Construction a nd O pera-

t
ion of T e
l ephony
T
ransm itters
.
Wave length /F requency
Chart
.
Further a dventures o fan
Australian Mar ine Radio
Off
icer a s aNaz iP.O. W.
T
elevis
ion N ew s and
Notes
.
Ama
teur R
adio S
ect
ion
.
 Mullard
PIONEE RS IN ELECTRONICS
The science a nd p ractice of electronics doub tless c
ommenced w ith t he f
i
rst a ppl
ication
o
f t he thermion ic e l
ec t
ron t ube — f amil
iarly k nown a s the " valve
." T he n ame o f
Mullard w as c l
o sely associated w ith the early d evelopmen ts of the v a
lve, a nd Mullard
was o ne of the f i
rst in the w o
r ld to manu fac ture valves comme rc
ially. D uring the fi
rs
t
World Wa r Mu llard Va lves w ere used e x
ten s
ively b y the S ervices, particula
rly t he
Mul
la rd Sil
ica T ran smitting Va lves s uppl
ied t o t
he Adm iral
ty. T hen, as now , Mullard
S
i
lica Va lves w ere f amou s for t hei
r l ong l i
fe and h i
gh eff
iciency.

Early r adio e xperimenter

s r emembe r afec
tionate
ly the
ir fi
rs
t v alve —careful
ly n u
rsed
and w rapped i n c
otton wool — wh ich in a major
ity of c
ase
s w as the famou s Mul
lard
"ORA ." T hose l e
tter
s r epre
sented "O sc
il
lates
, R ec
tif
ies
, Amp lif
ies" — o ne va
lve
t
ype f or al
l p urposes
. T o-day the Mul
lard range of v
alves i
ncludes ahighly-developed
s
pec ial
ised t ype for every conceivab
le appl
icat
ion i n sc
ience
, i ndustry
, d efence, and
entertainmen t.

I
n the te
lev i
sion fi
eld, t
oo, Mullard w as (and remains) ri
ght o u
t in fron
t. T
he l a
te
J
ohn L . B a
ird isrecogn
ised as the "father" of pract
ica
l telev
ision, and mo s
t o f the
s
pecia
l t ubes and valves he r
equired w ere deve
loped a nd made b y Mu l
lard
. F
rom
t
hat beginning Mu l
lard has become E ngland's l
eading sou
rce o f el
ect
ronic tubes for
t
e
levis
ion a nd spec
ial defence applica
tions.

There i
sh a
rdly a fie
ld of a
ppl
icat
ion for e
lec
tron
ics wi
th wh
ich the n
ame o
f Mul
lard
i
sn ot i
nt
ima te
ly a s
socia
ted. I n a
ll modes
ty, Mu l
lard can tr
uly claim the ti
le
"Pionee
rs in Elec
tronics
."

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

S
ome o
f t
he Mu
l rd E
la lect
ron
ic P
roduc
ts

E
lectron
ic Tubes
: E
lectron
ic Appara
tus
:
Radio R eceiving Va lves. Domes tic R adio R eceivers ,
Radio T ransm itting Va lves. Do mest ic T elev ision R eceivers.
I
ndustr ia
l Va lves f or H eating a nd C
ontro
l. Com mun ication R eceivers .
Hearing A id Va lves. F
ixed a nd Mob ile R ad io T ransm itters
.
Special T e
lev ision Va lves. Mob ile T ransce iver E qu ipment .
I
ntercommun icat ion E qu ipment .
Cathode R ay O sci
llograph T ubes
.
S
ound Amp lifying S ystems ,
Televis
ion P icture T ubes .
I
ndus trial E lectron ic E quipment .
Photograph ic a nd S roboscop ic Flash Tubes. Cathode R ay O scilloscopes .
Photoelectric C e
lls. Mo isture Me ters.
Accelerome ter Tubes , Potent iometr ic T itration Apparatus .
Voltage S tabilising Tubes . Measur ing a nd T esting I nstru ments .
Voltage R eference T ubes. S
c ientific Apparatus .

"Where t
here
's a n
ew e
l
ect
ron
ic d
evice t
here
's Mu
llard"

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, AUSTRAL
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OURNEY memorab le n ight o f t he l
and ing , INTROD UCING MRS . PLACKETT
waiting f or a t ense d awn , among t he At Much -B ind ing-in -
the - Marsh , t he
During t he war t he B .B .C . ma in- p
inewoods a n ew s eas ide s e tt
lement , my thical v illage whose c ountry c lub
t
ained a n umber o f war c orrespon - L
ido d i l a Nuv io , is b eing b u
ilt. " It's i
ss o w e
l l
-known t o li
steners t o B .B.C .
d
ents , who w ent w ith t he A l
lied on
ly when y ou move West o f t he Var iety p rogrammes , t here i s a v il-
Forces t o e very t heatre o f war . One f
ly-over — the n otor ious b ridge a cross l
age s tore . Th is v illage s tore , l ike
o
f t hem , Wynford Vaughan T homas , t
he ma in r oad where we h eld t he f inal a
ll t he b est o f i t
s kidney , s e
lls e very -
went b ack t o I taly r ecent ly, t o r e- German a ttack — tha t y ou s ee s igns t
hing f rom b acon —when t here i s any
v
isit t he Anz io b eachhead , where f ive o
f o ur f our -months l ong s iege," h e — t o b
oo t
laces , f
rom s
crubb ing
y
ears a go f ree men were e ngaged i n s
aid. " There t he f arms a re most ly b
rushes t o s oapless s hampoo , f rom
t
he f inal d esperate b attles t o d estroy i
n r uins a nd m inefie lds s t
ill l ie u n- p
limso lls t o j elly b abies. I t is r un b y
Fascism . Vaughan T homas r emarked l
ifted b eyond t he l ine o f t he t renches . a g ood n atured c reature c alled Mrs .
t
hat t he r eturned warr ior who r e- On t he f l
y-over i t
self , w ell, a nother P
lacke tt, o ne o f those i nvisib le r ad io
v
isits a f am iliar b attlefield i s always s
or t o f war h as b een waged , p o
litica l c
harac ters who a re c onstant ly men -
due f or a s hock , f or h e f orgets t hat s
logans i n wh ite p a
int u rge a ll t he t
ioned . But Mrs . P lackett , t hough
t
ime d oes n ot s tand s t
ill a nd t hat Anzio i nhab itants t o v ote f or e very s
he s til
l r ema ins i nvisib le, h as n ow
t
he p lace h e h as f ought o ver w ill n ot c
once ivab le p olitical p arty . a s eparate e x
istençe . R ichard Mur -
b
e k ept a s a museum p iece f or h is "
It's a ll al i
t tle s hak ing t o t he r e- doch , w ith K enneth Horne t he s tar
b
enef it " yet Id id f ind," h e s aid, "that t
urned warr ior , b ut a s t he g reen and a uthor o f "Much B ind ing ," h as
t
he b eachhead h ad c overed i t
s s cars c
orn c omes u p f rom t he f ront l ine had a s ixteen f oot yacht b uilt f or h im
a
t at err if
i c r ate. Once a gain Anz io and l ife i tself, f rivolous a nd i ntense , a
t East C owes . T he n ame o f t he
i
s o ne o f R ome 's f ash ionab le s easide f
rom s easide b ath ing t o l oca l p olitics, l
i
t tle v essel i s Mrs . P lacket t.
r
esor ts; t he o nly i nvas ion i t e xpects c
omes b ack a ga in t o Anz io —we ll, I * *
n
ow i sf rom t he s ummer v isitors . The b
egan t o f eel t hat a fter a ll, maybe OXFORD v . CA MBRIDGE
c
afes a nd r estaurants a re a ll u p t
hat's what we were f i
ght ing f or ."
again a round t he q uay a nd t he p ier, "I o nce a sked a n Eng lish g irl
where w e u sed t o d uck i n a nd o ut o f whether t here was a ny d iference
PASSPORT TO PARADISE much b etween a n Oxford man a nd
t
he s helling ." I n t he b lue water o f
Bomb B ay, a s t he s oldiers c al
led i t
, "
If t here a re q ueues a t t he P early aC ambr idge man , a nd s he s aid: ' Oh
Gates, It hink women s hou ld b e e x- y
es ! An Oxford man wa lks a long t he
where t he g reat a rmada o f war
c
used a nd a l
lowed t o p ass r ight o n s
t reet a s t hough h e owns i t
. A C am -
t
ranspor t u sed t o l ie o f s hore , s ar-
i
nside — they 've d one t heir s hare d own b
r idge man wa lks a long t he s treet a s
d
ine f i
sh ing b oats a re n ow s een i n
h
ere ." i
f h e doesn 't c are who owns i t
!' "
g
rea t n umbers . On t he b eaches t o t he
—Jon C leary
. a
n Austra
lian nove
lis
t, speaking —Jane G raham
, a y oung Sydney a
rtist who is
North , where Vaughan Thomas r e- on queues in t
he B
.B .C
. programme , "Ca
lling n
ow p a
inting i
n B r
ita
in, s
peaking i
n the B.B.C
.
membered wad ing a shore o n t he Aus
tralia." p
rogram me, "Cal
ling Austral
ia.
'

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elev
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o h
osp
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B
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in f
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is a
lso c
an b
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xpected t
o
c
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eal
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efore t
he wor
ld i
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ppears t
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rac
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iver moun
ted o
n at
rol
ley
, t
o b
e p
lugged i
n t
o p
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ear t
he s
ide o
f e
ach b
ed. S
uch a
r
ece
iver wou
ld b
e f
or v
ision o
nly
, a
nd c
o mpr
ising t
ube
, t
ime b
ases a
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. The s
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r
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ld b
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n a c
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nd c
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o e
ach b
eds
ide p
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t b
y means o
f a
f
eeder
. Th
is i
dea was s
uggested i
n ap
re-war Br
itish T
elev
ision magaz
ine
.

March
, 1
950 "Aus
tra
lian RA DIO a
nd TELE VISIO N News" .
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ELEPHONY T
RANSM
ITTERS
NOTES ON D
ESIGN AND OPERAT
ION
NO W THE '
PHONE DEPARTMENT

A
V
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l
have a l ong way t o g o, t ech - By

w
i th o
n
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tandards .
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p
PHIL
D
p
u
a
l
t t
you h
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ave a CRO? D
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ther, t
heap
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ly o
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ic j
o y
ne c
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an b
obs r
ela
e-
e
ted
t
hat we a re h ampered a nd ( l
itera lly ) t
o ' phone t ransm itters? I
n t he
hamstrung b y a ll manner o f r egu la- ED WARDS
, writer's v iew, work ing o n a ' phone
t
ions , l imitat ions a nd " thou -sha lt- r
ig w ithou t a CRO i s l i
ke t hrow ing
not's". I t i s t herefore a matter f or A
.M.I
.R.E
. darts a t ab oard b lindfolded. Le t
's
s
ome n ationa l p ride t hat we h ave f
ace i t—if w e can a ford to l ash u p
a
ch ieved a s much a s we h ave. Our (MUGS
) ad ecent ' phone t ransm i t
ter, w e c an
power l im it, f or i nstance , h as made aford t o s upport i t w ith b asic t est
u
s a eria l-consc ious ; our Adv isory e
qu ipmen t
, t o a nalyse a nd mon i tor
Comm ittee a cts i n s uch a way a s t o i
ts b ehaviour . T he money , o
therw ise,
s
t eer u s
, r ather t han f orce u s, t o (
1) Never s witch the a ctual o sci
l- would g o in cigaret tes, or even b eer !
keep our t echn iques sat
isfactory . l
ator t ube o f. L
et i t oscil
la te o n
Bu t there a re t imes when s o me o f u s s
o me o
ther f requency when t
he We w il
l a ssume t hat y ou are "so ld"
s
tation i s in t he "receive" c ond it
ion. o
n a CRO , t hen. Wi ll y ou now c on-
wonder whether , i nstead o f worry ing
abou t s o me guy f rustrat ing t he This i s obv iously d one b y arrang ing s
ider t hat t here i s o nly o ne r ight
phasing f or t he modu la tor, as app lied
c
ountry 's r evenue o f t uppence b y t
o h ave a s mall S PST r elay i n t he
a
sk ing VK. . ? ..t o give VK. . ? .. VFO u nit, wh ich t hrows a w ee t
o t he RF f inal? T he c haracteristics
a message , whether more a ccen t o
f ma le s peech a re a s ymme trical
c
apac itor a cross t he o sc
illator t ank
s
hou ld n ot b e l a
id o n the d iscip lining when " going o ver". This i dea i s (unba lanced ) a nd in g enera l one h a
lf
o
f t hose Amateurs who h ab itua lly good e nough f or C ol
lins —it's g ood o
f t he waveform e xhibit s sharp p eak s
r
ad iate d r
if ting , c hirping CW o r d is- enough f or y ou ! o
r " f
inger s" o f in
stan taneous e nergy ,
t
or ted, s p
la t tering ' phone . S
ome o f whilst t he o ther h alf t ends t o b e
t
hese c haracter s s eem t o g et away (
2) Add v oltage r egulation at 105 b
lunt a nd less p eaky. S ee sketch.
with i t p erenn ia lly, a nd s i nce we o
r 1 50 v olts t o the o sci
llator plate Now i t is generally a ccepted t hat
c
annot r ecord t hem a nd g ive t hem a i
f a t r
iode, o r s creen i f a pentode, t
he s everes t c ause o f s platter i s
"playback" t o i lustrate t he p oint, a
nd t here y ou h ave a t ube wh ich is n
ega t
ive -peak c utoff
. I
f the i n
s tan-
we r ely u pon t he a uthor ities t o make a
lways o scil
lating, a nd a lways h as t
aneous r elat
ionship of t he a udio t o
t
hem t oe t he l i
ne . I n p oint o f f act t
he same v oltage o n the crit
ica
l e l
ec- t
he RF wave i s as shown i n s ke tch
t
his d oes n o t h appen o f
ten e nough t
rode
. Even t he crudest VFO mus t B
, then i tc an be seen tha t t
he s harp,
t
o s uit t hose o f u s who d o care a bout r
each s o me s ort o f t empera ture- p
eaky c o mponen ts of t he a udio a re
t
echn ica l s tandards . And s ince i t e
quil
ibrium e ven tual
ly , e ven i f it e
xtending d ownwards i nto t he z ero
i
s n o g ood mere ly c om ing o n t he t
akes a n h our. p
late-volts r egion. This o f c our se
a
ir a nd " bind ing" a bout s uch t hing s
, c
auses v ery s teep wavefron ts o r
minus c on struc tive c o mment , h ere i s S urely y ou mus t a gree t hat t hese
"
transien ts", and i s accompan ied b y
as eries o f p o
inters t hat a ll who r un modifications w il
l n ot c onsume many
o
f t hose a rtistic d ark-g reen " rug s'
may r ead ! SPEECH WAVEFORM
i
ssued b y the T reasury D epar tmen t? 5
.
40m
Arin A
S
YMM
ETRY E, M
I
ME S
R
EEE
m
o
sc“ .t.t. -T
o F
e. T
t
hen why n
hem i n!
ot g
You w
o a
il
head a
l t hen b
nd p
e a b
u
t
le o
t
o c al
ibra te y our VFO p eriodically,
e
ither o n y our own , o r s omeon e
TAL
N.K
e
lse's F req. Me ter , and i n t he interim
f
eel c onfident t ha t the d ial mark ing s
a
re n ot merely a ' s
et of mean ing less,
REL A
Y var
iab le f i
gures , b ut ac lose a pprox i
- © N
E
GAT
IVO P
EAK
S
c
.sma cs
ea
tee .o
r
V•
c
o
r
ilA
cTs mation t o the r eal f requency . The
V
S
OPEN I
N p
eace o f m ind a lone makes t he j ob
worth -wh i
le.
COND
ITION 1
05 To
I
SO .V.
Natura
lly, y ou s hou
ld t ry to d e-
v
elop an osci
lla tor with high inherent
CO
T
.CT
IA1V0
A)5L
.Y
s
tabi
lity to b egin w ith —several ver-
A r 91
..‘ E C

WROP
1GLY
"C", Frequenecy S hif
ting Condenser: s
ions of the C lapp s eem q uite sat
is- P
OLED MODULATOR CORRECT POUP
IG
V
a lue depends o n t ank c i
rcuit c onstants.
f
actory in t h
is r egard, a nd r at
io-
T
yp ical value around 3 0 PF . Note t hat shocking s platter. Now c ons ider the
"
C" I s OUT w hen t ransmitting
, o therw ise c
oupled oscil
la tors a s in the " Com -
i
t w i
ll spoil t
he t ank "Q" i n the critical mand" T ransm itter a re o f c ourse sketch. Here the modu lator i s
c
ondition. i
deal
. polarised c orrectly . T he s harp p eaks
extend i n t he p ositive -modu lation
VFO STABILISATION There a re a lways t hose who l i
ke d
irec tion, a nd d o u sefu l w ork i n
S
ince VFO b ecame t he n ormal, t
o key t he oscil
la tor, f or r
eal " break- boosting t he e fec tive p eak -modu la-
r
ather t han t he u nusua l
, f requency- i
n" work . T hese p eop le have a p rob- t
ion c apacity o f the t ransm itter. T he
s
tability standards h ave b ecome i n- l
em p eculiar t o t heir o wn ins
is tence r
a tio b etween t he c orrec t a nd incor-
f
in
itely worse t han t hey were p re- o
n t h
is f eature. The other g roup — r
ec t c ondit
ions c an b e s o metimes o n
war
. T
his is plainly r etrogression. t
hose who d o n ot b e
lieve in k eying t
he o rder o f 2t o 1,i n terms o f maxi-
Can i t b
e h e
lped? Try d o
ing t hese t
he o sc
illator ( of wh ich I am o ne) mum modu la t
ion c apab il
ity . In the
t
hing s, a
nd you wil
l o btain a n afirma- —will be w e
l l adv ised t o fo
llow t he writer's t ransm it ter, a bou t 1 20 p .c
.
t
ive a nswer. f
oregoing s uggest ions . modu la t
ion i n t he p ositive d irection

"Au
stra
lian RADIO ,
and TELEVISIO N News" Mar
ch, 1
950
c
an be a chieved b efore nega tive-peak H
IGH LEVEL CLIPPER a
ssociated w ith these s eems t o hinge
c
utoff sets in. I
t is more t rue f or A f
urther i mprovement c an n ow o
n p hase-shift. The n ett r esult o f
s
ome v oices than o thers, t h
is t heory, be e fected b y i ntroduc ing a nother s
o me
, c urren t
ly h eard i n operat ion,
a
nd n ot true at all for fe male v o
ices. r
elat ive ly c heap mod ifica tion . A f ew s
eems t o b e v io
lent d istortion w ith-
But for typica
l transm itters, t he cor- c
ondensers , a r ectifier s uch a s a o
ut v ery d ramat ic r i
se i n a verage
r
ect p olarisat
ion o f t he modu lator 5V4G , a nd a w el
l -
insu lated f i
la men t a
udio level
. A s a "W" ' phone s ta
tion
i
s supreme ly i mportant. S
aid p olar- t
ransformer f or t he r ectifier, a re a l
l r
ecently t
old t
he wr iter
, c lipped
i
sat
ion c an b e r eversed, f or e xperi- t
he n ecessary b its. S ee s ketch . No te s
peech of this type b ecomes v ery h ard
t
hat a h igh -vacuum r ect ifier s eems t
o r ead when s elective f ading i s
t
o work b etter t han a mercury r ec- p
resent —and when i t i
s n ot present !
t
i f
ier, a nd h as t he a dded a dvantage
•
OS
o
f being s
uitab le f
or horizonta l
mount ing i f s pace i s r estr icted . I
t
i
s t hought t hat t he " go -n o g o"
c
haracter istic o f t he mercury r ec t
ifier
a
t t he t hresho ld o f a bout 1 5 v olts M
IC
does, i n i tself, c ause a b ad t rans ient,
and makes t he d emands o n t he LP H
i
f
i
l ter more s evere . The c apac ity f rom 1
00. 1
00.P
F.
t
he r ectifier f i
lament w ind ing t o
ground i s t he i nput c apac ity o f t he
Pre
-A mp l
ifier D
esign. R = microphone
LP f i
lter , b ut i f t his p roves i nsuf- l
oad resistance. B
oth R a nd the 50.000 o hm
S
how ing how " polar
ising" o f s peech wave
r
ela
tive to c arrier c an be i nstantaneously f
i
c ient i t c an b e s upp lemented b y a RF stopper s hould b e s hielded. Ear
th r e
-
c
hanged. Note t hat n o diference w il
l b e sma l
l HV c ondenser o f p erhaps . 001 t
urns must b e s hort and t aken t o an earth-
i
ng system a s in "AR & TVN" , N ovember ,
o
bserved if S
INE W AVEFOR M i s used, but o
r . 002 Mfd . 1
949.
a p
rolonged ma le voice sound mus t be used
f
or o bservations o n CRO .
F
or simp licity, t he c omb ination o f
ment
, b y a DPDT s w
itch i n t
he leads bu
ilt-out modu lat
ion transformer ,
t
o a ny o ne w inding o f a n a udio h
igh -
level clipped d iode i n t he system
t
ransformer ; by r eversing t he plate s
hown , a nd p roperly -po larised a ud io
c
aps o n ap air of 807's; by revers
ing s
eem t o be as atisfactory c o mprom ise.
t
he leads inside the m icrophone; a nd This is n ot i ntended a s a s lur o n
s
o o n. Adding, o r re moving, o ne t
hose who u se LL c lippers , b ut i s
s
tage, will also do i t
, a ssuming RC merely a c onsidered o pin ion b orne
c
oupling. o
ut b y p rac t
ica l e xper ience w i
th
many t ypica l c omb ina tions .
The CRO w il
l l eave n o d oubt what -
e
ver i n y our m ind when t he correct
c
ond ition h as b een e stablished. I
n- PERTINENT POINTS
s
tead o f a sma l
l modu la tion e nve-

N
l
ope, w ith b lunt p eaks, a nd b right OW t he mat ter o f h um a nd RF
green s p
lashes i n t he c entre o f the f
eedback i n the Modu lator . D
id
pattern, y ou w ill s ee a much d eeper y
ou a bsorb "Des ign a nd C onstruc tion
e
nve lope , w ith s harp i nstantaneous o
f L ow L eve l Vo ltage Amp lif
iers"
p
eaks a nd v ery f ew t races o f t he ( A
.R. & T .N., Nov ., '49) ?I f n ot
, why
b
right g reen s plash , wh ich o f course n
ot? Contained t herein a re c auses
i
s c aused b y t he s teep wavefron t
"Bui
lding Out" f or Class B Modu lators
. and c ures o f many t ypes o f h um, as
r
eta
ining NP c l
ipper. N
ote t hat C 2 and
o
f t he n egat ive c arrier-cutoff. C3 a
re efect
ively in s
eries a cross t
he trans-
e
ncountered i n n orma l a ud io e quip-
f
ormer secondary. L leakage l
eakage men t
, wh ich o f c ourse i ncludes modu -
Cle
\SS C
. o
f inductance of t ransformer. l
ators. However , s pecial cons idera tions
F
I N AL govern t he c onstruc tion o f t he Modu -
F or t hose w ith C lass B modu la tors l
ator when u sed ( as in t ypica l Ama -
(
and t here w ill b e many o f t hem t
eur p ractice) i n t he p resence o f
s
oon , w ith t his n ew 8 07 t riode c ir
- s
trong RF f ields. A ll t he t echn iques
cuit b y RCA ) t he v ir tues o f t he men t
ioned i n t hat i ssue s ti
ll h old
M ot
)
RAN5F
d
iode -and -filter c an b e a ugmented b y good, b ut
, a dded t o t hese, p lease n ote
t
he o ld s cheme o f b uilding -out t he t
he f o
llow ing: —
modu lation t ransformer . T h
is i dea i s
u
sed t o work i n conjunct ion w ith t he
HT
. F
e.
, l
e akage -reactance o f t he t ransformer
F
I N AL t
o f orm a r ough b and -pass f i
lter f or
M
OD'5 t
he a ud
io . S ome e for t may b e n eces-
s
ary t o j ugg le t he c apac ities u nt
il
5
R4GY as harp c utoff i s e v
iden t a round 3 000
t
o 4 000 c ps
. This i n troduces t he
ques tion o f a n a udio s igna l-genera tor,
but h ere a gain, t he Wien -Br idge
t
ypes h ave g ood waveform a nd a re
not c omp lex . They a re, a lso, d irt-
c
heap t o b uild , wh ich i s a ma jor S
howing DC iso
lat
ion of crysta
l m icrophone
when u
sing g
rid leak b
ias an 6F5
, 6Q7 , etc
.
s
a les -point i n t his a ge. Al
l modern
Rad io Handbooks c arry r ecommended
(
1) T he f i
rst gr
id o f t he a udio
c
ircu its, a l though n ot a lways c alled
c
hain i s the most s uscept
ible t o RF
Wien -Br idge s pecifica l
ly .
Nega
tive peak c l
ipper diode i n circuit
. Cl i
njection
. Some people d o not seem
= D istr
ibuted C o f r ect
ifier h eater wind- G
eneral sent
iment these days s
eems t
o g rasp t his, as witness t he h ap-
i
ng to earth. LP fi
lte
r f ormed b y Cl, in-
d
uctance o f secondary w inding o n mod'n
t
o b e t urning a gainst low l evel h
azard a ddi
t ion of a nother " front"
t
ransformer a nd C 2
. c
l
ipper-f
i
lter s ystems
. T
he troubles (
Continued o verleaf)

