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JANUARY, 1965

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Volume 36, Nunilicr 10 January, 1965

Editor:
A NEW NAME NEVILLE WILLIAMS
M.I.R.E.E. (Aost.) (VK2XV)
S you will doubtless have noted from the
A1s front cover, we are planning to change the Technical Editor:
name of this journal. From the April issue, it PHILIP WATSON (VK2ZPW)
will become "ELECTRONICS Australia^ a title A.M.I.R.E.E. (Aust.)
which will link the journal more intimately and Technical Staff:
appropriately with the industry which it now JAMIESON ROWE
serves. B.Sc. (Tech.) Grad. I.R.E.E. (Aust.)
Back in April, 1939, when "Radio and Hob- KEITH JEFFCOAT (VK2BK)
bies" was created from the technical pages of KEITH WOODWARD (VK2ZAU)
the old "Wireless Weekly," the name was JOHN DAVIDSON (VK2ZJE)
ROBERT FLYNN
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 A report on the signifi-
cance of research now
Man-Made Matter:
being conducted on
exotic man-made mat-
erials.

IN an assault that would gladden the

heart of the toughest battlefield com-
mander, materials scientists are storming
across the atomic frontiers of solid matter
in a steadily mounting campaign to sub-
jugate and exploit the rich electron
populations known to inhabit these
realms.
Committed to this offensive in elec-
tronics laboratories everywhere is a host
of materials specialists from chemists and
physicists to ceramists, metallurgists,
spectroscopists, and crystallographers.
Armed with electron microscopes,
mass spectrographs, electric furnaces, and
an altogether dazzling array of scientific
siege weapons, these men and women are
writing an inspiring saga of patient re-
search and fundamental discovery that is
reshaping the world around us.
With a recent series of lightning in-
cursions into the electron fastness of
germanium, silicon, and gallium arsenide,
for example, scientists have succeeded in
bringing solid-state electrons under their
dominion sufficiently to produce the tran-
sistor and tunnel diode for amplifying
radio signals or controlling electron flow
in a circuit; the solar cell for converting
sunlight to electricity; the thermo-couple
for transforming heat to significant
This X-ray dUfraction photograph shows triangular arrangement amounts of electric power; and the semi-
ol atomic layers in a tungsten crystal. Bright spots represent conductor laser for converting electric
rellections horn symmetrical atomic layers. current to coherent light.
Before this, materials science in the
electronics industry was a more or less
Producing temperatures that melt iron and pressures that equal sporadic affair—a few brilliant expedit-
an ocean depth of 2,000 leet, this autoclave is creating ions into the electronic heartland of
gallium phosphide, a new semiconductor materiok.
By Bruce Shore

matter to discover barium strontium ox-

ides for the production of electrons in
valves; the ferrites. ferromagnetic com-
pounds that give computers their
memory and electron beams their sense
of direction in cathode ray tubes; and
the zinc sulfide-type phosphors that con-
vert the energy of electrons to the images
on today's television screens.
The difference between these two sets
of exploits—the one bracketing the per-
iod 1920 to 1948 and the other the
period 1948 to the present—is a measure,
perhaps, of how materials science has
broadened in range of interests and
grown in knowledge since the birth of
the electronics industry half a century
ago.
In the early days, electronics scientists
and engineers were interested in electrons
only after they had been freed from the
materials to which they were attached.
All they asked of materials science was
J that it create or uncover substances that,
upon the application of heat, would
readily spew their electrons into a
vacuum where they could be controlled
by electric or magnetic fields.
Later, when the effort to produce tele-
vision got up steam in the 1930s, these
same engineers went further and request-
ed that materials be found to convert
Radio, Television A Hobbies,
4 January, 1965
k
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electron energies to visible light. Materials scientists such teams of materials scientists were formed to study solids
as H. W. Leverenz, at present Associate Director of RCA — to elaborate quantum mechanical theory with regard to
Laboratories, figured prominently in this search and helped them, to develop new means for purifying and synthesising
to realise the sulfide phosphors that serve the TV industry them, and to map their atomic composition and architecture.
today. From these concerted investigations, the industry went
The achievement of commercial television hinged also on to build its first germanium and, later, its first silicon
on the development of a material that could control the product lines, including both transistors and diodes. By 1958,
movement of the electron beams that traced pictures on ten years after its announcement, the transistor had fathered
these phosphors by scanning back and forth across them. a flourishing new semiconductor industry, an offshoot of its
Here again, scientists such as Mr Leverenz came to the rescue vacuum components activities that was already in the 100-
with a new family of iron oxide compounds called ferrites. million-dollar-a-year sales class.
With these and other special materials, the electronics That very year, 1958, saw the next major breakthrough
industry was able to produce national telephone networks, achieved by the new materials science — the tunnel diode.
radio broadcasting, movie sound systems, the electron micro- Another marvel of processed germanium, this device used
scope. television, microwave radar, and the computer — a an obscure outcropping of quantum mechanical theory,
rather impressive array of products to derive from a few called "tunnelling," to achieve switching speeds and sensi-
phosphors and oxides. tivities at least a hundred times greater than transistors,
By the late 1940s, however, electronics customers were while requiring even less power to operate.
demanding more from their equipment than some of these With this second solid-stale development, the pace of
materials could provide. What was wanted were radio trans- materials research quickened. Not only were semiconductors
mitters and receivers that would operate at extremely high being investigated but even conductors like the semi-metal
frequencies, computers that would process millions of bits bismuth, and insulators such as barium tilanate and calcium
of information per second, and electronic circuitry that was tungstate.
simple, cheap, and reliable. On the purification side, materials were being refined
To meet these new goals, materials researchers at the down to one impurity atom in 10 thousand million, and
Bell Telephone Laboratories in Murray Hill, N.I., decided new structural concepts such as the "epitaxial" layer and
on a novel approach to the most critical function of all the "planar" surface for transistors and semiconductor diodes
electronic circuitry — amplification. Remembering the solid were burrowing their way out of the laboratory and into the
and puzzling galena rectifier used in the early crystal radio set production line.
to detect incoming radio signals, they felt confident a solid- Then, early in I960, materials scientists at the Hughes
state device could also be developed to amplify such signals.
Several years of intensive materials effort followed, culmin-
ating in the achievement of the garmanium transistor in
1948.
The impact of this development was immediate and
far-reaching. Not only did it give the electronics industry
a wholly new breed of circuit components but it gave
materials research within that industry a new set of values
and a new sense of direction. There were many reasons for
this: A
The transistor represented the first use of a semi-
conductor to amplify radio waves; it boasted a materials
purity down to one foreign atom in every 10 million atoms
composing it; it was the first application of quantum
mechanics to achieve a practical electronic device; it was
the first of a new family of components realised solely
through materials processing rather than parts fabrication;
and it was the first active component to do its work not by
releasing electrons but by controlling them.
The transistor was only a beginning, however — a first
step. Us behaviour required a great deal more understand-
ing and elucidation before its performance and reliability
could be improved and still newer devices built upon its'
principles.
At RCA Laboratories, as elsewhere, interdisciplinary

Kight: This ring pattern It made by an electron beam

patting through atomic structure of nickel chromium
film of a thickness of 1/2,000,000 of an Inch.

Below: Hallmark of a perfect tilicon cryttal consists of Below: Strain fines swirl around fault in atomic structure
these "Kikuchi lines" produced by an electron beam that of this germanium crystal, which is magnified 320,000
ricocheted from one layer of the cryttal'i atoms to times. Such dislocations affect a moteriofs electronic
another. performance.

Radio, Televitlon i Hobbies, January, 1965 5

 Semiconductor Division in California
BRITAIN'S TOP QUALITY RECORDERS went to work on a man-made boule of
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About this time, too. a materials re-
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Fred Rosi, of R.C.A. Laboratories, can-
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Australia the production of electric power from
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by Age C. i ring

By DARREL BARTEE

The U.S. plan to put a man on

the moon by 1970 has posed a
vast multitude of problems at
every phase of the project. ■v
New materials, developed to
overcome basic problems, have k
created their own problems in
handling and fabrication. This
story from the Boeing Company
is typical of how they are be-
ing solved.
MAJOR refinements in the process of Applying plasma coating to fixtures by ionised gas gun.
age-forming parts for space vehicles
recently were devised by manufacturing of aluminium, for the clamping fixtures. circular, dish-shaped polar caps from
specialists at Boeing's Wichita branch. Furnace temperatures are raised to flat sheets of aluminium alloy is quite
Techniques for forming high-strength about 1,000 degrees F. Different from forming a simple radius,
metals have been developed, and a This heat eventually would have a because of the compound contouring
plasma-type protection for tooling has deteriorating effect on the surface of involved. It is necessary to determine
been introduced. New projects of the fixtures. During production runs, the the effect of metal grain direction, sculp-
increasing complextiy arc under way. lixtures are subject to many alternate turing and thickness, as well as the
Age-forming has been used effectively periods of healing and cooling, which nature of the compound springback.
at the Kansas plant since early 1963. causes the surfaces to flake and peel. These caps are 55 inches in diameter,
mostly for production of the massive, This problem was solved by the intro- varying in thickness from i inch to
integrally stiffened walls for the fuel duction of a plasma coating of alumiun- J inch. Four are required for each
and liquid oxygen tanks of the Saturn 5 ium oxide, as a protective covering for booster.
first-stage booster. It is a method of the fixtures. The Wichita age-formers have tested
shaping and aging a metal part by first This coating process gets its name their process on metals of superior
clamping it to a curved fixture, then from
heating it in a furnace. When cooled which the use of an ionised gas gun strength, including maraging steel. This
and released from the fixture, the part degrees F. It amelts
delivers flame at about 30,000 is a new nickel-base alloy with a strength
is permanently curved to the correct powder in mid-air anda applies refractory type rated up to 300,000 psi, compared with
a spray the aluminium rating of about 65,000
configuration. The method saves time coating which cools to a porcelain-like
and money, compared to the older con- surface. First use of the process for psi. With some adjustments in tooling
cept of pre-rolling, heat-treating (in a Saturn tooling at Wichita indicates that and in forming temperatures, the marag-
restraining fixture) and then eliminating the plasma coating effectively protects ingIndications
alloy responds readily.
are that when aero-space
distortion. the fixtures, so that they can be used vehicles of the future demand higher-
The Wichita branch received a new indefinitely. strength alloys, the age-forming method
assignment recently to adapt the age- The use of age-forming to shape the will expand to include them.
forming method for the shaping of the
"polar cap" centre pieces at the tops
and bottoms of the booster tanks.
Another new project is to develop a
complete set of ground rules for age-
forming 6AL-4V titanium. Both jobs are a
parts of Wichita's development and pro- my
duction work for the National Aero- *-
nautics and Space Administration's
Saturn-Apollo program to put men on
the moon.
Saturn 5 boosters are being assembled
by Boeing's Launch Systems branch at
Michoud, Louisiana, but 90 per cent
of the hardware is being fabricated at
Wichita. The Kansas plant does most
of its work through the Launch Systems i
branch. However, some age-forming
development work has been contracted
directly between Wichita and NASA's
Marshall Space Flight Centre at Hunls-
ville, Alabama.
In the tank-wall work on the boosters,
fixtures of aluminium hold the walls in Above: Titanium work piece, clamped
the desired shape. An electric furnace In fixture, emerges from 1000
heats them to about 325 degrees F for
24 hours. degree aging furnace. At right: A
In the new work with titanium, one fuel tank segment for Saturn 5 Is
of the steps taken by the Wichita age- removed from fixture after being
formers is a switch to steel, in place cured by age forming.
Radio. Television & Hobbles. January, 1965 7
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 texts, with one entry for each particular
word occurring in the text.
For instance, the scholar may explain
Shakespeare's use of the word gentle-
man by examining, with the help of a
(Computers and concordance, all the contexts where
Shakespeare employs that word. Or
again, when we possess these concor-
dances or complete word-lists, for several
authors, we can compare individual
vocabularies with one another and thus
begin to characterise the authors stylis-
k / tically.
uterarij research The style is the man, said Buff on.
Obviously the vocabulary is only a
small part of the complex of factors
making up an individual style. Such
As in other fields, computers make it possible matters as wit, irony, hyperbole, under-
to tackle literary research that would be too statement and so on, are outside the
scope of a mere vocabulary investiga-
formidable without them. The development of tion, and so they are also beyond the
a new machine grammar may produce capacity of the machine.
The vocabulary, by itself, cannot tell
programs that will eventually enable us very much about the quality of the
computers to understand what they read. style, or of the man. What it can do
is to help identify him. Hence the
ELECTRONIC computers have be- by Professor Alvar Eileganl machine can be used to solve problems
come such a commonplace in our of authorship and authenticity.
Golhenburn University A person's vocabulary, as well as the
modern society that it is hard to phrases and grammatical forms he
realise that they are barely twenty yet. What we have taught the machines employs, are products of his linguistic
years old, and that ten years ago the up to now amounts really to very environment, his education, his social
Press invariably referred to them as little. Because of this we can only contacts, his reading, and of course his
"electronic brains." expect them to perform rather menial own ability to absorb these influences.
Science fiction writers were able to tasks for us, such as collecting, classi- It seems fairly obvious that no two
use a new variation of Karel Capek's fying and manipulating data according persons have been exposed to exactly
theme of the robot revolution. The to strict rules, and presenting the results the same linguistic experience and we
machine, it seemed, had entered into in neat tabular form. may therefore surmise that no two
competition with man even in the most We are still a long way from the persons have exactly the same vocabu-
distinctively human field, that of thought. goal
So the general public was well pre- stand"of teaching
texts in
the machines to "under-
the sense that they
larly, either. The difference is not only
that there are words that one person
pared when it was suggested, in the react to the meaning
late 1940s, that computers might be passages. We can only ofmake extended
them
knows and another does not, but also
that words and phrases are used with
used as translating machines. Whatever react to individual words, or, at most,
a human brain could do, an electronic phrases. different frequency by different writers.
brain could do better. Naturally, the frequency with which
During the past fifteen years much But even with our present limitations, a word is used by an author depends on
work has been done on machine trans- count the machine can serve us well. To whether he has occasion to use it, but
lation. Research teams have been set and register each occurrence of a great many words, including most of
up all over the world-; Congresses have each individual word in a text is a the common ones, are fairly independent
been held and have published their perfectly straightforward job for a com- of the subject matter. Moreover, the
proceedings. A journal dealing with the puter and to do the same for phrases range of subjects that a writer covers
subject has been launched. Yet in soite and well-defined "grammatical construc- also serves to characterise not only the
of all the money and ingenuity spent tions is not beyond its capacity. It man, but also his language- "Out of
on it, progress has been slow. Machine follows that it can also describe statisti- the fullness of the heart the mouth
translation is still at the rather trivial cally the distribution of such linguistic speakelh."
"word-for-word" stage, with a few frills units in actual texts. If this argument is correct, vocabu-
in the way of syntactic changes added.
The main difficulty is that the com-
puter needs an entirely new type of •• • ••• « • o •
grammar (including a new type of 0 o o * • • ••
dictionary) in order to be able to parse ••••••••«
and analyse the text that is fed into it- ® v,- •
But, as few linguists have received a
mathematical or technical education, ••
they are badly equipped for writing
such a machine-oriented grammar —
the more so as much of the research
needed for the job must itself be based Now, searching for parallel passages, lary counts can be used to elucidate
on data collected by computer. phrases and expressions is the kind of questions of disputed authorship. No
The machine translators have had the tedious drudgery that literary scholars wonder, therefore, that his should be
same experience as everybody else: often have to submit to. By handing the second of the literary research jobs
machines have tremendous capabilities, over this drudgery to the machine, the that the machines have been put to.
but they also make heavy demands on scholar can concentrate on the more There seems little doubt that machine-
their users. If we want the machines creative aspects of his work, and above made vocabulary statistics will hence-
really to think for us. we must find out all on that essential activity, the con- forth be an important tool in this
how we think ourselves — in other ception of hypotheses. particular field.
words what we do precisely when we Research consists in asking questions What the computer has to do is
think. and in answering them on the basis of essentially to compare the word fre-
Only when we have made that clear data. The machine can do the second; quencies of a particular writer with the
to ourselves can we teach the machine it cannot (yet) do the first. word frequencies of the writer's con-
to do the same thing. The machine is a The most obvious of the "literary" temporaries, thus establishing which
hard taskmaster. Indeed, one of its jobs the machine can do is the prepara- words or expressions the writer in
main services to literary scholars and tion of concordances. Concordances pre- question employs more often, and which
others working with language material pared by hand have been in existence less often, than his fellows.
is probably that it forces them to make for a long time and in future, thev will The list of "plus words" and "minus
a radical overhaul of their conceptual certainly be made by machine. They words" (as 1 have called them) will vary
apparatus. can be looked upon as extremely de- from one author to another and can
But we have not gone very far — tailed indexes to a text or group of thus be used as a means of identification.
Radio, Talaviiion A Hobbies, January, 1965
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Ali this work can be done entirely by
machine and the machine can also
easily apply the various statistical tech-
niques that are necessary to evaluate
the raw data.
In linguistics proper, the computer Sydney's fourth television station, TEN Channel 10, is due to go into
can be put to a variety of uses. One service on March I. Studio, transmitting and aerial facilities are well on
of the trickier points of linguistic theory
is the establishment of word-class cate- the way, while program material is lined up for the first twelve months
gories. In a language like English, the of operation. A unique feature of the installation is that a new tower
formal criteria, used in Greek and Latin will support a single aerial array, 1,000ft above sea level, which will
to define the traditional word-classes, simultaneously radiate programs from TEN-10 and ATN-7.
are difficult to apply.
Linguists have therefore tried to estab- A °E.vcf.™Td" I
lish word-classes on the basis of the plexer will take the <■ Lf'
distribution of words in sentences: words combined signals and . ' :■ ■ • .-V
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environments are all referred to the dently to the com- ' ., v * » 7
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classification. In the end, the gramma- Australian commer- l ' '/*
tical classification will approach a seman-
tic one—the meaning of a word will
be stated in terms of the context in
which it can appear.
But to ascertain in what context the
various words of a language really do
appear is a tremendous undertaking, :fl\ vismt)
unless the whole of it can be tackled av wm -I wo, 1
automatically by a computer. It should
not, indeed, be too difficult to program
a computer for this kind of "distribution
analysis." Work aimed at doing this is
in progress in the U.S.A. and eFsewhere.
The new grammar, more mathematical
and more abstract than the traditional
one, is slowly taking shape, as articles 14 feet ^eep. The ^ ^ ^ r ^ u
in linguistic journals bear witness. tower rises 594 feet above ground level W1ll be two runs of this cable to the
Once word-classes have been estab- and will carry an antenna which, at the aerial.
lished, sentence (or rather clause) types top, will be 667 feet above the ground The antenna is known technically as
can be classified, also by computer, in and 1,000 feet above sea level. '12-stack boomerang type." In the
terms of the sequences of word-classes The two-siorey transmitter building is event of trouble in one half or one
that they contain. When we have got immediately underneath the tower, feeder, both channels will be able to
as far as that, we shall have a machine Channel 10 studios are at North Ryde feed into the other half.
that can (almost) parse sentences. and those of ATN 7 are at Epping, The antenna elements will be mounted
Both will send their programs by niicio- on a diameter steel tube, 73 feet
But we still have a long way to go wave links to the Artarmon transmitter .n ^ with a flaghi ai.rcraft
to reach that point. One difficulty is
the fairly small number of linguists
engaged in this sort of job. Another is buildings adjacent to the transmitter l^ejhe Wbe, ^ accessible by an
technical. Any text that is to be read
by a computer has to be transcribed on Each channel employs two transmit- At the 105-foot level of the tower a
punched tape or some similar medium ters in parallel. A special form of aerial rotatable mount will carry a remotely
before the machine can start working feeder cable is necessary to handle the controUed microwave dish. Direction
on it. increased power resulting from combined and azimuth will be adjustable to enable
operation. The feeder cable, therefore, it to pick up outside television broad-
AVAILABLE ON TAPE will be 4i inches in diameter instead casts from mobile vans within the Syd-
of the customary 3i inches, and there ney metropolitan area.
Fortunately many texts are already
available in this form. Printers of news-
papers and pocketbooks use tapes computer will introduce new dimensions
which can be fed directly into the is needed to construct the new syntax
machine, though an auxiliary program and the new formal semantics, will have in literary and linguistic research.
must get rid of marks and symbols, to be done by machine, or not at all. This is not all. By developing the
such as spaces, line endings, ligatures, The data processing involved is too computer's ability to handle linguistic
etc.. which are linguistically irrelevant. forbidding to be done by hand. Before data, we can prepare the ground for
further advances in other sciences as
However, the input capacity of the the linguists knew of the tools, they well, above all, perhaps, for information
machine is not the only technical pro- could not occupy themselves with the retrieval, which is a major problem in
blem. The amount of data processing problems that could be tackled only by an age when the output of scientific
required for linguistic work is very big these tools. Now they know, and the articles is so great that it is becoming
indeed. Language is a complicated thing nature of human curiosity is such that impossible even for specialists to keep
and for processing a text as long as a they will not rest content until they track of new developments in their own
book, a fast machine with a big internal have learnt to utilise all the possibilities field.
and external memory is required. of the new tools.
As in all basic research, the spur to Once the computers can be pro-
These big machines are expensive to grammed to read properly, reacting not
use and it would seem that linguists action is not utility, but the search for only to individual words but to sen-
will soon have to accustom themselves knowledge for its own sake. tences and larger contexts, and to syn-
to the same kind of budgets as natural The machine age has opened up new thesise sentences on the basis of that
scientists already have. avenues of research for the literary and kind of input, it will be possible to
The question, of course, is: is it worth linguistic scholar. The electronic com- compose summaries of articles by
the money? That is difficult to answer, puter does not merely rid him of time- machine. That will probably be a more
though one thing is certain. Such things consuming drudgery. In the same way important job than mechanical trans-
as large-scale frequency dictionaries, as the jet plane and the rocket enables lation. Indeed, mechanical translation is
which are essential for the vocabulary man to undertake journeys that were only a special form of information pro-
statistics used in authorship studies, and unthinkable as long as the quickest way cessing, What else, by the way, is
large-scale distribution analysis, which of travelling was on horseback, so the science?
Kadio, Televitlon A Hebbiat, January, 1965
 Punched Tape

And Numerical

Machine Control

By Calvin Walters
m
illl
PART TWO
■wn
1/100 revolution to produce a table
movement of 0.001 inch.
"It will be seen that, if the operator
presses the button 10 times the table
A typical rock will move 0.010 inch. For our first set-
of plug-in logic ling therefore, the operator would have
circuits as used to to push the button 10,625 limes for the
convert tape sig- first dimension of 10.625 inches and
nals to a form 4,256 times for the second dimension of
suit able for 4.256 inches. So that, whilst this system
numerical control. is rather impractical, it demonstrates a
control device which accepts numerical
values and translates them into physical
measurements."
LAST month we discussed the use of other hand wheel. He is then ready to The author points out that a more
punched tape as a means of con- drill. practical system would be the replace-
trolling complex machines and indus- "If the handwheels were replaced by ment of the pushbuttons "with five cali-
trial processes, with the main emphasis gears having 100 teeth each so that brated dials with each dial divided into
on the binary code used to store both each tooth was equal to 0,001 inch of 10 parts numbered from zero to 9. The
numerical and alphabetical characters. travel, and a counter was coupled to first dial at left will provide 90,000
This month we take a closer look at each gear, the operator would simply pulses for one full turn or a total value
the machines themselves, and see how sero the counter as each edge was of 90 inches. The second dial to the
the information stored on the tape is located and then spin the handwheel right will supply 9000 pulses or 9 inches
used for "Numerical Control." until the desired dimension appeared on in one full turn. Then we come to an
Strictly speaking, the term "Numeri- the counter. But the operator still must imaginary decimal point.
cal Control" simply means that numeri- observe the counter to know when to
cal values are used by the control stop turning- He continues to have DECIMALS
mechanism of the machine to produce control responsibility.
physical values as, for instance, measure- "Now let us replace the gears with "Decimal fractions are provided by
ments or quantities. However, the term servomotors. The' latter is an electric the first dial to the right of the decimal
is often used, somewhat loosely, in the motor which rotates and aligns itself point having a value of 0-900in per full
in response to a1 distinct signal or turn, followed by a second dial valued
broader sense to describe the whole at 0.090in per full turn, and a final
concept of recording information on command. Our servomotors have a value dial giving a total range of 0.009in
some storage medium, for subsequent of 0.100 inch per revolution. We attach divided into increments of 0.001 in each.
use for industrial control. a common doorbell pushbutton to the By setting the left dial to 10 inches
But, for the moment, let us consider servomotor and one push of the button the next dial to zero, the dial following
it in its more precise sense. And, as — a discrete signal — turns the motor the decimal point to 0.6, the next dial
metal working machinery provides an to the right to 0.02 and the thousandth
ideal held for its application, we will dial to 0.005in the operator releases
consider the typical case involving a 10,625 pulses to move the table 10.625
drilling machine or "drill press." inches.
There is an excellent article in the "A second set of dials is used to
"American Machinist" August 1960 position the table and the work to the
entitled "The ABC's of Numerical Con- 4.256in dimension. Now the hole location
trol," by William M. Stocker, from has been determined in two dimensions
which we extract the following quota- called the X axis and the Y axis. This
tions. is numerical control because, by setting
"A drill press operator is required the dials to the values called out as
1 i iito drill a hole in a piece of steel numerical symbols on the blueprint, the
. . 10.625 inches to the right of the operator has directed the control mechan-
left hand edge and 4.625 inches in ism to translate these symbols into actual
frpm the front edge. He clamps the motion of the table for a
plpte on a positioning table on the specific distance."
dnllpress and turns a handwheel until The above gives a pretty good idea
the left edge of the plate is located of the principle of numerical control.
under the spindle centre (holding the Moreover, it emphasis that, to be numeri-
drill). cally controlled, a machine does not have
fit each full turn of the handwheel to use punched tape, punched cards,
moves the table 0.100 of an inch the magnetic tape or other similar devices.
operator will turn the handwheel 106 These are merely storage mediums for
full turns until the indicator is at the A close-up of one of the logic circuits, the information by which the control
mark indicating 0.025 inch beyond zero. showing the disposition of transistors mechanism operates. They operate as
Then the operator locates the front and resistors on a printed wiring external memories to feed data to the
edge i of the plate and moves the table board. The plug contacts are at the control.
out to 4.256 inches by means of an- bottom of the board. Generally speaking, a typical numeri-
12 Kadio, Television & Hobbies, January, 7965
cally controlled drill press consists of the error is amplified to provide power work table. A magnetic pickup coil is
the machine itself plus positioning table to the drive motors. When the two mounted very close to the magnetic
moving in two dimensions and driven signals are the same, the table and islands on this bar and, as the islands
by lead screws turned by electric motors. carriage are at the commanded position pass by the pickup coil a voltage pulse
There is also what is called a director and the drive motors are stopped by the is generated.
which interprets • the data punched into control. In processing the tap& for a numerical
the tape, decodes it, and passes it on In the "Tape-O-Matic" Machine the controlled machine the job commences
to the machine as operating commands. measuring device is called a "quanti- with the numeric drawing or blueprint.
The director contains a tape reading zer." The quantizer unit consists of a This is a drawing of the finished job
mechanism which, in the case of the plexi-glass disc with 50 opaque and 50 showing all the dimensions. Processing
"Tape-O-Matic" drillpress of Pratt and transparent areas equally spaced. Two is usually done by the "Process Plan-
Whitney is a motor driven device which photo-cells are mounted one on each ner" who must be a well-trained person
is capable of reading tape in either side of the disc, with light sources on with an excellent knowledge of the
direction at a rate of 60 characters per opposite sides. Each photocell can detect machine and tools which have to be
second. A series of free rotating star the change between dark and light used.
wheels ride on top of the tape. The areas on the disc, and by staggering the
points of the star wheels, which drop VITAL DETAILS
into the holes in the tape, actuate the For instance, he has to know the
reeds of a switching arrangement which kind of tool used to drill the particular
are equivalent to single pole double material, the rate of metal removal,
throw switches. A picture of this the feed rate of the drill or cutter
mechanism is given here. OPAQUI SECTION OE into the workpiece, and the maximum
Thus the star wheels report whether TRANSDUCER DISC allowable temperature of the workpiece
there is a hole or no hole in the tape. TRANSRARENT SECTION or the material removed therefrom.
When there is a hole present, the result- OE TRANSDUCER DISC These are some of the factors which
ant signal is sent to a transistorised affect the life of the tool, the efficiency
memory system which registers the sig- of operation, and the quality of the
nals and ultimately transmits them in finished job. The process planner has to
numerical form to the machine's control put this information on a planning
motors. The registers or memories are ^ PHOTOCELL PLACEMENT sheet.
supplied in pairs for each function of IN TRAN&OUCIR In the case of a drill press, there-
the machine so that whilst the machine fore, tape processing involves transfer-
is being controlled by one, the other Details of the Tape-O-Matic quanti- ring hole centre dimensional data from
is registering further information from zer. The alternate transparent and the drawing to the tape, together with
the tape. When the first cycle is complete opaque areas of the plexiglass disc a variety of instructions, such as the
the command is automatically transfer- operate photocells as the disc type of drill to be selected, the speed
red from one register to the other. rotates, at which it is to run, the depth to
In the Pratt and Whitney "Tape-O- two photo-cells a total of 200 pulses per which it is to drill, and so on.
Matic" drillpress all the transistorised revolution can be provided. When the planning sheet is completed
logic circuits are contained on some it is then typed on a machine such as
This feedback count is eventually fed the Friden Flexowriter mentioned in last
150 plug-in cards using printed circuits. into the position register in which a month's article. This punches a control
continuous monitoring of the total count tape as a by product. This tape is usually
SERVO-MECHANISMS is maintained. This count is a measure verified for accuracy of interpretation of
As mentioned before, servo of the slide's position. the source copy and also for machine
mechanisms are used to drive the Another highly accurate method of accuracy. This tape is retained by the
screws which position the work table. generating the pulses is used by some process planner as a master tape antf a
These consist of electric motors plus makers. It uses a finely graduated scale duplicate is made for use on the mach-
some form of measuring device to an a long bar of mono-stable glass ine. To ensure that some step has not
measure the amount by which the table which is fastened to the work table. been overlooked or incorrectly planned
has moved in response to a signal and, The graduations are fine parallel lines the machine is usually "put through its
in the form of a feedback signal, to across the glass bar; and, by means of paces" first without any workpiece on the
control the motor drive. a light source on one side and a photo- table.
The feedback signal is in the form cell on the other, it is possible to pro- We illustrate here a sample numeric
of pulses. As the respective slides duce one pulse for each line on the drawing of a casting. The process planner
move, a feedback count of pulses is bar. The line width and the space be- has taken the necessary dimensions from
sent to the control. This count is com- tween lines are equal, and there may this part and placed them on the process
pared in a comparitor to the original be as many as 10,000 lines to the inch. planning sheet along with the rest of the
count of pulses from the tape reader. Another method is to fasten a steel information- We also illustrate what the
While ever the two signals are different, bar with magnetic islands on it to the punched program tape really looks like
MOVABLE WIRE CONTACT
(COMMON)
,N/C CONTACT

