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THE AUSTRALASIAN RADIO WORLD

Devoted entirely to Technical Radio

and incorporating

ALL-WAVE ALL-WORLD DX NEWS

VOL. 10. - NOVEMBER, 1945 - No. 6.

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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 — Weekdays: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays: 10 a.m.-12 noon

Editorial Office — 117 Reservoir Street, Sydney

Victorian Advertising Representative — W. J. LEWIS, 20 Queen St., Melbourne, C1 'Phone MU5154

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," Elizabeth St., Sydney (Footnote P.36)

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CONTENTS

CONSTRUCTIONAL —

Stereophonic Amplifier . . . . 7

An Electric Filter . . . . 11

"Aegis" Little Companion Mantel Model . . . . 15

TECHNICAL —

Victorian Amplifier Contest . . . . 5

Television on Rental Basis . . . . 26

Ham Notes — Calling CQ! . . . . 27

SHORTWAVE REVIEW —

Notes From My Diary . . . . 30

New Stations . . . . 32

THE SERVICE PAGES —

Answers . . . . 34

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EDITORIAL.

During the war years no new radio receivers were manufactured for civilian use, yet sets were operated day after day for many hours. It was expected that when the war ended and civilian sets came on the market again there would be a rush to buy them. It is, therefore, with considerable dismay that some traders who have advertised sets in recent weeks have found that enquiries are not up to expectations. Whereas a few months ago it was possible to sell a secondhand radio set for almost any price, the position today is quite different. With a view to finding a satisfactory answer to the problem we have recently conducted a sort of "Gallup Poll" on a small scale, and it is evident that people are not necessarily going to rush first sets to come on the market. We heard from plenty who are saving up for a new home, and may buy a set after they get the home. In other cases it is a new car they are saving up for. One naive person told us that he was going to wait until American sets were available in Australia! But the worst feature of the replies was the number who said they were going to wait for television, frequency modulation and the other "wonderful improvements" to be expected after so much war-time research. Which goes to show a regrettable lack of technical knowledge on the part of those who make the wild statements, as well as those who believe them. It seems the trade may have cause to regret that it has done so little to encourage a public appreciation of technical radio topics. — A. G. HULL.