March
, 1
950 "Aus
tra
lian RA DIO a
nd TELE VISIO N N
ews" 7
s
tage w ithout RF s uppress ion t o a n hum l eve l, o r s evere d istor tion . F ur- Amateur P hotographer" ; "A S i mple,
o
therw ise s
ound modu lator wh ich t
her , t he g uy who p ers ists i n t rans - Eff
icient Modu lator".
d
oes n ot h ave q uite e nough g ain. mit ting s uch s tuf f s hou ld s hut d own JANUARY , 1 950: " Intercommun i-
S
ee s ke tch f or r ecommended i npu t under a g uarantee t o mod ify h is c
ation S ystem f or t he Home" ; "A
c
ircuit u sing c rysta l m icrophone . t
ransm it ter u ntil i t c omp lies w ith Miniature ' Phone T ransm itter".
(
2) C rystal m icrophones c an b e r
easonab le s tandards . We d o n ot FEBRUARY , 1 950: " Sing le Va lve
b
urnt o ut, o r r endered U/S , b y a suggest t hat e very Ama teur 's r ig Receiver f or B oys" ; "Eyes f or Your
d
ose o f RF . Th
is m ight a ccount shou ld b e a v irtua l SW b roadcas t Receiver —a P anadaptor" .
f
or h ow -come s ome o f t he c urren t s
tat ion a s r egards i ts s tandards , b ut
f
a ir i s f air! The p rest ige q f t he A limited n umber o f t hese i ssues
t
ransm iss ions f eatur ing c rysta l m ikes i
s a vailable f rom t he publishers, a nd
d
o•n ot s ound a s g ood a s some u sing i
nd iv idua l Amateur b ears a d irect
c
opies w ill b e ma iled to app l
ican ts a t
c
arbon m ikes. The c rysta l w i
ll c on - r
at io t o h is t echn ica l a nd o perat ing
a
ct iv it
ies . I
f y ou p ersona l ly d on 't ac ost o f o ne s hi
lling, plus 3 d. p ost-
t
inue t o f unction, o ften, b ut w ith a
ge p er c opy.
a
ltered f requency r esponse a nd o ut- c
are wha t y our n eighbour ing Ama -
p
u t
, a nd p ossibly s evere d istortion . t
eurs ' o p inion i s
, t his a rticle i s n ot
I
t is a dvisab le to b lock RF f rom t he f
or y ou . I
f y ou a re, h owever , a
s
tra ight - th ink ing c itizen f irst a nd DUCON INTERFERENCE
m
icrophone a s s hown . A
lso, n ever
r
un a 5 o r 1 0-meg . g r
id l eak t o a f
oremost , a sk y ourse lf f rank ly h ow SUPPRESS
ION MANUAL
h
igh - MU t
r
iode with a c rysta l h any o f t he t echn iques men tioned i n
microphone wi
thout i
solating , the t
h
s
e
is a
lf .
rt
I
ic
f s
le a
elf
re e
-ana
.
lys
mployed b
is r evea
y y
ls a p
our
re
-
-
ONEhaveof yetthe seemnostonusethfeul evepru-blpirceasteinotns subwe-
microphone f or DC . S
ee s ketch j
ec t o f su pp re s
ion o f r ad
io -indu ctive i nte r-
again. ponderance o n t he d ebit s ide o f t he f
erence i st hat n ow a vailab le f r
om t he H ead
l
e dger , h ere i s y our o ppor tun ity t o
O
f fice o f D ucon C onden se r L td., 7 3 -9 1
"
come g ood" . Certa in ly, y ou c an B
ou rke S tree t, Wa terloo , S ydney . A m ass
SHORT BR . e0
no l onger s ay t ha t n o o ne e ver t o ld
CAOLE o
f i n
fo rma tion w i
th r e
levan t d iag r am s i s
you h ow t o g o a bout i t
.
- c
o nta ined i nt h
e 1 2 p age s
. T he i n
t roduc tion
The o pin ions e xpressed a re n eces -
d
ea l s w i
th t he w hy a n d w he re fo re o f i nte r-
s
ar ily s trong . T he wr iter a dm itted ly
f
erence w ith r a
dio r ecep t
ion , a nd c l
a ss
ifie s
T
o P E- AMP
has a c ommerc ial b ackground u pon
i
n d etail t he v a
riou s s ource s. S ub - se ct
ion s
wh ich t o d raw f or i deas , b ut d oes
c
o ve r t he m any m e thod s o f s uppre ssion a s
m
el m '
gu n n
ot p ose a s a n a u
thor ity o n a ny
app lied t o D C m oto rs a nd g ene ra to rs, A C
SHELL s
ub ject. To b orrow a p hrase f rom
mo to rs, F ra ctiona l h orsepowe r m oto r s, r o
-
a g reat p hilosopher o f o ther d ays —
t
ary c nverte r s
, b at tery c harge rs, r e
c tif
ie r s
,
"These t ru ths w e h old t o b e s elf -
CAs
e
vident" . . . . v
ibra tors, c ar i g
ni tion , a dding m ach ine s a nd
c
ash r egiste r s, r e
frige r ato rs, d co r b ell s
,
Showing R F c hokes a nd b y
-p ass m ounted In mul ti-con tac t e lec tric s i
gn s, n eon s i
gn s
,
meta
l m iorophone c ase to suppress R F at
tempt-
i
ng t o get to e ar
th v ia c rysta
l c artr
idge. I
t med ica l a pp ara tu s, s ewing m achine s a nd
RF c hokes cause h um i nduction, replace with TECHNICAL AND d
en tal d r
il
l s, l i
f
ts a nd n oisy w iring . At abu -
/ w
4
1 a
tt 5 0,000 o hm r esi
stors. l
ated c hart s h ows t h e v a
riou s k i
nd s o f D ucon
CONSTRUCT IONAL s
upp re ssors s uitab le f o
r t he m any a ppl
ica -
CONCLUSION t
i
on s. T he i mpo r tance o f ap ublica tion s uch
(
3) C onsider ing a p entode , RF ARTICLES a
s t h
i s i sa t o nce e viden t t o r adio u s
e rs a nd
s
uppress ion s hould b e u sed i n g r
id, t
rade rs a l
ike , a nd i ts h
ould b e u nnece ssa ry
p
late a nd c athode c i
rcu its. I
f RF I
NDEX t
o m ention t hat t he i nforma tion c o ntained
t
raps o n a l
l t hree e l
ectrodes o f t he t
he re in w ill h ave e ven w ide r s ign ificance
Up t o the p resent is
sue, "Aus -
f
i
rst v oltage -amp l
ifier d o n ot e fect w
hen t he p roblem s o f T ele vi sion I nterf er-
t
ral
ian RADIO a nd TELEV ISION
a c ure f or RF f eedback , t here i s e
n ce a r
ise; at ime w hich i sn ow v e ry c l
o se.
News" h as f eatured t he fol
low ing
s
ometh ing b asically w rong w ith t he We s ugges t t h
at e l r e
ade rs o f " Au stralian
t
echnica
l ar
ticles i
n t
he i
ssues
l
ayout a n
l e arth ing o f t he l ow -level RAD IO a n d T ELEV IS ION N ew s" s hould
q
uoted: —
s
ect
ion o f t he modu lator , a nd r e- a
v ail t hem sel ves f orthw ith o f t he o f
fe r b y
d
esign i s i ndicated , along t he l ines MAY, 1
949: "
Revers
ible B
eam
t
he D ucon p e ople w hich i s t he m ailing o f
mentioned a bove, a nd i n t he Novem - Array f
or 2 0 Me tres"; "The Wide
t
he b ul
le t
in F REE , m ere ly i nr etu rn f or w ri t-
b
er a rt
icle. " World Two" R ece
iver.
t
en a p p
lica tion . A p os t c ard t o t h e Ducon
1
00 P
F JUNE , 1
949: "
I mprov
ing Your o
ffice w i
ll b r
ing t he l i
t
e ra tu re b y r e
tu rn
Loudspeaker"; "Dua l I.F. R ece
iver m
a il.
f
or Amateur B ands"
; "A Wa l
l T ype *
Writ
ing C ab
inet"; "A Simple NBFM "Querex" : T elev is ion e ng ineer s i n
T
ransm itter"
. London , h un ting d own s ources o f i n-
JULY -AUG.-SEPT., 1
949: "Making t
erference f ind t hat when a n a ero -
aR ece
iver By Numbers"; "The HAY p
lane p asses o ver o r a long t he l ine
Aer
ial System"; "Lamp Bookcase f
or between t ransm it t
ing a nd r ece iving
t
he Wr iting Tab
le." l
o ca tions t he p ic ture s lides a ll o ver
OCTOBER , 1949: "A Wide Range t
he p lace . Even w ith t he a ircraf t
G
rid-Dip Osci
llator"
; "Lec
turer
's a m ile away i nterference c an b e
R
eading D evice"; "A Si mple Sign s
er ious , a nd a f l
ight o f ' planes w il l
F
lasher." afect t he p icture f rom f i
ve m iles
away . T he i nterference d oes n ot
NOVEMBER , 1949: "Design a nd a
rise f rom t he i gn it ion s ystem , b ut
C
onstruct
ion of Voltage Amplif
iers"; i
s d ue t o t he a erop lane 's a cting a s
S
how
ing p
entode f
u
lly s
uppressed f
or R
F. "
Push-Pull 7
193 Triode Ampl
ifier for a r eflec t
ing med ium a nd p ut ting t he
2 Me
tres". s
ky wave b ack t o t he r ece iver , a s i n
(
4) How many o f us mon itor our DECEMBER , 1 949: "Making a n Radar . Norma lly , o nly t he g round
'
phone, v
isual
ly o r aurally
, a ll the E
lec tronic Metronome" ; "Locating wave i s u sed i n u ltra -shor t-wave
t
ime? For th
is op% g uess, not too Troubles i
n S
imp le Receivers"; t
elev ision , a nd t he s udden a ppearance
many. No Amateur s hould n eed to "Noise-Free R
eceiving Aer
ial"; o
f a r eflected wave , o ut o f p hase ,
b
e told that his '
phone h as a h igh "Floodlight Aceessory f
or t
he d
isp laces t he p icture o n t he s creen .

8 "Au
stra
lian RADIO a
nd TELEVIS
IO N New
s' "Mar
ch, 1
930
 CO NVERSIO N TABLE

Centi-
W
ri
te f
o
r y
o
ur F
REE
Mega- K
ilo-

N
OW
metres Mega
- Me
tres
Me
tres c
ycles
Me
o
r
tres
c
ycles
c
o
py
1 em
. 3
0,000 95 3
.153 4
15 7
22 .9
5 6
,000 1
00 3
.0 4
20 7
14 .3
1
0 3
,000 1
03 2
.913 4
25 7
05 .9
5
0 6
00 1
06 2
.830 4
30 6
97 .7
1
09 2
.752 4
35 6
98 .7
1 metre 3
00 1
11 2
.703 4
40 6
81 .8
2 metres 1
50 1
13 2
.655 4
45 6
74 .2
6
0 1
15 2
.609 4
50 666.7
5
4
2.86 1
17 2
.564 4
55 6
59 .3
7
3
3.33 1
20 2
.50 4
60 6
52 .2
9
3
0.0 1
22 2
.459 4
65 6
45.2
1
0
2
7.27 1
24 2
.419 4
70 6
38 .3
1
1
2
5.0 1
26 2
.381 4
75 6
31 .6
1
2
2
3.08 1
28 2
.344 4
80 6
25 .0
1
3
2
1.43 1
30 2
.308 4
85 6
18 .6
1
4
2
0.0 1
35 2
.222 4
90 6
12 .2
1
5
18
.75 1
40 2
.143 4
95 6
06 .1
1
6
17
.64 1
45 2
.069 5
00 6
00 .0
17
1
6.67 1
50 2
.0 5
10 5
88 .2
18
1
5.78 1
60 1
.875 5
20 5
76 .9
1
9
1
5.0 1
65 1
.818 5
30 5
66 .0
2
0
1
4.28 1
70 1
.765 5
40 5
55 .6
2
1
1
3.64 1
75 1
.714 5
50 5
45 .5
2
2
13
.04 1
80 1
.667 6
00 5
00 .0
2
3
1
85 1
.622 6
50 4
61 .5
2
4 12
.50
1
90 1
.579 7
00 4
28 .6
N
oise S
uppre
ssion
2
5 12
.0
2
6
2
7
1
1
1
.54
1
.11
1
95
2
00
1
.
1
.
538
5
7
50
8
00
4
00
3
75
.0
.0 BULLETIN
10
.71 Me
tres K
ilocycles 8
50 3
52 .9 The s uppress ion o f r ad io i nter-
2
8
29 10
.35 2
10 1
, 429 9
00 3
33 .3 f
erence i s v ery much t o t he f ore
10
.0 2
20 1
,364 9
50 3
15 .8 i
n t hese d ays o f high f i del ity s ets.
3
0
9.678 2
30 1
,304 1
,000 3
00 .0 Anyone who h as s trugg led t o
3
1
9
. 375 2
40 1
,250 1
,100 2
72 .7 obtain satisfactory r
ecept ion
3
2
9
. 090 2
50 1
, 200 1
,200 2
50 .0 t
hrough the appa ll
ing n o
ise ,
3
3
8
. 823 2
60 1
,154 1
,300 2
30 .8 wh ich c an e xist in b ad l oca lities,
3
4
8.572 2
70 1
,111 1
,400 2
14 .3 will we lco me t he a tte mpts wh ich
3
5
8.332 2
80 1
,071 1
,500 2
00 .0 a
re b eing made t o c o mbat s uch
36
8.118 2
90 1
,034 1
,600 1
87 .5 d
isturbance .
37
7.894 3
00 1
,000 1
,700 1
76 .5 Ducon ofers t h
is b ook let i n
38
7
.692 3
05 983.6 1
,800 1
66 .7 t
he h ope t hat , b y s o d oing , r adio
39
3
10 967.8 1
,900 1
57 .9 u
sers a nd t hose i nterested i n t he
40 7.50
4
1 7
.317 3
15 953.4 2
,000 1
50 .0 s
uccessfu l merchand ising o f Rad io
4
2 7
.143 3
20 937.5 2
,200 1
36 .4 will find s o meth ing o f i nterest ,
6
.977 3
25 923.0 2
,400 1
25 .0 and , perhaps , a ssist i n t he e forts
43
6.819 3
30 909.0 2
,600 1
15 .4 being made t
o reduce i
nter-
44
6
.667 3
35 895.6 2
,800 1
07 .1 f
erence .
4
5
6
.522 3
40 882.3 3
,000 1
00 .0 In many c ases t he i nterference
46
6.383 3
45 869.6 3
,500 8
5.7 c
an b e r e med ied a t t he s ource ,
47
6
.250 3
50 8
57 .2 4
,000 7
5.0 and i t is ma inly with t his phase
48
6
.122 3
55 845.0 4
,500 6
6.7 o
f t he p rob le m t hat t he Ducon
49
6
.0 3
60 8
33 .2 5
,000 6
0.0 Co mpany c an b e o f s erv ice .
50
5
.769 3
65 822.0 5
,500 5
4.5
52
54 5.555 3
70 811.8 6
,000 5
0.0
5.357 3
75 800.0 6
,500 4
6.1
56
5
.0 3
80 789.4 7
,000 4
2.9
60.
65 4.617 3
85 779.2 7
,500 4
0.0
4.287 3
90 769.2 8
,000 3
7.5
70
4.0 3
95 759.4 8
,500 3
5.3
75
80 3
.750 4
00 750.0 9
,000 3
3.3
8
5 3
.530 4
05 740.7 9
,500 3
1.6
9
0 3.333 4
10 731.7 1
0.000 3
0.0 •0
1 1 ,
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a
nd t he chart a bove provides an " at
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lance" a nswer t o the relationsh
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t
hroughout the useful r adio s
pectrum .

March
, 1
950 "Aus
tra
lian RADIO a
nd TELEVIS
ION New
s" 9
 Thousands o f radio s
ervicemen t hroughout Austral
ia u se a nd
r
eplace w
ith Ph ilips v
alves
. The ir r
easons for spec
ify
ing Phil
ips a re simple;
P
HIL
IPS t
hey've t
es
ted t hem —used t hem —and f ound them to be t
he b
est for a
ll types
o
f radio circuits
. B est as in
itia
l equip men
t a nd bes
t for s
ervice work t oo!
The
ir c ho
ice i
s Ph
ilips —so f
ollow t
heir l
ead
, stock a
nd use t
he wor
ld's f
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nes
t
v
alves —they a
re steady
, year
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it makers t
hat con
tinue t
o grow i
n
importance.

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nd T
ELEVIS
IO N N
eu ,s
" Ma
rch
, 1
950
 LAGERRAD
IOOF
IZIER
By NATIL US

The wr
iter
, under h
is p
en-na me o
f "Nat
lus"
, i
s av
eteran Austra
lian Mar
ine Rad
io O
ff
icer
who s
t
ill t
reads d
eck
ing a
fter a l
i
fet
i me
, i
nclu
sive o
f two Wor
ld W ars —at s
ea. H
is
e
xper
iences a
s ap
risoner o
f t
he Naz
is a
re c
ont
inued a
nd c
o mp
leted h
ere
. Last month
's
i
s
sue c
onta
ined t
he f
i
rst p
ort
ion o
f t
his i
nterest
ing b
iography
. — Ed
itor
.

C
ont
inued f
r
om F
e
brua
ry, 1
9
50,
V
o
l. 1
, N
o
. 8
.

Geof
f g ot t he e arp iece t hat d idn't
b
urn o ut a nd s at f or h ours stroking e K
riegesgefangen-
t
he magnet p ole p ieces w ith a p ole l
ager (War P
ris
-
p
iece e x ac ycle g enerator .. .a nd o
ners
' C
amp
). T
he
...was s uccessful. T h
is man s poke G
erman g
uard i
s

f
our languages , e ach o ne s elf t
aught , o
n t
he o
uts
ide o
f
a
nd s pent h is t ime l i
stening t o t he a
n e
lec
tri
fied w
ire
b
roadcasts f rom t he G erman p ropa - mu
ltip
le f
ence
.
g
anda b roadcasts, t ranslating t hem ,
a
nd c o mpar ing s ame w ith B rit
ish
n
ews.

h
is large pointer t
o a n i gnit
ion c i
r- prepared t o l ecture , a nd a l ot o f
c
uit a nd blandly w en t o n t o that hard w ork w ou ld b e d one b y t hem
"Many a German
s
ubject
. The Adm iral was t i
ckled i
n p repar ing l ectures a nd s chemat ic
worke
r h
ad t
he
a
t our interes
t i n autos. draw ing s f or t he c lass i ns truc tion ,
g
enera
tor p
inched
as i t must b e b orn i n m ind t he
o
f h
is b
ike
." Actua lly t he f orma tion o f t his •
zmount o f t echn ica l l i
tera ture was
s
o mewhat u n
ique R adio S choo l c a me
s
tr ictly l im ited . J
immy Morr ison ,
about a s ar esu lt of a" get t oge ther"
• 2nd R ad io Of fi
cer , who wa s o n
ly a t
among t he s en ior r adio o f
icers , who s
ea f or t he w ar p eriod , v o lun teered
d
ec ided t hat s o meth ing o ugh t t o b e
t
o i ns truct a ma ths c lass, wh ich was
d
one t o k eep a n i nterest a live i n mos t n ecessary a s a n a djunc t, a nd
t
he p rofess ion . There w ere men
s
o t he p rojec t w en t i nto a ction .
h
old ing f irst-class c ertif
ica tes , s econd -
c
lass c ertifica tes, a nd " perm its" o r F
ive a fternoons a w eek w ere g iv en
"l
im ited" c ertificates i ssued b y t he over t o r adio w ork , a nd t hree e ven -
British G overnment , i n t he l ager , i
ng s p er w eek t aken u p b y ma ths
W AR PRISONERS
' RADIO s
tudy . T he r esu lts w ere mos t g ra ti-
S
CHOOL and i t was f elt t ha t a l ot c ou ld
b
e d one f or a ll h ands b y a l i
t tle fying . Apar t f rom a c oup le who

T
a
HE G
a
erman a
ged s
tud
nd many a
ies i
nd v ar
uthor
n t
it
he p
ied w
ies e
r
ncour
ison l
ere t
agers
he s
tud
-
,
ies
c
o
t
if
-operat
icated men
ion .
, who w
T
he " lim
ere k
ited" c
nown a
er-
s
d
s
ropped o
choo l, t
u
he r
t a fter t
est s
he f
tayed o
ir st w
n a
eek
nd d
's
id
"
dog t icke ters" , w ere a b it o f a goad w ork i ndeed , a nd t hat i n cluded
f
ollowed b y t heir u nw ill
ing g uests. af ew who , f rom l ack o f k een i nter -
p
rob lem . The q ualifications f or t his
Only o ne s tudy was f orb idden , a nd e
s t, h ad d ecided t he c lass w ou ldn 't
c
er t
ificate w ere a r epu ted a b
ility t o
t
ha t was r ad io i n a ny f orm . Never - r
ead morse a t 1 6 w .p.m . a nd t o h ave get v ery f ar . S oper d id magn ificen t
t
heless , t he r adio f ratern ity d ecided work , a bly a bet ted b y men who h ad
s
o me i dea o f h ow t o s witch g ear o n
i
t wou ld h ave a r adio s choo l
, G erry as pec ia lised k now ledge i n s ome p ar-
and o f
, p lus a b it o f simp le t heory
wil
ling o r n ot, a nd w e h ad i t u nder t
icu lar i tem o f r adio. A rthur Webb ,
t
o e nab le t hem t o k now wha t t hey
t
he d irectorsh ip o f av ery g ood f riend IM .R C ompany , was a p ar ticu lar h elp
were d oing when t urned l oose a s
o
f m ine , D ick S oper , e x-un ivers ity i
n l ec tur ing o n F requency Mea sure -
v
eatchkeeper s i n mer chan t s hips .
gradua te, a nd a " wiz" a t maths . O f men t ; B ur ch h anded o ut s o me g ood
t
ext b ooks w e h ad b ut t wo ...o ne Among t he s econd -class men w ere s
tuf f o n E chosounders , a nd y our
s
ec t
ion o f t he Adm iralty Handbook newcomer s t o t he p rofess ion and s
cr ibe was e ven r ung -in t o l ec ture
o
f Wire less a nd t he 1 939 c opy o f t he s
o me o ld-timer s who c ould meet t he o
n T ransm i tter a nd r eceiver p ower
ARRL Handbook , t he l atter b ound r
equ iremen ts o f w atchkeep ing a l- s
upp lies a nd r egu la tion u nits . E very -
and r e
-bound a s " old man t ime" t ool
r r
ight, b ut who h ad f orgo tten mos t one w orked h ard , b oth i ns truc tor s
t
oll of it. We h ad a r eal b ig a fect ion o
f t heir t heory . "A" C lass, i t was and i n struc ted ; i t was n o u ncommon
f
or t hat b ook , a nd i t was s uggested a
rgued , c ould b e c apab le o f b r
ing - s
igh t o u t o f c lass h our s t o s ee men
t
ha t it b e r eturned t o t he Amer ican i
ng t he " dog t icke ters" u p to s econd - unse lfish ly g iv ing o f t he ir t ime ,
Relay L eague f or t heir museum a fter c
l ass s tandard o f p roficiency, t he know ledge a nd e xper ience t o h elp
t
he war . Our c lassroom h ad a s
econd -class men t o where t hey c ou ld s
o meone e lse who wan ted a p oin t
s
election o f l arge a utomob ile w iring s
it f or f i
rst-class c ertificates, a nd c
leared u p t hat was w orry ing h im .
c
ircuits o n i ts wa lls, a nd o ne d ay t
he f ully c ertified men w ould h ave a The s pirit o f " camarader ie" w as t er-
when a v isiting G erman Adm iral "
refresher" t hat w ou ld d o t hem n o r
ific, a nd a n Ama teur R ad io C lub
o
pened t he d oor a nd c aught u s i n harm . I t was o bvious t ha t n o h alf- was a l so f ormed w ith t he i dea o f
ad ecided d iscuss ion o n s uperhet d e- measures w ould h ave t o b e taken . ...
s
ign f or mar ine u sage , Soper s witched I
nstruc tors h ad t o b e found who w ere (
Con
tinued o
ver
leaf
)

ya
rch
, 1
950 "Au
stra
lian RADIO a
nd TELEVISIO N New
s" 1
 (
Con
tinued f
rom p
age 1)
maintaining c ontact b etween c lass
members when t he war was f in
ished
and members r eturned t o t heir n or-
mal v ocations. Much i nteres t was
s
hown i n t his p ro
jec t
, a nd many
a
nd v aried w ere t he transm it ters a nd
r
eceivers t en
ta t
ive ly designed a gainst
t
he d ay when t hey c ould b e u sed.
J
immy Morr ison w ent o n w ith h is
maths class a nd d id fi
ne w ork i ndeed,
s
tarting w ith t he d ef
init ion o f a
"
prime n umber" a nd f i
nish ing u p a t
t
he i n
troduc tion t o Calcu lus.

