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The Australasian Radio World

Devoted entirely to Technical Radio

and incorporating the

All-Wave All-World DX News

Vol. 6 - APRIL, 1942 - No. 11

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Proprietor, Publisher, Editor - A. G. HULL

Editorial Offices - 117 Reservoir Street, Sydney, Phone MA2455

Office Hours - Week-days: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Not open Saturday morning

Subscription Rates - 6 issues 5/3, 12 issues 10/6, 24 issues £1, Post free to any address

Service Departments - Back Numbers, 6d. ea., post free; Reply-by-mail Queries, 1/- each; Laboratory Service, 2/6 per set

Printed by Bridge Printery Pty. Ltd., 117 Reservoir Street, Sydney, N.S.W., for the proprietor of the "Australasian Radio World," 117 Reservoir St., Sydney (Footnote P.28)

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OUR FRONT COVER

Our photograph shows Mr. Ron Bell, managing director of R.C.S. Radio Pty. Ltd., at the mouth of a large concrete air-raid shelter which has been built at the R.C.S. factory. Mr. Bell has the interests of his employees at heart, and is also keen to make certain that there will be no interruption in the supply of R.C.S. components, which are used so extensively for both civil and defence requirements.

P.03 - Contents

CONTENTS:

CONSTRUCTIONAL -

The Latest Signal Tracer . . . . 5

High Fidelity Amplifier . . . . 11

TECHNICAL -

Test Bench Arrangement . . . . 16

"Radio Step by Step"- Part 1 . . . . 18

SHORT-WAVE SECTION -

Contempt for Tokyo Propaganda . . . . 17

Short-wave Review . . . . 20

New Stations . . . . 21

Loggings of the Month . . . . 22

THE SERVICE PAGES -

Answers . . . . 26

P.03 - Editorial Notes

Editorial

Pioneers often hove a tough time of it before their work receives proper recognition. John Bristoe, author of our series of articles on signal tracers, might be considered a pioneer, and accordingly his articles hove not been accepted by all our readers. Quite a few hove their doubts about the value and efficiency of the signal tracer, and the subject is a fertile one for arguments. Frankly, we hove not hod much experience with them in our own laboratory, but there are two factors which influence us to put our backing behind Mr. Bristoe. Firstly, we know that Mr. Bristoe is a practical man, in charge of a radio deportment, handling hundreds of sets, and, secondly, we note that those who doubt the value of the signal tracer are mostly those who have not actually tried them in practice. They base their opinions on theoretical considerations, which ore not, to our way of thinking, sufficient in themselves in a case like this. To those in doubt we can only suggest that a little practical work with one or another of the signal tracer outfits will soon convince them that they are well worthwhile for those who hove a volume of servicing work to handle.