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The Australasian Radio World

Registered at the G.P.O., Sydney, for transmission by post as a periodical.

1/-

Vol. 13 - No. 7; DECEMBER 15, 1948

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THE AUSTRALASIAN RADIO WORLD

Devoted entirely to Technical Radio

and incorporating

ALL-WAVE ALL-WORLD DX NEWS

VOL. 14 (sic, 13) - DECEMBER, 1948 - No. 7

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Published by the Proprietor — A. G. HULL, Balcombe St., Mornington, Vic. Phone: M'ton 344.

Technical Editor — Paul Stevens, 21 Fletcher's Av., Bondi, N.S.W. Phone: FW6157

Short-wave Editor — L. J. KEAST, 7 Fitzgerald Rd., Ermington, N.S.W. Phone: WL1101

Ham Notes By — Don B. KNOCK (VK2NO), 43 Yanko Av., Waverley, N.S.W.

Advertising Representatives —

In N.S.W.: Amalgamated Publications Pty. Ltd., 83 Pitt St., Sydney. Phone: B1077

In Victoria: R. I. McKillop, Regency Advertising Contractors, 60 Market St., Melbourne. Phone M1279

Representatives —

In Queensland: John Bristoe, Box 82, Maryborough, Q.

In New Zealand: H. Barnes & Co., 4 Boulcott Terrace, Wellington.

In England: Anglo Overseas Press Ltd., 168 Regent St., London, W1.

Distributed throughout the World by Gordon & Gotch (A/asia) Ltd.

Subscription Rates: 12 issues - 10/6; 24 issues - £1; To N.Z. and Overseas - 12 issues, 12/-; Post free

Address for all correspondence - Australasian Radio World, Box 13, Mornington, Vic.

Printed by Bridge Printery Pty. Ltd., 117 Reservoir Street, Sydney, N.S.W., for the proprietor of the "Australasian Radio World," Balcombe St., Mornington, Vic. (Footnote P.36)

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CONTENTS

Car-Lectric. . . . 5

Dials and Cabinets. . . . 15

Infinite Impedance Detector. . . . 20

Communications Receivers. . . . 21

Home Recording Hints. . . . 25

Progress In British Radio. . . . 27

Mullard Receivers. . . . 29

Notes From My Diary. . . . 31

Speedy Query Service. . . . 34

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EDITORIAL

In last month's issue I deplored the position into which F.M. has drifted. In response I have had a number of letters from amateur experimenters who want to know why the "hams" cannot be brought to the rescue. Before broadcasting was either national or commercial it was the amateurs who first started sending out music. Right up until just before the last war there were a number of amateur stations allowed to broadcast music and programmes after the ordinary stations closed down, and on Sunday mornings before they opened. Why cannot amateurs be licensed to broadcast with F.M. as freely as possible? They would soon create their own audience and open up a big field for experimenting. F.M. receivers and adaptors are not difficult to build or get going once you appreciate the special technique necessary. At first they seem a little critical but you soon get used to them. Several firms have F.M. adaptors and kits of parts ready for release, but who would want to be forced to listen to nothing but National programmes which are already being broadcast in the ordinary way? Let the amateurs have a go at F.M. and I'll bet that within a few years there will be thousands upon thousands of F.M. sets in use, with quite a revival in the radio industry. Such a plan will not cost the taxpayers a penny, either. — A. G. HULL.