STAR WHEEL LEVER ARM

CAPSTAN'
(A) NO-HOLE (B) HOLE
How the tape is read. The fire-pointed star wheels press lightly against the tape as It passes over the capstan,
and operate contacts which indicate "hole" or "no hole."
Radio, Telerision A Hobbles, January, 196S II
 Tht drawing ot
a catting, ment-
ioned In the text, FACTORY CCTV
from which the
progromer mutt
prepare a procett
planning sheet as CUTS TIME-COST
a first step to-
wards a punched Distribution of production drawings
tape.
tap
*' by closed circuit TV, in the Marconi
. Company's Basidon (Essex) factory,
>r has saved 2000 man-hours par
year, and produced an effective
At the top of improvamant in production effici-
thls diagram Is mncv
shown portion of T*
OMrgtwi No | To* asheet
procett planning pREVIOUS methods of obtaining
and, below I" drawings involved a trip to the
it, the tape pre- nearest print store and delays in pro-
pared from the In- ducing prints. With this new system the
itruciions It con- subsidiary print store is now redundant.
tains. The print room staff has been reduced
0*1 oooo \c4-\7Soo loo local 1/2 \oe\oz and the number of prints drastically
yj" cut. In adition, over 300 square feet of
valuable floor space has been made
. available for other purposes. The draw-
0
i- j A.
realised that. an op- ing
froininformation is now supplied direct
the print store to the shop floor
erator of a numeric- over jjjg television link.
nn^rhtnp nppH^notThe system consists of a Marconi
as skilled as the on vidicon
14in
television camera channel, five
' HONIZOHTAl. |X) OOOITTOM erator of a manuaUy t television monitors, and a simple
controlled machine, two-way communications link of loud-
The former need sPe_a.kers and microphones
only load the work- .Jhe camera is .located at the master
piece onto the work- """ion,an inand the print store. It is mounted
table, insert the tape, 8ed Pzo om lens 1head and has a motor-
start the machine ' oun ed1 on a . thf whole assembly
and just watch. He The "?L t translucent-topped desk,
TM ••«••• may become skilled are desk top, on which the documents
T«— ••«•••
TM— ••«••• in another way ace
pi d» niay be lit from beneath for
namely checking the showing tracings, or from above, for
machine's technical snowing
showing normal prints.j) This station also
apparatus and may- tro '"eludes
includes
0 desk w
a television
televisi monitor and a con-
(NOW PAUfT TO e (TVAMOntl OOtmOM 0 be assisting the pro- U" 'l desk,- with 'th camera
ca controls for lens
aramer.
gramer. zoom, and camera camei pan and tilt.
flNCI TMIU AM NO INHIIt
au»i^t^w*ct^ wumh.UNTUocvm
drmpr'f : OUTSTATIONS
I . of numerical outstations of which there are
wajurnMcncN ». {} .• there are control
many five, The are
outstations,
located at strategic points
mdoium : u others. For instance throughout the factory. Each one con-
it is being used in tains a television monitor, remote con-
steel rolling mills trol facilities for lens zoom, pan and
where an ingot is tilt of the camera, and the communica-
with the first two lines of information run back and forth between a series of tions link.
taken from the process planning sheet, rollers which squeeze the metal into When an operator at an outstation re-
The complete control tape for machining thinner bars and thin sheets. The open- quests a drawing, he simply operates a
this particular part would be about 38 ing between the rollers has to be chang-r foot switch and keeps it depressed for
to 40 inches long. ed frequently into smaller and smaller the duration of the call. This lights
Programed numerical tapes vary in gaps. This is done by turning gauge a green lamp at the master station which
length, depending upon the magnitude of screws down until the bar is reduced to identifies the calling station. The re-
the operations being performed. Most the desired thickness. The rate of screw quired drawning number is given over
tapes will be in the range of from 18 down varies with material temperature, the sound link, the master station oper-
to 60 inches. A few may go as high as etc., and it it is controlled by either pro- ator locates the drawing, places it on the
50 feet and there has been one tape gramed tape or punched card. translucent desk, and selects the appro-
1900 feet long, used for a very complex Other metal working apnlications range priate lighting. This may take as little
aircraft part. from tube bending to the control of as 30 seconds. The operator then centres
Aside from the economic factor of lathes and milling machines. the drawing on the local monitor and
labour saving, numerical control A very interesting application in a switches control of the camera to the
of machines saves a great deal of val- completely different field has recently outstation.
uable storage space by the elimination of been developed. The United States Air The viewer, by means of his controls,
large costly jigs and templates. Force has evolved a method of testing can then move the camera to view any
The punched paper tape is really a jig an entire B-S8 aircraft. part of the drawing he wishes and
in another and much more compact With tape-programed units a complete examine any section in more detail by
form. check-out of the aircraft can be accom- use of the zoom lens. When satisfied,
It will now be realised that a numeric- plished in a matter of minutes, com- the viewer simply releases the foot
ally controlled machine is really a pared with days by the previous manual switch which clears the system ready
slave, which will carry out the work it check method, and with the use of con- for the next request,
is commanded to do by the tape with siderably less man power. The system has proved exteremely
great accuracy and consistency. The pro- In conclusion, the author would like reliable in nearly two years of continu-
gramer can be assured that his instruc- to express his appreciation for the ous day-to-day operation. It has been
tions will be carried out just the way assistance, data, drawings, etc., made found that an average of 50 calls per
he wants them to be. He must there- available by the staff of Alfred Herbert day are made with the equipment, each
fore be assured that his tape punching is (Asia) Pty. Ltd., Annandale, N.S.W., call lasting up to five minutes, depending
correct because the slave machine can- the Australian agents for Pratt and on the type of information required
not distinguish between right and wrong. Whitney machines. (and the traffic loading at that time.
14 Radio, Teleyitlon & Hobbles, January, 1965
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Techhieal

(Review.

FIBRE-OPTICS PUTS MICROSURGERY ON COLOUR TV

Closed circuit television—particularly in colour—has proved to be a kept out of the surgeon's way merely by
most valuable medical teaching aid. However, as medical techniques placing a mirror over the operating table
and aiming the camera at the mirror.
advance, the capabilities of such systems must be advanced to keep pace Engineers went to a lot of trouble to
with them. Microsurgery is a typical advance calling for special TV provide true colour because that's what
optical equipment and techniques. doctors prefer. Without colour it is dif-
ficult to tell diseased from healthv tissue
OPERATING-ROOM amphitheatres, picture. These are caused by broken fibres
the scene of so many climaxes in in the bundle. But they don't detract from explain Tha't taped
television dramas, are rapidly fading out picture quality and are considered un- il . wouldn't have the spontaneous
of the medical scene. Surgeons are far avoidable. Enginers are working on °Cal,[v
q
and drama of livc orcSs
ahead of the script writers. They have ways to eliminate the dots, perhaps by a uhouch Smith Kline ^md French's
bu™ fs ethTcalmedfcina? soSes
U h
been televising operations, in living col- undulating the cable so the dots move
our. to medical audiences for at least 15 about while the picture remains stat.on- it has , promoted educational TV in
years. Everybody gets a close up of new ary. medicine As -i service In medical nrt-an-
,echniques
- refinement in the use of tele-
The latest of^heTb'i^r ,_^h rem'ain'"in
R"
,£e same' ^ons
fu"-time ittokeeps aW
televise crew^n for
operations the semi-
road
vision in medicine is a method of watch- j^nt free?v nars and conventions of physicians.

a microscope as he performs the opera- micr^w" F d-L bv^Pefe^ G^dmark

At a recent convention of the Ameri- l^gi^rinf^ofkfc^ Calif President of c B s- Laboratories 1of "the"
can- —-
Medical Association in San Francis- — A tlh e c^amerath e bund I e eoesd irec 11 y r^^'colo^ ^^
co , physicians in the San Francisco into" info the"
the beam
tvam "splitter""whiclT separates of camera has a rotating colour wheel
cniitter which senorot/c
Civic Centre watched surgeons at the the image into red, green and blue for in front of the lens and picture tube.
San Francisco General Hospital perform- transmission. The camera is a standard In 1956,Sj-rcr
the companyUn switched
cu.,„m to the ,h
mg a stapendectomy — an ear operation. Radio Com of AmenVa modpi from standard standard
NTS>C 525-line system — the
This consists of removing the stapes, a ^ theTelav Icmand obSe le^s broadcast colour TV system-
small stirrup-shaped bone, and replac- are^emovJ objective lens because it js compatib,e with avai|ab|e
■ .. ....
ing it with wire-and-plastic substitute to black-and-white TV receivers. In 1962,
restore hearing. Rotating couplings are placed at both Smith-Kline participated in the first iive
ends of the bundle so the ends of the colour TV program from Eurooe using
MICROSCOPE bundle can be moved without moving (be Telstar I satellite
the image. This allows the surgeon to Colour TV is also being used educal-
The surgeon looked through a micro- move the microscope. ionally in medical schools and hospitals.
scope into the patient's ear. to operate
on an area„ onW i.,'b„
five to seven millimetres surIllumination for thebycamera
geon js provided anotherandfibre-
the The
nentlyUniversity of NTSC
installed an Michigan has perma-
system. Waiter
oplics
Ik XV nn bundle, which pipes light from a Reed Hospital in
the colour-TV picture vas projectcd on brigbt source ,o a lens under the micro- an NTSC system. A field-sequential sys-Washington also has
a scree n 2
„ I by ^t. An audio hookup has ^ useii at the diversity ^f
allowed1 them to ask the surgeon que scope -phg buntjje js not neetie(i to televise [e[nPennsylvania in Philadelphia.
ons
" ' . . regular operations. The camera can be "Electronics"
Between the colour-TV camera and the
microscope was a device that prevented
the camera from interfering with the
operation. The device was a bundle of TV SIGNALS OVER PHONE LINES |
675,000 optical fibres, formed into a five-
foot-long cable, oplicall" coupling the Equipment allowing the transmission of CCTV and other video signals
camera with the microscope. over normal telephone lines is being marketed in the U.K.
Small TV cameras can be coupled
directly to microscopes, but colour cam- 'JpHE system uses repeater amplifiers PO private telephone cable provided
eras are bulky. The fibre-optics arrange- X developed in Germany by Grundig that the circuit does not pass through
ment keeps the camera out of the way an(j tbese provjde HF boost to make an exchange dialling system or associateo
so the surgeon can manipulate the micro- gC)od tbe cabie iosses Jt thus operates relays.
scope freely. on similar lines to the more elaborate Distances of over a mile can be
This was the second time such an GPO TV broadcast system described in covered by the use of an additional
M>ratir\n hoH
operation had Koors Cf»rf live
been televised liv* and
QnH in 'Electronics Weekly" of October 14. 1A repealer amplifier. Aa pair• of_ r amplifiers
I:C
colour. The first was in New Orleans in HF boost can be provided up to a costs about £255 and a repeater £150.
November, 1963. maximum of 30 dB at 5 Mc/s band- It is believed that the system will have
Smith-Kline and French Laboratories, width. The units can be set up to match considerable application to CCTV docu-
of Philadelphia, worked for a year to the characteristics of the particular ment transmission, particularly to avoid
develop the system used in both opera- cable. the installation of a co-ax cable.
tions. A pair of the amplifiers permits trans-
A few black dots still speckle the TV mission over roughly 1,100 yards of "Electronics Weekly," 28/10/64.
Radio, Telavition A Hobblet, January, 1965 17
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18 Radio, Televliion A Hobblot, January, 1965

SECOND BATTERY TECHNICAL REVIEW

FOR MOBILE RADIOTELEPHONE

Wherever a mobile radiotelephone operates from a vehicle's own battery Under start conditions, the BY21.4
th.,. i. .1..,. . riik th«t prolonged "fl.H.n" (h.
render the vehicle immobile. Since such a situation can range trom however, examination of the data shows
inconvenient to downright dangerous, the following suggestion, taken that under surge conditions the BYZ14
from the Mullard "Outlook", should appeal to all who use such equip, "n wthstand a current flow of 350A
•iL„, on
ment, either „ |.„j ...
land or sea. for a period of 10 seconds, or 260A for
a p^jg^ 0f go seconds, thus providing
- a more than adequate safety factor.
Bv B. P. A. Beresford* Consideration could be given to the
use of a low power silicon diode which
MANY operators of mobile radio a silicon power diode having sufficient under^orma^co^
stations using comparatively high capacity to cope with charge currents reserve safety factor> highly desirable
power, high frequency equipment have SJ?'1 1°a<^ currents underec|Uipnl
all conditions. for reijabi|ity, would perhaps be inade-
felt the need for primary power supplies Ar® ?u T8/ quate under the most adverse conditions,
having a greater capacity than available ' wh.vh h! ^,1, ffe
such as where the motor vehicle battery
was in a state of
from the usual 12V 30A/H battery and ln the discharge due to. say,
KA
—„ rv-
2JA DC generator. S normal
, vehicle
, battery. failure of
failure 0f one ce|i
nne cell.
volt e
The availabilitv of the alternator as L . ?8 regulator referencebaUer
should scribedWhile a system such as the one de-
standard equipment °n some vehicles and be taken from 1
the accessor
y y- ^ "pable of an exceedingly
as an alternative in others, has in some (""
measure alleviated the position by virtue to radio MULLARD
mullard
v. .BYZ 14 i ►to
-TO normal
NORMAL
CAR SERVICES
of the alternator's ability to continue I |— l»>| i ■
charging at idling speeds. However, this \ J
does not provide a complete answer to V+l |* +
the problem as there are many occasions ACCESSORY
s R AMMETER 12v NORMAL
when it is desirable to operate.two-way g^| R° i2v (T)
Cij if REQUIRED
IF required
u
battery
BATTERY
radio equipment without the vehicle in vQ/+ battery
motion or the motor in operation. y-
STARTING PROBLEMS •T J
GENERATOR b
The increasing popularity of vehicles generator VOLTAGE
voltage REG,
reg
fitted with automatic transmission, I D*T
d* 1
^D a, cut-out
& CUT-OUT
coupled with the elimination of the start- F„ <- F
ing handle, dictates the need for, the ( I
vehicle batteir to be maintained at a -i- -ir
sufficiently high _ charge level to ensure I
m?mhl*r f
nf'm!vihM^havi^'^itr.8 which
w
' ' will
lic 1 vvi
" charge
charge the the normal
normal battery
battery high degree of reliability, itit may
high degree of reliability, may bebe
"uj"bef „!?? f orvchiclc having auto- through the silicon power diode. A considered desirable to provide an am-
j u.? .^.^?_80n8 •_nce tu-ll
t e cannot be suitable
gu itable diode for this application is the meter to indicate the charge current be-
bv , °*1 ' h high-pressure Mullard BYZ14, which may be mount- ing supplied by the generator or alter-
ed on a heat
heat sink and
and fitted to, but
but in- nator, since
since this,
of inanysome measure, will
1
usually driven front the »u .-i®
engine, must* ed iaonted a from,
from, sink
the body
body fitted
theto,vehicle.
of the vehicle,in- nator,
give warning this, in some measure,
tendency will
to mal-
mal-
be in operation before power can be sulated
su
-t-. . i the
i. u- C of .u- i give warning
f.mrtinn of any tendency to
transferred from the wheels to the engine The
.is a 6inheatheat sink, which on this
sink, whichonthisoccas'on occasion function.
and vice versa is a 6m lengthlength of Mullard 35D
of, Mullard 35D (Type
(Type 1There
here are
are numerous
numerous possible
possible refine-
refine-
a .Ai. ,•«_ . u. - vi • 3JD6C or
3JD6C or 35D6CB),
35D6CB), providesprovides adequate
adequate ments and this system must be con-
_ Pfv}®1 solution to tthe problem is dissipation and a simple metal cover of sidered somewhat basic; however, the
ui. u .- o 8 c nnecte
o 10 either expanded
either expanded steel steel oror aluminium
aluminium may may system as described has been operating
nnarlfu preferably Chaving as large a be placed
^e placed overover the the insulated
insulated heat
heat sink,
sink, quite satisfactorily
quite satisfactorily forfor some
some time
time inin
8 a
8SOry v .. • thus providing protection against acci- the writer's vehicle and is maintaining
"l J ™ cc®
ai 1 a
battery carriers. The dental short circuits when working on both batteries at the desired charge
accessory battery may be fitted in the he venlcle
tthe vehicle
vehicle. level
level.
luvel
engine compartment, the boot, or in - '
some other suitable location, In the , ,
^1 helicopter
HELICOPTER tests tv AERIAL
TESTS TV aerial
an additional battery carrier and, in this
tery' carrier'for1 a^small^extra^charge.' The Sixteenth Annual Report of the Australian Broadcasting Control
While two batteries in parrallel in- Board describes some of the new techniques now being employed to
crease the overall capacity and make a check the field strength pattern of TV transmitting aerials.
aerials,
worthwhile contribution to reliability,
both batteries will still discharge to- AN analogue computer has been in- The helicopter was then able to fly
gether. "nius. although a greater initial stalled in the
stalled in the Board's
Board's laboratory,
laboratory, accurately at a four-mile radius about the
capacity is available, it is nevertheless and used for feasibility studies of prop-prop* new ATV transmitting aerial, which was
possible for both batteries to become dis- osed specifications for directional aerials used as a receiving aerial, to drive a
charged, resulting in difficult engine for
for stations
stations in
in the
the fourth
fourth stage
stage of
of de
de -- Pen
pen recorder recording the aerial pattern,
pattern.
starts. Furthermore, should one battery velopment.
velopment. By this means, a survey, which would
To check
check that
that the
the aerial
aerial system
system used
used by
by have
have taken
laken some
some three weeks on the
cell0rnncnnifTinii*0^!^i**®nftai-u^i^ To ground,. was three weeks on the
was accomplished in two hours.
n« then hSLrv rf wiif Ke the new
new Melbourne
Melbourne station
station ATV
ATV was in
was in «round - accomplished in two hours.
HiVharoeH second battery als0 Wlll be accordance with the requirements of the
accordance with the requirements of the Most importantly, it
Most importantly, it was
was possible
possible to
to
" . board, a transistorised 1 watt transmitter verify the radiation pattern at the
A superior and almost foolproof ap- was
was constructed
constructed for
for operation
operation on
on Channel
Channel appropriate angle above the horizontal
proach is to isolate the two batteries with o.
0, and installed in
and installed in aa heliconter. which
helicopter, which which, for stations using channel 0, is
was also fitted with Distance Measuring important in controlling co-channel
Equipment by the Department of Civil interference from signals reflected by the
*Mullard'Auitralla Piy. Lid, Aviation. ionosphere.

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An industrial multimeter for checking the currents in

solenoid coils, condensers and motors up to approximately
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without the meter itself causing a change in the operating SPECIFICATIONS;
conditions of the circuit. Separate 100 ampere rated ter-
minals are provided for the two higher current ranges and A.C. VOLTS:
all terminals are fully insulated with non-removable tops. 0- 10-50-250- 1000.
The meter has a 3^" mirror scale and a high torque move- D.C. VOLTS:
ment with fully-hard, polished pivots spring loaded and 0 - 10 - 50 - 250 - rooo. (500 Ohms per Volt).
end-stopped sapphire jewel bearings for maximum shock A.C. AMPS.:
resistance and durability. The meter will withstand moment- 0-0-25 - 1 -2-5- 10-25- 100.
ary overloads up to ten times its full scale value. Resistance D.C. AMPS.:
values as low as • I ohm can be easily read on the scale 0-0-25- 1-2-5-10-25- 100.
and power for the resistance ranges is provided by an OHMS: 0-500 (centre scale 51) and 0-50,000 (centre scale
internal 1-5 volt leak-proof battery type 950 which is 550).
easily replaced by removing the front panel. High stability
carbon resistors, conservatively rated are used in series WEIGHT: 6i lbs.
multipliers and low temperature coefficient manganin shunts SIZE: 8" x 6" x 3" case size. 8" x 6" x 41" over knobs.
are used for D.C. current ranges. Switch settings are indi- METER: Model W4 clear acrylic with 31" mirror scale.
cated in silver lettering against a black ground. A leather
carrying case with combined shoulder and hand strap is CASE: Steel. 18 Gauge.
avai table as an extra. FINISH: Baked grey hammertone. Black and silver anodised
aluminium panel.
BATTERIES: Uses 1 standard type 950 cell.
INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMER used for internal A.C.
UNIVERSITY current ranges.
ACCURACY: ± 2%.
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Measures Gross Growing Industrial trainees may review in detail steps involved in operating
a machine. A football coach can examine the tapes of game
In a warm, moist English summer, harassed gardeners arc action, running and rerunning plays in slow motion or slopping
apt to think that they can actually see the grass growing. the tape to look at a selected frame. The suitcase-size Ampex
Agricultural scientists, concerned with crop growth rather than recorders record television and sound on magnetic tape for
reaching for the lawnmower, need to be rather more precise. immediate and repeated playback through television receivers.
In a recent broadcast of the B.B.C. General Overseas Service They are at present in use by schools, broadcasting stations artd
program, "The Farming World," John Newell reported on an medical, industrial and Government facilities throughout the
electronic instrument which will measure the growth of herbage world.
crops. It has been developed by the electrical engineering depart-
ment at the University College of North Wales. Better Car Fan
Newell described this grass-measurer as rather like a small
table with 10 legs. "Each leg carries an electric current which A car fan which absorbs less power than other types -j-r
is altered when the instrument is placed in grass—altered to an helping to improve the acceleration and top speeds, while reducing
extent which depends on the amount of moisture in the grass petrol consumption — is being produced by a British firm,
and thus on its growth. The different current alterations from Noise level is also reduced considerably.
the different legs, or probes, are automatically averaged out, At high forward speeds most cars do not need the full
and the average expressed on a meter is a direct reading of air output of the standard fan. as the increased volume of aii
the amount of grass underneath the instrument. These readings passing through the radiator is sufficient to achieve elficien
can be taken at the rate of about 200 an hour, and do not engine cooling. At these speeds conventional fans waste the power
change significantly with temperature, which means that required to drive them and are also noisy. The new fan (the
the instrument can be used in any climatic conditions without "Autofan") has variable pilch blades, made of mild steel.
recalibration." During tests on a medium-powered saloon car the new
Trials on experimental farms gave results that showed the fan reduced the power used to drive the fan by nearly 50
instrument to be more accurate than other methods of pasture per cent at speed of 30C0 rpm and by more than 60 per cent
growth measurement. at 5000 rpm. Fan noise was reduced by 70 per cent and
75 per cent respectively.
Lathe Manufacture Cost of the fan for a popular family car is about £2/10/ in
Britain. (Dowty Hydraulics Units Ltd., Cheltenham, Gloucester-
The Colchester Lathe Company of Britain has developed shire, England. Australian Agents: Dowty Equipment (Aust.)
a remarkable new assembly line technique by floating cast-iron Ply. Ltd., Silverwater Rd., Lidcombe, N.S.W.)
rafts on a thin film of oil.
Reporting in the B.B.C. General Overseas Service program
"Science and Industry." Arthur Garratt explained: "The ordinary Aurora's "Weak Brother"
moving conveyor, found in virtually every factory these days,
is not rigid enough for the building and alignment of heavy The latest use of the Lockheed Hercules is in a project
precision machinery. So, instead of a belt, there are cast-iron by South African scientists studying "the weak brother of
rafts, each 2i tons in weight and about the size of a large Aurora Australis," known as "Air Glow." Scientists flew in a South
table. These rafts float, as it were, on oil forced under pressure African Air Force CI30 Hercules on moonless nights early last
through a large number of special pads set almost flush with month to take high altitude observations in the South Polar
the floor. A nylon guide-rail ensures that the rafts keep on the
correct track and they ride along on a film of oil some
five-thousandths of an inch thick."
Interviewed by Nigel Murphy, the company's chief engineer,
Mr E. F. Moss, described this development as extremely exciting.
Basically what had been done was to apply motor car techniques
to building lathes, and they had for the first time created a ■ .vntis? •-•••■
precisely moving assembly line, free from the danger of jolts
that might lead to any inaccuracy when drilling. Far greater
precision was required in building lathes than in building motor
cars, he pointed out. Accuracies far finer than one-thousandth
part of an inch—or the thickness of a cigarette paper—were
involved.
This floating floor was made up of a number of 2}-lon
rafts, each roughly eight feet long and four feel wide, Mr .4* f.St
Moss said. "We have a total of some 120 tons of cast-iron
and concrete ballast actually floating on a film of oil, so that
if you take one single raft you can push it with your little
finger." The flow line, he said, should last 50 or more years
because all wearing between the active parts had been eliminated.
These specialised plants would need the normal maintenance
of conventional machine tools. The speed of flow on the assembly
line was a nominal three inches a minute which enabled the
production of one lathe in 24 hours. The latest type of aircraft proposed by the Boeing
Company has been tentatively named the 737. Still
Slow-motion TV only in the proposal stage, the design is aimed at a
companion aircraft to the 727, and as a successor to
Slow-motion playback for observation and analysis of motion the many smaller propeller type aircraft, such as the
in detail is now being offered as an optional feature with DCS etc., now in service. The model is shown hero
Ampex portable Video-tape recorders. with one of a 727 to the same scale. It would seat
Ampex VR-1500 closed circuit recorders and VR-660 broad-
cast models previously offered stop motion playback permitting from 65 to 85 passengers. The new design is based
sustained viewing of a single frame. The new feature permits on two wing mounted jot engines which, Boeing en-
playback at any degree of speed from half-speed to full stop gineers claim, have a number of advantages over
motion with a single front panel control. It is available as an body mounted engines for aircraft of this size and type.
optional feature with new recorders and in kit form for recorders Wing mounting could result in a weight saving of
now in use. around 1500 pounds, yet should not significantly in-
The precise actions of a surgeon may be recorded during crease cabin noise. A lightweight, wide body config-
an operation for subsequent detailed study. Students may
repeatedly observe, the development of chemical and physical uration is planned to provide flexibility in passenger
processes during experiments played back in slow motion. and cargo capacities.

