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The Australasian Radio World

Devoted entirely to Technical Radio

and incorporating

All-Wave All-World DX News

Vol. 9 - AUGUST, 1944 - No. 3

P.03 - Publication Notes

Proprietor - A. G. HULL

Manager - Dudley L. Walter

Secretary - Miss E. M. Vincent

Short-wave Editor - L. J. Keast

For all correspondence: City Office - 243 Elizabeth St., Sydney - Phone MA2325

Office Hours - Week-days: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Saturdays: 10 a.m. - 12 noon

Editorial Office - 117 Reservoir Street, Sydney

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

Service Departments - Back Numbers, 1/- ea., post free; Reply-by-mail Queries, 1/- each

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 -

Home-Made Hi-Fi Pick-up . . . . 5

Wide Range Audio Frequency Oscillator . . . . 7

A Useful A.C. Bridge Circuit . . . . 13

V.T. Voltmeter for Audio Work . . . . 18

TECHNICAL -

The Accuracy of Ohmmeters . . . . 9

Screening by Metal Spray . . . . 11

Frequency-Controlling Crystals . . . . 17

Bass Booster for Amplifiers . . . . 19

SHORTWAVE REVIEW -

Notes From My Diary . . . . 20

New Stations . . . . 20

Shortwave Notes and Observations . . . . 21

Shortwave Schedules . . . . 24

THE SERVICE PAGES -

Answers . . . . 26

P.03 - Editorial Notes

Editorial

The war effort has called upon the radio industry to supply huge quantities of equipment. Radio receivers and transmitters are required for fitting to practically every tank, plane, and boat. Hundreds are required for the maintenance of communications between various groups of men in action. The demand is being met in a marvellous way, considering the problems of production, but sometimes it is found that schedules cannot be maintained. Almost universally the explanation is that sufficient manpower is not available. Quite unofficially, we happened to go into this problem with a well-known factory executive and immediately formed the opinion that the problem was not really so much a matter of shortage of hands as the inefficiency of those employed. This was due, primarily, to the fact that the executives of the organisation were themselves overloaded with work. In this particular case the production was three times what would have been a rush in peacetime, yet there were fewer executives on the job. Needless to add, these executives were not in fit shape to get the best out of the employees. No one seemed to have the time to spare to see to the proper up-grading of the more intelligent "unskilled" workers, yet we feel sure that such time would not have been wasted. In fact we suggested that an intensive schooling of a few of the better-type staff, in this case especially senior females, would eventually lead to improved quality as well as quantity of production by removing a severe bottle-neck in the testing department. At any time, the overworking of executives does not lead to efficiency in the long run. - A. G. HULL.