DIVERSIONS

F URTHER s
t
icab le, a s o
tudy was t
ur t roops w
hen i
ere f
mprac
igh t
-
-
i
ng b ut 1 k ilome tres a way , a nd
s
he lls f rom t he r etrea ting G ermans
were c on t inuous ly p ass ing o ver o ur
h
eads ; o ur ' p
lanes w ere f l ying u p
a
nd d own t he o ld B remen -Hamburg
Road o nly 1 00 y ards a way a nd
s
traf ing G erman t ranspor t u nmer ci-
f
ully . I am a fra id o ur i nterest h ad
s
trayed a b it f rom p ermu tations a nd
c
o mmu tat ions . H owever , I am a fra id
I h ave g ot a b i t a head o f myse lf
Ap
o
rtab
le r
a
dio w
ith p
unch i
n c hron ic ling t he n a tura l s equence
o
f t hing s i n r ef erence t o t his f i
gh t-
a
nd p
er
sona
lit
y i
ng
t
.
he B rit
S
ome l
ish P os
i
ttle t
tmas
ime p
ter
rev
-Genera
ious
l h
ly,
ad
b
een c ontac ted a nd h ad a greed t o
s
end a s et o f p aper s o ver f or e x-
Th
is n
ew A
.W.A
. Rad
iola p
ortab
le i
s t
he amina tions , t o b e h eld u nder s tand -
a
rd e xam ina tion c ond itions , f or t he
f
i
nes
t r
ece
iver o
f i
t
s t
ype a
vai
lab
le. I
t p
ro-
1
s t a nd 2 nd C lass C ertifica tes o f
v
ides l
ong d
i
stance r
ecep
tion
, p
erf
ect t
one
, Profic iency . Twen ty -three men s a t
,
v
ery e
conom
ica
l o
pera
tion a
nd t
he h
igh a
nd a ll d id e xce llent p aper s; a ll t ha t
r
e ma ined f or t hem t o d o was t he
s
tanda
rd o
f workmansh
ip a
nd r
e
liab
ili
ty mor se a nd o ra l t es ts o n r eturn t o
a
lways a
ssoc
iated w
ith A
.W.A
. p
roduc
ts. Grea t B rita in .
T
he e
asy c
arry
ing c
ase i
sava
ilab
le i
n ar
ange The who le b us iness h ad b een a
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ir worr ies about how we Germans c ame t o t he s ame c onclu- and r un job" , wh ich s o very n atura lly
c
ame t o be in possess
ion of it .. . s
ion a fter t hey f ound t hat t hrea ten- was t he G erman i ntention. Where
t
o them the war was l o
st, a
nd the
ir i
ng s hooting f or o fenders d id n ot t
he s h
ips r endezvoued was n ot given ,
ma
in i n
terest, l
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o get s
top u s c hopp ing d own l arge p ine but f rom t he amoun t o f J apanese
h
ome . t
rees f or f uel whenever h e f a
iled t o s
tuf f I s aw f rom t ime t o t ime, i t
p
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n c onclus ion , I t hink t he r eader t
ook p lace i n o r n ear J apanese

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lians w
i l
l a gree t ha t R adio F ratern ity a s water s
. The s hip d uly s et o ut
, a nd
he
ld t he o pinion t hat t he B ritish a w hole i n t he c amps p ulled t heir t
o q uote Adm irale E isen, " after
p
risoners h ad j ust a bout e very thing weight, w ere g ood a nd h elpfu l t o v
ary ing d elays c aused ' by t he s tall-
t
ha t o ne n eeded, a nd i n
' t his t hey b
oth t heir o wn k ind, a nd n ot f ound i
ng o f the R ussians i n p roviding t he
were more o r l ess r ight, u n
less a l
acking i n p ubl ic spirit when i t came i
ce-breaker s
, a s p er p rom ise, t hey
t
ranspor t h old-up c ut o f R ed C ross t
o a ssisting t he c o mmun ity a s a g
ot t hrough t he i c
e s ea s afely a nd
and t obacco p arce ls. Therefore i t whole. I n t he ir own s mall way t hey were i n f ree wa ter s o nce a gain ."
was o nly n atural t hat s o me o f t hem had, al though " out o f c o mm ission" The f irst time t he K ommando made
s
hou ld n ot b e a bove d oing a s nide a
s f ar a s a ctive s ervice wa s c on- i
ts p resence f elt wa s when t hey s ank
b
us iness i n a nyth ing f rom o n
ions , c
erned , c on tribu ted t o u nited war t
he " Turak ina" i n t he T asman S ea.
t
hrough f lour, meat; c igaret te l ight- efort i n mak ing t hings a l i
ttle more This s hip, w i
th i ts s ingle 6-inch g un,
e
rs, r ad ios a nd c rysta ls o f a t ype p
leasant f or t heir f e
llow B riton s
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ought t he r
aider s "Kome t", i
n
l
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b
e tween a c ouple o f b its o f me tal ABOUT NAZI MARINE TACT ICS
a
nd n eeded n o f i
dd ling w ith c ats- C OR t hose who m ight b e i n ter-
'
: e sted i n t he H ilfkreu tzer K om -
mando u nder H err Adm ira le E isen ,
t
he f ollow ing i s a v ery b rief c on-
t
rac tion o f a f ull-page a r t
icle t hat
appeared i n t he "Hamburg V ol
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k
ischer B eobach ter" ( the Hamburg
Peop le 's O bserver ), g iv ing a b rief
r
esume o f t he a ctua l c oncep tion o f
t
he p rojec t
, a nd t he way t ha t i t
c
ame t o b e o pera ting i n t he P acif ic
.
I
t a ppear s t ha t t he G erman H igh
e "The e
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ign broadcasts c
ould b
e Command , a t t he b eginn ing o f t he
t
hrown o
n t
he G
erman
p
un ished wi
th b
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s
upp
ly w
as e
vident
ly o
f c
ons
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le mag
-
t
he a ctivity o f B ritish n ava l f or ces a
lude
,"
wh iskers . This l atter i tem s ell
ing o
pera ting i n n orthern wa ter s, i nter -
at 5 0 t o 1 00 c igaret tes .. . .c ofee f
ering s ucce ssfu lly w i
th t he i ngress which t he Adm ira le f lew h is f l
ag,
and c ocoa w ere a l so g ood t rade l i
nes , and e gress o f G erman r aider s f rom and h is o ther r aider , " Orion" , f or
s
o i t w ill b e r ead ily o bserved t ha t Germany i tself a nd o ccup ied n or thern s
ix h our s i n a r aging s ea. The
t
he l ot o f t hose who were P .O .W . i n t
erritory . Adm ira le E isen e volved a s
hip was a ligh t f rom s tem t o s tern
Germany , was i mmeasurab ly b etter p
lan i n wh ich h e c once ived t he p os- as d arkness s et i n
, a nd E isen d e-
t
han t hose u nfor tunates who w ere s
i b
ility o f as hip b eing f itted o u t a s c
ided t o t orpedo h er, p robab ly i n a n
he
ld b y t he J aps . an a rmed c ruiser , a nd i n l ieu o f e
ndeavour t o e x tingu ish a b eacon
When t he f uel p os itions b ecame t
ak ing t he n orma l p assage n or th- t
ha t m igh t h ave l ed t o h is u ndo ing.
a
cu te
, a s i t d id o n o ccas ions , h ome - ward a nd w estward i nto t he A t
lan tic, The t orpedo was f i
red a nd u nfortu-
made r adiators f l
our ished , a s a lso d id and f rom t hence s ou th a bout a nd nate
ly s truck a s h
ip 's l ifeboa t a l
ong -
ah ot wa ter h ea ter, p rinc ipa l
ly u sed r
ound t he Horn i nto t he P acific, i t s
ide " Turak ina", k illing t he 3 8 mem -
f
or s hav ing wa ter o r mak ing t ea . was p ut f orward t ha t w ith R uss ian b
er s o f t he c rew who w ere in i t
.
This h eater was s imp licity i tself i n a
id, i .e.
, t he s upp ly o f a n i c e
-breaker , He later p icked u p t he r ema ining 2 0
e
ase o f manufacture . All o ne d id t
hat t he s hip c ou ld g o n orth a bou t member s o f the c rew f rom t he o ther
was t o s ecure , an empty 1 -lb. p ow - and t hrough t he i ce s ea, a nd s o o n
b
oa t a nd t he wa ter , a nd w en t "He ll
d
ered m ilk t in, a cross wh ich was i
ts j ourney t o t he P ac ific v ia a
b
en t f or E lect
ion" d own t o wa ters
p
laced a s t
ick t o a ct a s a s uppor t s
pec ified r oute , l ater t o ama lgama te
w
ith o ther u nits o f a K ommando b
elow 4 0-deg s. s ou th l atitude .
f
or a s econd e lemen t
, a nd was a lso
l
ong e nough t o a ct a s a ,h and le. o
pera ting a t t ha t t ime i n a no ther His next move was to return a gain
The s econd e lement was a 4 -oz . part o f t he w orld . a
nd c apture a smal
l Norweg ian s h
ip,
c
ocoa t in l ashed t o t he w ooden s us - Adm irale E isen s et o ut w i th h is t
he "Homewood" , and later the p as-
p
ender , a nd a l ead r un f rom b oth p
lan f or a p er sona l i nterview w ith s
enger s hip " Rangitan
i" was s unk;
o
u ter a nd i nner t ins t o t he 2 40 -vo lt Hitler, a nd r ece ived t he l a
tter 's p er- f
rom t here onward i s
, o f c ourse,
l
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ll k nown to the Australian p ubl
ic.
f
i
lled w ith wa ter . T hese u nits b oi
led and t o s elec t wha tev er s hip h e
i
n q u
ick t ime , b ut t he amount o f t
hought mos t s uitable f or t he s uccess
j
uice t hat t hey p ulled must h ave t
hereof . A sma ll p asseng er v essel
b
een c ons iderab le. The e xtra l oad Wr
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o t
he E
ditor a
bout
o
f s ome 4 000 o r s o tons was s e lec ted,
t
hrown o n t he G erman s upp ly was s
trengthened t o s tand t he s tress a nd YOUR RADIO
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vident ly o f c ons iderab le magn itude , s
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ot ice was i ssued t o t he e fect t ha t t
o t he one s haf t, a nd s he was c apab le a
bou
t "
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c
on tinued u se b y p risoners wou ld b e o
f 2 1 k nots. C
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r ANY SUBJECT i
n
t
rea ted a s a n a ct o f s abotage a nd nava l o pin ion was t ha t t he s hip
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FACTS ABOUT
B
.B.C
. TELEV
ISION
STATION AND AUDIENCE
Resumed o n J une 7 , 1 946, a fter
a war time b reak o f n ear ly s even
y
ears , t he B .B .C . T elevision S erv ice
h
a s i ts h eadquar ters a t A lexandra
Palace o n a s ite 3 00 -ft. a bove s ea
l
eve l o verlook ing L ondon 's n orthern
s
uburbs . Vision a nd s ound t rans -
mitters , w ith t wo s tudios , s taff a c-
c
ommoda tion, workshops , e tc
., a re
g
rouped r ound t he b ase o f a3 00-f t.
t
ower a nd mast r ad iating , t elevision
e
n ter tainment o ver a n om ina l r ad ius
o
f 4 0 m i
les . (
In p ract ice many
"
viewers" e n
joy p rogrammes a t di st-
ances o f 6 0 m iles a nd b eyond) .
Telev ision r ece iv
ing l i
cences , wh ich
c
os t £ 20 ( doub le t he o rdinary w ire -
l
ess l i
cence ) n umbered 8 2,400 a t t he
e
nd o f November , 1 948 , b ut c on -
s
iderab ly more s ets a re n ow i n-u se.
The t elevis ion t ransm it ter o per -
a
tes o n t he Marcon i-E.M .I. s ystem ,
w
i th a d ef
in ition o f 4 05 l ines p er
p
ic ture , i nter laced t o p rov ide 5 0
f
rames a s econd .
Telev ision r eceivers a re manufac - h
ave c overed r acing a t A scot, tennis b
efore a ctual t ran smission ; e arl
ier
t
ur ed b y a n umber o f r adio f i
rms , a
t Wimb ledon, c ricket a t L ords a nd r
ehearsals f or p lays, etc.
, a re c arried
and t he a verage p icture s ize i s 10-in . t
he Ova l, f ootba l
l a nd Wemb ley, o
ut in r ehearsa l rooms i n t own. A
by 8 -in. r
ugger a t Tw ickenham , t he b oatrace p
lay u sua lly t akes a f ortnigh t t o
a
nd n umerous o
ther i tems. I
n r
ehearse.
PROGRAMMES nat
ional e vents t hey h ave g iven Unl
ike o rdinary b roadcas ting, t e
le -
Programmes a re t ransm itted e very v
iewers " ac tuali
ty" p ictures o f the v
is
ion d emands t hat t he a ctor s learn
d
ay o f t he w eek , S undays i ncluded , V
ictory P arade , C enotaph C eremony , t
heir lines. In this, a s i n a lmos t
with s ess ions e ach a f ternoon a nd Lord Mayor 's S how , the R oyal T our e
very o ther d epar tment, t elevision
e
ven ing. A fternoon p rogrammes r un t
o S outh A fr
ica ( departure a nd re- i
s more d if icult a nd c omp lex t han
f
or a pprox imate ly a n h our , f rom t
urn) a nd t he R oya l Wedd ing — to s
ound b roadcas ting. S
cenery h as t o
3 t o 4 p .m ., w ith e xtens ions i n t he name o nly a f ew. b
e designed , b u
ilt and p ainted , dresses
c
ase o f p lays o r s pec ia l " ou tside" must be made o r hired, facial make -
b
roadcasts . Even ing p rogrammes e x
- STAFF u
p mus t b e d evised t o s u
it t he v ary -
t
end f rom 8 .30 t o 1 0 p .m . I n a ddi- Head o f t he T e
lev ision S ervice i s i
ng moods o f t he c ameras . Te
le -
t
ion , a d emonstrat ion f i
lm i s t rans - Norman C ol
lins , f ormer ly i n c harg e v
is
ion make -up, l i
gh ter than t hat f or
mitted b etween 1 a .m. a nd 1 2 e very o
f t he L ight P rogramme . T
he P ro- f
i
lms, aims a t as un -tan e fect.
week d ay morn ing f or t he b enefit g
ramme D irec tor i s C ec
il McG ivern , Stage a nd fi
lm a rtists make r egu-
o
f t he r ad io i ndustry . r
ecent ly r eturned f rom f i
lm w ork l
ar appearances , b
ut t
e
levision
Studio p rogrammes c over a w ide and f
ormer ly a B .B .C. f
ea ture v
ariety h as been h andicapped b e
-
r
ange o f i nterests . P lays , a verag ing writer. Prog ramme Organ iser: c
ause many p erformers who a re
a
bout 2 1 week ly , a re p erhaps t he Cecil Madden . P
at H i
llyard i s in u
nder c ontract to the b ig mus ic
-ha l
l
most p opu lar , b ut t he t ransm iss ions c
harge o f Ligh t E nter tainmen t
, Mr s
. c
o mbines a re n ot a llowed t o t e
le-
i
nclude w eek ly e d
itions o f " P
ic ture Mary Adams o f T alk s a nd T alks v
ise. A n umber o f n ew t e
levision
Page" ( interv iews w ith p eople i n Features, P hilip D or te o f O utside a
cts h ave b een d i
scovered b y t he
t
he n ews ) , d ocumentar ies , i lustrated Broadcast s a nd F ilms , a nd R ober t Te
levision Aud it
ions Un it.
t
alks , d ance a nd v ariety s hows , b a
l- MacDermot o f D rama .
l
et, s por ting i nterv iews , d emonstra - There are a bou t t wen ty t e
levis ion
t
ions o f amateur w rest ling a nd b ox- TELEV ISION ADV ISORY
p
roducers , a nd t he t ota l p rogramme
i
ng d isp lays , n ewsree ls made b y t he CO M MITTEE
s
taff n umber s a bou t 3 00.
B
.B .C .
's own f i
lm u nit, a nd many Telev
ision Superin tendent Engi- T
he p resen t high d ef
in ition service
s
hor t f i
lms . (Perm iss ion h as n ot n
eer : Doug las B irkinshaw . o
rigina lly s tarted i n t he a u
tumn o f
b
een o bta ined t o t elevise c o mmerc ial 1
936, a nd was t he f i
rst o f it
s k ind
n
ewsree ls o r f ea tured f ilms .) SPECIAL PROBLEMS i
n t he w orld
.
Studio s hows a re s upp lemented b y There a re a t p res et t wo t e
le- I
ts p rogress i s now g uided b y the
o
u tside e vents p rovided b y t wo mob i
le v
is
ion s tudios
, e ach measur ing 70-ft
. Te
lev ision Advisory C
omm it
tee,
t
elev ision u nits , wh ich c an r ange b
y 3 0-f
t. a nd 25-ft
. high. Stud
io A which makes r ecommenda t
ions t o
London a nd t he Home C ount ies t o h
as f our camera c hannels
, S tud
io B t
he Postmas ter -Genera l on s
uch
d
is tances o f u p t o 3 0 m iles f rom h
as t hree
. C
amera r ehearsals are matter s a s the introduc tion o f higher
Alexandra P alace . I
n s por t t hey u
sually only possible for a few hours d
efinition a nd e xtension t o other parts

