History of wireless telegraphy and broadcasting in Australia/Topical/Publications/Australasian Radio World/Issues/1950 02

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The Australasian Radio World

Registered in Australia for transmission by post as a periodical.

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Vol. 14 - No. 9; February 28, 1950

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THE AUSTRALASIAN RADIO WORLD

Devoted entirely to Technical Radio

and incorporating

ALL-WAVE ALL-WORLD DX NEWS

VOL. 14 - FEBRUARY, 1949 (sic, 1950) - No. 9

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Published by the Proprietor — A. G. HULL, Balcombe St., Mornington, Vic. Phone: M'ton 344.

Short-wave Editor — L. J. KEAST, 7 Fitzgerald Rd., Ermington, N.S.W. Phone: WL1101

Representatives —

In Queensland: John Bristoe, Box 82, Maryborough, Q.

In New Zealand: H. Barnes & Co., 4 Boulcott Terrace, Wellington & S.O.S. Radio Ltd., 283 Queen St., Auckland

In England: Anglo Overseas Press Ltd., 168 Regent St., London, W.1.

Distributed throughout the World by Gordon & Gotch (A/asia) Ltd.

Subscription Rates: 12 issues - 16/-; 24 issues - 30/-; To N.Z. and Overseas - 12 issues, 18/-; Post free

Address for all correspondence - Australasian Radio World, Box 13, Mornington, Vic.

Printed by "Post" Newspapers Pty. Ltd., Mornington, for the Proprietor of the Australasian Radio World, A. G. Hull, Balcombe Street, Mornington, Victoria (Footnote P.35)

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CONTENTS

The New Metropolis 4 . . . . 5

Amplifiers For Cutting . . . . 11

High Stability V.F.O. . . . . 21

The "Panagram" Circuit . . . . 26

Valve Technique . . . . 27

Shortwave Review . . . . 33

Speedy Query Service . . . . 34

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EDITORIAL

FROM the Disposals Committee of the Wireless Institute we have received the following letter:— "With reference to remarks regarding the Wireless Institute of Australia as contained in your Editorial for December, 1949. All goods offered by the Institute to its members are passed on for use of such members at prices which are not loaded to the extent when equipment is made available through normal trade channels who have made tremendous profits from the unsuspecting person. This applied more particularly in the early days before the Institute entered the field, when such goods were bought for so much per hundred-weight, etc., by the trade. However, goods sold under these conditions allow the member to have more money available to purchase additional equipment, produced by Australian Manufacturers, to replace any burnt out components, as well as that used when redesigning to his own particular requirements. We trust you will publish this reply so that any fears your readers may have will, at least, be partly allayed. We say partly, because even if the Institute did not enter the field, such equipment would still have been offered by the Disposals Authorities and no one would stop a person from purchasing same from any recognised distributor. Our authorisation appears in Hansard." As requested by the W.I.A., this letter is printed in full, not that it in any way alters the fact that radio component manufacturers have found disposals gear as opposition to their business progress. It was never our intention to blame the W.I.A. for this, but just to remark upon it as being part of the problems which are the aftermath of wars. — A. G. HULL.