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 is a continuing need for standards conversion in the exchange
of programs with Europe.
SCIENTIFIC NEWS-cont. This converter is now able at the turn of a switch to
convert television signals either from 625 lines to 405 lines or from
region. They are taking measurements of atmospheric phenomena 405 lines to 625 lines. The converter stores one scanning line
such as "Air Glow" and cosmic rays. Air-Glow, they say, of the televisitn picture in 576 capacitors. There are 1152 high-
is caused by excitation of atoms and molecules in the atmosphere speed switches, each of which can charge or discharge one of
by solar radiation. And they describe this phenomenon as the these capacitors in one twenty-millionth of a second.
"weaker brother of the Aurora Australis."
The South African scientists installed tons of complicated Rust Prerentire
scientific equipment aboard a South African Air Force C-130 A new rust preventive applied by brush or spray can be used
Hercules Transport. They are using the instruments for atmo- to protect any metal part and can be removed with a paraffin
spheric measurements at altitudes up to 30,000 feet. They ranged rag. It dries evenly and quickly, leaving a firm, non-tacky yet
more than 2000 miles over South Polar seas during 12-hour flexible surface, and has a minimum life, exposed to the weather,
flights between Cape Town and the ice-bound coast of Antarctica. of 12 months. Since it has de-watering properties, it is only
The studies are part of the nation's contribution to the program necessary to hose-down surfaces and allow to drain before
of the International Year of the Quiet Sun. treatment.
(The Castrol Group of Companies, Castrol House, Mary-
Locates Hidden Minerals lebone Road, London, N.W.I, England. In Australia: Wakefleld
House, Cnr. Miller Street and Bulwara Road, Pyrmont, N.S.W.)
A sensitive instrument originally developed to measure mag-
netism in space is now being used to find minerals under tm
surface of the earth. Known as an "optically pumped rubidium Automated TV
vapour magnetometer," it can measure changes in the earth's On view this year at the Instruments, Electronics and
magnetic field 10 to 100 times more accurately than was pre- Automation Exhibition at Olympia were an "Eight Event
viously possible. Memory Switcher" and a Uniselector Switching system, which
A magnetometer, usually protruding from the tail-end of an have been specifically designed by Marconi's to cope with the
aircraft, measures changes in the earth's magnetic held. These growing complexity of modem television program production and
changes usually take place where there are accumulations of presentation. The memory switcher simplifies the task of the
minerals under the surface of the earth.
In the newly developed magnetometer, vapour from rubidium,
a rare element, is confined inside a glass bulb. Light is projected
through the bulb — the amount of light transmitted by the
rubidium vapour being related to the strength of the magnetic
field it is flying through. The intensity of this light is measured
by a photo cell wtule the information on magnetism goes
to a computer built into the instrument. The computer processes
the data and displays it in both analog and digital form. (Litton
Industries, Inc., Beverly Hills, Calif., U.S.A.)
TV Standards Conrerfer
A couple of years back, the BBC demonstrated an electronic
standards converter, developed by a small team of its engineers,
capable of converting television pictures from the 625-line
standard to the 405-line British standard more efficiently and
cheaply than by any previous method. With the BBC's second
television program due to open a few months later (in April
1964), operating on 625 lines, this was an immensely valuable
development- ft meant, for instance, that program material
recorded on video-tape on the 625-line standard could be re-
produced on either channel as required. And, of course, there

JC A technician at North American's Space Division, shows

how a "nervous system" has been fitted into a dummy
* to test crew equipment for the Apollo lunar spacecraft.
Dropping an Apollo spacecraft, complete with "crew,"
into a huge pool of water, reproduces some of the
decelerating forces likely to be encountered as the craft
effects re-entry,
\V presentation mixer or master control operator during the busy
? time of a commercial "break." It allows him to pre-select, check
and store a sequence of eight events during a comparatively
quiet period between the breaks.' The Uniselector switching
system has been designed to handle the large number of
signals entering the master control centre from local and
remote sources. It enables the operator to select and preview
these signals prior to switching them "on-the-air" in correct
1 sequence. It can accept up to 25 sound and vision inputs and
the equipment has been designed to ensure an absolute minimum
Something at a sequel to last month's cover feature, of cross talk.
this picture illustrates developmental work at the General
Electric laboratories, aimed at producing a fuel cell Simplifies Pipe Laying
system tor the Gemini 2-man spacecraft. The cell will A horizontal boring machine for placing pipes of up to
combine hydrogen and oxygen to produce electrical 18in diameter under roads, railways and rivers without any
power directly, along with water suitable for drinking — surface disturbance or interference with existing services has
as demonstrated here by C. J. Civln, of the G. f. been developed in Britain.
Laboratories, Powered by a separate diesel engine and incorporating
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 Safety For Climbers
A safety device that allows a man working at heights to
move freely up and down but acts as a firm anchor if he should
fall has been developed in Britain. A cylinder fits over a steel or
hydraulic transmission, the borer can push pipes of up to 200ft nylon cable running from the top of the building to the bottom.
in length in average conditions. But, because of the separate In the cylinder, to which the safety line from the man's belt or
power unit, it can also be used in a pit as small as 8ft long. harness is attached, is a second cylinder and an arrangement of
Connection between the power and auger units is by flexible steel balls in a conical housing.
hoses. Any weight suddenly applied causes the steel balls to bind
The machine itself is 7ft long and weighs 2,000 lbs. Tube on the cable and anchor the cylinder. (Barrow, Hepburn and
Headings Ltd., 20 Albert Embankment, London, S-E.l. Gale Ltd., 19 Grange Road, London, S.E.I. In Australia: Green-
dale Engineering and Cables Pty. Ltd., 43 Nelson Street, Annan-
dale, N.S.W.)
Brushless Synchro
A brushless synchro, said to be the first of its kind, more Speed Control
reliable, and to have a longer life than the conventional type, A speed control for portable electric tools and universal
has been developed by a British firm. Brushes and slip rings series-wound motors has been introduced in Britain. By enabling
have been replaced by miniature injection transformers, which one tool to perform many tasks at different speeds, it is claimed,
eliminate the problems arising from brush contact and reduce the control saves the cost of additional tools. The control, which
friction to about a quarter of the level found in ordinary weighs 3ilb, is available in two versions — for motors, series-
synchros. This makes the new synchro particulary suitable for wound in each case, of less than 100 watts and of 100 to 600 watts.
flight instrument applications.
A synchro is an electrical device for the instantaneous (Pye Laboratories Ltd., Radio Works, Cambridge, England
transmission or reception of the angular movements of rotating Australian Agents: Pye Industries Sales Pty, Ltd., 53 Carrington
parts. It can hold two or more remote shafts in synchronism Street, Marrickville, N.S.W., and other capital cities.)
Half-weight Handset
A new office internal telephone with a handset weighing
less than half that of the normal telephone has been introduced
by a British firm.
The handset is part of a new system that can have up to
15 extensions, each called by push-button. A warbling tone
replaces the usual bell. Standard Telephone and Cables Ltd.,
Footscray, Kent, England. — In Australia: Standard Telephones
IJ. and Cables (Pty ) Ltd., 252 Botany Roqd, Alexandria, N.S.W.
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C ircuit-breakers
The first 132KV sub-station in Britain incorporating newly
developed circuit-breakers employing sulphur hexafluoride gas
(SF6) as the insulaut and arc-extinguishing medium is to be built
by G.T.C. Ltd. The gas is non-flammable and non-toxic, and is in
1/ v

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The first inertia! navigational systems for the F-111 K
ITFXI were recently delivered by Litton Industries in
the United States. This picture shows the heart of the
LN14 inertia! navigational system. The gyro, left, pro- v.
vides a fixed position and the aceelerometer, right,
measures slight changes in aircraft speed. The R.A.A.F. 7i
has 24 F-111 aircraft on order due to arrive in Australia W4
in 1968. m//.
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either at standstill or when rotating, just as if the shafts were
coupled by gears. .ii
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Works, Lewisham, London, S.E. 13. Australian Agents: Elliott m
Automation Pty. Ltd., Horsley Road, Milperra, N.S.W. *»

Tiny Springs
Springs so small that 2,000 of them can be packed into a A cutaway drawing of the vacuum chamber to be installed
matchbox are being used to reduce friction in the rotor bearings at the 'Santa Crux Test Base of Lockheed Missiles and
of gyroscopes, with the result that a gyro rotor will now go on Space Co., is shown above. Inside is a test fuel tank of
turning for six days after the power has been switched off. These a cryogenic space vehicle which will be filled with liquid
tiny springs are placed between the balls of the bearings and
replace the conventional cage. The Premier Spring Company Ltd., hydrogen maintained at 423 degrees Fahrenheit below
Redditch, Worcestershire, England- zero. To be tested are various insulations to keep the
liquid hydrogen rocket fuel in its super-cold (cryogenic)
state for long periods and under vacuum conditions such
Caribbean Communications as exist in outer space.
Marconi's have received instructions from Cable and Wire-
less Ltd. to proceed with the supply of equipment for a major an enclosed gas-circuit, sealed from the atmosphere. It contains
multi-channel tropospheric scatter and microwave link system no moisture or carbon, ensuring excellent insulation life. Other
connecting the Windward and Leeward Islands in the Eastern advantages include reduced maintenance and longer periods
Caribbean and providing greatly improved telephone communica- between shutting down for internal inspections.
tions within the Eastern Caribbean and ultimately to the Com-
monwealth and to the rest of the world. This system will link Holes By The Thousand
with a coaxial telephone cable to be laid from Antigua to St.
Thomas in the Leeward Islands and from there by a new Ameri- In the fabrication of a component for a British space satel-
can cable to Florida. lite, 20,400 holes 0.5 m.m. in diameter were drilled in a stainless
Marconi's will have overall responsibility as system con- steel hemisphere 10 centimetres in diameter.
tractors for the supply of all equipment for the tropospheric The tool was a drill with an automatic feed. Nine drilling
scatter and microwave link systems on the islands of Antigua, bits were used, and none of them broke. Bits were changed after
St. Lucia and Barbados. In Barbados the link will be inlegrated about 2,300 holes only as a precaution. Drill made by Desoutter
with an existing Marconi tropospheric scatter system between Brothers Ltd., The Hyde, Hendon, London. N.W.9. In Australia
Mount Misery on the island of Barbados and Blanchisseuse in — Hawker Richardson and Co. Pty. Ltd., 455-459 Auburn Road,
Trinidad. A later phase of the project is expected to cover a Hawthorn, Victoria. R. E. Jeffries Pty. Ltd., 48 Hotham Parade,
microwave link between Blanchisseuse and La Basse in Trinidad. Artarmon, Sydney, N.S.W.
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SCIENTIFIC NEWS — cont.

Seeing Eye Highways electronic processor with 10,000 characters

of memory linked to a printer (with a speed
Automatic, electronic vehicle counters at of 1,900 lines a minute;, a document sorter,
work on the New Jersey Garden State and a paper-tape reader.
Parkway and a model of an electronic By employing two sorter-readers, the user
"trail of lights" — a warning system of the system doubles the entire single-
demonstrated recently In Montreal — sorter system to reach an output of
represent developments of new electronic 3,800 lines per minute, or 180,000 docu-
highway control. ments each hour.
R.C.A.'s electronic detection equipment
at work on the New Jersey parkway auto- Electromagnet For Teacher.
matically counts vehicles passing through With an electromagnet developed by a
"exact change" toll lanes. The 42 R.C,A. British firm for use in universities and
"Ve-Det" units on the parkway replaced technical colleges, lecturers can demonstrate
the treadles that previously performed the
counting job. such phenomena as nuclear resonance,
The new detection systms are unseen magnetic susceptibility, and other effects of
by the motorist since they operate from a experiments.
wire loop embedded in the toll-lane pave- The air gap is unobstructed, and the
ment. A vehicle passing over the wire loop magnet can therefore be used in cryogenic
causes circuit changes, sending a signal to experiments involving the use of a Dewar
a transistorised detector unit, which in turn jar, A range of pole-piece configuration
actuates paper-tape recording equipment. enables gap geometry to be varied. All
The electronic detectors can be used In Eole pieces are fully adjustable. (Mullard
time of poor visibility to set up a "trail ,td., Mullard House, Torrington Place,
of lights behind a vehicle as a visual London, W.C.I, England (Australian Agents:
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depicted how a series of red, amber, and cities.)
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at 2J-foot intervals will inform a driver Motor Rejects Dust
of his distance from the car abead, which
activates the lights. As the first car moves Machine-tool electric motors with their
forward, the first three lights directly behind windings protected against magnetic iron
it are red; the next three are amber; and dust are being produced by a British firm.
the three farthest away from it are green. This allows a ventilated motor to be used
where the duly cycle is so severe that the
Cheeking Cheques heat generated precludes the use of a totally-
enclosed fan-cooled motor. The sealing
An extremely fast, fully expandable compound is chemically inert, extremely
system designed around an R.C.A. 301 tough, and flexible. Crompton Parkinson,
electronic data processor was recently in- Crompton House. Aldwych, London, W.C.2.
troduced to handle efficiently the U.S. bank- In Australia: Crompton Parkinson (Aust.)
ing industry's increasing now of encoded Pty. Ltd., 349 Lyons Road, Fivedock,
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Handy Fuse Tester
A small device developed by a British
firm tests most types of cartridge fuse and
china fuse and costs about 10/.
The fuse is placed between two contacts
on the tester, which then shows a green //NO SWITCH
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Banks contained preprinted magnetic ink am analytit between J to SOOOept, with a ments.
symbols. This figure compares with 68,3 per ran
range of meter sentltlvlilei between A ustmliun Distrihntors
cent in August, 1962, and 54.6 per cent six 301
30uV and 100V full scale. It hat
months earlier. i-i
Over 99 per cent of all banking offices Inbuilt
. bandwidth filters, sweep MANUFACTURERS SPECIAL
doing business with the Federal Reserve facilities
. and will deliver BPO output
PRODUCTS PTY. LTD.
System are issuing preprinted cheques, a •• at the Indicated dial frequency.
(Sylvan Glntbury Ltd., through
dally total exceeding 13,800,000 documents. 'Sy
The basic equipment consists of a 301 Jaeoby Mitchell end Co. Pty. Ltd.),
Ji 47 York Si., Sydney. 2 0233, Ext. 279,
AL4II.
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By a suitable manipulation
of the Geloso front cnd-
eomponents we were able
to fit our receiver into on
attractive case designed
along "Playmaster" lines.
•IiW*- It compares favourably
with contemporary com-
mercial equipment.