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f t he c oun try . The C omm ittee i s
c
omposed a s f ollows : —
Chairman : L ord T refgarne .
Treasury : Mr . R . J . P . Harvey ;
Mr. D . J. Ward ley , C .M .G., M .C .
Post Of f
ice : Mr . A . J . G i
ll ( Engi-
neer-in-Ch ief ); Mr . H . T ownshend ,
C
.B . Telegraph C ompany , w ith a ll its in- c
ommence p ub lic s ervice a t A lexandra
Board o f T rade : Mr . H . A. Binney . t
erests. Palace , a nd t hese t ransm itters were
Ministry o f S upp ly : Mr . F. C. How ; s
till i n o pera tion . Brita in 's l atest
Mr
. A sp
inall said that "Austra lian
Mr. F . S. B ar ton. and t hird s ta tion , wh ich w il l b e in-
Department o f S cient ific and I ndus - t
elevision act
ivity was a ttracting a
s
ta lled i n t he n orth o f Eng land,
t
rial R esearch : S ir Edward App leton , g
rea t d eal o
f i nterest i n G reat
Brita
in, where there was c onsiderab ly was we l
l o n t he way t o c o mp let
ion
K.C.B .
, D .Sc ., F .R.S .; Mr . O . F . i
n t he Mar con i o rgan isat ion . This
i
ncreased i
nterest i
n t
elevision
Brown . s
tat ion w ill b e u nique i n B rit ish t ele-
b
rought a bout b y t he co mp letion o f
B
.B .C.
: S
ir William Haley, v
ision , a s i t i s t he f irst e ver t o b e
t
he n ew Birm ingham s tation.
K
.C .M .G.; S ir Noe l A shbr idge. built i n i ts e ntirety b y a s ingle ,
C
ol. S ir S tan ley Angw in, K .B .E., "The Marcon i C ompany , wh ich , as c
ompany .
D
.S .O., M .C. ( late o f t he P ost Of f
ice), i
s we l
l k nown , i s t he p ioneer w ire- "As f ar a s Austra lia i s c oncerned ,
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lu sion s Aga
in, many t
hanks.
pect o f r adio o r t e
lev i
sion, a re a l
-
e
ithe r a bou t p ub lic r espon se t o a p ure ly t echn i- Yours fra
ternally,
ways w elcome . Whe re s pace p erm i
ts,
c
al r ad io p eriod i cal i n t hese d ays. F our y ear s "Del"
s
election s will b e p ubl
ished . A p en name
may b e u sed b u
t i t is e s
sen tial that the ago i t w as v ery d iffer en t —a s cien tific ially c on -
wr
iter's c orrect n ame a nd a ddress b e duc ted r ad io-boo sting wa r h ad j ust c onc luded ,
s
upp l
ied . The Ed itor h old s t he right to and t he p ublic w ou ld s nap u p a ny thing t he
S
ome r eade rs h ave w ritten a sking why w e
a
bbrev iate l etters whe re n ecessary. The book stal ls h ad t o o f
ler, t e
chn ica l o r o the rw ise.
have d iscon tinued t he " Provincial B roadca ste r"
p
ub l
ishe rs d o n ot n ecessarily a g
ree w ith T hat s ame p ubl ic d oe sn't wan t t o r ead a ny mo re s
eries. S imp le
. We made t he space a vailable t o
t
he o pinion s e xpres
sed i n letters. abou t r ada r
, g lid e-pa th a ircraft c on tro l o r c om - manage r
s o f c oun try b roadca ster
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l ex e l ectron ic d evi ces. Mr . F lood m en tion s a n- r
esults i n p oor r espon se, a nd s pace i s v aluab le
o
the r p ublication . Aga in w e r eitera te t hat t he f
or o ther p urpose s a t p resen t. I f the p rovinc ial
L
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ole ly t echn ical-read ing p ub lic i s v ery l imited , p
eop le t ake e nough i n
te res
t i n our t e
lling t heir
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tory t o r eader s
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leeson Avenue
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ir culation c an o nly b e b uilt u p e ver a p eriod f
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i ce E d
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These r emarks a pp ly a lso i n a g eneral s ense.
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eria l
. F ina l
ly , w e t hank Mr . F lood f or h i
's c on - —Ed i
tor.
Dear S ir, c
es sion t ha t o ur t e chn i.a l a rticles " are g ood ,"
Having r ead t he e ditor ia l .. . ( February , but d on 't a gree t ha t t hey a ren 't wo r th a b ob .
1950 , I ssue ), I n wh ich y ou s o f reely c riticise And a s f or ama teu r s b eing " too d isappo in ted t o
r
eaders f or l ack o f p ar tic ipa tion , I f eel t hat
make a s econd b uy" — tha t i s i ndeed a v ery l ong
We h ereby d uly a polog ise t o John
I s hould w rite a f ew w ords . . . t he r eader Mil
ler, VK2ANF , for a b it o f am ix-
shou ld n ot p articipa te a ctive ly i n the s upp lying way o f t he b eam . We l e ave i tt o o ur Au s
t ralian ,
o
f r ead ing ma ter ia l, b ut s hou ld b e a b
le t o New Z ealand , B ritish a nd Ame rican ama teur up in a n e xchange o f ma il. You
purchase a magaz ine w or thy o f i t
s n rice , i n r
eade rs t o s upp ly t he a n swe r t o t ha t. —Ed itor) . r
eceived a letter intended f or VK2X0
wh ich h e i s s upp lied e nter tain ing a nd e duca - by error
, J ohn, a nd vice v ersa . No
t
iona l r ead ing ma tter , c on tributed n o t b y r ead -
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rs , b ut b y s pecia lis ts o r e xper ts .. .t he e di
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harm d one, b ut w e a re s orry t hat
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Dear D on, was lost
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elev ision p olicy i s q uite s ound . . . b ut why c
opies of "A.R . & TV . N ." r egularly,
The G OFO i s n ow c omp le te a nd i s giving
f
i
l l v aluab le s pace w ith p hotos o f t elev ision
enter tainers a nd a rt icles o n Eng lish S hows . e
ven b etter t han e xpec ted r esults
. t
hat's the ma in t hing.
As I am k een o n w orking i nto b oth t he
Ar ticles o f t echn ica l n ature w ould b e more
S
tates a nd E urope , h ave b een t oying w ith the
welcome . I n my o pin ion a nd t hat o f o ther s
i
dea o f e rect
ing a n e xper imen tal mode l of a
w
i th whom I h ave d iscussed t he s ubjec t, b o th
f
ull wave W8JK a s d escribed b y J ohn K rans
memb ers o f t he r ad io wor ld, t he p ub lic f or
i
n a n e xcellent a rticle i n "Rad io" , F ebruary, CREDITS
wh ich y ou a re c ater ing s imp ly d oes n ot e xist
1
939. T he i dea w ould b e t o a pply t he (i8P0 I
n t he p rocess o f c omp iling a m onth ly p ubl
i-
. • .a t p resen t . . .y our o wn o pin ion i s
p
rinciple t o t he f ull wave W8JK t o suppress c
ation, r eference may b e made t o t echn ical
t
ha t a p ure ly t echn ica l p ub lica tion wou ld h ave
t
he p a
tterns o n o ne s ide. This I f successful d
ata and i
lustra tive material i
n o
ver seas
a l im i
ted c ircu lation . No o ne c an d eny
would p rov ide b eamed c overage t o b oth Eu rope p
eriodicals . S
uch r eference i s accompan ied
t
hat " —" was n o t a p ure ly t echn ical maga - and U .S.A . f rom a f ixed a rray w ith t he line b
y a cknow ledgment o f t he s ource , but i nstances
z
ine . T he amateur s ection a nd t echn ica l a r- o
f t he w ires r unn ing e ast a nd w es t
. I t wou ld o
ccur o f u nintent iona l om ission . Due t o t em-
t
icles i n "R & TV" a re g ood , b u t not s uf f
icien t no d oubt b e n ecessary t o u se 14 wave s tubs p
orary d if iculties d uring t he i ndustrial h old-up
t
o warran t t he p urchase p rice . .Is uspec t i
n e ach e lemen t f or f eed p urposes . l
ast y ear. w e o mitted t o g i ve c redi
t t o i lus-
t
he ma jo rity a re t oo d isappo in ted t o make a Yours, t
rations o rigina t
ing w ith o verseas c ontempor -
s
econd b uy. . . . Sel Weston ( VK2ST ) a
ries. We a polog ise f or s uch o m
ission t o
Your s s incere ly, "Radio-E lectron ics", "Rad io and Te
lev ialon
N
. J . F lood . News" a nd "Rad io O ff
icer s' N ews" ( U.S.A .).
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ev. R. J. R
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elb
ridge
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tanthorpe
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(No d oub t s ome r ead e rs w il
l h ave t heir o wn 2
0th J anuary , 1 950
opin ion s
, a nd w ill w ish t o c o mmen t. In t he' E di
tor , "Rad io a nd T elev ision ,"
ma in, o ur o wn o b
serva tion s a r e a s f ollow s: — Sydney .
The p urpor t of t he e ditor ial i n q ues t
ion h as b een Dear D on,

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misread . No e di
tor c an b e a m ind -r ead er a nd Ih ave j ust r ece ived my c urren t copy o f y our
only b y c orrespond ence c an i t be d eterm ined ( ns/ e
s teemed j ourna l. I
n i t I n oted y our k ind ly
wha t t he M AJORITY o f r eader s w ou ld l ike. r
eference t o my l a
te w ife , a nd y our t hough
Ther e i s n o sugge stion t ha t r ead ers s upp ly a ll ful e xpression o f s ympa thy. Will y ou p lease
t
he r e
ad ing ma tter; t ha t i dea i s fan tastic. Our accept my h ear tfelt t hanks f or t he r emem-
f
i
le s s how a l arge v olume o f letters i n p raise o f brance s o f ree ly a nd f eeling ly o fered. I The CAPTAIN
I
? & TV a nd Mr . F lood 's i s abou t t he f ourth t o s
ens ed t ha t i t was g enu ine ly g iven a nd i t " AERIAL UNIT e qua ls
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xp re ss d
isapprova l
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f t
her e a
re s
im ila r t
ouchd me d eep ly. a 50ft. h igh a erial, g ives
t
hough ts i n the m ind s o f a ny r ead er s
, w e w ou ld I
t was c erta inly a k een s orrow t o me a nd t
one, v
olume , s
ensitiv ity,
l
ike t o h ave t hem . The r eference t o E nglish s
till i s
. No t o nly was s he g ifted a s a s plend id more s tations , f reedom f rom
TV New s a nd i l
lustrations i s a nswered b y t he help
-mee t in my w ork, b ut s he h appened t o b e l
ightning. Reduces static,
f
ac t t hat we c on sider a p icture-l es
s p eriod ical t o an e xpert o pera tor o n t he k ey! We w orked fi
ts i nside y our s et. D oes
b
e a s d ry a s d ust a nd t he B ritish B roadca sting t
oge ther v ery e ar ly i n l ife i n t he o ld c oun try away w i
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nd f requen tly worked wires. Broadcast o r s hor t-
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th a c on stan t
wave r ecep t
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low o f ma terial wh ich w e r eally d o b elieve. i s duplex o n TS ( London ) f
rom Wor thing i n
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tage , b ut w e a re l ook ing a head . A p e r
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amarad ie o f
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jo iced
RE G CO O K E .
d
ea ling w ith r ad io a lone w il
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2U W SYDNEY
COMPLETES 25 YEARS OF
eRobert M ont-
BROADCAST ING g
omer
y, wel
l-known

T
HE s
i
lver a
nniver
sary o
f S
tat
ion s
c
reen s
ta
r, t aking
2U W f
e
ll on February 1
3, 1950
,
p
a
rt in a BC p
ro
-
e
xact
ly 25 years f
rom t he day on
wh ich a l i
cence was g ranted t o Mr . g
ramme dur
ing h
is
Ot to S ande l, r adio a nd e l ectr ica l 1
949 vi
s
it to E
ng
-
eng ineer o f B e llevue H ill, t o o perate l
a
nd.
ab roadcast ing s tation u nder t he c al
l
s
ign o f 2U W S ydney .
I
n a ctua l f act , t he s tation h ad
b
een t ransm itt ing o n a n e xper imenta l
basis f or t wo y ears p rior t o t he
gran t
ing o f t he b roadcas ting l icence .
Mr . S ande l, h owever , was a p ioneer
i
n a c o mmerc ia l a s w ell a s at ech -
n
i ca l s ense . H is f a
ith i n t he p ower
o
f r adio a s a n a dver tising med ium
was w ell e stab lished i n r ad io 's e ar-
l
iest d ays, a nd i n o rder t o u se t he (
By courtesy of
s
t ation t o a dver t
ise h is own b usi- t
he B.B.C.)
n
ess , h e t ook o ut a l i
cence i n 1 925 .
S
tud io e quipment was c onf ined w ith in
o
ne r oom , a nd, w ith o ne t urn tab le, under i ts n ew o wner ship was Mr . under took t o c o-ord ina te t he man -
h
e h imse lf a cted a s e ng ineer a nd F
. W. L eigh ton -Ba i
ley . H is a nnounc - agement o f a nd p rovide p rogrammes
announcer . His t ransm iss ion h ours i
ng s taff c ons is ted o f Mr . J . M . f
or t he A C lass s ta t
ions o f Aus -
averaged f our p er n ight , w ith s pas - Pren t
ice a nd Mr . C lif ford A rno ld, t
ral ia, wh ich h ad l ately b een a cqu ired
mod ic b roadcasts d uring t he d ay a s b
oth o f whom a re s t
ill a ctive i n l ocal by t he G overnmen t. I
n 1 932 , t he
t
ime f rom h is r egu lar b us iness p er- r
ad io, t he f ormer h av ing c on t
inued c
on trac t o f t he Aus tra lian B roadcas t-
mit ted. h
is a ssoc ia tion w ith 2U W t o t he i
ng C ompany h av ing e xpired , t he
To t his d ay , Mr . S ande l a sser ts p
resent d ay, a nd t he l a tter b eing c on - Governmen t d
ecided t
o u
se t
he
t
ha t h is p rim it ive l i
ttle r ad io s tat ion , n
ec ted w ith t he p roduc tion o f o ne mach inery o f i ts Na tiona l B roadcast -
t
ransm itting t he s imp lest o f p ro- o
f 2U W 's p rinc ipa l f ea tures , " Aus - i
ng S ervice a s ab asis o n wh ich t o
g
rammes , wh ich w ere r ece ived o n t
ralia's Ama teur H our" . e
stab lish t he Aus tra lian B roadcast -
s
ets a s p r
im itive a s t he t ransm it t
ing Shortly a f ter t his, t he J . C . Wi l- i
ng C omm is sion . T his move l eft t he
e
qu ipment i tself , p roved i mmed ia te ly l
iamson i nteres t i n t he s ta t
ion was Aus tra lian B
roadcas ting Company
t
o b e af ir
st -class a nd who lly e fect ive w
i thdrawn , a nd i n 1 930 t he who le f
ree t o e nter t he c ommer cia l f i
eld,
a
dver tising med ium . o
f t he s tation 's o pera tions p assed which i t d id b y t he p ur chase o f
Incidenta lly , t here h as b een c on - u
nder t he manager ship o f Mr . O swa ld S
ta tion 2U W i n S ydney , f or t he
s
iderab le c on jecture r egard ing t he Anderson . Soon a f ter t his, t he o
pera t ion o f wh ich a n ew c o mpany
s
ign ificance o f t he l etters i n t he c all Farmer & C o. i nteres ts w ere a lso —the Commonwea lth B roadcas ting
s
ign —"U W" . A s earch t hrough t he w
ithdrawn , a nd P a
ling s b ecame s ole Corpora tion P ty. L td. —was r eg is-
r
ecords n ow r evea ls t ha t t hey h o ld owners . t
ered . Under t h
is o rgan isa t
ion , 2U W
n
o s ignificance a t all! T hey h appened I
n 1 933 , t he s tation a ga in c hanged h
as o pera ted t o t he p resen t d ay. Mr .
t
o b e t he l etters a vai lab le a t t he h
ands , a nd was moved t o t he S ta te Anderson c on tinued a s S ta t
ion Man -
t
ime o f t he g rant ing o f t he l icence Shopp ing Block , Marke t S
treet , ager u ntil 1 935, w i th Mr . C . F .
a
nd r epresen t n o more t han a c hance t
here t o r ema in t o t he p resen t d ay. Marden , o f t he Aus tralian B road -
s
elect ion b y a n a nonymous c lerk i n The n ew o wners o f t he s tation c
as ting C ompany , as Superv ising
t
he P .M .G .'s D epar tment b ack i n were t he Aus tra lian B roadcas ting Manager . Fo
llow ing Mr . Ander son 's
1
925 . Company , o ut o f whose o rgan isa - r
es igna t
ion , Mr . Marden was a p-
t
iona l w ork i n t hose e arly d ays t he p
o in ted G enera l Manager , a nd r e-
ITH t he g radua l s treng thening s
ystem o f b roadcas ting a s w e k now ma ined a t t he 2U W h elm u nt il h is
o
f r adio's p ublic a ppea l
, t he i
t i n Aus tra lia t o-day h as e volved . r
etiremen t f
rom b
roadcas ting i
n
l
arger b usiness e nterprises b egan t o The d irec tora te o f t he Aus tralian 1
946 , when t he p
resen t Genera l
r
eal
ise i t
s c ommerc ial p ossibilit
ies, Broadcast ing C ompany a t t ha t t ime Manager , Mr. J ohn T aylor , was
a
nd i n 1 928 t he c omb ined i nterests c
ompr ised t he l a
te Mr . S tuar t F . appo in ted .
o
f W. H . P al
ing & C o. L td.
, F armer Doy le ( Cha irman ), Messr s
. M . F . In av ery l i
tera l s ense, 2U W may
& C o. L td., a nd J . C . Wi lliamson and A . F . A lber t, S ir B en jam in b
e r egarded a s h av ing g rown u p wi th
L
td., b ought o ut Mr . S ande], a nd Fuller a nd Mr . J ohn F uller . i
ts own i ndus try. I
n t he e arl
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c
ommenced t o o perate o n 2U W 's d
ays o f c o mmerc ia l r adio i n Aus -
l
i
cence. T he s tation was e stab l
ished 1N 1 929, t h
is company h ad in- t
ral ia, t he s tation w as p ioneer ing t he
i
n A sh S treet i n October, 1 927 , a nd 1augurated the Nat
ional Broadcas
t- n
ew i ndus try , a nd i ts h is tory h as
t
he f irst manager o f t he s tat
ion i
ng Service —an organ
isat
ion wh ich b
een o ne o f c ontinua l e xpans ion

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, t he s tat
ion h as p resented, t
he 1930 series, and for introduct
ion
dustry. o
ver t he y ears, s o me o f the mos t o
f t he aerial s urf p atrols o ver
2U W h as no p olit
ical or relig
ious f
amous a nd p opular o f Aus tral
ia's Sydney beaches . Every s port
ing
afi
liations a nd has p ur
sued, a nd will n
a t
ional r adio s how s
, n o
tab ly t he e
vent o f local o r internationa
l i n-
c
on tinue t o p ursue, an i ndependent "Lux Radio Theatre", "At
lantic t
erest is f ul
ly c overed b y 2U W 's
policy u ntramme lled b y any t i
es Show", s tarring B ob Dyer , " Aus- Spor
ting D epartmen t
.
wha tsoever. t
ralia
's Ama teur H our", etc.
In the r adio serial f i
eld
, 2U W h as
"
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f 1
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ld t
sten
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ing a
arges
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t a nd mos
ience in t
t
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nd o
f i
cross t
t
s own Acco
he h i
rd
lls a nd d ales of K ings
b
roadcas ts c ontinua lly f or 2 4 h ours Commonwea lth w ith s uch d ramas a s Cross, S ydney , t he g ent le t olling o f
a d ay, s even d ays a week , a nd h as "Crossroads o f Life"
, "Mary L iving- t
he Ange lus a t d awn , a nd t he c ur-
d
one s o s ince F ebruary 2 3
, 1 935 — s
tone, M .D.", " Big Sister", "My Hus - f
ew 's k ne ll o f p arting d ay , will s ound
t
he o n
ly s ta t
ion i n Austra lia s uc- b
and 's L ove" , a nd t he t wo record- f
rom t he g host f i
ngers o f a n u nusua l
c
essfu lly t o a ttempt t his t remendous b
reak ing mara thons, " Dad a nd D ave" d
ev ice c on trived i n t he mode l s hop o f
"never o f t he a ir" s ervice . T he r e- and "Mart in's C orner", b o
th o f which t
he Ama lgama ted Wire less L abora -
c
en tly constructed modern t rans - have b een b roadcas t r egularly from t
ories.
mitter a t Homebush i s o perat ing o n 2U W f or t welve o r more y ears. An e l ec tron ic c arillon s im ilar t o
a p ower o f 1 000 wat ts, f requency t
hat wh ich h eralded f rom t he A .W .A .
1
100 KC , a nd wave l eng th 2 70 me tres. T s hould b e noted in p assing that t
ower a nd t he Me lbourne T own Ha ll
,
From r egu lar c heck ing o f s tation 1 2U W's a ssoc
iation w ith G eorge t
he b irth o f t he R oyal P r
ince , h as
mail, it h ave b een p roved t hat 2U W Edwards P roduct
ions, wh ich b egan b
een i nsta lled i n t he C hur ch o f t he
i
s h eard e asily a nd r egu larly, i n i
n 1 936, h as u ndoubtedly b een re- Sacred H ear t, Dar linghurs t.
daytime , o ver a d istance o f more s
pons ib
le f or establ
ishing t he ser
ial The C ari l
lon i s o pera ted b y a n o r-
t
han 3 00 m iles, wh ilst a t n ight t he d
rama a s one of the most u niversa
lly t
hodox p iano k ey b oard , when p layed
t
ransm iss ion c overs t he who le o f p
opu lar listening f eatures i n Aus - manua lly, b y wh ich means e ither t he
Aus tralia, a nd w ell beyond . t
ral
ian r adio. o
rthodox b e
ll c hanges c an b e t olled
As k ey s tation o f t he Ma jor Ne t- In the s por
ting f i
eld, t
he s tation o
r ar ecita l o f s imp le me lod ies p layed .
work , 2U W i s l inked w ith s ta t
ions h
olds a high r ecord f or s
ervice, p ar- The c ar illon i nstalled i n the C hurch
i
n a ll c apita l c it
ies -3DB Me lbourne , t
icular
ly f or i t
s c over of w eek-end o
f t he S a cred Hear t is u nique i n t hat
4BK B risbane , 5AD Ade laide , 6 IX r
acing e vents i n b oth S ydney a nd t
he s pec ia l a ttachment f i
tted w i
ll
Perth, 7HT Hobar t
, t ogether w ith a l
l Melbourne, whilst i t is s
ti
ll r emem - s
ound t he Ange lus a t p re-set i nter-
t
heir r elay s ta tions, a nd i nc
lud ing b
ered v ividly f or t he i ntroduction v
als, o f b y m erely t hrow ing a s w
i tch
a
lso 2K0 Newcast le a nd 7 EX L aun - o
f t he l
ive
ly b all-to
-ba l
l Test c r
icke t c
an b e made t o t o
ll ap ea l o f b el
ls o f
On b eha lf o f i t
s v arious a dver - match descript
ions wh ich began w i th i
ts o wn a ccord .

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Highbury , L ondon
.

