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beginning, because we saw some very (10 to 20 times initial) power handling the plate circuit of the preceding radio­
promising advantages. Chief among these condition for strong signals. This biasing frequency tube or antenna circuit. The
was our ability to balance out, through is automatically regulated by, and in con­ system, comprising but two tubes and op­
"hum-bucking," not only the fundamental formity with, the strength of the carrier erated from either an antenna or a pre­
hum currents, but also all harmonics, an wave itself. ceding radio-frequency tube or tubes, has
impossible accomplishment in any system In detector operation the shield grid the same order of sensitivity as the grid
employing either phase distortion or wa\·e tube prevents re\·erse feed-back of the leak detector and two-stage transformer,
form distortion. radio frequency from the plate circuit, so coupling three tube systems without the
The frequency range of amplification is that its load on the tuned input circuit is detector O\·erloading features of the
astonishingly large when screen-grid tubes very small. This permits :i much higher latter.
are used, running with gradual attenua­ resonant voltage rise than with the nor• We shall cover more or less specifically,
tion from a few cycles, depending on the ma! detector and a consequent increase in in our succeeding articles, application_s
time-constant of the particular drift-cor­ sensitivi�y and selectivity, as viewed from with numerous special and beneficial fea­
rector, to a point where amplification tures, such as detector-amplifiers for radio
ceases-at about three million (3,000,000) receh·ers; a very high gain, distortionless
cycles. The high frequency end is ex­ amplifier suitable for photo-electric cell
tended to this astonishing limit by the operation; a phonograph am­
screen-grid tube, which does plifier; a broad-band ampli­
not allow the capacitati,·ely fier for television; and an
reactive plate circuit to cause amplifier for modulation am­
degeneration through the tube plification for transmitting.
capacity. f: In connection with transmit­
\"ery high amplification per ter modulation, we can over­
tube is obtained, averaging load a quarter kilowatt tube
about 100 per stage. Due from an ordinary 224 screen­
to the absence of iron in grid tube. l\fa�y other uses
the system, we have to shield will of course be suggested or
only electrostatic11lly against become apparent.
hum and stray pick-up, so The photographs shown in
that we can make the appa­ connection with this article
ratus extremely compact with give some idea of the small
no hum pick-up. amount of apparatus required,
When the system is used especially for high gain op­
as a detector-amplifier, it au­ eration. Further. they illus·
tomatically alters from an trate the compactness which
extremely sensitive condition w:
will undoubtedly characterize
when no carrier wave, or The Loftin-White three-stage direct­ receivers not of the coming
very weak one, is impressed coupled audio amplifier and power season alone, but of the
thereon to a heavily biased supply, including full-wave rectifier future.
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The Amplifier Steps Out

( Continued from page i64) No More Razor Blades
sensitive detection of very weak signals.
N"ow should a strong signal be impressed . ' ...♦..;. >"
Jo Buy/
to change the plate current of detector D ,, '
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by 25%, for example, the 72 volts original f:,,�<
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increases by J 8 volts to 90 volts, and
being opposed by the same 70 volts as
before, the bias now becomes 20 \'olts, \
plenty to handle powerfully, \·cry st rong
signals encountered in practice. It is . seen
that should R3 be used alone. there 1s no
wnv to mnke it cover any such range of
rh;nge of grid bias poteqtial. In usual
practice the bias is made initially high to
handle powerfully st rong signal � , so th�t
weak signals suffer and accordmgly fail
to come through. 365 Keen Shaves
A Year With One Single Blade
"I want to �;1y thal KHJ�S-1\ lt(,:-::,.. �troppPr is
the hc,4 thini:t I C"\'Ct' saw. I ln1H' bt>en U$ln�
one hlaclt· conli.nuou�ly for one f(·;1r and nino
months and h,n-e no idea ll0\1' 0'llH"h loru.::et lt will
Ja::t." C. S. Stei,l1en:-;ou, Okla.

Inventor Discovers Amazing

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K EEN� n�l n�ty sh:tves forever and no more Sensational Offer
blades to Im v ! And now ror m.r �urprl.�lng oft'er. To introc.luc:-e KR1�$­
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seem!:- l1a. rdly fai to c:-.11 it a stropper. Rather it fea1urei::. lnstanl ly ;uUu:--rable to uny $lrnvin� OOi,itinn.
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KRISS-KROSS! with ri sPcciaJ-pro,•f:'ss blades ,uHJ is entirNy unlil:e
This suq>rising invention utilizes the famous '1n;rthing you e,·cr �aw before!
,lia11anal stroke, .•-:-uuc- as a ma!-ttr barber uses. �fail COHl"Hi HO\\° whil<> this spe<'ial otr�r ls still tood.
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Str(,ps from Ji,·ar•)· to lit1ht. Adjustable, .:rn tomatic Oept. B·3984, 1418 Pendleton Ave.. St. Louii, Mo.
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cash or Waco airr,lnne. or automnMle, or new home. Ir have cor�
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( Coutim,c,! jrom p,rge 80?)
�Y-•tcm is particularly well adapted for
pas,ing onwarrl a lar):'c pcrCt'nlaJ!l' of the
hiJ:"h amplilica1ion of hh:h amplifical ion
tuhc:1. Other than the ad\·antai:c of
the extraordinarily good ircqucnry ,har­
;1ctl'ristk Wl' H'c no 1-.;1r1i,ular appe;il
in I ht• �,· stem ior 1hl· vrn· low mu 1uhe,
that pr�vailcd up lo �t·\:l'ral Yl'ars ai?o
Our �cries of articles will brini? out the
111:11111rr in which we utilize thl'Sl' high re­
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coupled �ystl·m�. 10 ol1t:iin an ext rm1cly
widl' \·arit'ty o( rc�ult�. thus makinJ:" thl'
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By Actual Work-in the Great Coyne Shops
I've put thousands of fellows in the
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future. These fellows will tell lou by Correspondence
that you too can do what they di . No sir! I train you rlgbt hen la the
Nolan H. McCleary great Co:,aeShops-on a gigantic out­
one of my graduates lay of electrical machinery-on real
will tell you that you Dynamos, Engines, Power Plants,
Switchboardo, Tranemittinsr Station ., Etc. -
can get into elec <.ri­ Everything tr<>m door belle to power h ou■e,
clty just as he did.
He c am e h e r e to No Books-No Lessons
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Ch�o D.,.trid &Pmt !Z wttk ■ i n my «re-at of all real actual work-that's a glimpse
how we train you to be a practical expert.
�ardsle;�uot�ttCo• on 1hoP• and wa• trai ne,t
real, a�tual electrical
machtnl't'Y, Then my employment department
placed him in a big pay electrical job.
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ton etep� tntu the El ectrieal Department of a
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ab,oolutely Free. Juat lilt t n and mall
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