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The Australasian Radio World

Devoted entirely to Technical Radio

and incorporating the

All-Wave All-World DX News

Vol. 7. - OCTOBER, 1942 - No. 5.

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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 -

Victory Mantel Model . . . . 5

TECHNICAL -

Forming the Amplifier Circle . . . . 7

Simple Hi-Fi Circuit . . . . 9

Carrier-Current Experiments . . . . 13

Radio Step by Step - Part 7 . . . . 17

Origin of the Oscillograph . . . . 19

SHORT-WAVE SECTION -

Short-Wave Review . . . . 20

New Stations . . . . 20

Loggings of the Month . . . . 22

SERVICE PAGES -

Answers . . . . 26

P.03 - Editorial Notes

Editorial

It is only to be expected that war-time trading conditions are difficult, but it has come as rather a surprise to many that the difficulty takes the form of too much business, too much profit and the greatest difficulty of all - the payment of a huge income tax. At the moment the services of radio technicians are at an extraordinary premium, and those who accepted Mr. Graham's suggestion from the back cover and trained for a radio career must all have attained more than their fondest hopes. Notwithstanding the efforts to control prices the actual value of radio and electrical appliances is mounting every day. It is reported that a second-hand refrigerator which originally cost £57/10/- was sold recently for £137. Similarly with radio set and components there is a danger of a false value being given to goods which are scarce, especially when the seekers are earning big wages and have little to spend them on. Such trading, however, is most dangerous, as the authorities cannot be expected to show the slightest mercy to anyone who is found to be making an excessive profit. In the matter of the repair and adjustment of sets the practice of taking advantage of the present conditions seems to be prevalent and we have heard of several cases which would appear to indicate that exorbitant charges are being made for unsatisfactory work. Looking to the future, at first glance it might be thought that that the large number of men being trained in radio technique will eventually mean a saturation of the trade, but on further investigation it is very evident that the\ development of radio is wide enough to absorb all the men who are likely to be trained for many years to come.