The 1965 Communications Eight

For those who may have found the "Deltahet" rather too specialised, noted that the Geloso unit has been
here is a receiver designed along much more conventional lines. Featuring simply shown as a box from which
connections run to various portions of
a ready-made and pre-calibrated "front-end" it should present a minimum the receiver circuitry. There is no point
of constructional difficulties, yet will be equal in performance to com- in our showing the circuit of this unit,
mercial receivers costing at least twice as much. since it is outside the control of the
reader and, in any case, a circuit is in-
THE possibility of constructing a with the least possible trouble and cluded by the manufacturers with each
communication receiver of the type expense. unit.
to be described has occupied our thoughts In our case we decided that we would For the present we may simply con-
for some time but the project has al- try to produce a complete receiver around sider the unit to be a "black box" which,
ways ground to a stop when we con- the unit which would meet the following when fed with appropriate supply
voltages and an input signal between
sidered the problems of producing a design specifications:
suitable bandswitching "front end." While (1) Sensitivity and noise performance 550KC and 30MC, will produce an
it is not too difficult to produce a "one in the order of 1 microvolt for at least output signal at 455KC.
off" bandswitching front end, the task lOdb signal above noise: The second of our requirements for
becomes very difficult indeed when one (2) Selectivity sufficient to meet the the receiver was selectivity so the out-
tries to produce a unit which can be exacting conditions set by today's crowd- put from the front end feeds directly
into an L/C filter and an optional mech-
duplicated, with success, by readers ed band conditions.
all over the country from components (3) A capacity to properly demodul- anical filler. It is essential thai such filters
purchased "over the counter." ate AM, SSB and CW signals without be placed at the head of the IF strip;
if they are placed further back in the
However, the problem was solved for finicky use of controls.
us recently when a local importer came (4) An AVC system which would line, very strong signals may overload
forward with the "Geloso" front end. handle large variations in signal strength, the preceding stages, producing cross
around which this receiver is designed. with all three of the aforementioned modulation products which no amount of
This front-end system tunes from 550 signal modes, without constant use of filtering can thereafter remove.
KC to 30MC in six bands, coming out manual gain controls; A three-position selectivity switch con-
at an IF of approximately 455KC. As (5) An "S" meter which would be nects the input of the first IF am-
supplied, it includes a coil box ready forward reading and calibrated in gen- plifier valve to either the mechanical
wired for a 6BA6 tuned radio frequency uine 6db per "S" point units: filler for SSB and CW reception or to
amplifier, a 12AU7 local oscillator and (6) Incorporate an efficient noise lim- two positions (medium and broad) on
cathode follower and a 6BE6 mixer. In iter; the L/C filter for AM reception. The
addition, there is a dual tuning gang, (7) A reasonably "high fidelity" audio medium selectivity position has the wind-
with its slow motion drive, and an assoc- amplifier which could do double duty ings of the transformers top-coupled by
iated pre-calibrated dial with escut- for playing records; means of IK resistors: in the broad posi-
cheon. (8) Be economical to construct; tion, an additional IK resistor bridges
The unit is well made, mechanically (9) An attractive appearance, prefer- the secondary of the first transformer
and electrically and is, in fact, the ably with a panel height under eight to the secondary of the third transformer.
"heart" of Geloso's own 6-band pro- inches and a suitably styled case; In the medium selectivity position the
fessional communications receiver model (10) Use a chassis layout which would band width at 6db down is approxi-
G4/218. This unit could, if one so de- be fairly "universal" and allow the Gel- mately 3.8KC while the broad position
sired, be simply mounted on a small oso amateur band front end or other gives a bandwidth of 6.5KC (for broad-
chassis and fed to the IF of an exist- front ends to be used, if desired. cast band reception). For -those who
ing receiver to achieve reasonable In our final unit we feel we have feel that a mechanical filter is too much
general coverage performance. We felt, met all of these specifications and we for their pocket we have designed an
however, that it was worthy of much might now discuss the circuit and lay- alternative selectivity switching arrange-
better treatment then this, although the out to see how this has been accom- ment, shown in figure 1.
method might be a means to an end for plished. In this arrangement the three poles of
I hose wishing to cover the short waves In looking at the circuit it will be the selectivity switch are simply used to
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 vary the value of the top coupling re- I
sistors between the windings of four I
transformers. The values shown will I
give selectivity figures (at the 6db down
"OXFORD" points) of 2.2, 3.8 and 6.5KC in posi- |
tions 1, 2, and 3 respectively.
The "shape factor" achieved by this
arrangement is quite reasonable, being
INSTRUMENT CASES, largely the result of using resistors for
top coupling in lieu of the usual capac-
itor coupling. Another feature of the
CHASSIS and PANELS circuit is that simple "peak" alignment
can be employed whereas capacitor
coupling necessitates the use of a sweep
generator for proper alignment.
MULTI METER MAY '64 PLAYMASTER 108 OCT '64 While we feel that the use of a
mechanical filter is almost essential with
Case. Catches, Feet etc. Printed or Case. Chassis. Printed or Engraved today's crowded band conditions, those
Engraved Panel. Panel. who have only a passing interest in SSB
and CW signals might find this alterna-
V.T.V.M. BENCH. JAN '56 TACHOMETER OCT '64 tive arrangement does all they re-
Case, Chassis. Printed or Engraved Case with Punched Front. Panel. quire of the receiver.
Panel. In order to achieve the desired amount
BABY STEREO AMPLIFIER of amplification before demodulation of
MAY '64 11IC
the 31Kliai3 " VI used two stages of
signals we — IF
3" C.R.O. '63. JUNE 63 amplification following the filter. Type
Case, Chassis with Graticule—Hood Chassis only. 6BA6 valves were used in this position
etc.. Printed or Engraved Panel. because they are reasonably priced,
easily available and are more than ade-
AUDIO SIGNAL GENERATOR quate for the job in hand. The circuit
Pric«t from your Agont is fairly conventional and probably needs
62. FEB '62. little explanation, except for the manner
Case, Chassis with Shields. Printed of providing minimum grid bias for the
valves.
or Engraved Panel.
ALL GOODS PLUS FREIGHT. r. Normal practice with the 6BA6 is to
R/C MEASURING BRIDGE SLIGHTLY HIGHER FROM provide the minimum bias required by
AGENTS; inserting a resistor and parallel capa-
'63. SEPT 63 citor in the cathode return circuit. In
Case, Chassis with Tube Bracket, etc. A. H. Nichols and Co., our design the cathodes are earthed and
22 Elizabeth Street, the minimum bias required is applied
Printed or Engraved Panel. via the AGC line which feeds the grids
EAST BENTLEIGH, MELB. of these valves.
SWEEP & MARKER GENER- Victoria. 97-4252 Providing the bias in this way takes
ATOR JUNE 57 ★ only one resistor, saves unwanted clutter
Case, Chassis. Printed or Engraved around the valve sockets by eliminating
Cerrard & Goodman Limited. two capacitors and two resistors and
Panel. 192 Rundle Street. ADELAIDE. E. aids stability by putting the cathodes at
8-0242. ground potential. It is an old trick but a
VALVE fir TRANSISTOR good one.
TESTER NOV '60 *
Homecrafts Tasmania, •'S" METER
Case and Bracket. Printed or En- .i The "S" meter in the receiver involves
graved Panel. 199 Collins Street, HOBART. 2-2711
a bridge circuit which is explained in
★ figure 2. In this circuit, "Rv" is the
PHOTOGRAPHIC TIMER equivalent circuit resistance of the two
AUG '64 Pakbar Ply. Ltd., valves and the 4.7K, its normal supply
38-44 Stone St, WEST PERTH. resistor. The 10K and 22K resistors, and
Case and Chassis. Tel. 28-2431. the pot. provide the second arm.
TREMOLO UNIT AUG '64 ★ Assuming no signal input to the
receiver the 5K pot. may be adjusted
Chassis only. Martin de Launay Pty. Ltd., until the voltages at the terminals of
Darby St. NEWCASTLE. B4741. the meter are equal and it will there-
2 VALVE MANTEL RECEIVER
★ fore read zero. With signal output, some
JUNE '64 AGC voltage will be developed and
Broadway Electronics Pty. Ltd., this, when applied to the valves, will
Chassis only. 52a Keira St., WOLLONGONG. n reduce the current drawn through them,
2-1402. thus increasing the effective value of
DELTA HET RECEIVER "Rv."
SEPT '64 ★ When this happens, voltage at the
Case. Front End. Chassis. Receiver D. Irvine & Co., positive terminal of the meter will be
greater than that at the negative terminal
Chassis, Engraved Panel. 401 George St, BRISBANE. 2-4310. and current will flow through the meter.
— The meter thus provides an indication
depending on AGC voltage developed,
Manufactund by: and therefore input signal strength and
is of the "forward reading" type. The
200 ohm pot. across the meter adjusts the
sensitivity of the circuit.
In subsequently calibrating our
HEATING SYSTEMS PTY. LTD. meter, we set "SI'' as being equivalent
to a one microvolt input signal. Each
97 MARRIOTT STREET, REDFERN, N.S.W. succeeding "S" point is equal to a 6db
increase in signal input so that "S9'
69-3764 69-7616i A will result from a 256 microvolt signal.
In doing this we realise that our "S"
mmim meter might be called "scotch" when
Radio, Tolorhlon A Hobbiot, January, 1965
 compared to many contemporary com-
mercial receivers, but at least its read-
ings are realistic.
In a number of receivers we have -j
examined, the "S" meter will read S9
on a 50 microvolt signal input. If these
same S meters have a genuine 6db
separation between S points, then SI
must be equal to 3/16 of one micro- r
volt. The receiver's own internal noise *
plus external noise (man-made and at-
mospheric) would more than mask a
signal of this amplitude but, since the
aforesaid receivers will resolve a signal
which indicates SI on their meter, we
can only conclude that the meter actually ,
indicates about 3db per S point.
To obtain AGC voltage in our re- L__
■ ceiver we have taken some of the RF
from the primary of the last IF trans- Tha alternative selectivity switching arrangement shown above is designed
former and rectified it with a semi- to to suit
' those readers who may regard the purchase of a mechanical filter as
conductor diode. Delay in the develop- on an unnecessary expense- for copying SSB and CW modes, however, the filter
ment of AGC voltage is achieved by is really a "must."
returning the cathode of this diode to a
resistive divider instead of directly to a seven position switch, only six posi-
; ground. This puts about 2 volts posi- tions of which are actually used for
tive on the cathode of the diode and bandchanging. The seventh position
i allows the receiver to retain its maximum brings into play contacts which remove
| sensitivity on weak signals. the HT from the tuner and IF and swing
the input of the audio amplifier over to
AGC GATE an external source. This position is
meant to provide for a pickup input to
The voltage developed by this first the audio section of the receiver for
diode is fed to the AGC line via a m record playing.
"gating" diode which, because of the
fairly low resistance it offers in its for- We have made use of this facility in
ward direction, allows rapid charging of our receiver and the audio amplifier is
the AGC line capacitors. However, this designed to have a wide frequency re-
same diode prevents the AGC line sponse for this reason. Measured re-
capacitors from discharging except sponse was relatively flat from 30 cycles
through the 2 megohm resistor provided. In . order to show clearly the manner to approximately 35KC. A top - cut
tone control is provided to take some
The net result is a fast attack-slow decay in . which
' the "S" meter operates we of the "edge" from short wave signals
characteristic, Which is highly desirable nav have redrawn its circuit into the form but, when this control is set for mini-
for SSB and CW modes. shown above. mum attenuation, the amplifier will per-
Astute readers may have realised that form very well, when used wtih a good
this second diode forms, in conjunction t0 ej
to either the AM or the SSB/CW de- quality crystal or ceramic pickup and
with the first diode, a voltage multi- tectolector and also changes the frequency loudspeaker.
plying rectifier circuit so that the total 0off the
th BFO for upper or lower sideboard xhe power supply is a conventional
AGC voltage developed is greater than Jem,; demodulation of SSB signals, A third voltage doubler arrangement with
that from the conventional half-wave se sett cof contacts on this switch feeds HT an OA2 voltage regulator to supply HT
arrangement, to
to th
the BFO when the product detector is to the BFO and the oscillator valve in
Manual RF gain control is achieved switcswitched into circuit.' the Geloso tuner.
by returning the AGC line to a 500K xh
The output from the_ detectors feeds The circuit of our completed receiver
potentiometer, one end of which is sup- throt
through a series type noise limiter before is very close to the original. we drew
plied with minus 15 volts developed by beingbeing fed to the audio amplifier. This before starting construction, only minor
a voltage doubler circuit from the fila- limiti
limiter gives effective and variable clip- modifications in the AGC arrangement
ment line. The other end of this con- pi ng of both positive and negative peaks being necessary to ensure the best opera-
ping
trol returns to ground through a 10K 0off the th signals. tion. Commencing with this circuit we
resister which ensures that the correct The Geloso front end unit features had to arrive at a satisfactory layout.
minimum bias is applied to the IF am-
plifier valves.
A switch on the AGC line allows
three different values of bypass capaci-
tors to be selected for fast, medium and WANTED
slow decay times. The attack time of the
system is fairly constant at about one
millisecond. TELEVISION COMPONENTS
The secondary of the last IF trans- qStandard Components will buy for the following prices these
former feeds a conventional diode de- ~
lector circuit for AM signals and through ffaulty or obsolete television parts.
a capacitor into a product detector for
SSB and CW signals. FRAME OUTPUT TRANSFORMERS
We used a 6BL8 valve as a combined
product detector and BFO in much the
same circuit arrangement featured in ifa SPEAKER TRANSFORMERS
the recently published "Deltahet" re-
ceiver. We did not employ crystal con-
trol of the BFO but used, instead, a PHILIPS BISCUITS, AT7580, NT3001
tuned circuit in a conventional Hartley (per set]
oscillator configuration. The stability of rL
this arrangement proved more than ade- Despatch and invoice to
quate to meet the stringent requirements STANDARD COMPONENTS PTY. LTD.
imposed by the use of a mechanical
filter at the head of the IF section. 10 Hill Street, Leichhardt, N.S.W.
A 3-position "function" switch con- or send by rail c/o Stanmore Railway Station.
nects the input of the audio amplifier L_
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Stability: 1 x 10-4 after 10 nuns
Output: Direct into OOO'--' - 3 dbm or 2mV or
1 IV
Impedance: 600'-! unbal
Frequency Response: r: 3 db between 30 c/s and
550 kc/s
• Distortion; Less than 0 5% with 0 dbm and 0 75%
with +3 dbm below 30 c/s, generally less than
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♦ Hum: below 70 db when using 50 c/s supply
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Frequency Range: D C to 550 kc/s
Attenuation Range: 600 output—0 to 111 db in
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a job which proved to be somewhat Thi The placement and mounting of components it clearly shown in our coded
harder than we thought it might be. abt
above chassis view of the unit. The unused holes in the bottom right hand
eo
corner of the chassis are designed for use with a later receiver which wiM
In the past, many communication '
receivers have had a somewhat "boxy" feature the Geloso "amateur band only" front end.
appearance, a typical front panel size
being 17 by 11 inches. The tendency. inch< inches and readers will notice that, in The AM detector and AGC compo-
these days, is toward a more compact photographs
phot of the final unit, there are nents mount on tagstrips at the end of
several spare holes in the chassis.
unit for desk top operation. Typical front sevei the IF strip. The power supply is tucked
panel sizes are as small as 15 by 6 inches Readers who produce their own metal- into the corner of the chassis where it
Re
and we determined that, if possible, we work may. if they so desire, omit the will be well away from the audio ampli-
would try to achieve something of this holes but "ready made" metalwork will fier, which is in the middle of the
order. include them since it will be designed chassis and just behind the gang
inclu
Unfortunately, however, the Geloso to cc cover both this and the amateur band capacitor.
front end unit is intended to be used receiver
recei to be described at a later date. The BFO and product detector is
Chassis blueprints of the metal work will placed in the remaining corner of the
in one of the older style receiver cases Chas
and, if used as the manufacturers be available
a at a cost of 10/ for the chassis where it is as far as possible
suggest, demands a panel height of at ttwo w
o blueprints necessary. from the IF line. This is necessary to
least lOi inches. To get out of this E> prevent stray fields from the BFO from
Except for the non-standard mounting leaking
problem we made a large cutout in the of the tl Geloso unit, our chassis layout back into the IF line and creating
chassis top and side and mounted the folio follow accepted practice. Selectivity AGC voltages which would de-sensitise
Geloso unit over on its side with the switcswitch together with the L/C mechani- theThe receiver.
various controls are mounted in
valves horizontal. cal ifilter are positioned at the rear and
slightly to one side of the front end aof logical
For best appearance, the Geloso dial sligh sequence along the front apron
the chassis. The components of the
must mount centrally on the panel and unit, with the IF line running across
this means that the leads from the gang the rrear of the chassis. noise limiter are placed on a tagstrip
capacitor are somewhat longer than the behind their appropriate control and in
manufacturers intended but we a position where they can be fed from
experienced no electrical problems T short leads to the function switch.
through this. After allowing for the "S" k On the rear apron of the chassis are
meter and the various control knobs, we v mounted (reading from left to right on
finally finished up with a panel size of our underchassis photograph) the
7i by 16 inches. This, we felt, was in antenna input coax, connector, converter
keeping with the modern trend input coax, connector, "S" meter zero
in receivers. control, "S" meter sensitivity control,
This diagram shows which terminals speaker jack, external audio (pickup)
It is our intention that other "amateur Thi
band only" receivers use the same front of the Collins mechanical filter input socket, "spare" socket for power
panel, chassis and case as this receiver sho should be connected to the earth supply to external converter and receiver
so we made our chassis of a "universal" lug lugs. Care should be taken to avoid muting line, fuse holder and 240 volt
size which would accommodate these e*c excess heat when soldering to the input cord.
other units. It measures 16 by 11 by 2 pins of this unit. Construction of our receiver could be
Radio, Television & Hobbies, January, 1965
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commenced by mounting on the chassis
the two 100uF-200 volt and the single
100uF-350 volt "can" type capacitors.
Place a three-lug tagstrip under the left-
hand mounting bolt of the capacitor
nearest the chassis rear, a five-lug tag-
strip under the left-hand bolt of the sec-
ond 200 volt capacitor and a solder lug
under the left-hand bolt of the 330 volt
capacitor.
When mounting the power transform-
er a two-lug tagstrip should be placed
under the mounting bolt which is diagon-
ally opposite the comer of the chassis.
Two five-lug tagstrips should be placed
under the filter choke bolts which are
nearest to the power transformer and a
three-lug tagstrip under the remaining
mounting bolt which is near the chassis
side wall.
In our following construction details
it will be assumed, unless otherwise stat-
ed, that the reader is looking at the
underside of the chassis with the front
panel side facing away from him.
The next step is to mount on the rear
apron of the chassis, from left to right
and in the order given, two co-ax sock- lltevnrin^ofourreceiverisshown in this underchassis view of the unit.
ets, a three-lug tagstrip, a 5000-ohm
wire wound pot., a 200-ohm wire Complete itep-by-step wiring details will be given in a subsequent article.
wound pot., a phone jack, two four-pin Chassis space has been left vacant for the inclusion of a crystal calibrator
sockets, a fuse holder and a 3/8in at a later date, if desired.
grommet for the power cord entry.
When this has been done, mount the Next mount the right-angle bracket will need only a "touch up" in the align-
four IF transformers of the L/C filter for the selectivity switch, but do not ment of the finished receiver.
at the bottom left of the chassis, taking install the actual switch. This switch At this stage the audio output trans-
care to orientate them so that the "P" will be mounted at a later stage when former and the output valve socket may
and "B plus" pins face the left end of some preliminary wiring of the L/C be installed, A three-lug tagstrip should
the chassis and the "G" and "F" pins filter has been accomplished. be fitted under the transformer mount-
all face the right-hand end. Install solder Now mount the two brackets which and ing bolt nearest the front of the chassis
lugs under the four mounting bolts on support the Geloso front end and fit mounting a five-lug tagstrip under the socket
these transformers which are nearest the the front end into the chassis. When of the chassis. bolt which is nearest the front
rear of the chassis. The remaining socket bolt
sliding the front end through the chassis should have a solder
cutout, be careful not to bump any of lug under it.
ASSEMBLY the trimmers or slugs on the edge of Now install the voltage regulator
The next step is to mount the Geloso the cutout. The unit is pre-aligned and, socket alongside the 100uF-350 volt
(Continued on page 38)
gang capacitor in the chassis cutout provided these trimmers are not altered,
provided. The gang mounts with the
stator (fixed) plates "downwards" or
nearest to the chassis. Place the dial PARTS LIST - Initial Assembly
drum over the shaft of the gang and Geloso general coverage front end 1 single-pole, 3-position switch.
position it so that the slot in its outer 2 3-pole, 3-position switches.
edge is opposite the chassis when the kit type RFN-2615-B.
gang is fully closed. Tighten the mount- 1 Power transformer—pri. 240 1 0.5 megohm potentiometer.
ing grub screws. volts, sec. 104 volts (voltage 1 1 megohm potentiometer.
Fit the dial vernier drive mechanism doubler type) at 150 milliampe 1 2 megohm potentiometer.
to the chassis cutout provided and string DC, plus two d.3V at 3A heater 1 10K ohm potentiometer.
the dial cord between the dial drum and windings.
the vernier drive. Check to sec that the 1 Filter choke—3 henries at 300 1 5K ohm wire-wound potentio-
gang can be rotated through its full 180 milliamps. meter.
degrees by the vernier drive mechanism. 1 Output transformer—7000-ohm 1 200 ohm wire-wound potentio-
Next mount the two remaining IF primary, 15-ohm secondary. meter.
transformers and their valve sockets 6 IF transformers—medium gain, 2 Co-axial sockets.
along the rear of the chassis. Turn the medium selectivity 459KC. 2 4-pin speaker type sockets.
valve sockets so that pins 1 and 7 face (lOOpF across windings).
the rear apron and the IF transformers 3 7-pin valve sockets. 2 Phone jack sockets (non-short-
so that the "P" and "B plus" pins face 2 9-pin valve sockets. ing type).
the left side of the chassis. Place a 2 IOOuF—200 volts working "can" 1 Fuse holder.
solder lug under each of the socket type capacitors. 1 455KC mechanical filter,
mounting bolts which are nearest the 1 IOOuF—350 volts working "can" (optional).
back apron of the chassis. type capacitor. 3 2-lug tagstrips.
Fit a four-lug tagstrip to the hole 1 BFO coil, 459KC—Hartley oscil- 5 3-lug tagstrips.
which is immediately above the IF trans- lator type (single winding with 2 4-lug tagstrips.
former placed between the two valve tap near bottom). 5 5-lug tagstrips.
sockets just mounted. 1 Suitable meter, 0-1 mA, 21- by 1 10-lug tagstrip.
If a mechanical filter is to be used it 2} inches, calibrated in "S"
should be the next component mounted. units as per our diagram. 3 i" grommets.
It does not matter which way round this 9 Suitable knobs,
filter is mounted since it has no definite 3 6BA6 valves.
"input" and "output" sides, but, in our 1 6BE6 valve. 1 lin shaft bearing.
case, it was mounted with the label fac- 1 12AU7 valve. 12 Solder lugs.
ing the front panel and readers may care 1 6BU8 valve. 1 Chassis and front panel (blue-
to follow suit. A solder lug should be prints available through our
placed under each mounting bolt of the 1 6GW8 valve. query service).
filter and a fairly light pressure used 1 OA2 valve. 6 doxen k" whitworth nuts and 4
when tightening the mounting nuts to 1 2-pole, 2-position switch. doxen i" by 1" bolts.
prevent fracturing the filter case.
Radio, Television & Hobbies, January, 1
 Research makes the difference
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15,000 c/s at 7i ips: 13,000 c/s
at 3J ips.
Signal/Noise Better than 50 db per channel-
Flutter/Wow Less than 0.15% at 71 ips.
Less than 0.20% at 3} ips.
Distortion 1.5% at 0 db line output.
Erase Head In-line (stacked) quarter track.
Record Head In-line (stacked) quarter track.
Playback Head In-line (stacked) quarter track.
Bias Frequency Aprox. 100 Kc/s.
Level Indie. Two calibrated VU meters.
Input Low Z microphone inputs take
any microphone from 250 to 1
K ohms. S e n s i t i v i t y—7db.
High Z aux. inputs Sensitivity
II I 0.08V.
i* til 9 Output High Z line outputs (Max. 1.5
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Power 240V. 50/60 c/s; 80 watts.
Weight 481b approx.

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Tape Speeds 71 ips; 3J ips instantly selectable.

Recordg. Time 30 mins. at 7i ips: 60 mins. at 3} ips (1200' tape).
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Mode Selector Push Buttons with remote facility,
Response 30-17,000 c/s at 71 ips: 30-10,000 c/s at 31 ips.
Signal/Noise Over 45 db at 71 ips.
Distortion Less than 3% at normal max recording level.
Tone Controls Plus or minus 6db at 100 c/s: plus or minus 8db at
10,000 c/s.
Level Indie. Calibrated VU Meter.
Monitor From input or tape while recording.
Erasing Eff, Over 65 db.
Flutter/Wow Less than 0.15% at 71 ips; 0.25% at 31 ips.
Timing Accuracy within plus or minus 1.5%.
Bias Freq. 92 Kc/s.
Heads (3) Erase 1, Record 1, Playback 1.
Inputs Microphone 2 Low Z unbalanced: For high level signal
1 High Z unbalanced.
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Exterhal Amplifier 1, Z not less than 10 Kohms.
Normal output level 0 db. Monitor H'phone 1.
Motors (3) Driving 1, 4/8 pole Hysteresis Synchronous, Reel Spindle
2, 4 pole Induction motors.
Weight 42 pounds approx.
Power 240 V 50/60 c/s: 90 watts.
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ALSO AT: AGENTS.
15 Abbot'sford Street, 77 Wright Street, T. H. Martin Pty. Ltd., K. W. McCulloch,
Nth. Melbourne. 30-2491. Adelaide. 51-5117. 35 Charlotte Street, 109 York Street,
Brisbane. 2'1785. Launceston. 2-5322.

36 Radio, Television & Hobbies, January, 1965

 Research makes the difference
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Tracks 4 Tracks, monophonic.
Recording li ips: Track 45 mins.; 3 hrs.
Time (Super 3J ips: Track 1.5 hrs.: 6 hrs.
7 Tape) 1 7-8 ips.: Track 3 hrs.: 12 hrs.
Reels 7 inches or smaller.
Response 40-15,000 c/s at 7i ips.
40-12,000 c/s at 3J ips.
40-6,000 c/s at 1 7-8 ips..
Flutter/ Less than 0.12% at 7i ips.
Wow Less than 0.2% at 3i ips.
Inputs High impedance Microphone.
High impedance Auxiliary.
Outputs High impedance line.
8 ohms external speaker.
Power 2 watts approx.
Speaker 4ia x 6in dynamic.
Bias Approx. 55Kc/s.
Power 240 volts 50/60 c/s: 60 W.
Weight 221b approx.

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This compact and lightweight stereo recorder has a frequency response of 50-14,000 c/s at 7 ips with
a signal/noise ratio of 46 db per channel. Tape speeds of H and 3J inches per second are provided and
flutter/wow is less than 0.19% at the higher speed. A level control and a VU meter is included for each
channel; in addition a tone control operates on both channels.
Two balanced loudspeakers and two F-96 dynamic microphones are suplied. For transport purposes
the speakers, microphones and recorder proper pack together into a compact unit fitted with a carrying
handle. The weight of this unit is 271b.

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* 2 full range balanced satellite speakers.
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* Dependable beltless mechanism capable of work-
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* Separate Mic/Aux level mixer controls.
* 2 SONY F-96 dynamic microphones.
* Tape Speeds of 7i and 3J ips.
^ i * Response; 30-18,000 at 7i: 50-13,000 at 3i ips.
* Signal/Noise Ratio of 50db,
I ; ★ Distortion less than 2 % at -3db of max. output.
* Tone Control: Either flat response or about 8 db.
, bass boost at 100 c/s for low levels.
' * Output of two watts per channel,
i * Editing facilities: Instant stop lever. Auto tape
j lifters. Fast forward and Rewind, Manual cueing
yngnBHy and Digital Tape Counter.
| ★ Level Controls; Individual on each channel for
playback, microphone and auxiliary inputs. Full
1 1
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* 2 accurately calibrated VU Meters.
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Less than 0.2 % at 3J ips.

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JACOBY, MITCHELL & Co. Pty. Ltd.

469-475 KENT STREET, SYDNEY. 26-2651
ALSO AT; AGENTS:
IS Abbotiford Street, 77 Wright Street, T. H. Martin Pty. Ltd. K. W. McCulloch Pty Ltd.
Nth. Melbourne. 30-2491 Adelaide. LA 5117 35 Charlotte Street, 109 York Street,
Britbane. 21-1785 Launcetton. 2-5322

Radio, Television & Hobbies, January, 1945 S7

 RECEIVER — continued
capacitor, orientating it so that pins 1
and 7 face the right-hand side of the
chassis. Place a solder lug under the
mounting bolt nearest pins 3 and 4.
Install a three-lug tagstrip in the hole
provided, about 2 inches to the right
of the regulator socket.
Mount the product detector (6BL8)
socket in the top right-hand corner of
the chassis with pins 1 and 9 facing
toward the gang capacitor. Place a
solder lug under the mounting bolt
nearest the gang capacitor. Mount the
BFO coil in the hole provided and
orientate it so that the "G" and "F"
pins are furthest from the valve socket.
Install a five-lug tagstrip under the coil
mounting bolt nearest the edge of the
chassis and a four-lug tagstrip under
the remaining bolt.
Install a 10-liig tagstrip in the two
holes provided at the immediate left of
THE VITAL POINT IN PRECISION SOLDERING the product detector socket. This tag-
strip must be of the type which has an
No more guesswork ... the correct size, the correct "earth' lug at either end and eight
insulated lugs in the middle. Other types
temperature for every job. will not fit in with the wiring to be
described later.
See the range of Adcola "M" Series Solder Toolj Illustrated in R. T.V. & H. October edition The next step is to mount the front
or write for Illustrated brochure to:— panel to the chassis by means of the
front panel controls, RF and AF gain,
ADCOLA PRODUCTS PTY, LIMITED, 12 Churchill St., Mont Albert, Vic. 88-4351. etc. Remember to cut the shaft of each
T. H. Mortin Pty. Ltd., Chorlotte Street, Brisbonc, Qld. 2 1785-6 control short (approximately 3/8in) be-
C. L. Sedunory fr Co., 126 Brown Street, Eost Perth, W.A. 21-2126. fore mounting them. The order of these
controls, from left to right on the under-
side of the chassis, is: Phone jack (non-
shorting type); bandswilch of the Geloso
front end: a iin shaft bearing for the
selectivity control; 500K pot. for RF
gain; 2.0 megohm pot. for AF gain; 1.0
megohm pot, for tone control; single-
pole three-position switch for AGC
decay times; 10K pot. noise limiter;
tuning vernier drive; three-pole three-
LAFAYETTE DE LUXE PROFESSIONAL—QUALITY position function switch.
The five potentiometers and the AGC
14 TUBE COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVER MODEL HE-80 switch should be orientated so that their
connections face toward the bottom of
the front panel. A two-lug tagstrip
5 BANDS should be soldered to the metal case of
i ' SS0-1600KC, 1.6-4.BMC. the 10K noise limiter control.
\ ^4,8-14.5 MC, 10.5-30 Fit a two-lug tagstrip to the hole
I mc, 48-54MC. which is 2 inches to the left of the
gang capacitor section nearest the centre
UNBEATABLE VALUE! of the chassis and a solder lug to the
hole 2 inches on the left of the gang
capacitor centre section.
£119/10/-
"GELOSO" DIAL
inc. Sales Tax Now turn the chassis over and fit the
Terms Available Geloso dial plate to the front panel.
When fitting the dial, make sure that
Dual Conversion on 6 Metres •Extra RF Stage. Mixer/Osc. for 6 Metres • I RF plus an imaginary line drawn between the
2 IF Stages for High Gain Reception on ALL Other Bands • Product Detector Circuit tor red "0" and "100" calibration points
5SB Reception • Separate BFO and Q-Multiplier Circuits (can be used slmultaneousjy) intersects the centre of the pointer drive
• Crystal Calibrator for Checking Receiver Calibrations • Improved Automatic Noise shaft. It is a good idea, by the way, to
Limiter • Voltage Regulated Power Supply. wash the hands before touching the dial
Front Pane! Controls: AF Gain, RF Gain, 5-PositIon Function Switch, BFO Frequency, Band plate. It marks quite easily and the
Selector, Q-Multiplier Selectivity Q-Multiplier Frequency, Band Spread Tuning, Main marks are hard to remove without dam-
Tuning, Antenna Trimmer, Power On-Off Switch, MVC-AVC Switch, Rec.-Send Switch, Head-
phone Jack. aging the calibrations.
Tubes: 4-6AQ8, 3-iBAA. 2-6BEi, I-6BL8. I-6AL5. HE-80 Less Calibrated Crystal £119/10/-. When the dial plate has been properly
l-iAQS, I-6CA4, I-0A2. Audio Output 1.5 ai r-k *• in ru * r,
81 mnsrr fitted, turn the gang capacitor until it
Watts, Output Impedance 8 and 500 Ohms. P*" . .i??!'.?
Typo HC-I3U Calibrator Crysta!. lOOKC. is in its maximum anti-clockwise posi-
For 220-240 VAC. tion (minimum capacitance) and fit the
dial pointer so that it points to the red
i ELECTRONICS "0" calibration mark on the outer left-
Division of Electron Tube Sea the LAFAYETTE receivers and range hand edge of the dial. Fit the escutcheon
Distributors Pty. Ltd. cf Test Equipment also at— over the dial and mount it in place
All Mail enquiries and Orders fo; t.T.D., 523 Old Soufh Head Rd., Rose with the two long bolts provided.
Bay, N.SW Mount the "S" meter in the upper
VICTORIAN SALES CENTRE TISCO AGENCIES, Ovcrend and Hampton right-hand corner of the front panel and
AND HEAD OFFICE, Sts, Wooioongabba, Q'land. the two-pole two-position converter/
ISA WELLINGTON ST., MACK'S ELECTRONICS, 199 Rundlc St., antenna switch in the upper left-hand
WINDSOR, SI, VIC-, 51-6362. Adelaide, S.A. corner. Fit suitable knobs to the shafts
of each of the various controls.
Radio, Television & Hobbies, January, 7965 (to be continued)
 high readings at high frequencies.
Build This It should be noted that the exact
loading impedance presented by the
transistor will vary from sample to
TRANSISTOR AC sample. Thus where accuracy is import-
ant it may be necessary to alter the
value of the resistor marked with an
MILL! VOLTMETER asterisk in order to calibrate the four
uppermost ranges.
This article describes a transistorised millivoltmeter which is virtually a The switch section at the output of
the two stages (Sib) is used to perform
self-contained counterpart of the valve instrument which wo described range switching. It effectively connects
in October, 1961. With a frequency response flat over the audio spec- the remainder of the circuit to a tap on
trum and beyond, it will permit measurement of AC signals between a a precision voltage divider connected
across the output of the initial circuitry.
few hundred microvolts and thirty volts, and should thus be of consider- The divider is arranged to provide (ap-
able interest to audio enthusiasts and workers. prox.) 15.8mV output for a FSD input
signal on the "10" ranges and 15mV on
By Jamieson Rowe the "3" ranges, to give the correct lOdB
ratio between successive ranges.
AN audio millivoltmeter is an almost The input voltage divider is corrected The first leg of this divider (15K) is
essential instrument where one must for the shunting effect of the input trans- shunted by a higher-value resistor, to
assess the performance of pickup istor, which presents approximately correct for the loading effect of the fol-
cardridges, tape heads, microphones, filt- 400K across the lower divider resistors. lowing transistor. The input impedance
ers, and other devices which produce or The lower part of the divider is also of the latter stage is high, but it
process low-level audio signals. The shunted with a small capacitor (lOOpF) causes a small amount of error on the
transistor instrument which will be de- to compensate for switch capacitance, lOmV and IV ranges unless the 15K
scribed allows such measurements to be which would otherwise cause spuriously resistor is shunted as shown.
made quite independently of the power
mains.
As may be seen from the circuit, the
instrument uses five germanium transis-
tors. The first two transistors are low-
noise types (AC107 or 2N2613), with
the third a 2N220 or similar and the 1 1
last two general-purpose type 2N408 or
similar.
The first two stages comprise an im-
pedance-matching emitter-follower and 300
single-stage feedback amplifier section, 100
with direct signal coupling and DC » s 6 3V
stabilising feedback between the two
stages. Two sections of the function
switch are associated with this section •lev
of the circuit, one at the input and r./
the other at the output.
The section at the input (SIa) is used 0 '•i
to control the signal level applied to ^./X
dB
the stages, to prevent overload. For the N 'e Off tATTOY
measuring ranges 3mV-300mV FSD the LIVOLTMETER
transistors handle the full input signal,
while for the ranges 1V-30V FSD the
input is attenuated by 100 times (40dB). INTUT
This ensures that the input stages never
handle more than 300mV under normal
measuring conditions.
At right It the new millivoltmeter Wh',-'
complete In Iti eate, thawing Iti * t' v ■> A.vvtfv
functional appearance. The rear
view of the panel given below shews
all the wiring.
SPECIFICATION
An AC millivoltmeter for the
audio spectrum, using five ger-
manium transistors and five
diodes and powered by an in-
■ ternal 9V battery.
Nine measuring ranges, with
FSD of 3mV, lOmV, 30raV,
lOOmV, 300mV, IV, 3V. I0V,
and 30V respectively. Exact
lOdB ratio between ranges by
use of different scales for
alternate ranges. Decibel scale
provided.
Frequency response on all ranges
20cps—40KC plus/minus O.SdB.
Input resistance on 3mV-300mV
ranges 400K, on 1V-30V ranges
approx. 4.7M.
* Function switch position for
checking battery. Total current
drain approx. 16mA,

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METERS : 3 SPEEDS HUB-LOCK REEL CARRIERS 4-DIGIT COUNTER AUTO.
STOP : WILL OPERATE ALSO IN UPRIGHT POSITION MIXING FACILITIES SPECIAL
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 OOFF
rO BATT. CHECK
M
I00K^ ::I.8

2xAC107. 2N26/3. etc. 2N220. etc. 2x2N408. etc.