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B
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t
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ta tion 2K M k ept o n t he a ir u ntil
Bal
lara t ( Vic
.) b etween t hem d onat - wa ter a t t he t ransm i tter was k nee -
e
d £ 8
,500 when t he B allarat a nd D is-
d
eep . T hen r i
sing f l
ood wa ters c aused
t
r
ic t B ase Hosp ital c onduc ted a r ad io
t
he p ower s tat ion t o b low u p, a ll l ight
a
ppea l f or f unds r ecent ly. S tation
and p ower was c ut o f a nd 2K M w ent
3
BA made a vailab le a f u
ll d ay 's
of t he a ir.
b
roadcast ing t ime , a l
l l o
ca l sponsors Ear lier , t
he s
ta tion had b een
d
onated t heir u sua l time , a nd the f ull
b
roadcast ing u rgent p olice warn ings
a
nnounc ing s taff was o n the job f rom
f
or t he p eop le t o e vacua te.
9
.30 a .m. t o midn ight . A lthough n ine
T he a ud io s e ctions o f t he t rans -
c
lerks w ere b usily n oting p rom ised mitter w ere n ow t aken o ut a nd p laced
d
ona tions, s o p rolific was t he r e-
i
n t he K empsey Ho tel. B y t his t ime ,
s
ponse t hat acknow ledgements h ad t o
t
he f lood wa ters w ere a r ag ing t or -
b
e c ontinued o n t wo f o
llow ing a fter -
r
ent a nd i t was i mposs ible t o c ross
n
oons . Sm ith S tree t. T he H o tel p ropr ie tor
gave 2K M p erm is sion t o e stabl ish
S
ome thing t o Wr i
te Abou t: R ecent- i
tself t emporar ily o n t he b a ck v eran -
l
y a Y ork shire ( U
.K .) s a
ilor was d
ah , a nd o n t he f ol
low ing e ven ing ,
l
anded i n Queens land f rom h is ship, t
he s ta tion was " on t he a ir" a ga in
"City o f A lbans," a nd a dmitted t o f
or a b r
ief p eriod , d ur ing wh ich a
t
he Mackay D istrict Hosp ita l
. Need - 2
0 -m inu te b roadcast was made g iving
i
ng b ooks t o r ead, h e w rote t o P aul ad escr ipt ion o f what Kempsey was
Rasmussen , who c onducts S tation g
o ing t hrough . T his s hort b roadcas t
• Station 2 SM i s supplying a l ong-felt
4MK 's h ospital h our. T he s a
ilor h as w
ant i n broadcasting a f u
ll d escr
ip tion was made p oss ib le o nly b y c ons ider -
s
ince i nformed 4MK t hat s o many o
f t he R ugby L eague ma tch o f t he d ay a
b le i ngenu i ty o n t he p art o f t he t wo
Yorkshire p eople, n ow s ettlecLin t he e
very S aturday afternoon
. I
n t
hese b road-
c
asts S port
ing C ommenta tor R eg. G rundy 2KM e ng ineers who h ad t o r ig u p a
Ma ckay D istrict, h ad called a nd i s
- d
escribes t he play f rom t he k ick-off t o t
emporary t ransm itter a nd u se b or -
s
ued i nvitations f or h im t o stay w ith t
he f ina
l b el
l. r
owed b atter ies .
t
hem wh ile awa it
ing h is s h
ip, tha t he When t he f lood r eceded , i t w as
had dificulty i n mak ing u p h is mind 2
SM f
ound t ha t t he s ta tion e quipmen t
a
bout h is f uture c ourse o f action. He Bowlers! L isten t o G ordon S ar- c
ou ld b e w rit ten o f a s at o tal l oss.
writes
: " That's s ome thing t o wr ite g
eant's w eekly t a
lk o n BO WLS . I t
's Undaunted , 2K M borrowed t
he
h
ome a bout !" h
eard f rom S tation 2 S M, every T ues- P
.M •.G 's 5 00 -wa tt mob ile t ransm itter
d
ay e vening a t 8.
45 p.m . Wi th c heery a
nd e s tab lished a t emporary s tud io
2SM A ids B oys' Home Appea l: T he Gordon d i
scussing a l
l t he *C
lub a ctivi- a
t K empsey P ost Of f
i ce. T he f i
rs t
President o f t he Honorary Manage - t
ies
, i t
's the B owlers' v ery own s es- p
er iod o f r esumed b roadcas ting was
ment C omm ittee o f S t
. V incent's s
ion, so keep ita ctive a nd interesting d
ona ted b y 2 KM t o p er sona l messages
Boys' Home (Westmead) , Mr . H . L. b
y s ending h im y our n ews. G ordon t
o a nd f rom f l
ood v i
c tims a nd r eg iona l
Gues t, h as wr itten t hank ing S tation w
ill p ersonally a nswer a ny q uer ies r
epor ts t o a nd f rom o utly ing d istric ts.
2S M, S ydney f or p ub lic ity g iven t o y
ou may h ave, a nd a ll informa tion S
oon a
f terwards , A.W .A . des-
i
ts r ecent a ppea l. i
ntended T or this 2 SM f eature s hou ld patched t he ir 2 CH " stand -by" t rans -
"You w il
l, I am s ure , b e p leased b
e a ddressed to " Bow ls," the O cean ic mit ter e qu ipment t o K 'empsey , a nd
t
o k now t hat a r ecord c rowd o f about Hotel
, C oogee. 2K M was a ble t o r esume i ts n orma l
f
our t housand was p resent a nd t he d
a ily p rogramme .
r
esponse s o far e xceeds £ 4
,000 wh ich B
luey * a
nd C ur ley n eed n o i n
tro - O nce a ga in a c ommerc ia l s ta tion ,
has g iven u s g reat e ncouragement t o duction t o r eader s t hroughout t he c
ripp led i n t ime o f n ationa l d isas ter ,
c
on tinue o ur e forts f or t he u nder- Commonwea lth. T he a ntics o f t hese has p roven i t
s a b
ility t o g et q uick ly
p
r ivileged o rphaned b oy . two " Diggers" i n t he f amous c ar- b
ack o n i ts f eet a nd c arry o n i n t he
"We f eel the r esult was i n no s ma
ll t
oons b y Alex G urney h ave c aptured s
erv ice o f t he c ommun ity.
way d ue t o the p ublic ity i t received t
he h earts o f t he p ublic. I t n eeded
o
nly a t op-rank ing c omed ian l ike R ex
W HAT
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f
rom t he B roadcast ing S tat
ions , to There a re l itera lly h undreds o f
whom w e a re d eeply g ra tefu l
." "Wacka" D awe t o b reathe l ife i nto
t
he c haracters a nd make t hem l ive names i n t he Eng lish l anguages t ha t
o
n t he r adio . . . a nd t ha t
's why have b een i mmor ta lised i n s ong a nd
United Na tions Day C overage: The b
a llad — f rom "K-K -K -Ka ty" t
o
t
he " Bluey a nd C urley" s eries i s o ne
Act
ing F edera l S ecretary o f t he Aus - "
Jeann ie Wi th •t he L igh t B
rown
o
f t he most p opu lar f eatures f rom
t
ralian Nat iona l C omm it tee f or t he Hair" !
2SM . L istening t ime f or t his l augh -
United Nat ions (M iss E ileen Dav id- 2U W h ave b uilt ac harm ing s ess ion
r
aiser i s 7.
15 p .m . o n Monday . . .
s
on) h as wr itten t o t he F ederat ion r
ound t his theme , e ntitled " Beau tifu l
and t he s a me t ime o n F riday e ven -
e
xpress ing s i
ncere t hanks t o t he G
ir l", a nd a l
l t he Marys , M im is,
i
ng.
c
ommerc ial b
roadcast ing s
tations Annabe ls a nd L ouises w i
l l hear t hem -
t
hroughout Austra l
ia f or t heir v ery s
elves s erenaded i n s o me o f the mos t
c
omp le te c overage o f Un ited Nat ions "CAPE C
ONTINENTAL" melod ious s ong s e ver w ritten. T hey 'll
n
ew s -on t he o ccasion o f Un ited Na - J
osephine B aker, o ne of the great- h
ear a lso t he mean ing a nd o rig in.
t
ion D ay c elebrat ions ( October 2 4). e
st n ames i n t he P arisian's wor
ld o f o
f t heir n ames, w ith o dd l i
ttle b its
"We f eel c onfident," M iss Dav idson After Dark E ntertainment , was h eard a
bou t f amous w omen who b ore t hem
writes, " that a l i
ttle more u nder- i
n t he opening s ession o f 2 SM's new a
nd who i nspired t he s ongs.
s
tand ing o f U .N 's a ims a nd o bjec- f
ea ture
, " Cafe C on t
inen tal"
. T
his "Beaut iful G irl" makes p leasan t
t
ives h as p ercolated t hrough t he Aus - s
ession b r
ings l i
steners many o f t he l
i
s tening a t 3.15 p .m . e very Monday
t
ralian c o mmun ity a s ar esult." f
amous European a rtists
, a nd l
isten- on 2U W .

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L
td., M r. W . J .J.W ing i sa ppo
in ted t o the ments. Mr. Wirsu i s a n e ng ineer
p
ost o f V i
c tor
ian M anage r
. i
n t he Rad io T ransm ission S ect ion
Si
nce 1 924 M r
. W ing h a
s m anaged t he o
f S tandard T elephones & C ables
C
ompany 's r e
tail r a
dio m erchand is
ing d ur
ing Pty
. L td., a nd was p rev iously a
w
hich t ime m o
re t h
an h alf am il
lion R adiola CSIR r esearch o ff
icer a nd l atterly
r
e
ce ivers have b een s o
ld. Commun icat
ions S uper intendent f or
Mr. A. P . H osking r el
inqu i
she s t he p o
st Australian Nat iona l A irways . A v ote
o
f M anage r
, A malgama ted W i
rele s
s V alve o
f thanks f or t he l ecture was moved
C
ompany L td
. t o t ake o ver t he m anage - by Mr . D on L indsay , o f Ama lga -
m
en t o f A .W .A. S ales a nd M erchand is
ing mated Wire less ( A
'sia ) L td.
a
nd M r. A . E . R. F ox i sa ppointed t o the
p
ost o f S a
les M ana oge r
, A .W .A. V alve
C
ompany . LABELS FOR PLAST
ICS
Labe ls t o d escr ibe t he p roper ties o f n ew
r
espons ible f or t he d evelopment o f NE W "GOLDEN VOICE" p
las tic a rticles —and h ow t o c are f or t hem —
S
teat ite f or HF l ow l oss i nsulators . RELEASES FOR 1950 w
ill s oon b e a ttached t o a l
l p la stic p roduc ts.
a
ccord ing t o p lans n ow b eing w orked o ut b y
At t he c onclus ion o f t he war h e A
. G . M eetings h ave a nnounced t he f i
rst t
he P las t
ics I ns t
itute o f A us tra lia.
j
oined t he c o mpany o f C uran-Pf ieff, o
f their n ew r eleases f or 1 950: - There a re s o many p last ic m ater ials a nd
New J ersey , P orce lain manufactur - 4 Va lve B/Cas t —M iner —Mode l 4 02£ "Com - t
hey c an b e u sed i n s o many d iferent w ays .
p
ere" a nd t
ha t t he i ndus try h as b een f orced t o a dop t
e
rs, a nd i t was h ere t hat Mr . C . S . 5 Valve D / Wave — C onsole — Mode l 5 79E a w idespread e duca tiona l c ampa ign t o e nsure
G
ittoes , Ducon 's t echn ical D irector , "Super ior." r
eady a cceptance o f i t
s g oods .
c
on tacted Mr . G leason a nd i nduced Both f eature modern c abinet s tyl
ings w ith L
ead ing p last ics f irms h ave a pproved t his
p
articular e mphas is t o dial t reatmen t
, a nd t he I
nforma tive L abe lling P lan a nd m a jor r eta ile rs
h
im t o r eturn t o Aus tralia i n t he in- v
ery l atest i n t e
chn ical d esign. S pecial a tten- a
re k nown t o f avour i t.
t
erests o f h is C ompany . C
eram ics t
ion h as a lso b een g iven t o s erv
ice a nd t rans- Un
-i n
formed p
ub licity a
dded t
o P
os t -wa r
p
lay a n i ncreas ing ly i mpor tant p art p
ort p rob lems a nd t he d esign o f c ha ssis a nd misiuse o f p la stie ma terials Was - somet imes
i
n r ad io e ngineer ing t o-day , and t hat c
arton w ill e nsure a m in imum o f t roub le i n b
rought d isappo intment t o p las t
ics b uyers . T i
lt
t
his regard . We c ommend t hese Mode ls a s a I
n forma tive L abe lling o f a pproved a rt
ic les i s
o
f c ourse , embraces t he f uture i m- p
rogress ive s tep f orward i n t he modern t rends e
xpected t o b uild s ales a nd r einforce p ub lic
p
or tant f i
eld o f T elev is
ion . Mr . Glea - o
f H ealing " Go lden V oice" Rad io. a
ccep tance o f t he p roduc ts o f t his £ 10 m il lion
s
on 's e xper ience w ill b e o f d irect p
er y ear A ustra lian, i ndust ry.
TECHN ICAL F EATURES: — Mode l 4
02E A spec ial c omm i t
tee o f t he P la stics I nst itute
value t o t he Austra lian t elevision i n- Compere -4 Va lve B/Cas t
. Chass is f or AC i
s h and l
ing t
his s
a les-bu ild ing d
evelopment
dustry o f t he n ear f uture . o
pera tion i n plas tic c abinet measur ing 1 I n. X and i ndica t
ions a re t hat t he c omp lica tions o f
61/ i
2 n. x 6i n. —To ta l
ly e nclosed — V
en tilated p
las tics w ill b e f ar l ess f or b uyers d uring 1 950.
back a ssemb ly e nsures f u
ll p rotection w ith Also , i t i s e xpec ted , many n ew u ses f or t he
c
oo l o perating e f
fic iency — Inbu ilt A erial —Large twenty -odd t ypes o f p lastic ma ter ia ls c o mmer -
Manufacturers, a gen ts
, a nd unbreakab le "A irspex" d ial o f u nique d es
ign c
ia lly a vailab le w ill b e d eve loped a s c onsume r
which , when l i
t, a ppears t o make t he s tat
ion c
onf idence g rows t hrough t his u sefu l p lan .
t
raders h andling a ll k inds o f s
ymbo ls " f
loat" i n f ront o f t he s ilk wh ich
r
adio and e l
ectrical i t
ems a re e
xtends t he f u
ll l eng th o f the c abine t —On/O ff
i
nvited t
o f orward i nforma tion switch c omb ined w ith v olume c ontrol —Chass is, TALKING a bout mu , r
ecal
ls a bit
o
n n ew e quipment a nd a cces- s
peaker a nd d ial a ssemb ly o ne i ntegra l u n
it
e
as ily r emoved f or q uick s ervicing s hould I t
o
f "backfence philosophy
." S aid one
s
ories t
o t he editor f or consid- b
e r equired . a
lley
-cat to the o
ther: "Just between
e
ration i
n t h
is section. RETA
IL PRICES: — Wa
lnut
, £18/5/-;
y
ou a nd I, T om, h ow many mews
I
vory o
r Green
, £1 8/15/, make a multi
-mu?"

Mar
ch, 1
950 "Au
stra
lian RADIO a
nd TELEVIS
IO N New
s" 2
3
 On C 7750/4 "H is Mas ter 's V oice" r e
lea ses
a s plend id n ew r eco rding o f D vorak 's " Sym -
phony No . 4i n G Ma jor." T h
is s e
t ( A94 ), b y
t
he P hilharmon ia O rches tra u nder we ll-known
c
onduc tor R afae l Kub el
ik , i s a n otab le a ddi-
t
ion t o t he s eries o f fi
rs t r at e w orks b y a rtis
ts
o
f wor ld r epu tat ion f or t i
le s tandard l ab e
l
c
ategory . (C s eries i mpor ted r ecords r eta il a t
8
(6 e ach ), Nowadays t he F ourth i s g enera lly
c
ons idered n ot o nly a s D vorak 's f i
nest s ym-
phony —ec lips ing t he o ver -p layed "New Wor ld"
—bu t a s o ne o f t he b es t i n orches tral l itera-
t
ure. Kube lik , a s a C zech , h as t he t empera-
ment f or t he mus ic o f h is c ountrymen , a nd
h
e p os sesses a s ense o f mus ica l a rchitec ture
which makes t he u t mos t o f t he s ound c on-
s
truc tion o f t h
is me lodic a nd s ub tle s ymphony .

P
at Hodg
ins to C
ompere
2U W
's "King o
f Qu
iz'?
With P at Hodg ins n ow o n t he com -
p
ering s taff o f 2U W , t he n ew "K ing
o
f t he s i gns o f t he z odiac, a nd t he b a llet t el
ls o
f Qu iz" s ession i s h and led b y h im.
NE W RECORDS
t
he s tory o f a man a nd a w oman whose s tars I
t c ommenced l ast month , a nd i s
Fer H .3 1.V . o n EA3857 t wo a ttrac tive n ew a
re i n t he o pposed s igns o f L eo a nd V irgo.
numbers a le p resen ted b y t op -rank ing Amer i-
b
roadcast r egu lar ly e very T hursday
The ir s tars s trugg le t o k eep t hem a par t, b ut
c
an b ands . T hese a re " The Huck le-Buck" b y by t heir mu tua l s ign , G em in i, t hey a re b rough t a
t 9p .m . E .A .T.
Tommy D orsey , a nd Vaughan Monroe 's f irst t
oge ther a nd u nited b y t he Moon . The f i
na l Members o f t he t heatre a udience
wax ing o f "Dreamy O ld N ew Eng land Moon ." s
ide o f DX1568 i s o ccup ied b y a g alop f rom
"The Huck le-Buck" i s a n ove lty b lues t ha t h as
a
re c on testant s i n e ach s ess ion a nd
t
he b alle t "Appar i tions" b y L isz t. T he Ph i
l-
proved a t remendous j uke -box f avour ite i n t he harmon ia O rches tra i s c onduc ted b y C ons tan t r
ece ive a c ash p r
ize f or e ach q ues-
Sta tes . The D orsey b and g ives t h is t yp ica l Lamber t. t
ion a nswered c orrec t
ly . A t t he e nd
"jump" t rea tment , t he v oca l h onours b e ing Gu iseppe d i S te fano p rov ides t enor s ing ing o
f t he g enera l q uestion ing t he c on-
t
aken i n g rand s ty le b y c oloured t rumpe ter , o
f t he f i
nes t o rder o n H .M .V 's DB6868 , f ind ing
Char lie S havers ,
t
estan t w ith t he h ighest s core i s
s
uppor t o f v igour a nd f inesse i n t he L ondon
On D eere 's Y 6186 B ing C rosby f ea tures t he S ymphony o rches tra . H
is c ho ice o f a rias p
roc laimed "K ing o f Qu iz" a nd i s
s
en timen ta l h it s ong , "Las t M ile Home ." F or afords d istinc t c on t ras t o f mood: t he t ender g
iven t he c hance o f a nswer ing t he
ext ra v alue . B ing g ives h is a rmy o f f ans a
s
pec ia l t rea t o n t he r everse s ide w ith t he a l-
" Far F rom t he Wor ld o f F ash ion" f rom A ct "King o f Qu iz" q uestion , t he v alue
I o f V erd i's " La T rav iata ," a nd t he t or tured
ways a ppea ling o ld f avour i te, " Easy T o L ove ." "Ah , D epar t, I mage F air!" f rom A ct I I o f o
f wh ich i s £ 20, a nd wh ich j ackpots
Bob E berley , w ith t he S unsh ine S erenaders , Massene t's "Manon ." a f urther £ 20 e ach t ime i t i s l e
ft
I
ntroduces o n Y 6187 a n ew n umber i n t he r o- "Tz igane" b y R ave l i s
, a s i ts n ame i mp l
ies, unanswered . Each w eek 's "K ing o f
man tic Wes tern s ty le c al led " One Has MY a b ravura w ork i nsp ired b y p oignant memor ies
Name , T he O ther Has My H ear t." I t's c oup led Quiz" c ontinues i nto t he n ext w eek's
o
f g ypsy me lody . Rhapsod ic i n f orm , i t i s
with J imm ie Dav is s ing ing "Le t
's B e Swee t- p
ar ticu lar ly s uited t o t he s uperb t echn ique o f p
rogramme t o b e c ha l
lenged b y t he
hear t s
." G
i l
le tte Neveu , n ow made i mmor ta l i n t hese n
ext g roup o f c ontestants , a nd c on-
T ha t f amous v oca l t eam , T he I nk S po ts, H
.M .V . d iscs DB6907/8 . T he f i
rs t h alf i s e n-
g
roup a round t he m icrophone f or t he D ecca t
inues t o h old t he t itle u n ti
l ac hal-
t
irely f or s olo v iolin , t he p ianofor te —p layed b y
ofer ing o n Y 6188 . T hey b racke t t he o versea s J
ean N eveu—de lay ing i t
s e ntry f or a c ons ider-
l
enger manages t o t op h is s core.
bes t s el
ler , "Who Do You Know I n Heaven ," a
b le t ime . S ide F our i s "Noc ture No . 2 0 i n C
with "A K iss And A R ose ." Sharp M inor" b y C hop in .
Dynam ic J udy G ar land , s tar o f t he f i
lm " In
Ber lioz t he S hakespearean i s n ear ly a lways
The G ood O ld S ummer time ," h as r ecorded f our
Berl ioz a t h is b est . An u nashamed R oman t
ic,
numbers o n M .G .M . d iscs 5 010 a nd 5 011 . The
h
e f ound I n S hakespeare i nsp irat ion f or s eve-
f
irs t d uo i s "Put Y our A rms A round Me
r
al f ine w or lm . Among t hem "Romeo a nd
Honey" a nd "Mee t Me T on igh t I n D ream land ,"
J
u lie t" h olds a h igh p lace, a nd t his n ew p er-
s
ung w ith a ll t hat p ar ticu lar d r
ive t ha t h as
f
ormance o n DB9386/8 b y t he N .B .C . S ym-
made h er f amous . T he o ther d isc l ink s " I
phony O rches tra u nder T oscan in i i s o ne o f
Don 't C are" w ith "P lay T hat Barber S hop
t
he mos t v iv id s ets t he g rea t c onduc tor h as
Chord ." - In t he l a st i tem J udy f i
nds r ous ing
g
iven u s. T his v ita l r ead ing o f what i s
s
uppor t i n T he K ing 's Men , av oca l t eam wh ich
d
escr ibed a s a d rama t
ic s ymphony , i n troduces
enter s i nto t he f ul
l s pir it o f t he o ld -fash ioned
s
ec tions wh ich a re r ecorded f or t he f irst t ime.
barber s hop q uar tett es .
Among t he i mpor ted r eleases f rom Eng land Wi lliam Hill-Bowen , f
ea tured s
olo is t i
n
t
here 's s
plend id varie ty , e
ve ry th ing f
rom Geo rge Me lachr ino 's r ecord ings o f "Warsaw
s mou lder ing Span ish s
ongs t
o a T rumpe t Concer to" a nd "Dream o f O lwen ," i s a gain

IF
I
NE H
O
TEL
Concer to. h
eard o n H .M . rs C 3877 i n "An te E l E scor ial."
The f irs t d isc o n t he t urn tab le i s C olumb ia This i s a mood p iece b y C uban c omposer ,
LX1194 . a modern r ecord ing b y p ian is t Wa lter Ernes to L ecuona , whose w ell-known r humba
Glesék iiig o f t hree f avour i te G rieg p ieces — "Siboney" b rough t h im f ame i n 1 929 . O n t he
"Wedd ing Day a t T ro ldhaugen ; " "So litary r
everse i s "Dance Mex icaine ," a b righ t n um- Ah otel
, certainly o ne of Sydney's
Trave ller," a nd " To T he S pring ." G iesek ing 's b
er i n 6 /8 t ime w ith a n a ttrac tive b egu ine l
e
ad ing h otel
s, b ut d iferent t o
r
e turn t o r ecords i s a b oon t o a l
l l overs o f mo men t
. e
very o t
her inm any t h
ings. The
t
ine p ianofort e p lay ing . H is d elica te t ouch a nd The L atin mood i s f urther e xpre ssed i n a
r
ecord o f which "The G ramophone" c rit
ic Wen tworth, f o
r i n
stance, has ever
r
oman tic t emperament a re i dea l f or s uch p ieces
as t hese , m inia ture p or tra its o f Norweg ian s
ays , "On ly s uper la tives w ill d o f or t his s uper- b
een n oted f o
r i t
s quie
t, r e
stful
l
ife t hat a re u nique i n mus ic. l
ative d isc." This i s DA1913 s tarr ing t he a
tmo sphe
r e
. A nother t h
ing, t oo
.
T he " Trumpe t Concer to i
n E F la t" b
y y
oung s oprano , V ic tor ia d e L os Ange les who w
hile a way f r
om t h
e n oi
se a nd
Haydn c
omes f
rom t
he s
aine s
tud ios o
n s
ings i
n Span ish "Hab lame De Amores"
(Fus te), a nd "E l M in i
' D e L e Ma ja" f rom t he b
ust
le , you a re n everthe
l e
ss c on -
DX1535/6 . This deligh tfu l work , part o
f
wh ich h as a ch ieved e xce llen t s ales o n DOX616 , "Co llec tion o f T ornad illas" b y G ranados . In v
enien
tly s
i
tua
ted t
o e
verywhe
re.
now a ppears i n c omp le te f orm , o ccupy ing t hree t
his o ne r ecord L os Ange les c lear ly s hows S
erv
ice a
nd c
uis
ine a
r
e u
nex
cel
led
.
s
ides . T he f our th s ide i s "A T rumpe t V olun- j
us t why s he i s mak ing s uch a s ensat iona l

H
EWE
NTW
ORTH
t
ary" b y Purce ll, a nd t he s o lo a rtist i s Har ry wor ld-w ide s uccess .
Mor timer . More mus ic n ew t o r ecords i s t o b e h eard
Anothe r work wh ich f inds c omp le tion i s t ha t o
n D eena AK1584/6 , a n o uts tand ing p erform-

,
Syi,
L
ee
d
e lic ious mus ic f rom C ons tant L amber t
's b allet , a
nce o f S uites 1 a nd 2 t hat c ompr ise R ave l
's
"Ho roscope ." You w ill r emember t ha t p re - "Daphn is And C hloe ," t hat e xqu isi tely r ad iant
v
ious ly i ssued DX1196/7 i n troduced "Dance p
as tora l. The f irst s u
ite i s made u p o f
o
f F ollowers o f L eo ," "Va lse f or t he G em in i," "Noc turne" a nd "Warr ior's D ance : " a nd t he
"
Invocat ion t o t he Moon ," a nd " Fina le." T he s
econd i ncludes t he f am iliar s cenes e ntitled
n
ew - DX1567/8 g ives u s -S araband f or t he "Daybreak ," "Pan tom ime ," a
nd "Genera l '
P
hone BW 1361 (
10 li
ne
s)
Followers o f V irgo" a nd "Bacchana le," a nd Dance ." T he o rches tra i s t ha t o f T he C oncer t
t
he ir r igh tfu l p ositions a re t he s econd a nd Socie ty o f t he P ar is C onservato ire , u nder t he C
. D
. Mac
lur
can
, M ana
ging Director
f
our th s ec tions i n t he s uite . T his r ema rkab le l
eadersh ip o
f the d
istingu ished c
onduc tor,
mus ic d ea ls w ith t he e mo tiona l s ign ificance Char les Munch .

