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The Australasian Radio World

Devoted entirely to Technical Radio

and incorporating the

All-Wave All-World DX News

Vol. 6 - MAY, 1942 - No. 12

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Proprietor, Publisher, Editor - A. G. HULL

Editorial Offices - 117 Reservoir Street, Sydney, Phone M4078 - M4079

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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CONTENTS:

CONSTRUCTIONAL -

Adding A.V.C. to "Little Companion" . . . . 5

TECHNICAL -

Strange Theories and Facts . . . . 6

The Alignment of Modern Receivers . . . . 10

Radio Step By Step (Part 2) . . . . 15

The Triplex Single . . . . 18

SHORT-WAVE SECTION -

Short-Wave Review . . . . 20

New Stations . . . . 21

Loggings of the Month . . . . 22

THE SERVICE PAGES -

Answers . . . . 26

P.03 - Editorial Notes

Editorial

The recent increases in sales tax on radio parts appear to place most unfortunate load on an industry which is already carrying more than a fair share of the war's unavoidable burdens. The possibility of a long war makes it desirable to think of the rising lads who will be swelling the ranks of the air crews and the signals section in a year or two. Steps are being taken to train them for service in the R.A.A.F. by that most worthy effort, the Air Training Service. Yet, so far as we know, there is nothing being done to encourage youngsters to study the practice of radio communication, in fact they are being discouraged. The heavier sales tax makes it difficult for them to afford to buy the necessary parts with which to experiment. Even so, we can readily imagine what a rush there would be from modern lads if they were given the opportunity to enlist in a radio training corps with permission to build, erect and operate their own transmitting and receiving centres. Even whilst training they could be put to good use for N.E.S. and other emergency work. Yet we hesitate to push the suggestion for already there seems to be enough talking and wrangling; enough man-power spent at the income tax office to put up a good war effort if only directed at some better purpose than struggling for a tupenny-ha'penny refund. And so we appeal to the radio enthusiasts and the radio trade to bear the burden of increased sales tax as best they can, accepting it as part of their war effort.