith d riv ing p ower
o
de and heater connec tions a
re densers , C 3, C 4 a nd C 5 a re 5 00 o
f 1 wa t ts. Wi th a p ower s upp ly o f
b
rought o ut t o t he u sua l pins o n t he mmfd m ica c ondenser s
, NC a re n eu- 3
00 v olts, t he a node c urren t t aken
I
nternat iona l o cta l b ase . t
ral ising condenser s a s r eferred t o in by t he 7 193 's a nd n o l oad o f r e-
t
he t ext
, RFC ...RF c hokes a s de- s
onance i s6 5 Ma . Wi th t he amp lifier
s
cribed , R 1 2 500 o hms , R 2 200 o hms , t
uned t o r esonance t he a node c ur -
VHF CHARACTERISTICS Li 3 t urns 1 6 g auge c opper w ire r
ent d rops t o r ather l ess t han 2 5 ma ,
S
ome i dea o f t he u sefu l VHF f ea-
r a
nd t he ef i c
iency i s a round 4 5 p .c.
5
/8-inch d iame ter, s paced o ver in
c
h
,
L
2L
2
2
tu
r
n
s
1
6
g
au
g
e
c
o
p
e
t
ures o f t he 7 193 c an b e o btained b y These r esul ts w ill d epend l arge ly
s
tudy ing t he inter -electrode c apac ities. w
ire i- inch d iame ter , s paced o ver upon t he u se o f v ariable c ondenser s
They a re.. .G rid to Anode 3 .6 mmfd ; I
-inch . The c oils s hou ld p referab ly w
i th g ood RF i nsu lation ma ter ia l.
Grid t o C athode 2 .
2 mmfd ; Anode b
e s i
lver -pla ted . C ons truction s hould The amp lif
ier i s o ne w ell w or th c on -
t
o C athode 0 . 7 mmfd . These f igures b
e s uch t ha t t he l ay -out f avours t he s
idera tion b y t he VHF man who i s
i
ndica te c learly t hat o ne c an g o a head s
hor test p oss ible l eads ; t h
is b eing n
ot f or tuna te e nough t o p ossess 8 32 's
a
nd b u
ild u p a l ow c apac ity h igh impor tant f rom t he v iewpo int o f o
r 8 29 's
, t o s ay n othing o f 8 012 's.
e
ficiency o utput c ircu it a round s uch ef
iciency , a nd h eavy g auge w ire 8 wa tts o f c on tro lled RF a t 1 44 Mc/s
v
alves . s
hou ld b e u sed f or t he c onnec t
ions t o c
an p roduce a s urpr ising s igna l l eve l
The ef iciency c an b e h igh a lso t
uned c ircui ts. Adjus tmen t o f t he i
n d istan t r ece iver s i n c onjunc tion
f
or t he r eason t ha t these v alve t ypes c
oils d eta iled c an b e e fected b y with a g ood a ntenna a rray .
h
ave b een u sed i n S erv ice a pp l
ica - c
o mpress ing o r e xpand ing t hem i n
t
ions a round 2 00 Mc/s , b ut u sua lly t
he u sua l way , b ut t he i nduc tance
i
n a p ush -pul l o sci
l la tor a rrange - s
hou ld b e s uch t ha t t he t uned c ir- "Blitzen ." Heard a VK2 p hone
men t, w ith l echer l ines f or t un ing c
uits r esona te w ith m in imum c apacity man a sk a no ther i fh e h ad " heard o f
gr
id, a node , a nd c a thode c i
rcu its. o
f t he t uning c ondensers . T he t wo a n ew a rrangemen t f or r ece iver s—
Such s elf-exc ited o scil
lator a ssemb lies RF c hokes , f or g rid a nd a node c ir- i
tc onsis ts o f ar o tary t urre t i dea i n-
have b een s old a s a c omp lete u n
it c
uits, r espec tiv ely, a re made u p o f s
t ead o f as witch f or b and c hang ing ."
f
or s ometh ing i n t he v icin ity o f £ 3
. 3
0 g auge i nsu la ted w ire wound a long I
t i s s aid t ha t t here 's n oth ing r ea lly
The a ctua l S ervice j ob t he v alves t
he l ength o f a h igh v alue 1 wa tt new i n t he wor ld —but c oil t urre ts
had t o d o i n t he s et -up was t hat r
esistor , o r o f c ourse , as hort l eng th go a l ong way b ack —a lmo st t o t he
o
f t he v ariab le s weep o sc illator i n o
f g lass o r o ther g ood i nsula t
ion med iaeva l. Now we awa it t he " dis -
IFF ( Ident if
icat ion F riend o r F oe) t
ubing w ill s uf f
ice. Some o f t he c
overy" o f t he v ariometer —or p er -
equipmen t
. When u sed t hus t hey i
nch o utside d iame ter PVC i nsula t
ion haps t he b illi-condenser?

Nov
emb
er. 1
-9
49 "Au
stra
lian RAD
IO a
nd T
ELEVISION New
s" 4
9
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, g roups, a nd c omb ina-
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.
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