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The Australasian Radio World

Devoted entirely to Technical Radio

and incorporating the

All-Wave All-World DX News

Vol. 7 - AUGUST, 1942 - No. 3

P.03 - Publication Notes

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)

P.03 - Contents

CONTENTS:

CONSTRUCTIONAL -

A New Version of "Little Companion" . . . . 5

Making Most of the Milliammeter . . . . 9

TECHNICAL -

Why no Technical Radio in Programmes? . . . . 6

A New Light Source . . . . 14

Some Notes on Servicing Vibrator Sets . . . . 15

Radio Step by Step - Part 5 . . . . 18

Parts of Maintenance of Receivers . . . . 24

SHORT-WAVE SECTION -

Short-Wave Review . . . . 20

Loggings of the Month . . . . 22

New Stations . . . . 23

THE SERVICE PAGES -

Answers . . . . 26

P.03 - Editorial Notes

Editorial

There are several clauses in the new Broadcasting Act which vitally affect the radio serviceman and dealer. It seems that quite a number of our readers are not yet acquainted with them, but ignorance of the law is not likely to hold good if any trouble ensues. Probably the most important regulation is the one which states that any person who sells a radio set must notify the Radio Inspector of the sale. Anyone who deals in radio, whether conducting a shop or not, should make immediate application to the Senior Radio Inspector, at the G.P.O., for registration as a dealer. No fee is required. Another point to be watched is in connection with the multiple licences required when more than one set is operated in any house. If there are two sets, the second requires an extra fee of 10/-. If there are three sets in the house capable of receiving programmes, then the licence fee for the three will be £2. Those who repair and service sets are entitled to special consideration and require only the one licence. The position of the extension speaker is interesting, being allowed without extra fee in the case of a private, house, but fees must be paid for each and every extension in the case of a hotel or lodging house. In a boarding house, any lodgers who operate receivers must have their own licences. In all cases of doubt about the new regulations it is safer to be sure than sorry. We suggest you make enquiries at the local post office, and if you cannot get a definite ruling be sure to contact the Radio Inspector.