2
4 "Au
stra
lian RAD
IO a
nd TELEVIS
IO N Neat" Mar
ch, 1
950
 Tut 11011E
a
'
fo
W ORKSHOP
RAD
IO T
IPS
o

AND
F
or

P
RACT
ICAL P
EOPLE
S
IMPLE WOOD TURN
ING FOR THE B
EGINNER

W of circular objects.
OOD t urn ing i s t he p
Th
roduct
is i s d
ion
one
l
i
l
c
i
n al athe a nd r equ ires s uitab le c ut-
t
i ng t oo ls. The t oo ls u sed a t t he
BErwEcn c
Eri -MES
.
l
a the a re d iferent f rom t hose u sed
at t he b ench , a nd t he r eader who
wishes t o t ry h is h and a t t his i n ter -
e
sting b ranch o f woodwork must
prov ide h i mse lf w ith a s et o f t hese
t
oo ls . All t urn ing t oo ls o r c h
ise ls
are l ong , a nd s tout a nd h ave l ong
hand les — a bout 9 -ins . l ong . The F
7NISUE D F
if
trIOLE BET.
WEC
ri CENT REs

i
lustrat ion shows three d
iferen t
f
orms o f c h
ise ls. The c hise ls c an A ROunD nosE

be b ought , b ut v ery g ood o nes c an 0,A

mor
io r
çr
be made f rom ' old f i
les . For t he C F
Acir
t6 c
mse
L.
benef i t o f t hose who wou ld l ike t o
make t he ir own c hise ls t he f ollow ing
will b e h elpfu l. I
lus
tra
ting T
ool
s and Methods f
or S
imp
le
The o ld f i
le i s t aken t o t he g rinder Wood T
urn
ing.
and a ll t he " teeth" a re g round o f.
Th is t akes t ime a nd c are , a s we d on 't
want t o o verheat t he f i
le a nd l ose
i
ts t emper , a nd w e must g rind t he o
ctagona l. P
lace i t b etween t he r
emoved a nd f inished o f w ith a
s
urfaces f l
at. The s hap ing o f t he c
entres a nd s crew u p t ight . Test i t p
aring c hisel
. I
t c an t hen b e var-
chise ls i s t hen d one , t ak ing c are and s ee t hat i t i s r unn ing t rue, a nd n
ished a nd, when d ry, ah o
le i s bored
t
hat we d o n ot b urn t he t e mper o ut adjust t he r est s o t hat i t c lears t he w
ith a s he
ll b it t o f i
t t he t ang.
wood . I
n t urn ing we u se t he r ound Th
is n eeds a l i
ttle c are t o e nsure
o
f t he s tee l
. A l ittle a t at ime a nd
f
requent d ipp ing i n to wa ter w il
l k eep nose. We w ill a ssume t hat t he t
hat t he h o
le i s vertical b oth way s
t
his r igh t. We n ow h ave a s et o f l
athe i s r unn ing a nd o ur o ctagona l o
r t he c hise
l a nd h andle w ill b e out
c
h ise ls wh ich a re c apab le o f t urn ing p
iece o f wood i s r evo lving r ap id ly o
f alignment .
out g ood g enera l work , b ut l ike b
etween t he c entres . We t ake t he The e xperience g ained w ith t he
b
ench c hise ls, t hey must b e k ept r
ound n ose a nd r ough i t d own u ntil f
i
rst h andle w i
ll e nable y ou t o turn
s
harp a nd t he worker must k now t
he wood i s r ound . Dur ing t his t
he o thers much more q uickly .
how t o d o t his . These c hise ls a re operat ion t he c hise l i s moved a long
not s harpened l ike p aring c hise ls . t
he r est f a
irly r apid ly. When t he "Uncle Ike ." I f you r un across any
With p aring c h
ise ls we r e move t he wood i s r ound we n ow f orm t he rubber-like t ape i n D isposals shops
"
barb" b y r ubb ing t he f lat s i de o f t he "wa ist" o f t he h and le —st ill u s ing and s uch p laces , c alled " Paraf
ilm,"
c
h ise l o n a n o ilstone , b ut w ith t urn - t
he r ound n ose —and c omp lete s hape i
ti s wor th a s econd l ook. T h
is mate -
i
ng c hise ls t his " barb" i s l eft o n. r
ough ly . With t he f ac ing c hise l r
ial was p roduced i n G -
land d uring
I
t i s t his " barb" wh ich d oes t he c u t- we n ow f orm t he e nd f or t he f er- t
he war , f or a ircraf t work . I t i s
t
i ng i n t he s ame way a s t he " barb" rule. This i s f itted b y c aliper qui
te d iferent f rom t he u sual s
ticky
on as craper . T he amount o f " barb" measurement a nd s hou ld b e a t ight t
ape i n t hat o ne b inds a j oint with
t
o l eave o n i s o nly g ained b y e xper i- d
riv ing f i
t. ( Ferru les c an b e made "Parafi
lm" a nd a pplies h eat from a
e
nce . b
y c utting u p b rass t ubing w ith a match o r some thing t o mou ld itsol
id-
Once t he c hise ls a re made t he n ext h
acksaw .) When t he f erru le h as l
y. Even t he h eat f rom a h ot hand
j
ob i s t o f i
t t hem w ith h and les, a nd b
een f i
tted , r ep lace t he h and le i n t he w
ill suf f
ice
. A S ydney s hop h ad rol
ls
t
he t urn ing o f t hese i s a n ice l ittle l
athe a nd f i
nish t he j ob, w ith d iamond o
f i t a
t 6 d
. e ach, b ut t hat was a f ew
j
ob f or t he b eg inner t o t ry o ut h is p
oin t, f ace c hise l a nd r ound n ose . moons a go
.
n
ew t ools . ( The c hise ls c an b e f itted Lastly , we g ive t he h and le a g ood
t
emporar ily w ith f i
le h and les .) We r
ub w ith No . 1à s andpaper . T he
n
eed a p iece o f h ardwood a bout 1 0 -in . s
andpaper i s k ept mov ing l eng thw ise ORDER "R
. & TVN
."
l
ong a nd 1 4- in. s quare . S aw d iagona ls d
ur ing t his o perat ion o r t he s urface FRO M YOUR NE WS-
o
n e ach e nd t o f ind t he c en tres . o
f t he h and le w ill b e s cra tched . T he
Next p lane o f t he c orners w ith a h
and le i s n ow r emoved f rom t he l a the AGENT IN ADVANCE
j
ack p lane u nt il t he wood i s r ough ly a
nd t he waste wood a t e ach e nd i s

Ma
rch
, 1
950 "
Aus
tra
lian RADIO a
nd T
ELEVIS
ION N
ews" 2
5
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aa

AMATEUR
R
ADIO
S
ECT
ION
.
MARYBOROUGH ( Q
'LAND)
AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
G3CUD s pent h is t hird n ight i n
VK a t t he l oca l club meet ing. Hopes
t
o r ema in i n the t own a nd g et a
VK c all, a nd i s a lready s orry h e
gave away h is t ransm itting g ear
b
efore l eaving G -land .
Twe lve members were p resent a t
a Xmas p arty , and p rizes o f r eceiv ing
t
ubes , d onated b y VK4AI , were won
a
f ter a s pirited d ebate b y a ssoc iate
members L en C ol
l ishaw a nd B art.
Casey .
VK4AI h as a cqu ired a t elephone
p
o le, a nd p lans a 3 e lement b eam
f
or 2 0 mx .
VK4GH h as b ough t a h ouse , a nd
s
o me i mpress ive 4 0 mx a ntenna s ys-
t
ems a re u nder way .
Keith , VK4KG , i s work ing DX o n
2
0 w ith a l ong-w ire o nly 1 0 f eet
f
rom t he g round . Keith h ears DX
t
hat t he o thers m iss , w ith t he a id
o
f a h ome -bu ilt mu lt i-tube r eceiver
with t hree I F channe ls .
- A n ew r ece iver a t VK4BG i s k eep -
i
ng R on b usy , a nd b etween t imes h e
opera te's o n 2 0 mx CW a nd f one.
Vis
itors t o l oca l s hacks r ecent ly
with VK4RU ( Townsv i
lle), VK4XJ
(Bundaberg ), a nd VK4 WG ( Br is- S
c
hedu
led f
o
r E
a
ste
r w
eek
-end
, A
pr
il 8
, 9a
nd 1
0
th, i
sth
e p
opu
lar N
.S
.W. N
ort
h
bane )
. C
oas
t Conven
tion t
obe he
ld at Urunga
. S hown h
ere ar
e some w
e
ll-known VK2
's
,
The c lub h as been a llotted t he c all- i
n d
eep di
scuss
ion a
bou
t por
table
s, a t U
runga Conven
tion la
s
t yea
r. T
hey ar
e
s
ign VK4M0 f or f uture o pera tions .
Phone tics u sed w il
l NOT b e "M f or V
K's 2
X0, 2
PA, 2
KR, 2
ASF
.
McCa ck ie" a nd " 0 f or O ne-of -my -
mob" .

T
he 1
950 U
runga "Horemheb" . I f y ou wan t t o know
C
onvent
ion w
ill h
ow t elev is ion i s ca tching o n i n t he
a
gain b
e f
avored O
ld C oun try, a sk t ha t i ndefa t
igib le
b
y a l
ecture G
-"phone DX man, Denn is
, o
f
f
rom J
oe R
eed
, G3BUU a bou t i t
. S ince S utton C o
ld -
VK2JR
. H
ere
. f
i
eld s tar ted u p, D en h as b een u sing
w
ith P
eter A
lex- a h ome -made r ece
iver o f t he e x-
a
nder o
n h
is r
adar v arie ty w ith g rea t s uccess , a nd
r
ight
, J
oe i
s i
n- g
oes i nto r aptur es a bou t t he p ro-
t
roduced b
y t
he g
ramme f are r adiated n igh t
ly f rom
p
rime mover
, London ( through t he B irm ingham
C
rief
f B
etaH
ick
, s
tation). I t MUST b e g ood s tuff f or
VK2X0
, d
uring Den to k eep o ut of t he s hack a fter
l
ast y
ear
's s
es- 8p.m . t here , o r ....h as TV I any -
s
ion
. A l
arge t
hing t o d o w ith i t? And h ere i n
a
ttendance i
s e
x- VK, p eop le a re s til
l t alking , a nd
P
unted t
his y
ear
. s
tal
ling , a nd s hying a way f rom t he
s
ubject o f TV . L
ike l ots o f o ther
• p
rogress ive t h
ing s in t his w orld, TV
i
s inevitab le h ere a s e lsewhere , a nd
t
he s ooner w e g et o n w ith i t t he
b
etter.

2
6 "Aus
tra
lian RA DIO a
nd TELEVISIO N News" March
, 1
950
 SOME TAS MANIAN NOTES YK1AB i s S aba , N. S aba, An t
ioch, I
F
T T
O S
IGNAL D
IODE
By "
C.C
." Turkey, b ut o pera tes from Damascus ,
Syria
. Address : c l- Mezza A ir-
w HVK
O s
ays l
3JR p
ow p
ortab
ower i
le wil
s n
l s
o g
upp
ood?
ly a n
por
t.
EA8LS : Box 3 46, L as P almas,
answer t o t hat. L ocated i n R osebud, 4
70K
Canary I slands .
o
n P ort P hi
lip B ay, C hr
is h as b een
MP4EAE : Internationa l Radio
k
eep ing a d aily s ked w ith VK 's 7MC
L
td., B ahre in I slands, P ersian Gu lf.
a
nd 7 XW i n L aunceston , right a cross
S
tation a t S harjah . 0
1
Bass S
tra it, f
or t en c
onsecut ive s
i 00
1
MT2BFC : B il
l Whee ler ( G3BFC) ,
d
ays . Chris c a
lls t he VK7 's r egu-
c
l- B.O .A.C ., T ripoli
. F
l
arly o n 7 Mc/s w ith 0 .5 watt , a nd
•

500
f
retiuent ly g oes d own t o 0 . 09 wat t MT2DZ a nd MT2DZ/A : P .O . Box
(
A
UDIO C
A
IN
t
o c on t
inue t he QS0 . On o ne o ccas ion 2
60, T ripoli, Nor th A frica. CONTROL
)

h
e h as worked T assie w ith 0. 01 wa tt
, VQ5ALT : Box 27
, Entebbe, T
O G
RID O
F 1
sT
.AF
.
a
nd l ast J anuary h e h ad a f our -way Uganda.
w
ith VK 's 7 BQ, 7MC a nd 7 X W . VQ5PBD : Box 444, Kampa la,
S
igna ls a re g enerally r epor ted 4 b y Uganda. A R88 NO
ISE L
IMITE R
5
. F ine b usiness , C hr
is, a lso f or the YU3A : B ox 1 80, Ljub liana, Yugo

A
f
ellows o n t he r eceiving e nd. S
lavia. NOISE l imiter that r eally works ,
i
s t he o ne i ncorporated i n the
An o ld t imer t o r eturn t o t he AR88 r
eceiver of war
-product ion
ama teur r adio h obby i s VK7X W . f
ame . T he c ircuit is g iven h ere, with
Well-known i n VK3 i n the t wenties values. L it t
le n eeds t o b e s aid a bout
under 3X W a nd v ar
ious p ref
ixes, c
onstruct iona l po
ints e
xcept t
hat
Chris is n
ow r unning 2 0 wa tts in
to a s
h ielded c onnect ing l eads s hould b e
C
ommand t ransmitter, a nd i s v ery u
sed , in o rder m inim ise h um . R 1 i s
a
ctive on F orty w ith a ' phone t hat f
irst set to m inimum , a nd lim iting ac-
p
acks a g ood p unch. t
ion c ommences a t 100 p er cent modu -
l
ation. A s R 1 i s advanced , t he con-
R
eason s o few VK7 's are o n these P t
ro l is reduced t o a ny wanted l evel
.
days i s t hat t hey a re c hasing t he This a rrangement d oes more t han
DX o n s ix metres . Len, VE7BQ , "
reduce" i nterference ; i t really d oes
has such a n impressive li
st of stations N
.F.M
. FOR 8 0 THE
e
l
im inate i t
.
worked o n S ix that he is now g etting EASY W AY
g
ear r eady f or t he 5 76 meg b and.
H
INT i
n QST
's "
kinks" s
ect
ion
A
His antenna a rray for this frequency
i
s a mode l of n eatness
. Here 's h oping on a
bout t
he s
implest method o
f
f
or DX , L en. a
pply
ing N.B.F
.M. for 80 (and 40)
i
s wor th p assing o n. The d iagram
s
how s t he e ssen tials. The s cheme
NBFM f
ans s
hould l
isten f
or
VK7PF, who h as a s uper p hase- amplitude modu lates t he p late a nd
modu
lated j
ob running. s
creen o f a 6 SK7 VFO s imilar t o
t
he ARRL Handbook a rrangemen t
,
u
sing t wo i s olators f ol
low ing t he
DX STATION "
GEN" o
sci
lla tor. All e fec ts o f amp litude
modu lation a re washed o ut i n t he
From o verseas s ources , we f i
nd t he f
ol
low ing s tages a s t hey work u nder
f
ollow ing i
nforma tion o
f i
nterest C
lass C c ondit ions , l eaving o nly t he
ma inly t o t he " new c ountry" DX - FM c omponent . Audio i s a pplied
h
ounds : You w il
l f i
nd AC4NC o n Re
liab
le u
nder Every T
est
! ..
t
o t he o scil
lator b y i nclud ing t he
1
4325 K c/s ' phone, a nd QSL 's s hou ld s
econdary ( 500 o hm) o f a s ma
ll
b
e r outed t o Amateur Rad io C lub s
peech amp lifier o utpu t t ransformer
o
f I
I
nd ia
nd
.
ia, P .O . B ox 6 666, B ombay , i
n the c ommon p late a nd s creen s up- QUAL
ITY
p
ly. I
t t akes b ut a f ew m inu tes
VP1SJC i
s Rev. Gregory B
. t
o d o, a nd t he o r
iginator , W1IXO ,
S
B
ontac
rit
, S t. J
ish Honduras
ohn's C
, C
ollege
entra
, B
l Amer
elize
ica
,
.
s
ays t hat r esu lts a re e xce llent. T
RANSFORMERS
YU7KX i s u nder c over; s o i s "Blister". H
igh s tand ing p late
P
s
J5K0 i
tat ions i
n C uracao .
n Ruanda Urand
Known a
i, B e
ct
lg
ive
ian
c
urren t? F
inal won 't d r
ive t o a a
nd
r
easonab ly l ow r ead ing? Maybe y ou
Congo , are: 0Q5AS , 5AY , 5DG a nd a
re u s
ing a n o ld t ype v ariable t o
5M W
Po
.
ints a bou t Sw iss s tations : When
t
une t
i
sn'
t a l
he t
l i
ank
t m
, a
ight b
nd t
e.
he i
T
nsulat
here w
ion
ere
METAL
- WORK
o
pera ting p ortable t he p ref
ix HB1 s
o me g ood-look ing p re-war v ariables
i
s u sed, w ith l etters f ol
low ing b eing a
round , o
ther t
han t
he c
eram ic M a n ufact ure d
t
he s ame a s for t he HB9 h ome s ta- i
nsulated k ind , b ut t he s tr
ips o f
t
ion . HB7 's a re Sw iss Army Amateur material o f b akelite -l ooking s tuff b
y
s
tat ions. might h ave b een a nyth ing . Change
CR5UP , t hat e lus ive " bird", i s s
uch r ubbish f or s trips o f p oly-
L
ione
West A
l
fr
P
ierce
ica.
, S
t. T homas ' Por t
, s
tyrene, WT22
make a g ood i
, o
t
r P
em o
erspex
ut o f ah
, a nd y
and
ou
icap. TR IM A X k
an
sf
orm
ers
FF3CN i s e l- B ox 5 66, Dakar , S
ome o f t hose o ld c ondensers a re D
I
VIS
ION O
F C
L
IFF 6
.BUNT
ING P
TY
. L
T
D.
West Afr ica . r
eally w el
l-made f rom mechan ical
ZP9FA : P .O. B ox 7 16, A suncion . p
oin ts o f v iew, b ix
t t he i nsulation
CHARLES ST
., NTH
. COBURG
,
CR4AD : B ox 1 6
, P raia, C ape V erde b
etween s tator a nd r otor m ight h ave
I
sland . b
een made o f mou lded mud . MELBOURNE
, AUSTRAL
IA.

Ma
rch
. 1
950 "Au
stra
lian RADIO a
nd TELEVIS
ION New
s" 2
7
T
HE '
Y
OUNG F
ELLOW
'
Here is o
ur b
reezy contributoi
• aga
in,
r
eplete with co mments, ideas, sug-
g
estions
, and what not
. How d o you
l
i
ke h
is sty
le, gang?