'IOVW 2203 O » 100 470-

^■iovw
220K I00K '
100
"0.47 IOVW
OFF
BATT CHECK Sib " 3.9K< !-■ 270pF

56Ki ISC
5%> 1%;
•sr 3
I2K < >4.7K
4xOA9I
64
6VW"f. 39K2-
iiBKJ :U70K
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2.2M 47K I—J IN2858.
MAY HAVE TO BE ALTERED IN VALUE CALIBRATE 1N3193. etc.!
TO CALIBRATE FOUR UPPERMOST RANGES

Here again the shunting will The circuit for the new instrument, which uses only fire transistors and fire
vary from transistor to transistor, but the dioidiodes yet will measure AC roltages from a few hundred microrolts up to 30
variation should be much less in this yoll rolts. A position of the function switch allows the user to cheek the con-
case since the feedback which deter- diti dition of the battery, and the meter is protected from transient damage. The
mines input impedance is connected useable frequency response exends from 20cps to more than 40KC.
around three stages. The shunt resistor
shown should not require changing in r***-
value except in rare cases. 'r - PARTS LIST s
The three final stages of the instru. ;;i 1' Case, Sin x 7Jin x 4in, with 5 PER CENT i WATT RESISTORS. ■
ment form a feedback amplifier which biscuit-tin lid front panel. 1 each of 100 ohms, 2.7K, 3.9K, '1
produces full-scale deflection on the I;' 11i Meter, 100uA-IK, 4in reet. type, 4.7K, 10K, 12K, 47 K, 56K, 100K, 11
lOOuA meter for approximately 15.8mV s 1 Rotary switch, 3-section, 1 pole 150K, 220K, 470K, 1.8M, 2 2M. ;
input from the input section. The first ;; per section, 11 positions. 2 470 ohms.
and third stages of the amplifier are ;!; 2* Low-noise transistors, type AC107, 3 39K.
standard common-emitter stages, with '! 1 2N2613 or similar. CAPACITORS
the second stage an emitter-follower for II 1 Low-noise transistor, type 2N220 1 lOOpF.
coupling and impedance matching. or similar. 1 270pF.
Direct negative feedback is applied over ; 22 General-purpose transistors, type 2 0.1 uF 125V plastic.
the second and third stages for thermal 2N408 or similar. 1 0.1 uF 400V plastic.
stabilisation. '<'1 Silicon diode, type 1N2658, 1 0.47uF 25V redcap ceramic.
Negative current feedback from the 1N3193 or similar.
, Germanium 2 64uF 6VW electrolytic.
meter circuit to the emitter of the ; 4 similar. diodes, type OA91 or 2 64uF 10VW electro.
2N220 provides both gain stabilisation 'I • 1 100 uF 3VW electro.
and compensation for transistor and I;I; ■11 9v 100-ohm slider potentiometer.
battery and connectors.
2 lOOuF 10VW electro.
rectifier diode nonlinearity. The degree 1;1 , 1 640uF 3VW electro.
of feedback is controlled by varying the |I 1! Input connecter of desired type. MISCELLANEOUS
lOOohm slider potentiometer, to cali- ;; .1 PER CENT M.S. RESISTORS. Instrument knob, 20-lug section ^
brate the instrument. The degree of ' 1 each of 220 ohms, 470 ohms, miniature resistor panel, scrap '
feedback is normally about 20dB. 1 1.5K, 4.7K, 15K, 68K, 100K and aluminium for battery clamp, nuts, !|
A low-voltage silicon diode and a 1:1 ' 4.7M. bolts, washers, wire, etc.
lOOuF electrolytic capacitor are shunted
across the meter to damp it and protect contr
control. The case has a "biscuit-tin-lid" physically in the order in which they
it from damage due to overload and front panel, and measures Sin x 71in x are coded, i.e., Sla is the section nearest
sudden transients. 4in deep.i It is finished in attractive the front panel, then Sib in the centre,
A third section of the function switch grey hammertone lacquer. The layout and Sic at the rear.
(Sic) performs battery switching. It car- of components may be seen The battery is fastened inside the case
ries out the normal "on-off" power from the rear view of the panel. itself by means of a small clamp cut
switching and also connects the battery Most of the parts are supported by a from scrap aluminium sheet.
to the meter circuit through multiplier 20-lui
20-lug section of miniature resistor panel In closing, it should be noted that
resistors in the "battery check" position which
which is in turn supported by the meter the instrument requires about 30 seconds
of the switch. In this position the battery termi
terminal screws. The rest are supported to stabilise after switch-on. This is the
voltage is indicated on a 0-10V scale— by the th three-section rotary switch. time taken for the various coupling
in fact the normal 0-10mV scale. It 1should not be difficult to duplicate capacitors to reach their working charge
Physically the instrument is compact the wiring using the photograph and level, and during the charging period
but not miniaturised. The meter used circui circuit diagram as a guide. In any case, the meter pointer will be observed to
is a large 4in rectangular type for con- the wiring ■ is not critical and minor swing about rather erratically. Do not
venient and accurate reading, and the devia deviations will not affect performance. be alarmed at this, as the meter is
function switch forms the only panel The three sections of SI are wired protected from damage.
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42 Radio, Televhion S Hobbies, January, 1965

 CURRENT GENERATOR REPRESENTING
TRANSISTOR OSCILLATOR, TRANSISTOR GAIN
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FREQUENCY MULTIPLIER i vi '
XTAL PARALLEL c\;i 1
RESONANT "S S ' ®
The purpose of this article is to introduce the reader to an FREQUENCY- L Rbctd i 7 T
efficient single transistor oscillator, capable of frequency fp
« ^Reb
multiplication.
Rbc - BASE-COLLECTOR RESISTANCE OF TRI
By Tim Hunt Reb - EMITTER-BASE RESISTANCE OF TRI

CONSIDER figures la and lb. If LI pears in the collector circuit, the 470
CI is tuned to the low freouency ohm emitter resistor limits the collector
side of Fp, it can introduce sufficient current of TRI. It is by-passed so as not
capacitive reactance to make the resistive to introduce unwanted degeneration.
part of the resultant parallel imoedance This resistor must be sufficiently large
Z, as seen across the crystal terminals, 03= 12V to limit the collector current of the
negative. OC171 to 18 milliamps with Cl at
Hence oscillation can occur at the ClX LI 0 maximum capacitance.
parallel resonant frequency of the cry- o The adjustment procedure is as fol-
stal Fp, OUTPUT lows: With LI Cl slightly on the low
Figure 2 shows that a parallel resonant Fp frequency side of resonance, C2 is peak-
circuit L2 C2, tuned to some harmonic ed for maximum output of the desired
nFp of the crystal frequency, has been harmonic. A sizeable dip in collector cur-
inserted in series with the collector or rent will be noticed, indicating resonance.
capacitive reactance at the harmonic
TR1. The circuit, as it stands, is not a Then Cl is repeaked for maximum out-
frequency nFp. Its resultant impedance
practical proposition as a harmonic gene- put consistent with reliable oscillation.
is this reactance in parallel with the
rator. It suffers both from poor harmo- An output of 80 milliwatts on 14MC
relatively high effective loss shunt resi-
nic efficiency and "leak through" of and 30 to 40 milliwatts on 2IMC can be
the fundamental. stance of LI. This loss resistance in- obtained, with careful adjustment, using
troduces considerable emitter negative
The latter can be overcome by mini- a 7MC crystal. This is more than that
feedback at nFp, reducing the gain of
mising the inductive reactance of L2 C2 required to drive another OC171 as a
TR1 and severely limiting the available
at Fp. This is best accomplished by tap- class C amplifier on these two bands.
harmonic output.
ping the collector of TR1 close to the No trouble should be experienced in
cold end of L2. However, harmonic To correct this, a reasonably low picking off 5th, 6th or possibly even
Ll/Cl ratio should be used and the
amplification will be reduced if this tap higher order harmonics of sufficient
is too "earthy.*1 emitter tapped towards the grounded end emplitude for mixer injection in crystal-
of LI. Again, this tap cannot be made
As far as efficiency is concerned, the locked converters.
too "earthy" as fundamental oscillation
tuned circuit LI Cl shows considerable Coil Detailst
would cease. All coils wound with B. and S. wire
A circuit, incorporating the ideas dis- on 3/8in diameter poly, formers. LI
cussed, is shown in figure 3. The crystal 35T, 24 gauge. Tap 4T from cold end.
oscillates in a common collector negative L2 14MC 25T Tap 5T; 2IMC 20T
9- •resistance configuration. Harmonic gen- Tap 4T from cold end. 22 gauge.
eration occurs by non-linear action in the Link L3 3 to 6T wound over earthy
5r XTAL s base-emitter junction of TR1 and the end of L2. The exact number depending
C2;i § G OUTPUT I common emitter amplified harmonic ap- on the load impedance.
nFp +
m SOME Fp
WHERE n - THE
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Radio, Te/evision A Hobbies, January, 7965
FROM THE SERVICEMAN WHO TELLS

number in use.
It Could Happen To You, Too! Admittedly, the odds might be longer
by reason of the reduced number, but
While much has been written in these columns from time to time on the the odds against the original set-up must
safety angle, the emphasis, generaly, has been on the risk to the average have been pretty long anyway, yet it
happened.
non-technical householder. The serviceman, presumbaly, bears a charmed But whether this same situation could
life, or at least is skillful enough to avoid dangerous situations. But is occur again, in this country or any-
this true? where else, is really beside the point.
What is important is that a potentially
IN a recent edition (September, 1964) due, in the main, to the use of a trans- dangerous situation was created by a
of the American magazine, "P.F. formerless radio receiver of the type so chain of circumstances which nobody
Reporter," which is devoted mainly to popular in the U.S. Since these devices had foreseen.
problems of electronic servicing, there are not common in this country (fortu- And if it could happen in one way,
appeared an article under the heading, nately), many readers will probably why not another? How many other
"Death Stalks the Rooftops." Because shrug their shoulders and mutter some- equally freakish—and equally dangerous
of its significance to all serviceman, I thing about it couldn't happen here. —set-ups are there which similarly defy
am reproducing it here in the hope that But couldn't it? the imagination, yet are waiting to deal
it may serve as a warning. I suggest After all, transformerless sets are nota lethal shock to the first unsuspecting
you study it before reading further. unknown in this country. There is inevit- person who touches the aerial?
And, having read it, I think you will ably a trickle of them arriving via Of the various precautions listed in
agree that it makes rather grim reading: travellers returning from overseas, while the accompanying article, I think the
enough to make most of us think twice there has been at least one model of most important is to disconnect the
before we handle a TV aerial the next TV set made locally to this pattern. aerial from the receiver, AND to check
time. And, although it didn't win any popu- it with some sensitive indicator. Don't
Of course, this particular incident was larity poll, there would still be a fair merely assume that it is safe simply
\\
Death Stalks The Rooftops"
ONE recent hot day in July on a
rooftop in Pendleton, Indiana, a connected between the antenna lead just waiting for an unsuspecting
22-year-old technician received a se- and earth burned brightly. A licensed serviceman to start working on the
vere electric shock when he cut into electrician was called in to check the antenna. The usual precaution of
a television lead-in with his diagonal house wiring carefully, but no fault pulling the power cord provided no
cutters. Subsequent investigation of was found. It was determined further protection from this dangerous situa-
the situation, led by Mr Jack Clouse that the bulb was also brightly light- tion.
of Rodefeld, Inc., Indianapolis, dis- ed when connected directly between Considering the many different
closed a potentially serious danger to the chassis and earth. home-entertainment and intercom
every television serviceman who works Successively disconnecting the lead- systems in which a common speaker
with antennas and lead-ins. in from the set, the plug from the buss might be used, and because the
The young technician had climbed wall, and the power cord from the condition or configuration of the
to the roof to replace an antenna chassis produced a most startling accessory equipment hooked to such
lead, (As is common with rooftop and baffling result: With the set com- a system is often unknown, it occurs
installations, the mast was earthed) pletely disconnected from all line to us that a few words of extra
He stood on a ladder, gripped the mast power and from the antenna, THERE caution are in order for the many
with one hand for added support, WAS ENOUGH VOLTAGE PRE- readers who might be unwittingly
and reached upward with his other SENT BETWEEN THE CHASSIS confronted with such a stealthy ad-
hand to cut the lead-in. As he cut, a (now apparently isolated) AND THE versary in one of their customers'
strong alternating current coursed EARTH TO LIGHT THE BULB! homes. Here are some precautions
through his arms and chest, and he This uncanny event triggered an that could minimise the dangers of
was unable to relax his grip from even more intensive examination, and such servicing:
either the mast or the cutters. For- shortly investigators found a tiny (1) Disconnect every lead from the
tunately, the lady of the house, grey wire that led from beneath the receiver before attempting any
watching from the ground, had set to a tiny hole in the floor. In- servicing of the antenna or lead-
enough presence of mind to run in- spection revealed that one end of the in. This especially means discon-
side and throw the main service moulded pair was connected across the necting the lead-in itself from the
switch. The young man collapsed, and speaker voice-coil. The other end, the antenna terminals.
subsequently spent many hours under investigators found, was connected to (2) Connect a voltmeter from the
oxygen before he was revived. the speaker of a small AC-DC table disconnected lead-in to earth (A
To determine the cause of such an radio At
in another part of the house.
last they had the answer to this
water pipe will do. Properly in-
stalled conduit boxes are earthed,
unexpected event, investigators re- deadly booby-trap. The power cord but don't merely assume they
moved the chassis from the trans- of the AC-DC set was plugged in so have been correctly installed
former-powered set and took it to_a that the chassis was hot when the set The antenna earth system is an-
nearby service shop were it was thor- was off (reversing the plug would other good point for your VOM
oughly checked. Line filters were ex- merely have resulted in a hot chassis while you cneck each conductor
amined carefully, as were the inter- when the set was on). In line with of the lead-in.)
lock, the on-off switch, and all wiring common practice, one side of the (3) Use only diagonal cutters with
associated with the input power cir- speaker circuit was earthed, and so insulated handles. (This is a good
cuits. There was absolutely no indic- was one side of the speaker circuit in idea in any circumstances.)
ation of any short, nor any clue as the TV set (also not unusual). (4) Always suspect any "extra" wir-
to why there had been an alternating With the TV chassis thus connected ing that isn't a normal part of
voltage of any kind on the lead-in. directly to the power line through the installation. Even if you install
In fact there was no trace of voltage the hot-chassis AC-DC set, the lead-in the "extra" wiring, be absolutely
at the antenna terminalsl became energised through the balun sure you're not setting up a booby-
When the chassis was reinstalled chassis connection at the antenna in- trap for yourself, one of your
in its wooden cabinet at the house put terminals. This potential killer helpers, or some other unsuspect-
and plugged in, a 100-wati light bulb had existed for a number of months, ing technician.

44 Radio, Ttlavltlon A Hobblet, January, 1965

 because it is disconnected from the set. Since it is obviously a signal which
It could still have a bodgie connection did not originate at the set's own audio "WILLIS" CHASSIS PUNCHES
to some other appliance, or be fouling input, the negative feedback system
a faulty mains cable somewhere in the will try to reject it, by producing a coun-
wall or ceiling. ^ ter signal of opposite phase. This could
Finally, don't shrug off these pre- produce quite severe loading on the cir-
cautions on the basis that the odds are cuit providing the signal,
so long they don't matter. Even if they Another possibility concerns the con-
are a million to one, you II find it cold nection of a transistor set to a more
comfort, while you are struggling to conventional mains operated unit. This
i fe that this lhasn
late
r0m
A hot aer a
t happened!1 ''to^ 999,999 provides
Some even greater
transistor scope
sets use for trouble,
a more or less
otner people. , ^ . conventional output, circuit, with a pair
This story raises another point. Quite of output transistors, and an output
oui Sadoubt
i LC0nS, der ,0ns
f.,t wisdom
: j '5 transformer. MADE or FINEST GRADE TOOL STEEL
considerable as tto the of arrangements,Others use the
including less use
conventional
of a cen- 3/1 In pnnch 22/ 1-1/16 In. punch 36/
Vi In. " 21/ 22/ IIMI Mi In. "» 38/ 3f
cr0 conne c
^i^'y . ??~" . ting speakers tre tapped voice coil (usually high im- 9/16 In. " 11/ 22/ 1-3/16 in In "' 40/4«
belonging to different pieces of equip- pedance), connected directly to the out- 7/16 In. " 22/ 21/ m IVi In, In. "• 48/
41
H In. " 24/ 1H in. In. "' 52/
93
Sint
enjoying a mild boom with the "do-it-
ut
Pformer. transistors, without any trans- 11/16 In. " 26/ 16/ IVi m In. "* 56/ 91
44 In. " 16/ 28/ 144 m In. »' 60/ 61
yourself types. th In. " 36/ m 144 In. "' 72/ 71
*u w
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not completely In the latter circumstances,
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Even where this
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coil impedance, this may not be serious
for equipment of this kind. ______
However, if they finish up out of if®5
phase, there will be trouble. Both speaker
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tual short circuit, via the power point
earth connections to both sets. Due to
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never designed to handle more than a By the time I had finished enumerating
couple of hundred milliwatts at the most. the various aforementioned reasons why
What's more, since the sound of the he shouldn't do this, he was fully con-
small speaker may well be drowned by vinced, and at least prepared to take my
that from its larger brother, the user word for the finer technical points which SPECIAL
may never hear the distress in the small he couldn't follow in detail.
unit. With that idea squashed, I again raised HI-FI OFFER
Nor is this all. With so much power the question of the set's performance.
being developed across the small speaker While it is hard to get an accurate idea
voice coil, higher than normal audio from most people's description, I had
voltages will be developed across it. gained the impression it might be a good
These will be stepped up by the output deal worse than it should be. And, as
transformer working backwards, and ap- I pointed out, whether he intended to Complete Stereo
pear across the primary winding and at use a larger speaker or not, the first
the collectors of the output transistors. thing was to make sure that the set was Hi-Fi System
These voltages could be in excess of working properly.
those for which the transistors are rated, The first point I raised was whether for only
causing the latter to break down. the battery was in good condition. Ele-
So, all things considered, there is little mentary though this may seem, it is sur-
to be gained, but a good deal to be lost, prising the number of people who seem
by such bodgie connections. For those to forget that their sets even have a bat-
of us in a position to do so, it would tery. And, while my customer wasn't in
be a wise policy to discourage such this category, he was rather vague about £110
practice at every opportunity. If a second how old it was, or how many cells it
speaker is really needed, then a pro- used. Comprising:—
perly installed extension speaker would He was quite definite that they were
be a very much better proposition. standard 950 size torch cells, but insisted
1—Linmark Stereo
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TYPICAL CASE found this hard to believe I (discreetly) Amplifier
And, to round off this discussion, here suggested that he take another look at
is a story about one of my own cus- the set, and that he would probably find1—Garrard AT6 Record
tomers who was tempted to initiate such at least two more. Better still, bring it
a set-up. He had recently acquired, per in to me if he was still in doubt about Changer
favour of a relative returning from over- the whole thing.
seas, a better-than-average, dual-wave It was several weeks before I saw him2—Goodmans Axiette 8"
transistor set, with a speaker which, if again. Then he called into the shop to
not big, was at least bigger than those in tell me that he had solved the whole Speakers in Vented
the pocket size monstrosities which problem. Acting on my suggestion, he
plague us in public transport and on the had investigated further and found, as I Column Enclosures
beaches. suspected, that the set used four cells.
In the first flush of enthusiasm, he The reason he had overlooked the other
was not too critical of the finer points two, initially, was simply that the open-
of its performance. The set played all ing in the back of the case, giving
the local stations, and a few distant ones, access to them, was only slightly wider Other equipment avail-
without trouble, plus a number of short- than the length of one cell. Thus two able includes such famous
wave stations. The mere fact that all cells were clearly visible, and the other
this could be heard with such a small two hidden. names as:—
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Then he began to have some doubts. But what had really made him jubi- Radford Rogers
In particular he was disappointed with lant was the discovery ■ that one of the Trio Pioneer
the quality of the sound, and the amount cells had been inserted back to front.
of distortion which occurred whenever Apparently the four cells were normally Sony Garrard
the volume was above a very moderate mounted in a straight line, head to tail, Dual Thorens
level. to provide the normal series connection,
It was on this point that he first dis- and he knew enough to understand this. Labcraft All Balance
cussed the set with me. It was a casual When he found one cell facing the S.M.E. Decca
reference, while transacting some other opposite way, so that two brass caps Shure A.D.C.
business, and he did not even have the were together, he immediately twigged
set with him. In fact, he obviously did that something was wrong, and turned Ortofon Ferrograph
not feel that this was necessary, since it round the other way. Tandberg National
he had no complaint about the set. As Not surprisingly, the improvement was
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sets sounded that way; all he wanted to up to a much more acceptable level, range of speaker and
know was whether he could improve while the sensitivity, particularly on equipment cabinets, or
performance by connecting it to a bigger short-wave, was also noticeably better.
speaker and how big a speaker it would Such an improvement was quite under- will make to your own
drive. standable. The reversed cell would effect- specifications.
I assured him (1) that the set would ively cancel the voltage of one other
almost certainly be improved, probably cell, so that the set was working on Hire purchase facilities available.
very considerably, by connecting it to three volts instead of six. The wonder
a bigger and better speaker, which was of it is that it worked as well as it
reasonably baffled and (2), that there did, or even worked at all.
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 in TV receivers. There were a couple
of comments, as I recall, and at the time
I felt the urge to have my say, but I was
then too busy to do so. But better late
than never.
To me it appears that, In the average
commercial TV set, the manufacturer,
in an attempt to make a set that will
operate reasonably well in fringe areas
After missing the last two issues, "Let's Buy An Argument"' seems almost as well as strong signal areas, has struck
to need a fresh introduction. If only we didn't nave to do so many a compromise between bandwidth and
gain. Consequently the resolution of
things) But let's begin by mentioning a couple of matters to do with fine detail is not as great as could be
the subject of television. obtained with greater bandwidth.
With our Australian system of 625
lines and S.5mc separation between pic-
By Wllllami ture and sound carriers, it would be
reasonable to aim at an overall video
THE first letter is brief but to the I gather that the germs of truth be- bandwidth in the receivers of 5mc for
point. Just two lines of handwrit- hind the advertisement are the use of best picture quality.
ins, it says: a new tube with a nominal 25-inch It has been my experience with a
Dear Sir, diagonal measurement and an aspect few receivers I have checked that the
I am enclosing an advt. from a ratio (width/height) closer to the 4/3 bandwidth of the video IF amp. is about
daily newspaper, 9/12/64. I think it standard which applies to local television 4.5mc and the video amp. less than this,
speaks for itself. It seems that even transmissions. usually only flat to about 3mc, then
big well-known firms are a bit dense on Both of these are steps in the right falling off to about Wdb down, or more,
the "full picture" bit. direction. at Smc.
J.W. (Surry Hills, N.S.W.) ingIt toseems a pity, however, that in try-
make their point to the public,
Also the video detector, on account
Pinned to the letter was a full page the publicity people for the receiver in of the system of RF filtering used, had
from the aforesaid newspaper captioned question have unwittingly laid them- impedance, etc., contributes its share of
"wide-screen 25 inch gives you ALL the selves open to the charge of putting it high frequency attenuation.
picture." The advertisement features across Instead of netting it acrossl To cut a long story short, the resultant
what could be a typical TV picture, with So much for that one. picture definition is not as good as could
a superimposed dotted white line pre- When we ran the item, some time he obtained.
suming to indicate how much — or ago, about high fidelity television pic- I proved this with my own set by
rather how little — of the picture you tures. we were struck by the seeming increasing the bandwidth of the video
really see on a smaller format screen. lack of interest in the subject. There was amp. The bandwidth of the tuner and
Perhaps I should add that I've built not even a pal© shadow of the en- video IF amp. was also widened slightly
up quite a collection of these advertise- thusiasm, almost fanaticism, that has to about 4.75nic. The resultant picture
ments from the Sydney dailies, along was considerably improved. Of course
with letters and remarks somewhat less always characterised any debate on audio
high fidelity. As a subject for argument, I live quite near to the local trans-
charitable than the example quoted. it seemed deader than the proverbial mitters, so am not worried by the slight
Let's face it: With all due respect to dodo. loss in overall gain which resulted from
poets' licence, advertisers' licence and Yet, strangely, it is one of the sub- the modifications.
such like, the advertisement is glaringly jects which people most commonly I realise that gain and bandwidth is
at variance with technical fact. bring up in casual conversation, as in not the whole story where picture
A 25-inch screen will certainly give the many get-togethers that characterise quality is concerned, and that a set
a BIGGER picture than a 23-inch and the pre-Christmas season. Again and working in a fringe area, apart from the
a 23-inch will give a BIGGER picture again people ask . , . how did you get need for maximum gain, is probably
than a 19-inch but, assuming optimum on with your argument about visual hi- better with less bandwidth on account
framing and/or masking, they can all fi? of the effect of noise on the picture.
contain the same picture content. There It seems that they feel there should Unlike one of your correspondents, I
is no question of missing out to the be concern and argument and are a am convinced that it is worthwhile to
extent depicted. little disappointed that there isn't! strive for the best possible picture
If the objective is to see ALL THE This being the case, there should be definition, as it is quite noticeable when
PICTURE, then the important thing is ample justification for reproducing a let- receiving good transmissions from local
to design and operate the scanning cir- ter to hand from a reader in Auchen- stations.
cuits so that they match the picture to fiower. Qld. He writes. Yours faithfully,
the mask opening with a minimum of Dear Sir, J.P.S.
overscan—this irrespective of screen Some time ago you invited readers To which letter, I need to add noth-
width. to buy an argument about picture quality ing. J.P.S. puts his case very clearly.
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 To change the subject, we ran a par However, we have the situation where
on page 83 of our last issue regarding stereo sound is possible technically and
the granting of an experimental FM/ FCC Hears Pros, Cons probably available from the more recent
stereo licence. It caused a deal of com- film sound tracks, as well as from the
ment, ranging from elemental surprise On Stereophonic TV so freely mimed tapes and records.
to expressed hopes that it represented So why not let the technical boys exer-
the first step towards a full system of WASHINGTON. — The Federal cise their genius for development and
FM/stereo broadcasting. Communications Commission is the sales boys their genius for putting
Typical is a letter to hand from a thinking of authorising stereophonic over a new gimmick?
reader in Ashfield. N.S.W.: sound for television. The commis- Such are the mischievous thoughts
Dear Sir, sion wants to hear from all inter- that arise when one is in an uncharitable
It was most gratifying to read the ested parties within the next 60 days, mood.
small news item on page 8J of the on these aspects: Will stereo sound At this point, I should perhaps apolo-
December issue regarding the granting add to the "realism," or otherwise gise to a number of readers for not
of a licence for experimental FM trans- improve present TV programming? having, as yet, used their contributions
missions in the UHF band. What program material and tech- to this column. But let's hope that
Following the closure of the A.B.C. niques are available for use in another month and another issue will
experimental transmissions and the stereo TV? follow as a matter of course.
carving up of the VHF FM band. I bad From the engineering standpoint, Perhaps I can round off the column
given up hope of us ever getting a high the F.C.C. wants answers on stereo with a curious item which came from
auallty sound broadcasting service. systems that will be compatible an American journal, I quote:
Though it may he premature, hope is with monophonic TV sets not equip- "Many theatre-organ enthusiasts have
now revived and it is particularly pleas- ped for the double-track sound been concerned about the fate of the
ing to note the reference to stereo effects. What would be the costs 'Mighty Wurlitzer" which has occupied
broadcasting. and complexities involved in equip- the Paramount Theatre for many many
Dare one hope that this is the thin ping, transmitting and receiving years, now that the building is to be
edge of the wedge? equipment for stereo? demolished to make way for 'progress,'
Yours faith fully, R.H. Philco and G.E. both asked the We were notified recently that through
F.C.C. to authorise stereo TV, a few the good efforts of the Wurlitzer Com-
If R.H. is optimistic. G.R. from Too- years back, but were turned down. pany and a West Coast group spark-
woomba, Qld.. is even more so. Para- Both have proposed systems com- plugged by Richard Simonlon, this fam-
graphs selected from his letter read as patible for ordinary TV sets. F.C.C. ous organ, which Jesse Crawford used
follows: turned down requests for AM to reach stardom, will be installed in
Dear Sir, stereo in 1961, but authorised it for a theatre in Los Angeles. After it is pro-
While reading through the December FM stations. Now the commission perly installed and refurbished it will be
issue, I saw, to my amazement, the wants to see more than the Philco used, as in the past, to accompany sil-
article about the experimental FM and G-E. system plans, since other ent movies."
station in Sydney operating on 549MC. methods may be available for TV.
This is certainly a shot in the arm for Possibilities for stereo sound
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While many spectacular advances in the world of science are the result Hall Effect Elements may also be used
of recent discoveries, a surprisingly large number are merely the modern as balanced modulators for single side-
band transmitters and, as such, will give
exploitation of basic principles known and understood since the last about 40db of carrier suppression. Other
century. A typical example is "Hall Effect", which had to wait for modern uses include phase modulators, direst
electronics to find a practical application. frequency modulators and phase/
frequency modulator combinations.
I recently noticed the struments with full scale measuring
term "Hall Effect Ele- ranges of 0 to 10,000 gauss and with In rectifier valve data
ment." What exactly accuracies of 1 per cent. columns, I see "capa-
is "Hail Effect" and citor input to filter"
Similarly, since the flux density sur- and then (for ex-
what are these de- rounding a conductor is proportional to ample) 2uF max.
vices used for. current flowing in the conductor, it is Does this mean that
In the year 1879, Edward H. Hall possible to position a Hall Element so the first capacitor is
published a paper "On a New Action of that it measures flux density at a fixed limited to this low
the Magnets on Electric Currents" de- distance from the conductor and gives a value. If so, why?
tailing a discovery he had made. This reading which may be directly inter- The figures given in these data
discovery was ahead of its time and for preted as current flowing in the con- columns do indeed refer to the maximum
some 70 years it was treated as a scien- ductor. Hall Effect ammeters, based on value of input capacitor which may be
tific curiosity, useful only to laboratory this principle, can read up to 20,000 used with a particular rectifier, and for
researchers and troublesome as a side amperes with accuracies of 1 per cent. a very good reason.
effect in electronic circuitry. The two examples quoted are probably At the instant of switching a power
Hall's discovery was that, when a the most obvious uses for a Hall Element supply on. the first capacitor, being nor-
strong magnetic field passes through cur- but, in addition to these, it has many mally in a state of zero charge, will
rent flowing in a strip of thin metal, a other uses, not the least of which is its appear as a short circuit to the rectifier.
voltage appears between the edges of the ability to act as a mixer or heterodyne Thus, the current drawn through the
metal strip. Hall observed that this effect generator. • rectifier will be limited only by the
was fairly weak in gold and iron, but up internal resistance of the rectifier and
to 1,000 times stronger in bismuth and If a Hall Element is placed in a circuit the resistance of the secondary winding
as much as 10,000 times stronger in in which the control current and the on the transformer.
tellurium. magnetic field are produced by two dif- A similar condition occurs for every
ferent frequencies, the Hall Element will
Subsequent researchers have discovered heterodyne conduction cycle of the rectifier, as the
that this phenomenon, appropriately put frequencies, the quantities of the two in- capacitor will be at least partially dis-
called the Hall Effect, also occurs in producing in its output charged during the non-conduction cycle
other semiconductors, notably german- the sum and difference of the two inputs. due to whatever load is across the power
ium, silicon, and the intermetallic com- A Hall Effect Element can be used as supply.
pounds, such as indium antimonide, in- a frequency converter or mixer in radio, The time taken for a capacitor to
dium arsenide phosphide, and indium TV. and radar receivers as well as in reach a given state of charge will depend
arsenide. spectrum analysers. on the value of the capacitor, and the
A typical conlempory Hall Element or The disadvantage of most conventional voltage applied. From this it follows that
Hall Generator consists of a thin, rec- mixers the larger the first capacitor in a rectifier
tangular slab of semiconductor material is the lack of adequate dynamic circuit, the longer will be the period
which has contacts set along the full range between the internally generated during which the rectifier will be look-
length of the long dimension sides and noise level and the level at which ap- ing into a dangerously low reactance.
a small contact area in the centre of preciable distortion or change in gain Rectifier manufacturers stipulate the
each of the short dimension sides. occurs. This range is approximately maximum peak current which a particu-
The Hall Element is usually set with 40dB in the case of a crystal-diode lar rectifier is capable of standing and.
its thin dimension perpendicular to a mixer. of equal importance, the maximum
magnetic field and a fixed current is A Hall Element has a much greater period for which the rectifier may be
passed through the long dimension con- dynamic range, the control effect of the subjected to this peak current.
tacts. The Hall voltage appears between magnetic field being at least 120dB. Un- In most cases the actual value of peak
the two contacts on the short dimension like most mixers, the output of the Hall current will be satisfactorily limited by
sides of the element. The open circuit generator converter contains only the the resistance of the transformer but the
Hall voltage is, within limits, directly sum and difference frequencies (plus the duration of maximum current flow will
proportional to the flux density of the original frequencies) with no higher or be limited by the value of the first filter
magnetic field and the thickness of the lower harmonics. capacitor. The larger the capacitor, the
Hall element plus a "Hall Constant" longer will be the period of peak cur-
which varies with different types of semi- The noise figure of the Hall generator rent. For this reason it is customary to
conductor materials. is well below that of valves, transistors, specify a maximum value for this
In a typical 2 by 4 millimetre element and silicon and germanium diodes and is capacitor to ensure that peak current is
the Hall voltage output, at rated element comparable to that of voltage-variable not drawn for more than the maximum
current, is about 10 millivolts for each capacitor type converters (varactors). specified period in any one cycle.
kilogauss of flux density. There is no cross modulation and the With some transformers having an
From this it can be seen that Hall low output impedance of the Hall Ele- exceptionally low secondary resistance,
Elements can be used to directly measure ment is compatible with a transistorised or in "transformerless" circuits, it is
the strength of a magnetic field and, in amplifier. These characteristics make the necessary to limit the peak current by
fact, using the Hall Element as a mag- Hall generator unique as a converter in placing a small value resistor in series
netometer it is possible to design in- the low and medium frequency ranges. with the rectifier.
Radio, Televiiion & Hobbies, January, 1965 53
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Representing an approach somewhat different