D
ESP
ITE t
he s
corn i
n many
quar
ters held t owards t he 4 0-
metre b and
, for my money i t i s
s
till t he b and where o ne c an h ave
a s ane, p lac id y arn w ithou t h aving
t
o l i
sten t o c ont inua l r eferences t o
"
rag -chew ing i n a DX b and" . And
f
ur thermore , i f a h andfu l o f p eop le
"net" o n o ne f requency i n t he 2 0-
metre b and, a fter h aving e stab lished'
t
hat i t is as u
itab le p art o f the b and ,
and t hat it i s "clear" , why NOT r ag-
c
hew ? Rag -chew ing i s a s legitimate
af orm o f Hamm ing a s p ant ing a fter
DX i s; a nd we h ave t o r e member
t
hat s ome f olks a re l o cked o n t h
is
b
and , h aving n o p rov isions f or mu lt
i-
b
and work ing . S
ome a re i n s paces
t
oo s mall t o e rect a n e fec tive 4 0-
meter a ntenna ; a nd s o me j ust p refer
t
he b and ' cos t he a verage n oise l evel
i
s l ower t han 4 0 a nd 8 0, a nd when
GOING PORTABLE
- MOB
ILE A
n Amer
ican a
mateu
r's i
d
ea o
f i
t
.
t
he DX i s, c om ing t hru , t hey c an
(
From "Rad
io O
ff
icers
' News" New York
).
open u p o n CW a nd l a ssoo a c hunk .
Let's h ave a more t olerant a ttitude
t
oward t hose who p ursue t heir own l
ying w ithin t he very n arrow , low- One of the New Y ear
's most i
roni-
h
obby i n t heir own way . f
requency b andpass o f t he r
ock. c
al jes
ts i s t
he story about t
he t wo
— Pract
ical e xperience t ends t o b ear f
l
ying-commerc ia
l o ps
. who a re get-
t
his o ut
, but whe ther it i s also true t
ing c ars
, s o that t hey can " get
Heard a r ecent d
iscuss ion r
e
when t he receiving station i s us
ing a
round a b it" . . ..
s
pla tter . Conten t ion o f t he d efend -
a
nt was t hat t he p lain tiff was c op - a Q 5
-er, Id oubt. A t ypical Q 5-er
has a b andwidth o f some 2 500 c.
p.s.
,
p
ing t he s platter b ecause o f s heer
very much more t han t hat o f a
p
rom
s
epara
ix ity (
ted b
s
y a
tations i
bout o
nvo
ne m
lved b
ile ). Th
eing
is sharply-adjusted xtal
.
\ f'0 C,5
*
was u
much o
pset b
n t
y at
he t h
hird s
ird c
tat ion
orner o
, p re
f a
tty
n
o— o
‘
t
•
e
qu
a
ilatera
nce f
l t
rom t
riang
he o
le a
ther t
s r
wo
egards d
, who s
ist
a
-
id
W Ehavkennow
't
tha
a s
t o
at
odles o f s
isfactory d
tations
ummy
a
erial f or p rotracted t ests, b ut o ne
h
e d id g et s platter f rom t he d efend -
h
as h ither to felt t hat r easonab ly c on- *In
ternat
iona l code mean -
ant, b ut n ot f rom t he p la int iff
.
d
uc ted t ests wh ilst a ctua l
ly r adi- i
ng "
Increase Power".
Fair e nough? The p rosecut ion r es ts
a
ting a re a f a
ir t h
ing UNLESS t he I
ncrease the power of your
i
ts c ase .
t
ransm ission c onta ins v iolent p ara - r
ig with R
.C .S
. co mponents
.
o— o
s
i
tics o r o ther j oeys wh ich make i t
Notice t hat t he RCA 8 07 Z .B. c
over h alf t he b and . There a re s ti
ll 4
55 K.C. NE W I.F
.
t
riode c ircu it i s n ow s o w e
ll e stab - two c haracters ( both i n t he s ame TRANSFORMERS
l
ished t ha t o ne manufacturer h as p ut d
istrict, a nd o ne, b y Hokey , a BC
out a c ommerc ia l rack -mount ing New I .F. 171-172 s er
ies
. I .F
.
e
ng ineer !) who p ersist i n p un ishing t
ransfor mers a re o f r
evolu-
pane l h ous ing t he c omp le te j ob a s t
he 2 0-metre f ratern ity w ith j ust
a modu lator , m inus p ower s upp ly. t
ionary d esign u s
ing s i
lver
t
his s ort of t h
ing . One t ests f or a ges mica c ondensers
On ly 7 5 watts s econdary p ower o ut- w
ithout a nnounc ing h is c all
, t he o ther
put i s c laimed , i n c onnect ion w ith mou lded i n t he
s
pla t
ters s o vio lent ly t hat h is b est
t
he p la te-vo ltage f igure o f a bout 6 50 t
rolitul b ase ,
f
r
iends a re s tar t
ing t o g et a b it
on t he 8 07's . Wou ld y ou l ike t o mak ing t he m a b
-
f
rayed ' round t he e dges o f t heir
s
ee t hat r aised t o 7 50, t ho ' t he f i
rst s
olutely mois-
t
empers ! t
ure p roof.
f
i gure s hou ld modu late a ny 1 00 wat t
—
f
one r ig e ven w ith a h igh s peech
"
form f actor" a s o ccurs w ith c lipp ing . Editor, please n o te: On 2 0 d uring Buy R.C.S.
You h aven 't h eard a bout t his? T ime e
arly J anuary o f t he b rave n ew y ear, and g
et
you l ooked u p the E leventh Ed ition, a d elightful f ema le v o
ice , a ccent 1
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a.
t
he BEST!
E. & E .! L
iverpudd lian , y oung a nd f resh , with
o— o b
ags o f h umor , a nd r eally e asy o n
An e
lectron ics- lab. techn ic ian I t
he e ars. B
elieved t o b e owned a nd I
f your l
oca
l dea
ler canno
t
know s ez t hat s peech t ransm issions c
ontro l
led b y a n e x-VK5 , r ecently s
upp
ly, wr
ite d
irect t
o
wh ich a re p eaked i n t he " h
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typ ica l x ta l m ike s tuff ) a re N .G. west o f Centra l" di strict! He d odges
when r ece ived o n a v ery s elec tive efor
ts t o s crape u p i ntro's w ith t h
is
rece iver , e .g., a s when x tal f i
lter i s s
uccu lent voice —guess h is a tt
itude i s
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being u sed . His t heory i s t hat f
air e nough , too . Some p eop le h ave
there i s n o a pprec iab le s peech e nergy a
ll the FB YL 's! CANTERBURY. NSW
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2
8 "Aus
tra
lian RA DIO a
nd TELEVISIO N News March
, 1
950
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HE YOUNG F
ELLOW (
Con
tinued
) Th
is y arn i s g ood e nough t o re-
p
eat, 'c
os i t has l ocal p arallel: One ACHTUNG
!
That g ent
leman among g entlemen d
ay a G roup-Capta in i n t he RAF We t hough t t hat i n t he s o-called
u
p B el
lingen way i s threatening t o t
ook o f in aT iger Moth t o g o from d
emocrac ies a t l east, t he "ma iled
d
rum u p something f resh i n Apri l
. o
ne Eng lish a irf
ield t o a nother , close f
ist" manner o f d oing t h
ings h ad
I
f p ast form i s a ny criter
ion, h old b
y. He g ot h ope less
ly l ost
, a nd passed o ut w ith t he l ate war . Even
u
s b ack! We'l
l b e there, osc
illa
ting e
ventually h ad t o l and a t a ny ' f
ield "Unc le J oe" p erm its amateur r ad io
s
trongly a nd excited u p to full out- b
efore h is f uel f ailed. When h e f
ull s wing i n h is c urta ined d oma in .
p
ut ... .i f fate b e kind r e t he r
ol
led u p t o the t armac , h e e fected The D ecember , ' 49, i s
sue o f " Rad io
s
upplies o f ale
. n
ot to h ave a rrived b y a cc
ident , a nd a
nd T e
lev ision News" ( U.S .A.) c ar -
o— o s
trode i mportan tly u p to the S tation r
ies n ews r em in iscent o f t he t ime
Mess
, where h e l ooked u p D .R.O .
's when Musso b anned t he I's. The FCC
Why d oesn 't s o meone i n VK p r
int t
o find o ut wha t ' d
rome h e was a t! has n otified Amer ican amateurs t hat
t
hose smooth , g
lossy, two-colour a n umber o f f oreign g overnments
c
ards l i
ke t he W9BHV p rint? We "TEE EM M" , t he RAF 's o f
fic ial
magazine d uring t he l ast war , s aid have c lamped d own o n i nter-coun try
a
lways k now when a nother W c ard c
ontacts . A ccord ing t o t he i nforma -
h
as r o
lled i n, b y t he f ee
l o f t hose t
hat t he c ulprit was n ot a ny o ne o f
t
he f our G roup -C apta ins who h ad t
ion t hese c ountr ies a re : —Austr ia,
s
atiny, s i
lk s ides . . . . a nd s uch a Burma , F rench O ceana , G reece , I ndo -
g
ood , sensib le s tyle o f card, too, with r
ecently r ung u p t he ir o ff
ice, a sking
"How d id y ou f ind o ut a bout ME?" China , I ndones ia, I ran , Israe l
, L eba -
a
l
l t he e ssent ial " gen" a nd m inus n
on , Madagascar , Maur itius , Ne ther -
t
hose l ong, e got ist
ica l records o f the The l
ocal p ara l
le l, r eferred t o l
ands Ant illes, S iam , S t. P ierre a nd
s
tation's a
ccomp l ishments which a
bove, i s t ha t a lready s everal ama - Mique lon, a nd T ogo land . Under i n-
must g ive mar ty o f u s ( special
ly t he t
eurs w ith a p ersecu tion c omp lex t
erna tiona l a greement c ommun icat ion
c
o mmerc ial o p's.) a g reat big h orse- have a sked t h
is c olumn t o g et o f b
e tween amateurs o f d iferent c oun -
l
augh. t
heir b acks —a lthough n one o f t hem t
ries i s f orbidden i f the g overnment
has e ver b een n amed . The c ap o
f o ne o f t he c ountr ies o b jects. T he
o— o
a
ppears t o f i
t in s o me c ases, a lbe it r
uling i s n ow i n e fect a nd a ny a t-
r
-r HERE are o ne o r t wo p eak - r
ather t oo t ightly f or c omfor t. ... t emp t o n the p art o f Amer icans , s ays
1 l imiting d evices o n t he a ir wh ich t
he FCC , t o c ontact ama teurs i n t he
s
eem t o b e work ing FB , a f ter t he named c ountr ies , c ould l ead t o as us -
i
nitial a d
justments a nd i r
on ing -out Heard a round t he Austra lian c oas t p
ens ion o f l i
cense . We s uppose t hat
o
f j oeys. T hey a re n eces sarily c om- o
n t
wenty 'phone h
as been t
his r eally I S t he p ost-war 1 950 e ra
p
lex , h owever , a nd n ot f or t he t yro. G3D WI/ M M a board t he MV Durham . t
hat we a re l iving i n
, a nd t hat we
Some s ay t hat f our t ubes a re n eeded Name i s G eof f
, a nd h e uses f ractiona l DID f ight a d ickens o f as crap i n o r-
—the p ush -pu ll c on trolled s tage , o ne p
ower, b ut g ets o ut w ith a l ong d
er t o f ree t he wor ld? L ook a t i t
r
ectifier, and one s
ide-amp lifier. w
ire 15 f eet u p i n t he r igging . n
ow , f or Heaven 's s ake!!
P
lus , p ossibly, a VR t ube. But t he
e
nd -effect i s o ne wh ich s eems t o
j
ustify t he s ystem , a t l east f or t hose
who h ave v ery p eaky v oice-de l
ivery .
We g ather t hat w e may e xpect a n
a
r t
icle i n "A .R . & TV N ." d eal ing
w
ith t he s ubject, s oon.
o— o
There i s st
ill f ar t oo much o f t his
i
nten tional j a mm ing g oing o n. Can
you p icture t he menta l c alibre o f a
t
ype who i s p repared t o s pend r eal
d
ough t o p ut u p a f air
-sized r ig,
p
lus a ntenna o n t wo b ands, f or t he
v
icious p leasure o f wilful i n
terference
w
ith t he t ransm issions o f d ecen t
c
itizens? Attention , a ll t hose u n-
l
i
censed p ersons w ith t ransm itt ing
e
qu ipmen t
: S evera l of y ou a re k nown
t
o t his c o
lumn , a nd y our n ames a re
a
lready b efore t he a uthorities. S
o,
e
ither g et y our ticke t
, o r make d arned
s
ure t hat s tuff is i n U/S c ondit ion,
b
ecause o f g o y our h eads i f no t!
o- 0

Although i t i s y et t oo e arly t o
judge c learly t he t rend, i t d oes
s
eem t hat t here i s h earten
ing e v
i-
dence o f " new l eaves" h aving b een
t
urned o ver, b y s ome o f o ur h ere-
t
ofore most e
t
he mat ter o
rstwh
f transm
ile o
itt
fenders
ing ma
, i
lprac
n
-
IA
D g r
oup of Br
it
ish ama
teu rs a
tth
e st
ation o f G
6XR, Har
ry Cook
, Keres
ley, Coventry
,
o
n the occa
sion o f ac entena
ry of consecut
ive 14 m egacyc
les te
lephony c ont
acts
t
ice. Dare we h ope t hat this column 's
b
etween h
i
s s t
at
ion and tha
t o f aS
ydne
y a ma
teur, G
eorge Gray
, VK2XG ( Tur
ramu rra
).
v
iews a re b eing r eceived i n the s pir
it
i
n wh ich t hey are i ntended? — wh ich I
d
ent
itie
s a
r
e—le
ft t
o r
i
ght
: G
6XR, G6WX (Mayo
r o
fCoven
try
), G
6YU
, E
len (
XYL a
t
i
s
, s incere d esire t o help, aided where G
6XR)
, G8LH
, a nd G
6TD
.
n
ecessary b y s trong t erms ! More
Photograph by cour
tesy of VK2X(i. A no
te fro m G6XR says: "To George, VI UXG
, f rom
n
ews -and -views n ext mon th
, mean - Harry, 66X1
t, with many t hanks for your co
-operation i
n making 146 consecu
tive contacts
while 7 3
's a ll round . on 14 Me t
elephony —sorry we could not make 150 o
n the t
rot."

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, 1
950 "Aus
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T
ECHN
ICAL B
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& MAGAZ
INE C
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Keep abreas
t o
f the la
test develop-
ments in RADIO b y s
ubscr
ibing t o
any o
f the f
o
llowing Magazines.

•C
har
les Thorp
, of Ro
ckhampton
, Queen
sla
nd, is a k
een l i
s
tener t
o
ama
teur st
at
ion
s, as e
v
idenced b
y the ar
ray o
f "wa
llpaper"
.

A MERIC A N
THIS P
IRACY BUSINESS would b e al icensed o pera tor, a nd i n
n
ESP
ITE
P
er y
ear
t
he meant ime w e c an b ut e xpress t he
t
he h ope t hat when t he "
C.Q." (The Rad
io Ama
-
h
ope t hat h e c ontinues t o g et a way
f
low o f D isposa ls g ear e ased o f t
eur
's J
ourna
l) . £
1 1
7 6
w
ith i t
. Se
lfish p iracy i s a nother
ab it, p iracy a nd o ther f orms o f u n-
t
hing ...t hose who " borrow" o ther Aud
io E
ngineer
ing 11
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wanted and i
lega l t
ransm iss ion p
eop le
's l egitima te c all s igns a nd
w ou ld d im inish ; s uch h as n ot b een
amuse t hemse lves t herew ith. I n good "
Q.S
.T." 2 9 6
t
he c ase . Now a nd a gain o ne o r t wo
f
aith the o verseas c on tact s ends a long
"
joey 's" b ob u p a nd c l
ikuor t t hem - R
adio N
ews . 2 5 9
h
is QSL c ard f or a c on tac t wh ich
s
elves , ma in ly o n f or ty, b ut t here
has n ot r eally t aken p lace, a nd R
adio E lec
tronics (form
-
have b een i nstances o n t wen ty a lso.
which, i f t he l og b e c onsu lted, must e
arly Radio Craf
t) . . 2 2 3
Under t he h ead ing o f " Piracy" , o f
b
e r epud iated. Those who t hink u p
c
ourse , w e c an c lass ify t he ma lici-
a call s ign i n a l etter s eries n ot
ous ly-m inded i nd iv idua ls who a ppear
t
o d elight i n a nd make a h obby o f y
et a l
loca ted b y t he P .M .G . may AUSTR ALIA N AND ENGLIS H
t
he p ract ice o f c aus ing w ilfu l a nd a
rouse s o me i n
terest f or a b r
ief P
er y
ear
unnecessary i nterference w ith ama - s
pell, u ntil t he ma jori ty o f ama teurs
t
eur s tat ions . Oft-times we h ear wake u p t o t he f act a nd p ass w ord Wire
less Wor
ld . 11
2 6
i
t s aid t ha t " sure ly n o l icensed ama - f
ar a nd w ide t hat s o-and -so i s a E
lec
tron
ic E
ngineer
ing . 11
2 6
t
eur w ou ld b e g uilty o f s uch b e- p
irate.
hav ior" a nd t hat t he o fenders a re Wire
less E
ngineer . . 2 0 0
most l ike ly p eop le w ith a g rouch ... TN o ur way o f l i
fe i t i s e ssen tia l R
adio a
nd Hobb
ies . . 1
2 0
a s our -grapes o utlook a t n ot b eing t
ha t t here mu st b e s o me f orm o f
able t o make t he l i
cence g rade . We l
aw a nd o rder s o t ha t a fairs s ha ll A
ustra
lian R
adio Wor
ld . 1
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are n ot s o s ure a t a ll a bout t ha t prog ress s ane ly a nd s moo thly , a nd Aus
tra l
ian Rad
io & T
ele
-
v
iewpo int , a nd w e d o n ot s ubscr ibe therefore t he p ira te i n amateur r adio
t
o t he i d ea t hat a ll l i
censees a re l iy - v
ision News 1
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i
s s o mebody who c anno t b e t oler -
wh ite peop le with noth ing but a
ted . The e fec tive way t o c heck Ama
teur R
adio 9 0
f
riend ly f ee ling 's t o t heir f ellow ama - p
iracy i s f or ama teurs a nd l i
s teners
teurs . S
tra ight -out p iracy i s a t
o f ol
low u p a ny s usp icious a c t
iv ity R
adio S
cience . 1
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hor se o f a d iferent c o
lour . From i
n t heir o wn a reas , a nd n ot b e d e-
t
he t ime a lmost when ama teur r adio t
erred b y a ny maud lin i dea o f " play -
c
ut i ts t eeth t here h ave b een p irates i
ng t he p oliceman" . I
t i s n o t j u st •
i
n s ome f orm o r o ther . T here h ave a mat ter o
f hams tring ing s ome
been , a nd s t
i ll a re, i nstances o f youngster c arried a way b y e nthus i-
p
iracy wh ich a re l ooked u pon w ith SEND YOUR ORDERS TO:—
a
sm , b ut a c ons idera tion o f t he f ac ts.
understand ing a nd a cceptance . F
or P
iracy b ring s t he ama teur move -
e
xamp
s
pite t
le . . . t
he b an b
he I
y t he
talians
ir n
, who
ow d
, d
epar
e
ted
- ment i
t
ies.
nto d
T
i
he p
srepu te w
oor o
ith t
pera t
he a
ion o
uthor
f t
i
he
- T E C H NI C A L B
OOK
D
ic tator , c arr ied o n u nder c over , w ith average p irate s ta tion w il
l s poil many
h
idden g ear a nd c oncea led r adia ting c
on tac ts. Non-genu ine QSL c ards & MAGAZ
INE C
O.
s
ys tems . To-day w e h ave a ' sim ilar and r epor ts c lutter u p t he B ureaux ,
s
ta te o f a fa irs i n c er ta in t otalitar ian and t he e xpec tant r ec ipien ts o f h i
's 2
95, 2
97, 2
99 Swanston S
treet
,
c
ountr ies where l i
censes a re g iven c
ard a re d isappo in ted p eop le. " Bor -
o
n ly t o t hose c ons idered t o b e " po li- r
ow ing" a c all s ign c auses more t han Opp
. O
ld Me
lbourne Ho
spi
tal
t
ica lly r eliab le" . One c annot b ut f ee l annoyance t o t he l i
censee , who i s
a warm r egard f or t he e nforced f
aced w ith t he n eed t o r eturn c ards M ELBO UR NE
, C
.1.
p
irate who s ticks t o t he s pirit o f w
ith e xp lana tions .
By e xamp le, t he p irate g ives a C
ent
. 2
041
amateur r ad io i n h is a ctiv ities o n
t
he a ir, a nd whenever p oss ib le h ands f
alse v alue o f i deas t o t he y ounger
o
ne a b road h int t hat i s s tation i s wou ld-be ama teur , who t hinks t ha t .
.
.
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unof f
icia l" . I
n h app ier t imes h e "
others g et a way w ith i t
, why 1
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0 "Au
sira
lian RAD
IO a
nd T
ELEVISIO N N
ewr" Ma
rch
, 1
950
s
hou ldn't I ?", a nd t hat l i
censes a re
r
eally a b unch o f r ed t ape. Wider
r
ealisa t
ion o f t he d amage p irates
c
an d o t o t his h obby wou ld r esult
i
n g reater e agerness a nd c o-operation
i
n s uppress ing t he e vil
. The " inter -
f
erence -mach ine" m iscrean t i n p ar-
t
i
cu lar s hould b e t he f i
rst t arget f or
ofensive . . ..h e shou ld b e h unted
a
nd r un d own i nstead o f just s i
tting
b
ack and c
o mment ing a
bout i
t
.
C
loser c
o-operat ion between the
P
.M .G., t hrough t he Adv isory C om -
m
ittees a nd t he W.I .A., c ould b ring
q
uick a nd l a
sting r esults.

"Passband" : Wan t a r eally s e

-
l
ect
ive r eceiver f or C .W . work o nly?
An a nswer l i
es i n ar eceiver d escr ibed
i
n QST ( U.S.A .) f or August , 1 948.
I
t features d oub le c onvers ion, f rom
1
600 K c
's i n t he f irst c hanne l, a nd
t
he r eal
ly i mpor tant f eature i s t he
s
econd I .F. c hanne l. T
here a re n o
l
ess t han F IVE s tages a t 7 2 K c/s.
Austra l
ian ama teurs c ould d up lica te
t
his j ob n icely w ith t hose Aeg is 1 00
o
r 5 0 K c/s I .F. t ransformers n ow
r
eadily a vailab le. Needless t o s ay,
a r
ece iver o f t his k ind i s " out" f or • Sh
own h
ere wo
rking 14 mc/s 'p
hone D X is Br
it
ish G 6WX
, Mr. W. H .
t
he ' phone man , b ut wha t p rice t he M
alco
lm. T
he r
ece
iver i
n u
se isth
e eve
r-fa
ith
ful H
RO t ype
. G6 WX wa
s Mayo
r
C
.W . marathon c ontest man? o
f Co
vent
ry —o
f Bl
itz fame —
in 1948
-49.

"
Enno" . S afe t o s ay t hat i n t he Famous s ayings —"I n
ever heard
TESTING CAPACITORS FOR l
a st f ew y ears , n o ama teur t ransm it- t
he b and so b ad
." When s omebody
t
i ng a ntenna s ys tem h as a roused s o s
ays t hey never h ard i
t s
o good —
DRIFT
much i nterest, a nd c omment , a s T ed t
hat
'll be ac hange!
About t he s imp lest way o f d eter- I
ronmonger 's (pro t
ern VK3 WU)
mining i f m ica c ondensers a re wha t handy G 8P0 s ystem . I n most c ases
you want f or VFO p adding i s g iven i
t h as d one j ust what h e c laimed
i
n QST ( U
.S .A .) b y W9 MBI . He —prov ided a t wo-way e lectr ica lly
makes u
o
f 2 0 w
p a
ire o
n i nductance o
n a7 /8 -in, f
f 1
orm
0 t
, s
urns
paced
r
evers ible s imp le a rray , w ith , a bove R
adio C omponen
ts o
f
a
ll, a whack ing b ig b ack t o f ront
t
o o
c
lip l
ccupy 5
eads t
/8
o t
-in., a
he e
nd w
nds o
ith s
f t he c
hor
o
il
t
.
d
iscr im inat ion. There h ave b een Qua
lity
...
one o r t wo o f t he k now -all b reed
The c ondenser t o b e c hecked i s t hen o
f d abb ler, who h ave s hou ted o 'er
c
lipped a cross t he c oil a nd t he r e- h
ill a nd d ale t hat " i
t's n o g ood —
s
ulting L /C c ircu it c hecked a gains t I
've t ried i t
, a nd i t d idn
't work ."
a g rid d ip o scillator t o d eterm ine They c ouldn '
t h ave t ried i tv ery h ard ,
f
requency . The l atter i s not i mpor t- f
or t he s et
-up i s "sure f i
re". S evera l
ant —it mere ly s erves a p urpose . v
ers ions h ave b een u sed w ith c on -
Next, ah ot s oldering i r
on i s brough t s
p icuous s uccess, p erhaps t he most
c
lose t o t he c ondenser a nd h e
ld outstand ing b eing t he "HAY s ys -
t
here u ntil t he c ondenser b ecomes t
e m" ( "A .R. & TV . N .", J uly, 1 ,
949 .)
warm t o t he t ouch . The r esonant
C
ommander I ronmonger, R.N. may
f
requency a s s hown b y t he GDO i s Capita
l "A" i s a ppropriate , f
or A egis
t
hen r echecked . T
he d iference b e- b
e r e
turning to B r
itain this year,
Components, f
or t
heir quality i
s
a
nd w e bet h
e will be back on with
tween t he t wo r esonant p oints w ill s
econd t o n one! E
xacting S tandards
t
ell y ou i f t he c ondenser i s sui table a G signal o
f note —as of yore
. i
n d es
ign a nd manufacture a re y our
guarantee
. 1 i t
's A eg
is . . . i t
's
f
or t he VFO c ircu it. I
t i s easy t o d
ependab le!
f
ind wh ich c ondenser s w i
ll b e l eas t
"V.H.F." T he S
ix Metre b and has
l
ikely t o c ause o sci
lla tor d r
if t.
o
pened u p wide
ly for i
nterstate work- Agen
ts in Every
i
ng t h
is season
. An u nexpected con- S
tate
.
Candidates f or t he A .O.C
.P . are t
act has been VK5JD at Al
ice S pr
ings,
l
i
kely t o f ind q uestions in e xam C
en tral
ia.
p
apers these d ays, dea l
ing with such
s
ubjects a s N.H .F.M .
, S .S
.S.C., e
tc,
,
b
ut in e l
emen tary f orm o nly. "Querex". T aylor "Super- Modu la-
t
ion" is showing u p t
hese d ays. I
n AEG
IS MANUFACTUR
ING
t
he S ydney a rea VK2ACH i s p ut- CO
. PTY
. LTD
.
VK2 WI 's Sunday morning broad- t
ing o ut a g ood transm iss
ion o n
c
asts a re now d one from a S
ydney t
wenty. Advantage over S.S.S.C. i n 2
08 L
i
ttle L
onsda
le S
tree
t,
l
ocale ( VK2V W) a nd are r
adiated t
hat n orma l A.M . Receivers d on't
MELBOURNE
, V
ICTOR
IA
s
imu ltaneous
ly o n the 40
, 6
, and 2 n
eed j uggling t o clear u p -intel-
metre b ands
. l
ig
ibil
ity.

March
, 1
950 "Aus
tra
lian RA DIO a
nd TELE VISIO N News" 3
1
 L sance.
INE v o
ltage f
b
ut t
luctuat
here i
ion i
s n o n
s an
eed t
ui-
o
L
INE VOLTAGE REGULATOR
put u p w ith i t
, when a r egu lator c an Ma
in p
arts o
f t
his u
sefu
l e
l
ectrica
l accessory a
re a t
ransformer
, s
witch
,
b
e made u p e asily , t o k eep v oltage a t a
nd a rheostat
.
ar equ ired l evel.
This r egu lator emp loys o ne o f t he
f
undamenta l l aws o f e lectr icity . I
n
at ransformer , t he v o
ltage a cross t he
s
econdary i s e xac t ly o ut o f p hase
with t he v o
ltage a cross t he p rimary
w
ind ing ( Lenz 's L aw). S
ince t he
s
econdary v oltage i s o ut o f p hase, i t
w
i ll e i ther a dd t o o r s ub tract f rom
t
he v oltage a cross t he p rimary w ind -
i
ng , d epend ing u pon s er ies a iding o r
s
eries o ppos ing c onnect ion . We c on -
n
ect t he t ransformer i nto t he c ircut
a
s s hown i n t he d iagram , t o ad ouble -
pole d oulte -throw tw it ch , t o p lace
t
he s econdary e i ther a iding o r o ppos -
i
ng t he p r
imary , t hereby r aising o r
l
ower ing t he v oltage a cross t he c om -
b
inat ion . A v ariab le r esistance i s
p
laced i n s eries w ith t he ' A
.C . l i ne
a
nd t he t ransformer , t o p rov ide f i ne
a
d jus tment o f t he v o
ltage . An A .C .
v
oltme ter i s connec ted a cross t he o ut-
p
ut , wh ich i s connec ted t o a n o ut
let .
I
t isn ecessary t hat t he v oltage o f t he
s
econdary b e e qua l t o o r g reater t han
t
he d eparture f rom n orma l l ine v o
lt -
age. Thus , i f t he s econdary were 2 5
v
olts, t he d evice wou ld r egu late t he
l
ine v oltage f rom 2 5 v o
lts u nder , t o
2
5 v olts a bove n orma l. L et u s c on -
s
ider a n orma l v oltage o f 2 40. T he
r
egu lator w ill t ake c are o f 2 65 v ol ts
t
o 2 15 v o
lts.