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By Keith Woodtvcwd
This photograph of the completed unit emphathet the
clear aecertibility of all eontrolt. Good ventilation it
achieved with the perforated top caver, lit luitabihty
for portable public addrett work it obvious.
THE unit, as pictured, is the end result
of discussion as to ways and means
of assisting newcomers to the amateur
ranks and radio clubs. It was considered
BpOWERjl that a unit combining a power supply
TRANSfORMER and modulator, which could supply the
needs of several transmitters, and auxil-
OUTRUT liary' equipment, would be a better finan-
TRANSFORMER cial proposition than building each trans-
I mitter as a self-contained unit.
' Proceeding along these lines the power
supply was designed to accommodate
three transmitters of around 20 watts in-
put, any transmitter being selected with
a1 flick of a switch. This switch is in the
heater supply to the transmitters.
m On the same chassis is located a modu-
lator giving audio output capable of
■' .0^.0 modulating a 20 watt transmitter. As an
additional feature, the audio amplifier
i -T .v., may be used as a P.A. system delivering
L $0 • ^ - approximately 9 watts of clean audio to
the speaker terminals. The somewhat re-
duced output of the amplifier when used
for P.A. is directly related to the
— efficiency of the output transformer when
~1 using the supplementary "speaker" wind-
, ing. If this unit was to be used only for
MKHOPHONE <>r^ P.A. work, a more suitable output trans-
i former could be used to achieve higher
efficiency.
A relay power supply is also wired
t % into the unit and connected through a
TX-RX (Transmit-Receive) switch to
allow remote operation of relays in the
—J selected transmitter.
Hote that the microphone pre-ampHfier it shielded and end All the connections — high tension.
situated at the maximum distance from the power wer modulated high tension. 150 volts regu-
transformer. The modulation transformer it located ted lated. heaters, relay voltage, negative bias
behind the bGWt's with the laminations at right-angles lies and earth are made available to the trans-
to those of the power transformer. mitters by three 7-pin sockets on the
rear apron of the chassis.
The rear view shows the mounting details of the power Still with the thought of cutting ama-
outlets and speaker terminals. The two screws to the teur station costs it was considered that
left of the outlets are the filter choke mountings. the power supply was being wasted dur-
" ing "standby" periods. A fourth socket
was therefore sited on the rear apron to
supply the receiver and/or converters
j, while not transmitting.
During the preliminary design some
consideration was given to the type of
TRANSMITTER OUTLETS !&, mechanical presentation which would not
SPEAKER *§1 look out of place in the average amateur
station or when in use as a P.A. system.
* ♦ '©s TERMINALS
Several systems were considered before
choosing the final layout.
HH _ We decided to construct the unit in a
similar manner to our 35-watt P.A.
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room for the most inexperienced worker. switched in to circuit to combine with the pre-amplifier as a multi-vibrator
When the bottom plate and top cover tone generator. The lack for pickup or high-level signals is optional.
are fitted to the chassis, the unit is com-
pletely safe from prying fingers of
"junior operators." The sloping panel PARTS LIST
allows the switching operations to be
carried out without fumbling. > 1 Chassis, top cover and cover plate- 2 .022uF, 400VW plastic or paper. ^
Fortuitously, a transmitter built into » 1 Modulation transformer 8000 1 .1uF, 125VW plastic or paper.
our large instrument case, will sit neatly ^ ohms centre-tapped to 4,200 2 8uF, 350 VW electrolytic, pig-
and firmly on lop of the perforated ^ ohms and 3.5 (or 15) ohms. tail mounting.
cover, making a rather attractive setup. (Type MT367 or similar). 1 16uF, 350VW electrolytic, pigtail
However, more of this next month. 1 Power transformer, 240VAC in- mounting.
The switching operations have been put, approx. I15VAC at 300mA
kept as simple as possible without sacri- output with 12.6V 5A centre- 1 SOuF, 25VW electrolytic, pigtail
ficing the versatility of the unit. The tapped heater winding. mounting.
front panel is laid out as follows from 1 I.5H 250mA filter choke. 2 SOuF, 350VW electrolytic, pigtail
left to right: Microphone connection: 3 9-pin ceramic valve sockets, one mounting.
microphone level; transmit-receive with shield. 2 IOOuF, 200VW electrolytic, up-
switch; band switch; function switch. In 4 7-pin valve sockets, one ceramic. right mounting (insulated).
our chassis blueprint we plan to show 1 5-pin miniature socket. I 200uF, 350VW electrolytic, up-
two holes at the left of the panel, one 2 Belling and Lee terminals. right mounting.
for the microphone and another for a 1 Microphone connector.
double-circuit jack to provide for high- 1 4-pole, 4-position wafer switch. RESISTORS (1 watt unless specified)
level or "pick-up" input. The necessary 1 3-pole, 3-posilion wafer switch. 1 10 ohm 10 waft.
connections for such a jack are shown I 3-pole, 3-position side action 1 150 ohm, 2 watt.
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The function switch has four positions 1 OA2 regulator valve. 3 220K.
—Off, AC (heaters) On, High Tension 5 OA210 diodes. 1 470K.
On, and Tone. As mentioned earlier the 3 1 megohm.
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VIC.: 153 Sturt St., South Melbourne. Phone: 690 000, TASMANIA: Home Crafti Pty. Ltd., Ho.bart, Louncevton,
SOUTH AUST: 81-97 Flinders St.. Adelaide. Phone 23-4022. Burnte.

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It Is essential to orient the valve sockets as shown to achieve a neat and phase inverter and a push-pull class A
accessible layout. The components lor the audio amplllier are lifted and output amplifier. The pre-amplifier stage
pre-wired on the tag-board belore mounting on the chassis. The lllter choke is half of a 12AX7 valve.
may be seen In the top left hand corner. Lacing, while not essential, helps The second half of this valve is switch-
keep the long wire leads tidy. ed in by the function switch to combine
with the pre-amplifier as a multivibrator
TRANSMITTER OUTLETS audio oscillator. The tone thus generat-
ed is not a sine wave being very rich
l.SH 2S0mAg ' SPEAKER i in harmonics. Removing the microphone
• ' I \ terminals]'J will change the pitch of this tone slightly.
f,.- i Should vou wish to adjust the pitch of
the oscillator this may be accomplished
by varying the value of the 470pF capa-
citor.
in the upward position or spring return the two free ends of the windings. In No negative feedback is used in the
on the lower transmit position for break- this case it will only be necessary to audio amplifier which is not meant to be
in operation. reverse tthe connections of one of the an ultimate fidelity unit. In fact, the
We selected a standard TV trans- ndings.
windings. audio response is deliberately restricted
former for our power supply so intending The audio amplifier is quite standard with a slow roll-off at both the low and
constructors should have no difficulty in consisting of two triode amplifiers, a high frequency
1 end. The average voice,
obtaining a suitable unit. Quite possibly —
a transformer may be available from an
old TV chassis or disposals sources for
obsolete TV stock. The original trans- CnWST I |3
former had a rating of 300rnA, a fairly ' m \j
typical figure for such units. The voltage
doubling circuit uses silicon diodes which Manufacturtrs of Quarta
M«iiuf«c«ur»f» CryataU
Quart*andCrrsUlt for
tor fraouancv
frtauoncy control and Crvatal Flltara for highly saiactiva
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should give a long service life while ^"'".ng".
now ranga oft—0 ('!_!.•
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PLATED CRYSTALS
CRYSTALS FOR FOR AMATEUR
AMATEUR APPLICATIONS
APPLICATIOHS
Our TV transformer had a 12.6 volt , • M<:
^ , to ^ 5 ^ . .»s. f a . lj^a/.h . u .
centre-tapped heater winding which came I.I Me/, to 15
/ Amateur ' Me/.^ ±0.005% in Styla 'D'
!n Styl D (Ameriean
!Am,ne4n HC5/U) HC6/U) holder.,
holder., f" pin
.pacing. i net £2.10.0 plu. 1tax. * i pm
in quite handy for a full-wave rectified .peeing. Amateur net £2.10.0 plu. tax.
relay supply. The output DC voltage IS Me/, to 52 Me/. ±0.005% in Style 'D' (Ameriean HC6/U) holder., i"
'® y" pin
in this section with no load was 8.2 .pacing, /.mateur net £2.15.0 plu. tax.
volts, dropping slightly under load. This Ite/t ±0.005% in HCI3/U holder., i" pin .pacing 1 Me/. ±0.005% in Style
100 ke/.
Will of course depend on the number of 'D' (American HC5/U) HC6/U) holder., i" pin .pacing. Specially de.igned for Xtal Cal-
relays used and the total current drain. ibrator purpo.et.
ourootai. Amateur net £4.0.0 fa o n plu. nlu< tax.
te*
Both 6 and 3-volt relays may be readily i455 ke/. (nominal) ery.tal. for Filter application. In Style D' or 'E' (87-G) hold'
operated from this supply with a series ter.. Amateur net £4.0.0 plu. tax.
resistor depending on the current drain
of the relay. Many
Jua on othar typas and totorancaa ara avaflabla from our standard production. Plaasa consult
your Xtal raqulramants.
If an available TV transformer has
separate 6.3V windings, these could be PYE PROPRIETARY LIMITED
series-connected and phased to give 12.6
volts for the relay supply. It will be quite CRYSTAL DIVISION
apparent if the windings are incorrectly ClarimU Rd,. Clayton, VIC. P.O. Box IDS. Tolophooo: 544-0361
phased as no voltage will appear across L.
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60 Radio, Television & Hobbies, January, 7965

 supled with the frequency response of When wiring the pre-amplifler we
le amplifier, should allow a high per- selected a one-watt resistor to connect
tntage of useful modulation to be pPinin 8, V3b the microphone connector to the grid
Chieved without the over - modulation IM circuit. This had nothing to do with the
vident from some amplifiers with ex- pPin ,in 9, V3a power rating in the circuit but was just
ended bass response. 022 a convenient way to provide the correct
An annoying fault with the prototype. Pin 7 physical length of connection. The nor-
Phen first wired, was the tendency to PiPinn I,| mal i-watt resistor with extended pig-
tontinue operating for a short period vjo V3a tails is quite suitable for this position
ifter the removal of high tension from ^_r and has been indicated in the parts list.
he amplifier. This was attributed to the MUED The 5,000-ohm resistor used in con-
arge value of filter capacitors used in "TT ♦OzD junction with the OA2 regulator valve
he high tension circuit, which took some Pin ^ 2, 2
was chosen on the assumption that the
ime to discharge after high tension sup- v:!a V3a current drain of the systems to be regu-
jly was interrupted. Some thought was Pir
Pin 8, V2b lated would be approximately 15 milli-
given to how we might overcome this amperes. Following the same line of
pefect without resorting to additional pin
Pin 3, V2b thought, the 500-ohm dropping _ resistor
(switching, pPin
ln 9, V2a in the receiver power supply line was
:
We finally despatched this minor based on the assumption that the cur-
idefect in a very neat way. A resistor rent drain of the receiver would be 100
iwas connected between the "receiver" p;n milliamperes at 250 volts of high tension.
'high tension line and the cathode of the n
At least one manufacturer can supply
second voltage amplifier. When the | AAUDIO AMPLIFIER TA&STRIP " the output transformer in a choice of
i amplifier is returned to stand - by (or either 3.5 or 15 ohms output impedance
;
receive) the small positive voltage applied The components should be fitted end for
fhe the P.A. winding. We feel that the
use of a 15-ohm winding would be more
to the cathode of V2A cuts the stage ppre-wired re, on the main audio tag-
off instantly, thus killing any noise or 5board
speech as the stand-by position is reach-
oa prior to mounting it on the versatile both for long speaker runs and
speaker combinations.
ed. chassis. In the near future we hope to describe
The nominal primary impedance of form form. It becomes largely a matter of apowered typical transmitter which may be
the modulation transformer used in our tradii trading modulation linearity tor some final valvesbywhich this combination. Several
would be suitable for
prototype was 8000 ohms centre-tapped, cver- over-modulation protection.
The nominal secondary impedance was vVi this unit are available; these include
4,200 ohms. However the load impedance cvcle We therefore did not include negative the 6DQ6A, 2E26, 807, 832A, QQV-
required by the 6GW8's, in the confi- cycle amateur
loading in the modulator. For the 03/10, etc. While the combined units
who wishes to work on the
guration shown in the circuit, is slightly tthreshold
ures could not be classed as high power, it
higher than 8,000 ohms. This means that, there is oneof redeeming 100 per cent modulation would take an AM transmitter of the
factor. It will be order of 100 watts to show an appre-
for correct loading of the 6GW8's, the QU quitejte often noticed, when checking the ciable difference at the distant receiver.
secondary of the modulation transformer modulated
d. 0(j. waveform of a transmitter, Therefore we see no reason why such a
should look into a load of approximately ,u thatat
4,400 ohms. Therefore the transmitters w t,„r thespeech
when
modulation is not symmetrical combination should not give many hours
is used. In other words, of enjoyable operating,
to be used with this modulator should .u-
exhibit an impedance of approximately the tirm
1tion
negative and positive going modula-
on is not equal. This asymmetrical
this figure.
This impedance is calculated from responsephasing
can be used to good effect by
the secondary, or primary, of I TRANSISTOR SERVICE
the operaUng conditions! of the final the the i
modulation transformer so that this
class C stage in the transmitter. The ilarger airBe swing is in the positive (upward) ALL JAPANESE MAKES
supply voltage for this stage (i.e., at the di r e C
direction. This will allow 100 per cent REPAIRED
"top" of the modulation transformer modulation to be used without fear of including . . .
secondary) is divided by the current nega Ari»ton« Mitsubishi Fujiya
which the stage is drawing. Assuming, negative ~ peak clipping.
B«rtln Hivico [(•"",
for example, a voltage of 284, optimum The
f
intending constructor is advised G«n«rAl , . Nanaola
matching would result with a total plate to :? follow the layoqt and orientation of M«nn«r JB'" Sanyo
the. valve sockets used in the original National Toshiba Standard
and screen current to the final of .06 un Balair Yashica
amperes or 60 milliamperes. unit.
. The layout of the valves and tag- We do not sell spare parts
Some experiments were carried out strip wiring
were carefully chosen to minimise
and keep leads short. No si^n of
with high-level clipping and filtering in :instability
nst„
PETER G. BROUGHTON
the secondary circuit of the modulation an was detected in the original
j little difficulty 209 George Street,
transformer. However, these were not in and
; duplicating
J should be encountered
the results achieved. Sydney. Tel. 27-5831
carried to a final conclusion as it was
felt that there was insufficient audio r~~~~
reserve available to warrant this system.
The modulator-power supply was con-
nected to a transmitter and further ex-
periments were conducted with negative TV PICTURE TUBES
cycle loading. If a class C amplifier is
over-modulated, such that the plate volt- 2 YEAR WARRANTY £10
age is swung to zero or negative, plate PLUS OLD TUBE
current is interrupted and the final
momentarily reflects an open circuit load Special Prices to the Trade.
to the modulator valves. Interruption to
the carrier, plus distortion of the audio ALL TYPES EXCEPT BONDED AND 27 INCH
signal, will normally develop spurious
side frequencies and a transmitted signal These Tubes hove on all NEW GUN
with a bandwidth far exceeding that (Cathode, Heater, Base, Etc.)
desirable.
The application of a resistor and All Duds must be under Vacuum and Scratch free.
diode, in series, across the modulation
transformer secondary, connected to con- When ordering by mail add freight.
duct during the negative swing, is
referred to as negative cycle loading. It
reduces, if anything, the risk of carrier
cutting but does produce other side SURE BRITE PICTURE TUBES
effects. When the negative portion of the 198 PACIFIC HIGHWAY, CROW'S NEST, SYDNEY, N.S.W.
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Radio, Television & Hobbies, January, 196S
 Modern Photosensitive Devices

In recent years there have been developed a number of very Interesting by operating the lamp at full brilliance
nd rot ing
..and useful
, photo-sensitive
r ,l a semiconductor
s* .. devices.
t .1 114 Reprinted «throughl ?;'between ^ . * Vand
the lamp i^th 6
cell to adjust the
the courtesy of the Aerovox Corporation from the Aerovox Research illumination of the latter.
Worker," this article reviews the devices which have appeared to date PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS. In addi-
and shows some of their many applications. ''Of 10 improved silicon photovoltaic
cells, self-generating cells are available
IT was as a light sensor in simple Additionally, the modern high-out- now in gallium arsenide, indium anti-
1 alarms and object counters that the put silicon photovoltaic cell is the heart monide, and indium arsenide types. The
early phototubes and photocells found of the solar battery in terrestrial and indium antimonide type provides oper-
their original application. Later applica- space systems. New tasks are performed ation up to 77K. All are obtainable in
tions included light, transparency, colour and old ones are done better by im- very small sizes (e.g., down to O.OIins
density, and temperature measurement; proved photodevices developed in the square) and with DC output, depending
sound-on-film reproduction technique; last five years. upon light intensity, of the order of 50
television pick-up; facsimile pickup; in- This article describes some of the to 125 millivolts.
dustrial control; door opening; and light- commercial devices which have been Cells of such small size offer many
beam communications. introduced or greatly improved in recent possibilities for inclusion in mosaics for
New applications and improvements years. instantaneous reproduction of images and
of old ones have followed rapidly the de- PHOTOCONDUCT1VE CELLS. A for parallel handling of data,
velopment of new or improved photo- few years ago, the cadmium sulphide, PHOTODIODE. The photodiode es-
devices. In these uses, solid state light- cadmium selenide, and lead sulphide sentially is a minature photocell. This
sensitive devices have almost completely photo-conductive cells opened new areas component is available both in photo-
supplanted the phototube, thereby elim- of application unattainable with the old- conductive and photovoltaic types, and
inating a larger, fragile component and er selenium photoconductive cells which some photodiodes may be used either
in many instances removing the need were limited to low voltages. Line-volt- way.
for a power supply. age operation of various light-operated Figure 2 shows basic structural details
Aside from their use in various in- devices thus provided higher output cur- of the photodiode. In this unit, a semi-
dustrial and household control systems, rent and voltage and in many instances conductor wafer (geranium or silicon) is
modern photodevices (photocells, photo- obviated amplification, illuminated through a tiny lens in the
diodes, phototransistors, light activated Modern small-
switches, etc.) act as sensors in punched- sized inexpensive
tape and punched card readers, light- cadmium sulphide
beam coupling in high-speed computers, cells are obtainable
power meters, automatic camera adjust- in ratings up to 500
ment. electro-optical switching, infra-red volts DC at i watt
measurements, scanning, cataloguing, power dissipation
computer memory, anoxemia detection, and with increased
voltage regulation, and elecronic motor dark-light resistance
control. ratio. Lately, im-
(A) PHOTOCONDUCTIVE