HO W TO USE THE
TRANSFOR MER
An old transformer h aving s evera l
f
i
lament w indings may b e connected
i
n s eries
, mak ing s ure t hat t hey a re
s
er ies a iding a nd n ot o pposing . A s
- A
.C . meter . The 2 40 v olt p osition YOUNG SQU
IRT?
s
ume t hat you c an o btain a t ota l thus may be marked o n t he meter s ca le b y
Ga le d amage i s o ne t hing , a nd in
o
f 1 5 v o
lts. T he v ariab le r heostat a heavy b lack l i
ne s o t hat o ne c an
windy New S outh Wa les many a VK
(of a bout WOO o hms) may b e a ny t
ell a
t ag lance i fl ine v oltage i s n or- has c ontemp lated w ith r uefu l m ien
w
ire wound t ype t hat d oes n ot h eat mal. T h
is r egulator i s n ot i ntended an a ftermath o f a ntenna wreckage .
t
oo much wh ile work ing. I f the l ine f
or u se w ith l arge wat tage e quip - DX a
nd VHF -man Jack Hill
,
v
o ltage i s 240 v olts a nd a 1 5 v o
lt ment, but f or low wa ttage n eeds o nly. VK2ADT , o f t he N .S.W . c oalf
ields
s
econdary i s used , t he v oltage a cross To find wh ich i s s eries-a iding a nd r
eg ion , e ncountered a nother k ind o f
t
he c ombination ( primary a nd s ec-, which i s ser ies-oppos ing p osit
ion o f antenna d amage . T he ma in p o
le h a
l-
o
ndary) wou ld b e 2 65 v olts, o r t oo t
he s witch, n ote t he r ead ing o f t he yard o f s tout r ope h ad a pparent ly
h
igh f or a n orma l 2 40
. I n t his c ase v
oltmeter w ith t he s eries r esistance g
iven u p t he g host a nd thereby l et a
r
es istance i s a dded t o the c ircu it b y s
et at zero. The p osition o f t he s witch variety o f w ire a rrays d own . B e
ing
t
he v ariable r heostat u ntil t he v o
lt- r
esult
ing i n t he high d eflection o f t he a s choo l
-teacher v ersed i n t he ways
a
ge d ecreases t o 2 40 v olts. v
oltmeter i s series -aiding , wh ilst a o
f t een-age l ads, J ack h ad a n idea;
l
ow read ing i ndicates s eries-oppos ing . h
e f ound a n u nmistakab le t omahawk
NOT FOR H
IGH PO WER c
ut o n the p o
le. T he y oungs ter was
t
raced —sa id h e just " tapped t he pole
Where t he l ine v oltage i s 2 50 volts, PARTS L
IST p
layfu lly, a nd t hen e veryth ing c a me
wh ich i s 1 0 volts a bove t he 2 40, t he
primary a nd s econdary w ou ld b e con - O
ne tr
ansf
ormer h
av
ing seconda
ry v
o
ltage d
own r ound me e ars!" S eems t hat
nected s er
ies —oppos ing , a nd t he r e- o
f a
pp
rox
imate
ly 2
0 vo
lts
. t
he h alyard must h ave g ot i n t he
s
u lt wou ld b e .2 50 m inus 1 5, wh ich i s O
ne A
.C
. V
o
ltme
ter
, 0
-250 v
o
lts
. way. N ice s hiny " tommyhawks" a re
2
35 , t
hat b e
ing b elow t he requ ired 2 40. t
aboo w ith VK2ADT 's y outhfu l stu-
O
ne w i
re-wound I
.
R
.C. R
heo
sta
t o
f 1
000
I
ncreas ing t he v a
lue o f t he v ariab le d
ents t hese d ays.
o
hms
.
r
es istance h as t he e fect o f lowering
O
ne d
oub
le-po
le d
oub
le-
throw k
n
ife s
w
itch
.
t
he v oltage a cross t he s econdary , Tapping p o
int f or a s ingle-wire
wh ich i ncreases t he v o
ltage a cross C
ne p
ane
l f o
r m
ount
ing
.
f
eedl
ine f or a h alf
-wave r adiator
t
he c omb ina tion. T hus r esistance i s (Windom a ntenna)? Measure o ne-
added u ntil t he v o
ltage a cross t he t
hird of the length in f
rom o ne end,
c
omb ina t
ion e qua ls 2 40 v o
lts . T
hat quiz picture o n p age 3 0 of last month 's
i
s
sue: —VK3GE , C o
l. E very ( then Ma jor) w ith
a
nd t hat i s as good a p os
ition a s
T
he d evice w orks o n
ly o n A .C. a nd W.O
. S
tan C
ropper b
efore an e
xercise a
t a
ny, Handbook f ormulae n otwith-
t
he v oltmeter may b e a 0 -250 v olt ASOS , C asula
, N .S.W ., 1
941. s
tanding.

3
2 "Aus
tra
lian RA DIO a
nd TELEVISIO N New
s" March
. 1
950
 AMATEUR

"Frazz le" . I n s o me f orm o r o ther , "Eemeef" . In terest h

as been
BCI i s w ith t he ama teur who p er - a
roused i
n Britain 's "W ire les s
f
orce must e xist i n a" bu i
lt -up" a rea . World" , where c olumn ist " Dia llis t"
I
nstances o f QRM a re u sua lly h un ted h
as r aised a p o
int a bout s o me o ld
o
ut met icu lous ly, w i th f i
na l f reedom k
inds o f p aper d ielectr ic c onden ser s.
f
rom t he p es t
. There a re t imes , He s ays t hat many i nstances h ave
h
owever , when BCL 's w on ' t c o-oper - c
o me t o l igh t o f s uch c apac i tor s,
a
te i n h elp ing t he ama teur t o c ure when t ested , h av ing a cqu ired t he
t
he t roub le . I remember a c lass ic p
roper ties o f d ry c el
ls. V oltages a s
i
nstance i n B ritain, when t wo f riends , h
igh a s 3 may b e s hown , a nd s hor t-
"TOC EM MA" a nd " ELJAY" , w ere i
ng t he t erm ina ls d oesn 't "discharge"
i
n a s tate o f h aving " had" a n u n- o
ther t han momen tarily . T he c harge
i
ntelligent —unhe lpfu l BCL n ex t d oor , i
s thus n ot s tatic, a nd h as d efin ite
who w ou ld p ersis t i n w riting t he p
olarity . Troub le h as b een t raced
P
.O . e pis tles o f c omp la int , b r
ing ing i
n some r ad io r ece iver s t o u nwan ted
"
b lueys" f rom t he R .I. The BCL 's b
ias v o ltage b eing p rov ided b y s uch
antenna f inished u p a bou t 1 4 i nches c
apaci tor s. Where a b ias -vary ing
away f rom t he ama teur s et -up , a nd v
olume c on trol o n a n RF s tage h as
an i dea was b orn. I t was i mpressed b
een o pen -cir cuit, a s teady p oten tial
upon t he BCL t ha t u nder n o c ircum - o
f 2v olts n ega tive may b e a pp lied
s
tances s hou ld h e t ry t o l isten d uring t
o the v a
lve g rid, t hus r ender ing t he
" O WL C harles T horp , o f R ockhamp ton. thunderstorms ; t he a er ial m igh t a t- r
eceiver s ilen t. I
f y ou h ave a f ew
Q
'I
tl.
, u ses t his 3 e lement 1 0 m etre beam . t
ract l ightn ing , e tc., e tc. O ver t he o
ld p aper c ondensers i n t he j unk
horizon r umb led a n Eng lish s ummer b
ox, t ry y our HR v oltme ter a cross
s
torm , and "TOC EM MA" and t
hem ; y ou may b e s urprised .
" ELJAY" c lipped a w ire a cross f rom
"Blitzen" . Somewhere i
n t
he
their own t o t he e nd o f t he BC I,
a
rch ives o f Amer ican amateur r adio
antenna . A k nife sw i tch i n s er ies
t
here i s a r eference t o BCI a s i t w Hearty c ongra tula t
ions t o B illy
ith t hat , t o t he 2 40 v olt ma ins ,
was i n t he " bad o ld d ays —out West ." and o ne s ide o f t ha t t o e ar th , a nd Bryan t, W9BUL , o n h is mar riage
I
' r eca ll r ead ing, p robab ly i n QST a
l
l was r eady . A v ivid f lash o f r
ecen tly a fter r eturn ing t o his h ome
a
round 1 924 , o f t he b itter war t hat l
ightn ing was a wai ted . I t c ame , a nd c
ity f rom a b rass -pound ing v is
it t o
r
aged i n many c ases , b etween ama - the s witch was c losed , whereupon t he Austra lia. B
il
l was r adio o ff
icer o n
t
eurs a nd BCL 's. T he BCL , o f course , earthed a n tenna c oi l o f 3 6 e name lled t
he U .S. " De P auw V ictory", a nd
had r eason t o r aise a p rotest w ith a c opper i n t he BC r ece iver d isin teg - g
ave u s a n a rticle o n mar ine r adio
2KW b road ly t uned b rass -pounder r
ated w ith a b ang . F riend BCL r ush - o
pera tion a s he s aw i t
. T his u seful
e
d a round t o t he p erpe tra tor s s hou t- b
it o f i nforma tion f or w ould-be s ea-
f
or a n eighbour ; b ut t he ama teur
i
ng t hat h is " se t h ad b een s truck g
o ing o perators was g iven i n o ur
had t o c ontend w ith " broad -band" December , 1 949, i s
sue , o n p age 2 6
.
B/C r ece ivers o f t he Neutrodyne o r b
y l ightn ing ." Helpfu l a dv ice wa s
g
iven b y t he ama teurs t han a n B
ill w ill n ot b e r eturning t o s ea
B
looper v ariety . O
ne S eventh D is- (good f or y ou, Mrs . W9BUL ) a nd
"
inside a eria l w ou ld b e s afer f or
t
ric t QRO l ad w ith a s hack s ome p
lans t o r eturn t o c o
lleg e t o g et
r
eceiv ing o n
ly" , a nd t he a dv ice was
d
is tance f rom h is h ouse , f requen tly q
uick ly a c ted u pon . The BC I w en t on t owards a d egree i n E lectronics.
f
ound h is b ig mast h alyards a nd d
own t o n eg igib le p ropor tions . Good l uck, OM .
c
oun terpo ise c ut d own b y i rate BCL Ch
ief i nst iga tor o f t ha t d ras tic
a
c tion , a nd o perated h is g ear w ith c
ure f or BC I, t hen a y ou thfu l mem -
a . 38 C olt a longs ide t he k ey o n t he b
er o f t he ama teur f ra tern i ty, i s Heard at times from P at
's stat
ion,
t
ab le. T he BCL 's, h owever , o nly t
o-day o ne o f B r
i ta in's t op -rank ing ZL1BQ , o
f Mus ick P oint
, Auck land,
a
t tacked d uring h is a bsence f rom t he r
adio s cien tis ts
, a nd l o oks l ike b reak - N
.Z . :—Bil
l Mar shall, VK2X M . When
s
ta tion , s o n obody g ot s hot . But i
ng i nto t he h obby a gain a t a ny t ime pushing a k ey i
n his marine R IO ca-
o
ne g ot n ear -electrocuted b y a nother —as . a VK3 . paci
ty , B
ill
, in o f
-wat ch periods can
l
ine o f d efence . The b rass -pounder b
e h eard between 1 4 and 1 4
.1 Mc/ s
f
ixed t hings s o t hat h is c ounterpo ise A y ear o r s o a go, i t was p oss ible , a
s VK2XS/ M M .
carr ied , d uring h is a bsence , 4 000 on t wen ty, t o t ie u p w ith o ne o r
volts A .C . f rom h is H .T . s upp ly, t o more o f t he p rom inen t G ' phones ,
e
ar th . A b ad ly k nocked a bout , b urn- and t o e n joy a r ela tive ly u nin ter - John Bu l
l, VK4F H , o f Mackay ,
e
d, s
cared a
nd l
ucky -to -be-a live r
upted c ha t. No t s o t hese t imes , Queensland s ays i t is imposs
ib le to
BCL was t old b y aj udge t hat a s h e f
or s ta tions n o s ooner a ppear t han k
eep 3 0
,0 ribbon feedlines for long in
was t respass ing o n p r
ivate p roper ty t
hey a re " snowed u nder" b y "Ned t
hat c
limate. T
he p
oly-e
the lene
with ma licious i ntent , h e h ad n o r e- Kellys" , p eop le who s imp ly w ill NOT c
rumb les a nd b reaks u p. Try e n-
d
ress . Tha t Amer ican 7 h encefor th wait u ntil a QS0 i s t hrough , b ut t ry c
losing a nd s ea
ling t hem i n P .V.C.
w orked h i s DX u nd isturbed . t
o t ake i t o ver. g
arden h ose J ohn.

Mar
ch, 1
950 "Au
stra
lian RADIO a
nd TELEVIS
IO N New
s'' 3
3
 CLASSIFIED ADS
. "Akna ton" . Ever h eard a b attle
between g iants? One J anuary , 1 9
1
, o,
Charge -2 d
. p
er word I
NDEX evening o n t wenty ' phone t he S ydney ,
NOTE. Where a d irect r eply i s re-
Melbourne a nd B risbane i onospheres
q
ue
i
t i
sted t
s a
o a B
dvisab
ox N
le f
umber a
or t he e
dvert
nqu
isement
irer t
,
o
TO ADVERT
ISERS r
esounded lengthily t o a f rant ic
I
nclude a s tamped and a ddressed e n- spate o f call
ing CR5UP . O vers were
v
elope. T his wil
l be p assed o n t o the
a
dver t
iser c oncerned a nd w il
l e nsure
rapid a nd t ense, a nd i n t he m idst
P
age
p
rompt r ep
ly. o
f i t a ll, a whack iny s igna l f rom a
Aeg
is M fg
. C o
., Me
lbourne . 3
1
Amalgamated W
ire
less (A/o
la)
, prom inent ZL2 d ropped i nto Eastern
Austra l
ia c alling t he s ame e lusive
FOR D ISPOSAL . Unused a nd b rand C
lassic Radio
, S ydney . 1
8 Portuguee . T
his wor thy a nd a v ery
n
ew SCR 5 22
. What o fers
. Harry Ducon C
ondensers L
td.
, Sydney 9 well-known VK3 DX ' phone man s ud-
B
lue (
VK2Y I). Phone Sydney I
nternat
ional S hort- Wave L
eague,
1
6 denly b roke o f t he c hase t o a ccuse
UX6967
.
I
nternationa l Co r respondence each o ther o f s plat ter . One s aid
S
choo ls, S ydney . 1
5 he k new t hat his c l
ippers a nd f i
lters
Mollard Austra l
ia Pty
. L
td. . 2 were d oing t he j ob t hey were d e-
PROFUSELY i
lustrated Handbook Phi
lips E
lec trical I
ndustries
,
"General Engineer
ing Workshop s
igned f or
, a nd t he o ther s aid " non -
S
ydney . . 1
, 1
0
Pract
ice," 500 p ages
. Invaluable to Reg
. Cooke. G
erringong , N
.S.W . 1
9 s
ense" , o r words t o t hat e fect . O bvi-
apprent
ice engineers a nd mechan ical
RCS R ad io P ty . L td.
, S ydney . 2
8 ously n ettled, b oth r e turned t o t he
hobbyis
ts. £1 p
lus p
ostage 1
/6.
N14538, B ox 5177, G .P.O .
, S ydney.
T
echn ical B
ook a
nd Magazine f
ray , a nd f or a ll I k now , t hey a re
C
ompany , Me lbourne 3
0 s
til
l c alling t hat w ill-o -t-w isp b loke
T
rimax T
ransformers , Me
lbourne 2
7
on t he i sland o f A frica . CR5UP
Wentwor th Hotel. S ydney . 2
4
Woman 's M irror , S ydney . . 3
6
has b ut t o be a udible a t S 2 a nd s heer
WHAT OFFERS? E x-R.A.F. type 1 155
R
eceiver
. Sale Owing recent death of pandemon ium a ppears t o b reak o ut
owner
. Enqu
iries t
o E d
itor, It & TV . a
ll o ver t h is globe . We wou ldn't b e
s
urpr ised i f Mar tian o r V enus ian DX
AMATEUR CHATTER men a ren't calling h im a s we ll! Wha t
WILL EXCHANGE —One b
rand n
ew ag ame !
I
D8GT v alve f
or e qua
lly n ew IG6G I
n o ur J anuary , 1 950 , Amateur
t
win triode. Have other 1 .4 volt C hatter , w e ment ioned t hat n oth ing
t
ypes
. Editor "R & TV ." *
had b een h eard o f OM VK2A W f or
ages. He c omes t o l ight w ith a
Many Me lbourne a nd S ydney VK 's
nosta lgic l
etter f
ull of v
ibrant
WHAT OFFERS? New CR300 Marcon i w
ill recall t hat s terling p ersona lity,
memor ies o f t he d ays when CW J
im Wether ill
, ex-G5UB , now
Rece
iver. T his is the Marine v
ersion
o
f t he famed Marcon i B 28 (CR100). was k ing a nd ' phone t he n ext t hing VE7ALG . J
im i s s t
ill i n t he wor ld
Has p anel-mounted s peaker a
nd a l
l t
o t abu . We q uote e xtracts : " Con - o
f ama teur r adio, a nd among o ther
a
ccessories
, Wr
ite t o VK2AG W, c /o gratu la tions o n t he s tandard o f t he
Box 5 177, G.P.O., S ydney. t
hings, s ay, i n a l e
tter t o u s ... .
pub l
ica tion . One o f t hese d ays I "When a t Bridge R iver I worked o n
hope t o b e o n t he a ir a ga in, b ut a3.5 mc/s u sing t he McMurdo S i
lver
wha t w ith e xper imenta l c olour s tereo -
FOR DJSPOSAL -350 wa tt C
lass B 7
01 tx a nd A ircraf t r eceiver , b ut t he
s
cop ic p rojection f or mov ies, p hoto -
Modurat
ion t
ransformer, variab
le n
oise from 2 30,000 v olt l i
ne was v ery
r
atio 4000 t o 7500 o hms. Made b y micrography , a nd my o rdinary t ech - b
ad; I 've o bta ined a Me issner S ig-
G
ladstone. A ccept £8 , p urchaser to n
ica l p hotograph ic work , t o s ay n oth -
c
ol
lect
. V
II2NO , 4 3 Yanko Avenue , na
l S hifter f rom U .S .A .
, a nd i t
i
ng o f wr iting , l ecturing a nd g enera l
Waver
ley, N .S
.W . s
hould b e g o
ing b y t o-night . Ih ave
work . ...I s eem t o h ave more t han a BC221 f req . me ter a lso, a nd am
e
ver t o d o t o-day , a nd l ess t ime i n
o
btaining Nat iona l MB150 a nd MB20
which t o d o i t
. Ih ave r eceived a t
uning u nits t o make a f inal w i thout
U
sed a
nd n
ew p
o
rts i
npe
rfec
t o
r
der. f
ew QSL c ards ( Amer ican , C hinese
Age c o mpe ls g ive u p h obby o f R adio.
c
oi
l-chang ing o
r switching ; t
hey
and New Z ea land) f rom t ime t o
Severa l h eavy g auge 1 4 a lum in ium a
ren't such a f in
ished j ob t hough f or
t
ime , i ndicating t hat I am b eing
c
ha sses, p ane ls, a nd s creen ing p ar- t
he MB150 i s o n
ly a c opper f i
nish
t
it
ions , a l
so s teel c
hasses . Tun ing '
pira ted', o r t he v owe l s ounds i n
a
nd n ot n early a s g ood a s B . g z W.
c
ondenser Gangs , o
ld and m odern Austra lian o n ' phone a re b e
ing m is -
t
ypes . Midget variab les 3 t o 2
3 c
oi
ls.
r
ead . Io ften t hink o f t he g ood o ld
P
lates a ll i n p erfe ct o rder; V ern ier
d
ials ( fr
ic tion t ype) 4 i nch d iame ter. days when Morse was k ing a nd He sends 7
3 t
o VK2VN a
nd
a
lso 2
-way drum d
ials. F
er rant i '
n
igh ts' w ere c old , also o f t he l ittle h
opes to be act
ive o
n t
wenty CW i
n
a
nd P hilips a ud io t ransformers , a lso f
rog t hat u sed t o c raw l u p t he t
he near future
.
A
.W .A., P
ep-Punch e
tc.; c
entre -
t
apped C lass B d river t ransformers w
indow p ane o f t he s hack ...s eri-
o
f l arge a nd s ma ll d imens ions; 6 o
us ly, h owever , I h ave s ome g ear ,
s
ection RF chokes , a
lso o
ld t ype a
nd t rust t hat s ooner o r l ater y our
Lewcos c hokes . Quant ity f ixed c on-
d
ensers r
es
is tors , 2 v olt battery
c
omments w i
ll b e o n s ubs tance r ather C
an anybody beat t his for t ube
v
alves; h undreds o f s ma ll b rass n uts t
han s hadow ." FB OM , i t is e v
ident l
i
fe? VK2NO h as i n dai
ly u se a
a
nd b
olts, s
pind les e
tc.; P
lug -in t
hat y ou h aven 't l ost a ny o f t hat o ld p
air of 866 rect
ifiers
, de
liver
ing
s
hor t-wave c oils, w ire a nd f ormers , e
nthus iasm! p
ower t
o an 813 fi
na l at 1000 volts
a
lso w ind ing w ires , Wafer s ocket s o t
a
l
l k inds; O ne o nly P hilips B a nd C 1
00 Ma.
E
lim inator with v
alve a
nd many
o
ther i t
ems t oo n umerous t o ment ion .
How h earti
ly d o we a gree w ith These MV r ectif
iers a re t wo of the
No r easonab le o fer r efused . Wr ite o r Arthur M ilne
, G 2 MI
, who a sks a f
i
rst o f t heir k ind t o b e s old i n
c
all
. W . H . K irsop , 4 0A Wi lson, S t
.. f
ew pertinent q
uestions i
n h
is Australia f rom U .S .A. a round 1 932.
Newtown , S ydney , N .S.W .
"Month o n t he A ir" i n R .S.G.B. They h ave s uffered a ccidental o ver-
Bul
letin
. He s ays ...w il
l s ome t e
ll l
oads t ime a ga
in a nd h ave a lways
h
i m "What I S a what h ave y ou?" b
een u sed w ith c ondenser i nput t o
EX R .A.F. p hone a nd CW T ransm itter and "wh ich is t he more n auseating,
Type T 1154 f or s a
l e
. New and un- t
he f i
lter. As y et, t hey s how n o
u
sed , In steel case a nd w ith w ooden HI or H .I
.?" s
igns o f deteriorat ion.
transit case. R equires 6 v ol
t LT s up-
p
ly a nd 1 250 v ol
ts a t 2 00 Ma . Two
PT15 v a
lves i n final s tage. C omp lete
w
i th d
etailed o
ff
ic
ia l blue
-pr int. SUBSCRIPTION ORDERS M AY BE PLACED WITH
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