(B) PHOTOVOLTAIC
riautl 1. PHOTOILICTR1C MOTOR CONTROL PIGURI 3. PHOTODIOM ACTION

proved production techniques have given nose of the enclosing shell. In the point-
a commercial, small-sized cadmium sul- contact type (Figure 2A), a well is etched
SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER phide cell which operates directly from to provide a very thin wall at the centre
110 volts AC (200V DC) at 15 watts of the wafer, and a catswhisker makes
maximum power dissipation. With il- contact with the wafer at the bottom of
lumination from a tiny neon lamp, this this well.
photocell will switch 40 watts, the action The wafer is mounted so that the
representing a power gain of 80. whisker-semiconductor junction can be
(A) POINT-CONTACT TYPE This cell lends itself readily to direct illuminated.
control of devices which would require In the junction type (Figure 2B), the
considerable power amplification if a wafer contains a single PN junction and
lower-powered cell were used. Figure 1 is mounted so that this junction can be
shows the Delco circuit for smooth con- illuminated. In both types, the wafer is
trol of a 115-volt AC motor (or other very small.
appliance rated at up to 100 watts). The Illumination of the diode wafer has
control is the small 2-watt radio-type two effects: First, the diode reverse re-
rheostat (Rl) which adjusts the brilliance sistance is changed from a very high
of 28-volt lamp L. The photo-cell, PC, value (e.g.. 100 megohms at —50V) to
acts as a light-controlled variable re- a low value (e.g., I00K). These typical
sistor in series with the motor or other values correspond to 3000 foot-candles
FIGURE 2. PHOTODIODE DETAILS load. illumination. This gives the device its
Smooth control may be obtained also photoconductive properties.
Radio, Television & Hobbies, January, 1965
 Second, with no applied voltage, illumination sets up a
iC voltage across the output terminals. This voltage is
rpically 150mV across a 10,000-ohm load at approximately
00 foot-candles for the point-contact diode, and 250mV
jr the junction type, but output voltage and current vary
rith the diode model.
The photodiode finds use in relay, counting, and alarm
jrcuits where its small size and fast operation are desirable.
It is used also in sound-on-film reproduction and in punched-
Bpe and punched-card reading.
Figure 3(A) shows the basic diode photoconductive
tircuit, and Figure 3(B) the photovoltaic circuit,
PHOTOTRANS1STOR. The photo transistor is a junc-
tion transistor structure with leads attached to the collector
fcnd emitter regions of the semiconductor wafer but none
to the base region. In the package, the wafer is mounted
so that the base region may be illuminated through a tiny
lens in the nose of the enclosing shell (see Figure 4).
A DC voltage is applied between emitter and collector
in the conventional manner. The circuit thus is that of a
common-emitter amplifier. When the wafer is darkened,
collector (cutoff) current flow is extremely low, being the Ico
value normal for the applied voltage.
But illumination of the wafer causes current carriers to
be injected into the base region. The resulting base current
is amplified beta times by the transistor structure, and a PIGUM I. LIGHT-OPERATED SWITCHING CIRCUIT
large collector current proportional to the light intensity POR CARD OR TAPE READER
then flows,
A modern silicon planar NPN phototransistor may be
operated at 40 volts DC, provides 9 mA collector current
at 1,000 foot-candles illumination. Maximum dark current
at 30V DC collector voltage is 0.025 micro-ampere, and
maximum power dissipation is 50 milliwatts. Upper
frequency limit is of the order of 26 KC.
The phototransistor has the advantage that it provides
amplification; a relative low light intensity produces a com-
paratively large output current. Additional amplification

SEMICONDUCTOR
WAFER

FIGURE 4. PHOTOTRANSISTOR DETAILS

usually is not needed. This device r""""""""""" the thyratron-like latching action pro-
may be operated with either vided by this photodevice, straight ON-
steady or modulated light. OFF switching may be obtained by
Typical applications include DC LIGHT-ACTtVlTATEO SWITCH means of suitable circuitry which will
relay operation, sound-on-film UCHT , render the device self-extinguishing.
reproduction, optical coupling, *7 f j Depending upon the model, the light-
light-beam reception, alarm ser- VJ activated switch is rated at peak reverse
vice, electro-optical control ser- voltage of 12 to 400V, and triggering
vice, counting applications, and light levels as low as 50 foot-candles.
punched-card and punched-tape In addition to obvious use in relays,
reading. latching, and sorting, the light-activated
Figure 5 shows an emitter- switch is adaptable to appliance control
coupled transistor switching cir- and solenoid operation. It has been test-
cuit which is actuated by a ed in computer and "intelligent
phototransistor. Ql. Here, zener circuitry" for logic functions, character
diode D3 is the common coup- recognition, and punched-card and
ling element for switching tran- FIGURE 6. LIGHT-ACTIVATID SWITCH punched-tape reading.
sistors Q2 and Q3, and silicon RAYSISTOR. In the Raysistor, a light
diodes D1 and D2 are isolating-coupling ___ source and photoresistor (photo-
elements for the DC coupled circuit. conductive cell) are combined. The light
LIGHT - ACTIVATED SWITCH. source is an incandescent lamp in some
This is a new, transistor - like bistable ^ models, a glow lamp in others. Basic
component of the PNPN type. Like a structural details are shown in Figure 7.
4-layer diode, once this unit is triggered Operation is somewhat similar to that
to its ON state, it will continue to con- of a conventional lamp-photocell combi-
duct current from an external power nation, except that the small lamp and
source in series with a load device until ^ cell are enclosed in a light-tight housing
the power is interrupted. The difference in the Raysistor. The dark (OFF) resist-
is its use of illumination, instead of a ance of the cell is as high as 1800
trigger signal voltage, to switch conduc- megohms at 10V (depending upon Ray-
tion ON. sistor type); the light (ON) resistance
Circuitry (see Figure 6) is similar to FIGURE 7. BASIC ELEMENTS OF RAYSISTQR drops to as low as 300 ohms.
that of the phototransistor. In addition to L_ When this unit is used as a switch.
Radio, Television & Hobbies, January, 1965
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CHAPTER 17 — Continued that it can MATCH the output load

requirements of the amplifier to the re-
sistance or impedance of the loud-
FROM amplifiers, we pass lo a brief those above 2500 ohms were frequently speaker voice coil. The output trans-
discussion of loudspeakers. Since at connected directly across HT supply cir- former is sometimes fitted into the ampli-
least 1930, the vast majority of loud- cuits. fier, sometimes attached to the
speakers used for sound reproduction The actual wattage dissipated in the loudspeaker frame, as in figure 13.
have been of the so-called DYNAMIC fields, being also a measure of the In considering a loudspeaker, therefore,
type, making use of the moving coil strength of the magnetic field produced, certain vital specifications are involved
principle of operation. ranged from 3 or 4 watts in very mall —the voice coil impedance of the par-
In this type of loudspeaker, a small loudspeakers to about 25 watts in very ticular loudspeaker, the load re-
solenoid coil, wound usually on a paper large ones. quirements of the amplifier to which it
former, is attached to the apex of a During World War II a great deal of is to be connected, the provision of an
cone. (See figure 10.) The cone is sus- research went into the production of output transformer which can "match"
pended within the frame of the loud- permanent magnets and, as a result, it the two and the physical size and posi-
speaker by a corrugated ring or a became possible to produce permanent tion of the output transformer.
"spider" around the apex, and a corru- magnets for loudspeakers which could
gated cloth or ring around the periphery. provide the same field density — or
So suspended, it is able to move back greater — than from electromagnets, CONE
and forth, although it always tends to much more easily and cheaply than HOUSING
return to an intermediate or rest position. before.
The moving coil or VOICE COIL As a result, field coil type or ELEC-
attached to the apex of the cone is ar- TRODYNAMIC loudspeakers gave place \/ MAGNET
almost entirely to loudspeakers using Aw SYSTEM
ranged to be inside a magnet structure permanent magnet fields. These may be
which envelopes it in a strong magnetic described in full as "permanent magnet
field. (Figure 11.) Initially, the coil dynamic loudspeakers, being more fre-
structure is not affected by this field be- quently contracted to "permags." In fact,
cause it is made of copper wire and this type of loudspeaker is now so uni-
wound on a paper former — both non- versal that a permanent magnet field is
magnetic substances. taken for granted, electrodynamic units
However, if audio current from the being found only in old equipment.
amplifier is passed through the voice A second major factor to do with
coil, the current sets up a magnetic dynamic loudspeakers is the resistance or
field which interacts with the fixed mag- impedance of the voice coil. This coil
netic field, causing the coil to move has to be relatively small and light, to FLEXIBLE
rapidly back and forth with the alter- be able to vibrate at audio frequencies. SURROUND
ations of the audio current. In fact, it Up till quite recently, it has been taken
behaves as an elementary type of motor. VOICE
for granted that the coil will necessarily COIL
AIR WAVES have too low a resistance or impedance
to make much use of the audio energy CORRUGATED
As the coil vibrates back and forth, available to it from an amplifier.
it imparts the same motion to the cone, As a result, it has been standard SUPPORT RING
setting up air waves which recreate the practice to provide a coupling transform- OR "SPIDER"
original sound. er — or OUTPUT transformer — be-
During the 1930s the vast majority of tween the amplifier and loudspeaker. The
dynamic (i.e. moving coil) loudspeakers transformer is given a turns ratio such
used an electromagnet system to provide figure 11: A dynamic (1.9. moving
the fixed magnetic field, because this was coil) loudipoakor, ikotehod In crest-
the most convenient and effective way section. Note (fie ffex/fi/e support
at the time. Surrounding the voice coil around tfie edge and (fie apex of
was a structure of soft iron enclosing a the cone. The magnetic flold
quite large coil containing, usually, many surrounding (fie voice coil can bo
hundreds or even many thousands of
turns of copper wire. provided either by an eieetremagnet
Current was passed through this so- or a permanent magnet.
called FIELD coil, sometimes from a
separate DC power supply and sometimes Earlier, we hinted at exceptions to
by wiring the field coil directly across the normal procedure of using an out-
the high tension supply in the associated put transformer between amplifier and
receiver or amplifier. A third and popu-
lar arrangement was to wire the field The exceptions fall into two general
coll in series with the power supply, classes. The first involves a few speci-
so that it functioned also as a filter ally designed valve amplifiers capable of
choke. feeding directly a few equally special
The DC resistance was an important loudspeakers having voice coil impe-
characteristic of a field coil, since it dance of between about 400 and 800
had to suit the voltage and current ohms.
available from any particular power sup- The second includes some transistor
ply, receiver or amplifier. Figure 10: Hear view of a typical amplifiers capable of operating directly
The DC resistance of loudspeaker field loudspeaker cone, with the voice coll into voice coils of more usual values
coils ranged, commonly, from about 700 cemented to its apex. Special flexible —between about 4 and 30 ohms.
ohms to about 7000 ohms. Values from leads connect the voice coil to lugs As most readers will probably know
700 to 2500 ohms were most frequently or terminals mounted on the cone already, loudspeakers vary in size from
involved in the "filter" connection, while housing. the very tiny units used in transistor
Radio, Television & Hobbles, January, 196S
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portable receivers to very large units, speed of sound—approximately 1,100
12 to 18 inches in diameter, used in feet per second.
home hi-fi systems, electronic musical in- At frequencies above a few hundred
struments, public address, theatre sys- cycles per second, the sound waves
tems and so on. radiate fairly efficiently into the sur-
Very tiny loudspeakers are broadly rounding area, more or less as a broad
capable of doing no more than pro- beam of sound diverging from the sur-
ducing the limited kind of sound heard face of the cone. Sound is actually pro-
from baby transistor receivers. The duced from both surfaces of the cone—
potential quality rises with cone size front and rear—but that from the rear
but, from nominal 6-inch loudspeakers is liable to be obstructed by the body
upwards, other characteristics, as well yS of the loudspeaker and whatever sup-
as mere size influence the ultimateyvB ports it.
quality of sound. {/ I However, toward the lower end of
If advertisements are to be be- J H the frequency spectrum, there is an
lieved. there are no poor loud- increasing tendency for air, compressed
speakers in this class, only good as the cone moves in either direction,
through to superb! In fact, how- simply to flow around to the other side
ever, quality of reproduction >of the cone, where there is a zone of
varies enormously and the new- rarefication. Thus, instead of the loud-
comer, surveying the scene, must ^ speaker radiating low frequency sound
rely partly on independent recommen- into the surrounding area, it tends simply
dations and the general principle that to "pump" air back and forth around
quality follows price, at least in a Figure 12: Reproduced from an old theAsperiphery
Fig of the cone.
far as the listener is concerned,
measure. mo
magazine, this drawing shows an the loudspeaker
Perhaps it should be mentioned that eai early dynamic loudspeaker, with efficient as the becomes less and less
frequency is lowered
the majority of loudspeakers are de- aattached u mains transformer and dry and the reproduction
signed for and used as full-range units: rt
rectifier to energise its field coil. therefore appears
that is to say, they are fed with the to be lacking in bass.
full range of frequencies available from To overcome the effect, it is necessary
the amplifier and reproduce those fre- 40!*^ to limit the flow of air around the peri-
quencies to the extent of their ability phery of the cone and thus ensure that
to do so. Not unexpectedly, some loud- the low frequency pressure waves are
speakers are much better than others propagated into the listening area.
in this respect. The most elementary baffling method
is to mount the loudspeaker over a hole
FREQUENCY BANDS / cut in a flat board. The larger the board
Where extra cost can be tolerated, / the better, since it then provides more
there is some advantage in splitting up / .. complete isolation between the front and
the frequency range so that all the rear of the cone. If the loudspeaker
lower frequencies are handled by one should be mounted in a dividing wall
speaker (say below 3,000cps) while the between two rooms, the isolation may
higher frequencies are handled by an- then be virtually complete.
other. Or, again, three speakers may be \ Because neither flat baffle boards nor
used as a group with one handling fre- \ holes cut in a wall are a very practical
quencies below say 400cps, another fre- V solution to the problem, it is much more
quencies between 400cps and 5,000cps V usual, for domestic situations, to have
and a third handling frequencies above the loudspeaker of a radio/TV receiver
5,000cps. or radiogram mounted in the front face
Where this is done, it is usual to select of an ordinary radio or TV cabinet.
loudspeakers designed to handle the ap- SIZE IMPORTANT
propriate range of frequencies.
Those designed to handle only the ''9 Figure 13: A post-war 6-inch permag. A large cabinet provides a fair degree
lower frequencies are commonly referred 'loudspeaker.
0,i Magnets can now be of baffling and ensures reasonable bass
to as "WOOFERS," while high frequency me made smaller for the same field response but, as the cabinet is shrunk
loudspeakers have acquired the name *strength, tr the latest being the so- towards "mantel" or "portable" size,
"TWEETERS." Where a MID-RANGE '<•' called "ceramic" magnets. The bass response tends to shrink with it.
0,
loudspeaker is used, it is commonly a 'loudspeaker ' illustrated carries its The extreme is seen in the present crop
general-purpose type, but fed only with °own w matching transformer, present- of personal portable tansistor sets where
the middle frequencies. ing a load, in this case, of 7000 the combination of a tiny loudspeaker
'"9
To divide up the signal in terms of ohms. and very little effective baffling results
frequency, so that it can be diverted in reproduction which is completely
to this loudspeaker or to that, FRE- Wt lacking in bass.
QUENCY DIVIDER NETWORKS are V While the vast majority of loud-
commonly employed, involving one or i speakers are nevertheless mounted in
more inductors and one or more capaci- radio and TV cabinets of one kind or
tors interconnected with the loudspeak- another, those interested in better quality
ers. As an illustration of the use of reproduction have put an enormous
divider networks, reference can be made amount of effort into devising baffle
to last month's article on the "Play- systems — some to give optimum bass
master Bookshelf Loudspeaker Unit." response, irrespective of size and price,
For proper results, a moving coil right through to the other extreme,
loudspeaker must be provided with some where the prime objective is small size
form of BAFFLE system. with bass response preserved as far as
When the loudspeaker cone vibrates possible.
at an audio rate, it alternatively com- Baffle systems other than mere radio
presses and rarifies the air adjacent to cabinets are usually dignified with the
its surface, creating sound waves. These name ENCLOSURE. Loudspeaker en-
move way from the cone at the normal closures are designed and built to a
variety of patterns and given a variety
of names, which we can hardly pause to
Figure 14; An ehetmtatic loud- list here. However, those interested can
speaker. The diaphram occupies pick up some useful background from
practically the whole area behind the H| the article in last month's issue, as
grille. Electrostatic tweeters are only already mentioned, on the Playmaster
a lew inches across but dimensions ol Bookshelf Loudspeaker.
a fuH-range type are more likely to H| The discussion on loudspeakers has
approximate 24 inches. been confined to dynamic types and their
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baffle requirements for the reason that also appears to be adequate, because the or more years that directive qualities
they are, far and away, the most widely pict
picture, to which the sound normally could be preserved in various ways. Per-
used. It must suffice merely to mention rela
relates, is itself quite small or "localised." haps the most obvious way is to arrange
other types which the reader may en- FFilms viewed in the theatre raise a number of microphones in front of
counter: rath
rather interesting questions. On the one the orchestra, or other sound source,
HORN LOUDSPEAKERS. Commonly ban
hand it can be argued that the eye is the conveying their individual signals to as
used for outdoor public address work, don
dominant organ and that the ear finds many loudspeakers placed similarly in
these have a compact moving coil driver no difficulty in .elating sound from a front of the audience.
unit feeding into the small end of a central loudspeaker system to action any-
ceni The loudspeakers virtually reconstitute
metal horn. Speakers of this type are whe
where on the screen. On the other hand, the "spread" of the original sound and
substantially weatherproof, highly direc- mot
motion picture interests have considered the listener ha^ little difficulty in locating
tional and efficient over the range of it vworth their while to provide multi- and concentrating attention upon indi-
"speech" frequencies, being therefore cha
channel sound to go with their wide- vidual instruments or groups.
well suited to public address applications, screen film presentations.
sere The real problem has been to take
However, restricted frequency range FFor readers of this course, the practical advantage of this knowledge.
severely limits their usefulness for re- In terms of radio transmission, there
producing music. has been no easy way to superimpose
ELECTROSTATIC LOUD- multiple signals on the one station
SPEAKERS. These have a very thin carrier, while it has been equally im-
metallic membrane adjacent to, but practical to allot more than one trans-
separated from, a metallic back plate. mitter to each program — to say nothing
When audio voltages are fed between of the need for more than one receiver
membrane and back plate, the mem- in every listening room.
brane vibrates and creates sound waves. Similarly, there seemed no easy way
The device may be likened to a capacitor to record multiple signals on the one
having one plate flexible enough to | track of a disc record — or at least not
vibrate in the presence of applied signal J without introducing serious attendant
voltage. Small electrostatic loudspeakers problems.
have been used frequently as "tweeters"
but full-range electrostatic loudspeakers i MAGNETIC TAPE
are available. The latter are highly re- Magnetic tape-recording offered the
garded for their performance but have first promise of a breakthrough, because
not, as yet, posed any significant chal- there was no particular difficulty about
lenge to the conventional dynamic type. Figure 15; Larger-than-IHe picture of
F'S recording a number of tracks side by
RIBBON LOUDSPEAKERS. These a magnetic stereo cartridge, with it side on a tape or a magnetically coated
are the converse of the ribbon micro- four output lugs, one pair for each film, each track representing the signal
phone. In the loudspeaker, a thin non- signal channel. The stylus will move
"9 for an individual microphone/loud-
magnetic metal ribbon, usually about toth laterally and vertically, though
toi speaker link. This is the course which
3in by Fin, is suspended in an intense it is not wise to try to verify this by has been followed by the movie industry.
magnetic field. When signal current is pushing at it with a fingernail, fx-
pu Despite the promise of tape, however,
passed through the ribbon, it vibrates ce sive pressure may well damage
ce; multiple-signal recording and playback
and sets up sound waves. Ribbon loud- the stylus suspension. found wide domestic application only
speakers are suitable only as tweeters with the successful development of discs
and, while capable of excellent results, question is likely to be of greatest im- carrying more than the conventional one
are expensive and rather easily damaged. ^portance
orj in relation to high quality re- signal. This development stemmed from
production of music—for music lovers— the combination of an idea put forward
STEREO REPRODUCTION in the home. by Blumlein in the early thirties, with
To this point in the chapter, it has j. the new microgroove techniques, and the
been assumed that the total original • It is certainly
single-channel
true that, over the years,
sound has provided a great further realisation that very convincing
sound is transcribed into a simple equiva- jdeal ?j of pleasure to music lovers, be it signal "spread" could be achieved with
lent signal voltage for recording, trans- att popular or classical level. This is, in just two channels — left and right.
mission, amplification and reproduction. ,
no small measure, due to the knowledge Twin-signal recordings, designed to
In short, we have assumed a "single- andj'j techniques of studio and recording feed loudspeakers placed one to the left
channel" system. eng
engineers in being able to position in- and one to the right of the listener, have
Up to a few years ago, in fact, it tru
sstruments and microphones to obtain come to be known as STEREOPHONIC
was scarcely necessary to consider any- opti
optimum balance and definition with a recordings, commonly abbreviated to the
thing else, for records, radio stations, ng
single-channel.
S1
single word STEREO.
television stations and sound motion j, Stereo disc records and stereo disc
pictures all provided single-channel ,lossHowever, there is little doubt that
of directive information is a serious record players — or STEREOGRAMS
sound, as a matter of course and neces- one for the music lover. In a way, it — are now commonplace, if not stand-
siW. can ard, in Australian homes.
Sound, so reproduced, contains con- wwhich[1j( be results
likened to the loss of definition
from deafness in one ear. Conventional disc recordings, carrying
siderable "information" about the loud- only the one signal, have come to be
ness and frequency content of the jinn (Try listening for a particular sound
,a noisy known as MONOPHONIC or simply
original, but no information about direc- 0off, jj' and theroom, with one ear blocked
reader will gain some ap- Mono records. The term MONAURAL
tion. Thus, while an orchestra may be '
preciation of what it means).
p
should be avoided in this context, since it
heard as a whole, it is not possible to really means "one ear."
nominate, from the reproduced sound, FAKE SPREAD Just as there are mono and stereo disc
the relative positions of the various in- recordings and playing equipment, so
struments or instrumental groups. Enthusiasts have tried, in a variety
E
there are mono and stereo tape record-
This remains true, whether the original of ,ways, to counter loss of directive in-
ings and players.
sound is picked up by one microphone formation
0
'W1 ,™ from single-channel sound, To all appearances, a stereo disc re-
or by several. Information relative to with " a view to producing more "natural" cord looks the same as a mono record
direction is lost immediately the total ssound.
oul Some have favoured multiple but there is a vital difference in the way
signal is combined into a single ampli- 'o loudspeakers
u< or woofer/tweeter com- in which the groove is inscribed.
°in££
binations
fier or recording or transmission channel. se with the individual units widely In a conventional mono record, as de-
Once "directional" information has separated.
P Others have mounted speakers scribed in the first part of this chapter,
been sacrificed there is no way in which at atro oblique
' angles to bounce the sound the groove deviates laterally and causes
it can genuinely be recovered. At best, ifrom t adjacent walls. Some have even the pick-up to generate a signal when
it can only be subsequently contrived Ppreferred
re
acet
listening to sound from ad- its stylus is vibrated from side to side.
or faked. Jjacent rooms, the actual source of the For a stereo record, a special cutting
However, for casual listening from sound being thereby rendered less head is used in which the stylus tip is
radio or records, the loss of directive aapparent.
PP; driven obliquely and independently by
information does not currently seem to At best, however, such measures are
A "left" and "right" signals, fed to different
■ matter a great deal, the sound as often a ppalliative and no real substitute for driving coils. The left channel signal
as not providing a mere background to the directive quality missing from the tends to drive the stylus tip in one direc-
other activities. repi
reproduced sound. tion, at 45 degrees to the surface of
For television^ single-channel sound A
Audio engineers have known for 30 the record, while the right channel tends
Radio, Television & Hobbies, January, 1965
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 to drive the stylus at 45 degrees in the from the old wide groove standards used with high fidelity mono components of
other direction. for 78rpm records. a past era. This observation extends
It is not too far from the truth to say To round off this chapter, it may be even to loundspeakers, where intensive
that the left and right-hand signals appropriate to examine the term HIGH effort has produced economical, high-
appear as separate indentations on op- FIDELITV, which is so much used, performance systems like the R. TV
posite walls of the V-shaped groove. these days. & H. "Playmaster Bqokshelf' unit des-
However, because the recorded signals Originally, it was used within the cribed in the last issue of this journal.
tend to drive the cutting stylus up and audio industry and by audio enthusiasts, Based on the foregoing, it is possible
down, as well as from side to side, the do describe components and systems to make some observations about high
groove in a stereo recording varies both which could provide a higher standard of fidelity systems, using the word in its
laterally and in depth. This is a most reproduction than they currently accept- traditional sense and related to present
important point to keep in mind. ed as "standard." standards.
In a stereo pickup, the stylus is so Thus, in purchasing a "high fidelity" SYSTEM: Stereo as a basic require-
mounted that it can move- VfertCafty', pickup, amplifier or loudspeaker, one ment.
horizontally and obliquely to follow the could reasonably expect to receive a bet- SIGNAL SOURCE: Modern records
groove. The generating system inside the ter unit than the ordinary and cheaper or tapes, selected preferably for their
cartridge, be it magnetic or piezo ejec- item not so marked, quality, on the basis of published re-
trie, is arranged to deliver two distinct Infringements of this general idea views.
output signals, corresponding to respec- certainly occurred from time to time but PICKUPS: High quality magnetic for
live 45-degree movements of the stylus the industry and enthusiasts generally preference, otherwise a crystal or ceramic
tip and to the original "left" and "right" found it convenient to sustain it. which, according to reviews and reputa-
channel information. Naturally, the term, being a relative tion, has better than average characteri-
The two signals so produced are taken one, reflected the rising standards of re- stics.
through two amplifiers to separate loud- production through the years. Products
speakers placed, preferably, several feet that might reasonably have been regard- TURNTABLE, ARM: Ideally pre-
apart. To listeners seated in front of the ed as "high fidelity" at a particular time mium - quality components but other-
loudspeakers, the sound appears to be would be no better than was common- wise ordinary good quality unit. Avoid
spread out in a much more natural place a few years later, but this was "bargain" record changers, in fact any
fashion than is possible from a mono only to be expected, but the highest quality varieties unless
system. In the 1950 era, following the intro- there is a specific need for a changer.
It is generally agreed that, for ordinary duction of magnetic recording and micro- AMPLIFIER: Twin channel, with a
domestic listening, the loudspeakers groove discs, standards of musical re- minimum power output of 4 watts RMS
should be about ten feet apart, while the production in the home rose sharply and per channel. Input facilities to suit the
optimum listening position is equidistant this seemed to provide the signal for all type of pickup selected, separate bass
from the speakers and at a point where and sundry to attach the words "High and trebel controls for preference. Bet-
one is about 30 degrees to the right and Fidelity" to their products, relative ter than average quality output trans-
the other about 30 degrees to the left. quality notwithstanding. formers should be included (or trans-
CTCDCrs TO-ukiu'M icc To be sure' ^uite ordinary equipment formerless circuitry) plus negative feed-
olcKctJ I tv^niNlt^Ucb 0f (hg post-1950 era could sound as well back and other design precautions to
Perhaps it should be mentioned that as earlier high fidelity equipment but the ensure minimum distortion.
producers of stereo records follow vari- term rapidly lost its potential meaning LOUDSPEAKERS; Select highest
ous techniques to secure the effect they for the public. It now appears on a large quality types practicable according to
want. proportion of tape and record players recommendations and reviews. They
Classical orchestral records are gener- offered for sale, and even on records should be placed about 10 feet apart in
ally recorded in such a way as to pro- of very dubious quality re-recorded from the ordinary home situation; closer spac-
duce an even spread of the orchestra the 1930 era! ing seriously deteriorates stereo effect.
across the intervening space between However, while the term has been BAFFLE: Essential for adequate bass
the loudspeakers. Some popular music is rendered valueless, as far as the public response. Be guided by recommenda-
recorded this way also. is concerned, it is still used within the tions, Small random boxes and small
However, plenty of popular music is industry and amongst audo enthusiasts open-backed cabinets are quite inade-
arranged to emphasise channel separa- in its genuine and original sense — to quate.
tion, so that a lead sound may issue from describe equipment capable of better
one speaker, and the accompaniment than average performance by reason of
from the other. extended frequency response, minimal
It is also possible to manipulate a distortion and adequate power handling
recording so that a soloist appears to be capacity. It will probablv continue to
located close-up, midway between the be so used.
loudspeakers, while the accompaniment What is the connection between
is widely spread. high fidelity and stereophonic repro-
r Stereo records should only be played duction?
.Vith stereo pickups, since these can bet This question is not as strange as it
\ expected to have the necessary lateral: may seem> because the terms are often
i! abilityverto^lcamove
^ COMPLIANCE
in a lateral or (i.e. the I confused
vertical or regarded
Basically, as alternatives.
a stereophonic or multi-
' direction) to follow the modulation in channel system represents another step
the stereo groove. towards more adequate sound reproduc-
While a mono pickup may seem to tion, because it reproduces "information" R
play a stereo record and produce from it which a single channel system cannot
an acceptable mono signal, there is a present,
j strong chance that it will damage the! Just as it is possible to have a good,
J groove in so doing. ——' bad or indifferent mono system, so is it
However, while a mono pickup should possible to have a stereo system which
not be used with anything but mono is good, bad or indifferent in terms of INSULATION
records, a stereo pickup can be used response, distortion and power output,
freely with either stereo or mono re- What Is better ... a high fidelity Bradford Fibertex Rockwool is
cords. The vast majority of stereo cart- mono system or an ordinary stero one of the most efficient acoustic
ridges are fitted with styli having a tip system? insulation materials and is recom-
radius of .0006in; this is a compromise This question can only be answered
dimension capable of tracing modern on a personal basis but neither answer mended for use with high quality
stereo records as well as the older mono js very satisfying because both fall short sound equipment.
33 and 45rpm discs, in which groove of current concepts and standards. The Write for details to:
dimensions were not always so rigidly logical objective is a system combining
maintained. both stereo and high quality. Bradford Insulation Industries
Incidentally, the term "microgroove" Nor is this quite as frustrating as Pty. Ltd., Percy Street, Auburn,
applies equally to mono and stereo might at first appear because, with rising N.S.W., Australia.
33 and 45rpm discs, since the groove equipment standards, quite ordinary Phone 649-9741.
dimensions are similar and quite distinct stereo components compare favourably
Radio, Television & Hobbies, January, 196$
 each bookshelf unit. Simply cut the bntt
More about the Playmaster "Bookshelf into three strips approximately 20 x lOin.
Push the first strip into the cabinet,
Not surprisingly, the limited space available to Audio Topics, this month, tucking the edges into the lop- and bot-
tom corners and cutting holes to allow
is devoted largely to a follow-up of our Playmaster Bookshelf loud- it to slide over the loudspeaker magnets.
speaker, as featured in the last issue. We begin iwth a few do's and The other two strips can be trimmed
don'ts and lead into some observations about the future of loudspeaker down to nearer I8in to allow them to
enclosures. stand vertically at the rear of the cabinet.
The odd pieces can be tucked in
Unfortunately, the do's and used IS-ohm loudspeakers and a crossover around the bass speaker if desired but
don'ts are necessary because, in vari- network designed for this impedance. this is unimportant.
ous oblique ways we have already Thus, the nominal impedance of the pro- Listening tests showed little or no dif-
come across circumstances which have totype unit is 15 ohms. At the time of ference between the speaker packed with
conspired to make individual units less writing, the 5FX tweeter is available Innerbond and the one treated with Fib-
satisfactory than our prototypes. We list only with a 15-ohm voice coil, so that ertex, although an impedance curve in-
these separately so that readers can it would not be practicable to produce dicated a somewhat lower frequency
check on their own units and so avoid an exact equivalent of the original at of cone resonance with the Fibertex.
disappointment. any other impedance. Changing the im- It would appear that Fibertex would
THE TWEETER: The only tweeter pedance. by the way, involves both loud- work out a little cheaper to the user
currently recommended is the new twin- speakers and the design of the cross- than Innerbond, though the latter is
cone Rola 5FX, as mentioned in the orig- over network. somewhat the cleaner to handle and the
inal text and as reviewed on page 107 FILLING MATERIAL: The mater- easier to fit.
of our November issue. Numbers stamp- ial originally specified is approximately FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS:
ed on the cones of these speakers are lin thick and has a density of 16oz per Matters raised in connection with our
production codes only and do not indi- square foot. It was intended that a 36 x Bookshelf loudspeaker have set readers
cate differences in characteristics. 18in piece be folded in three and pushed thinking, as well as ourselves, about
However, some constructors have ap- in behind the loudspeakers, replac- applying the same techniques to larger
parently been offered a single-cone 5FX ing most of the uncontrolled air in the enclosures — not so much with an idea
tweeter; this is the earlier model, having enclosure with a porous and self-support- of reducing their cubic volume but of
a much poorer response in the upper ing filling material. gaining other benefits.
register and inadequate for a true, full- One such benefit is the reduction of
range system. Unfortunately, demand brought about standing - wave effects within the
Other tweeters may become available sult a shortage of this material, with the re- box, emerging through the cone as
in due course. These will be tested in the that substitutes were supplied, not all
spurious sound. Filling the enclosure
prototype enclosures and judged on their of them necessarily successful. The ori-
ginal area of 36 x 18in of material thin-
with low density material might stop
merits. this and produce the "uncoloured"
TWEETER RESISTOR: Unless you ner than lin will not occupy sufficient sound for which the current crop of
have a specific reason for limiting tne space; conversely, a larger area of thin small enclosures are becoming rather not-
tweeter level, set the resistor the recom- material might occupy the space but also ed.
mended 7 ohms away from full on, using introduce too much solid matter into A second consideration is that elimina-
a reliable ohmmeter. If in doubt, use
the simple alternative of a 6.8 or 7.5 ohm
fixed series resistor. Remember that, By Neville Williams
with the low crossover frequency used,
the upper-middle register as well as the the enclosure, thereby unduly reducing tion of the usual vent or port may give
extreme treble is affected by this bal- its effective cubic volume. a smoother, if tapering, bass response
ance adjustment. Inquiries and tests in our laboratory allowing bass boost to make up the diff-
THE WOOFER: The Magnavox 6WR have indicated that an alternative and erence with a minimum of lumpiness
Mark III is the only bass speaker recom- plentiful material is available, which is and frequency doubling.
mended for the enclosure. Speakers of at least as effective as that originally It seems logical to assume that, if
larger cone dimensions or with higher- specified. suitable damping material can so effect-
cone resonance figures will not give com- This is B.I. Fibertex manufactured in ively control a small cone in a small
parable results. If and when possible first instance by Bradford Insulation In- enclosure, it should be able to do like-
substitutes become available, these will dustries Pty. Ltd., of Percy Road, Aub- wise with a large cone in a large enclo-
be examined and recommended — or urn, N.S.W. Sometimes called "Slag- sure — while preserving the natural
otherwise — according to their merits. wool," it is classified as rock wool and is advantages of large, generously designed
THE CABINET: For proper results, widely used, among other things, for heat loudspeakers.
the cabinet must be airtight: some cabi- insulation in the ceilings of homes. If this can now be done at moderate cost
nets we have seen have not met this re- The particular type, which was recom- and with readily available materials, it is
quirement, due to small errors in joinery. mended to us and which we tested, is well worth trying it out.
Check that the front baffle is locked supplied as a Fibertex Batt type A. with That is what we plan to do at the first
firmly against the cleats all round and at a nominal thickness of lin and nominal available opportunity.
the corners; in particular, guard against density of 2 to 41b per cubic foot. It is Involved is a close study of the
lumpiness at each comer, caused by distributed by Bradford Industries in all effects of materials of different densi-
multiple folds of the fret cloth. Similarly, States and available through hardware ties. If the materials are not dense
the back panel must seat neatly and stores. enough, they will have insufficient effect
firmly in position. The batt used for our experiment and may be mechanically impermanent.
Watch for air leaks in the mitred measured 20 x 30in, a more convenient If thev are too dense, their beneficial
joints of the cabinets, and also through size for our purpose than the stock width damping effect will be offset by intro-
the holes by which the connecting leads of 17in. Fibertex can be cut very easily ducing too much solid matter into the
are brought out. If necessary, seal with a sharp knife: it is non-irritative enclosure and reducing its effective
cracks and holes with a felt gasket to handle and not given to undue dusting volume — as already slated.
and/or caulking compound. or fragmentation. It's a matter of locating and identi-
IMPEDANCE: the unit, as described, One batt 20 x 30in is sufficient for fying the happy medium!
74 Radio, Television & Hobbies, January, 1965
 pered bars to the end of the beautifully
played Finale.
>ins It is no use seeking the same virtues
the in Klemperer that can be found in Bruno
the V V >- Waller. As the former once said in a
TV interview, "We see everything differ-
rwrv x-eviews ently, not only music. I haven't Walter's
hoJe *
right kindness or faith." (I quote very much
By JULIAN RUSSELL from memory, but am sure this was the
BL8) burden of his remarks.) Listeners have
r of come to expect more heavily stressed,
cing more solidly paced tempos from Klem-
J a RAHMS' No. 3—"Right out of court" perer, and a massive rather than a charm-
bolt ing build-up of structure. c
'he ■ahms—Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Mozart's chamber music by any quartet Yet in neither of these symphonies
and Op. 90. Tragic Overture. Phllhar- on any label. And it has the benefit of will they hear a tempo dragged nor a
F" monia Orchestra conducted by recording of the utmost fidelity, beauti- rhythm stiffly goose-stepped. In the first
Ket. Carlo Maria Giulini. Columbia fully distributed. movement of the "Unfinished" Klemper-
oil Stereo SAX2 516. er does substitute drama for Walter's
* * * silken persuasion. Klemperer's move-
/Je One can seldom sustain a charge of Mozart—Symphony No. 36 in C Major ment grows to just about as big as is
ipcrsonalily against Giulini. Usually he (K. 425) ('The Linz"). Serenade No. natural without inflation. And Schu-
lems completely committed to the task 13 in G. Major for Strings. (K.525) bert's drama remains Schubertian; it
9 i hand and personally involved in its ("Elne Kleine Nachlmusik") March never assumes the mask of Beethoven.
x press ion. 1 was therefore surprised to in C (K. 408/1.) Vienna Philhar- Here are readings of both symphonies
nd that, despite much playing that was monic Orchestra conducted by Isl- that have an intensity I have never heard
l aapely and passionate in this symphony, van Kertesz. Decca Stereo SXL them receive before. Yet by some ex-
ome was delivered non-commiltally. I 6091. traordinary magic they offer an unusual
ras particularly puzzled why Giulini I cannot recommend this disc with feature to be found in Klemperer —
etarded the Finale to an extent that de- anything like the enthusiasm I felt for affability. If, like me, you have for many
)rives it of quite a bit of its fire. years regarded Walter as the ideal inter-
''e His tempo in the Andante is agreeably Kertesz' recent performances of Mozart. preter of Schubert, these Klemperer per-
'con moto" on the whole and the major He seems to have lost a significant
amount of spontaneity in these new formances should provide a tonic change.
;Iimaxes are well prepared. Neglected, recordings. I found them challenging to my com-
' liowever, are the by-paths that produce personalised,Someothers movements are strongly
presented quite placency and as stimulating an experi-
fragant little detours along the way. ence as I have enjoyed for a long time.
There is much to enjoy in this recording, "dead pan." The result is generally un-
★ ★
despite these faults, but when it comes rewarding except for the sheer technical *
to competition. Waller's and Klempercr's perfection
playing.
of the Vienna Philharmonic's Monteverdi — LTncoronazione de Pop-
readings put it right out of court. Their beautiful lone and effortless pre- pea. Abridged version of opera. Magda
It is odd (hat Giulini, having taken the cision is given splendid sound by Decca's Laszlo (Poppeu); Richard Lewis (Ncr-
Finale of the symphony so much more engineers. Of the two major pieces 1 pre- one); Oralia Dominguez (Amalta);
slowly than is usual, should reverse the fer the Serenade which suffers less from Lydia Marimpietri (Drusilla); Walter
irealment in the "Tragic" Overture. In Kertesz" inconsistencies Albert! (OHone); Carlo Cava (Seneca);
ihis he presses on relentlessly, though not phony. And there is, too, than the Sym-
the bright little Frances Bible (Otlavla); Duncan Rob-
insensitively enough to destroy the finer march, very brightly presented, as an ertson (Valetlo) and others. Royal
moments of the middle section. Philharmonic Orchestra and Glyndc-
The stereo sound is not Columbia's acceptable make-weight.
* * * bourne Festival Chorus conducted by
best. The Philharmonia's magnificent John Pritchard. HMV/Angel Stereo
string section sheds some of its richness Beethoven—Symphony No. 6 in F Major AN/SAN126/7.
i and weight in the symphony while, at (The Pastoral) Op. 68. Chicago In my review of this set in the Syd-
i the very end, Brahms' significant cyclic Symphony Orchestra conducted by ney "Sun" I compared this performance
return to the work's opening theme Fritz Reiner. RCA Stereo LSC26I4. with one I heard at Versailles in 1962.
doesn't come through except when aided This is a useful performance by an HMV use an edition by Raymond Lep-
i by a noticeable bass boost. orchestra that is always in excellent pard, the French used one by Malpiero.
* * * balance, responsive to the conductor's Both editors had to do much guessing to
direction and given a fine, lively acoustic. reconstruct Monteverdi's seventeenth-
Mozart — String Quartet in G Major There are, however, some points about
(K387). String Quartet in D Minor Reiner's reading which you may not century score, the instrumental parts of
(K.421). The Juillard String Quar- like. His first movement moves very which have, for the most part disappear-
tel. Epic Stereo ELCS9107. stiffly except for some surprisingly ed, though the vocal parts have survived
One has come to associate the Juillard abrupt rallentandos, while the Finale more or less intact.
with such contemporary composers as goes rather faster than some will approve. Leppard's is the livelier of the two
Bartok and the Viennese School — I found most pleasure in the second instrumentally, using a much larger col-
Schoenberg, Berg and Webern. In their movement which, despite a tendency to lection of continue instruments — two
fine recordings of works by these com- heaviness of rhythm, conveyed the deep harpsichords a guitar, a lute a harp,
posers. they have displayed all the finest joy the composer felt for nature. And a flue organ and a reed organ. Mal-
qualities of quartet playing — unanimity Reiner is careful to make an effective piero's scoring was confined mostly to
of ensemble, clean tone and intonation, contrast between the first and second sustained string accompaniments. Both
and brilliant technique. movements, which often are made to editors use a tenor and bass in the roles
All are present in their playing of resemble each other to the detriment of of Nero and Ottone respectively instead
these two Mozart quartets, but here they both. of the original soprano and alto — a
are put to the service of very different I can find nothing in this performance reasonable concession to twentieth-cen-
music with unqualified success. Indeed to make me move my allegiance from tury realism, in my opinion. At the risk
I have seldom heard Mozart's chamber Walter's as a first choice and Cluytens' of antagonising purists I must admit that
music played in a manner that gave me as a second. 1 am never comfortable, in Handel's
as much pleasure and never any that * * * "Julius Caesar," listening to the title
gave me more. Schubert — Symphony No. 5 in B flat role sung by a soprano.
Some of the Juillard's tempos are ad- (D.485); Symphony No. 8 in B Both editors make extensive cuts in
mittedly a little fast but that's the way Minor (D.7S9) (Unfinished). Phil- the original, but those used in the HMV
I like them personally. They have much hnrmoniu Orchestra conducted by version to fit it on to two 12in discs are
of Beecham's sprightliness. Despite the Otto Klemperer. Columbia Stereo more drastic and damaging — than Mal-
speed, not a note is ever out of place SAX02514. piero's. Both versions, while perhaps
nor an accent neglected. A new second Even those who claim they know what aiming at making the drama more terse
violinist and cellist have given the en- to expect from Klemperer have, at times, tend, if not to make the actions of
semble just that trifle more weight it to admit themselves surprised at his un- the protagonists unpredictable, to make
needed. predictability. His "Unfinished" is full them precipitate. The characters are de-
I can recall no better playing of of the unexpected from the first whis- nied the chance of coming gradually into
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inspired score. spread common chords, but chromatic pitch and articulation. She characterises
Monteverdi's original is full o( progression of considerable complexity. her role throughout with a sure touch and
the most sophisticated touches of drama His harmonies are his own. I can recom- merges effortlessly when necessary into
and characterisation, many of which, mend this disc both to students and the the ensemble.
alas, have been ruthlessly omitted from ordinary listening public alike—at any Outstanding, too, is the tenor, Ugo
this HMV set. Though, to be fair, there rate to those interested in piano music. Benelli, whom I can't remember having
is still enough of genius left to make * * * heard before in a major role. He has
one wonder at the maturity of Monte- Busoni—Chamber Fantasy of Bizet's style, a fine ringing voice that never gets
verdi's musical and dramatic invention. "Carmen"; Turandot's Frauenge- pinched in florid passages, and the
Pritchard seems to strive after broad mach; Nine Variations on a Chopin easy manner of a veteran Rossini per-
rather than subtle effects in his inter- Prelude. former. All the basses pick their way a
pretation, especially in the case of the little too carefully through their difficult
singers, but he wins much sprightly Liszt—Dante Sonata; Mephisto Waltz. parts, but the supporting women contri-
playing from the orchestra and singing John Ogdon (pianist). HMV Stereo bute generously.
from the choir. Those who listen to this ASD434. To all this can be added superb engin-
work of genius for the first time will Here is another piano paraphrase, this eering. Its skilful use of the resources
not, I think, be worried by the short, time a Chamber Fantasy on Bizet's of stereo makes it possible to follow
comings mentioned above, though those "Carmen" by Busoni. There is nothing the characters about the stage in the
to whom the score is familiar will regret surprising about Busoni indulging in this most natural manner in the world with-
them. But even the latter would. I ven- sort of thing when his transcriptions of out any hint that their movements were
ture to guess, rather have this HMV Bach are recalled. In fact, this is quite designed to show off stereo tricks to the
version than none at all. a diverting disc altogether. You might simple. Very strongly recommended.
* * * have fun playing the Carmen Fantasy * * *
to musical friends and asking them to Wagner — Ansermef Conducts Wagner.
Liszt—Don Juan Fantasy; Sonnetto No. guess the composer. I can't imagine any Lohengrin — Prelude: Gotterdam-
104 del Petrarca; Hungarian Rhap- successful answers. merung — Siegfried's Funeral
sody No. 10. Long before Puccini composed his March: Mastersingers — Overture
Bartok—Improvisations, Op. 20; Etudes, "Turandot," Busoni wrote an opera on Parsifal — Prelude; Good Friday
Op. 18. Charles Rosen (pianist). the subject with the same title. The Music. Decca Stereo SXL6094.
Epic Stereo ELCS9106. piano piece here is an elegy based on There are no surprises in this disc of
Liszt's "Don Juan" Fantasy will pro- one of the orchestral interludes from Wagnerian excerpts all of which have
bably intrigue, charm and, at t.mes, that opera. It is a very curious piece been recorded many times before. The
outrage anyone who loves the Mozart indeed, for Busoni uses, of all the tunes "Lohengrin" Prelude conies off quite well
opera. Its roulades, flourishes and stream- in the world, "Greensleeves," which he though I would have liked to hear
ing runs deploy the whole bag of tricks came across in an old Italian book of richer tones in the strings. The Funeral
of the nineteenth century virtuoso at lute music and mistook for a Chinese March from "Siegfried" is. however, a
his most mischievous. Yet this para- melody. This piece was written in 1920. different story. This is a splendidly maj-
phrase, certainly the most ambitious of but displays none of the composer's estic performance — Wagner defying
any opera, has undeniable power, imagi- cerebral characteristics of that period. death with trumpets.
nation and many quite beautiful ingenui- The Nine Variations of Chopin's C I was not altogether happy with
ties. Minor Prelude are horribly difficult, Ansermet's account of the "Mastersing-
There is much unpardonable trivialisa- some straightforward, others complex. ers" Overture. He doesn't seem at
tion of Mozart's melodies and ensembles Ogdon plays them all with the utmost ease in this bourgeois atmosphere. He
but, against this, the magnificent treat- ease and polish. And he uses the same is a thought too refined though he does
ment of the Commandant's chords and awe-inspiring technique on the Liszt offer some interesting differences from
other felicities go far to compensate. items on the reverse side. If you're look- the usual run of interpretations.
Rosen overcomes the Fantasy's formid- ing for something quite unusual in the The "Parsifal" Prelude lacks some-
able technical problems with great way of a pianoforte recital, here it is. thing of mysticism. The first theme on
panache. There was not a note out of I enjoyed it enormously. the violas is given almost prosaically and
place that I could hear. + + + Ansermet doesn't seem to respond to
The Petrarch Sonnet is built on a Rossini — La Ccnerentola. Complete the atmosphere of poetic piety until he
fypically sentimental Liszt melody full Opera. Giulietta Simionata (Cene- has reached and passed the "Dresden
of feminine thirds and sixths and spread rentola); Paola Montarsolo (Don Amen." On the other hand the Good
triads over chromatic harmonies, the Magnifico); Ugo Bcnelli (Don Rani- Friday Music from the same work re-
whole decorated by cascades of runs iro); Sesto Bruscantini (Dandini); ceives beautiful detailed treatment and
and trills. Dora Carral (Clorlnda); Miti Truc- overall •sense of divine peace.
The brief 10th Hungarian Rhapsody cato Pace (Tisbe); Giovanni Foi- But as T wrote earlier, you've prob-
—one of the lighter-footed of the series ani (Alidoro). Chorus and Orches- ably heard them all often enough before.
—is played with the most terrific brio. tra of the Maggio Musicale Fioren- ★ ★ ★
Not only is every one of the composer's tino conducted by Oliviero de Fab- Shakespeare — Hamlet. Bernardo (Rob-
notes in place, but also every hair on ritis. Decca Stereo SETA265/7. ert Burr); Francisco (Michael Ebert);
the head of the pianist, too, such is Marcellus (Barnard Hughes); Hor-
the astonishing effect of ease he gives. Those who know Rossini opera only atio (Robert Mill'); Claudius (Al-
Bartok's Improvisations are very Hun- by "The Barber of Seville" will find fred Drake); Voltiiuand (Philip
garian in flavour. They are serious works, "Cenerentola" an altogether enchanting Coolridge); Cornelius (Hugh Alex-
not just folk songs served up with a experience. Its melodic invention is seem- ander); Laertes (John Collum);
"sauce piquante." These, too, are rhap- ingly inexhaustible, its vitality exhilarat- Polonius (Hume Cronyn); Hamlet
sodical, but in the sense of a long Bach ing, its characterisation efficient if never (Richard Burton); Gertrude (Eileen
cantilena rather than that of a Liszt very subtle, and its good humour quite Hcrlie); Ophelia (Linda Marsh);
rhapsody. All Bartok's style shares with irresistible. Ghost (Voice of John Gielgud);
Liszt's is a virtuoso demand on the Under Oliviero de Fabritis, the perfor- Reynaldo (Dillon Evans); Rosen-
performer, splendidly realised here. mance goes with a real zing, as it. must crantz (Clement Fowler); Guilden-
The Etudes, like Chopin's and to get the maximum pleasure out of stern (William Rcdficld) and others,
Debussy's pieces of the same genre, deal this spirited music. Yet very little — production by John Geilgud. CBS
with technical problems of the piano- a minimum, I would say — of precision Stereo BR235y7f>/9.
forte. The first is violent and barbaric. has been sacrificed in favour of brio. Anyone who goes to Shakespeare to
The second, with its arpeggios and The difficult fast ensembles slip by enjoy beauty of diction is likely to be
chromaticism suggests Debussy's impres- without jolting changes of tempo. The slightly disappointed with this produc-
sionism, though harmonically it's quite very delicate one at the end of Act 1— tion. The company is that which pre-
different. The third concerns itself chiefly the one heard in the weii-known over- sented the play recently on Broadway,
with the left hand, while the right plays ture — with its grand "Rossini cres- New York, and is composed of mixed
accompanying chords most of the time. cendo" is especially exciting. British and American players. Even
Bartok adjusts his problems to the The singers are fine, too. First, of among the British actors there is no
expanding technique of the instrument. course, is Giulietta Simionata in the title outstanding voice to delight one with its
Where earlier composers used seconds role, fresh of voice, young in spirit, pure rounded delivery, if one excepts that of
and thirds, Bartok uses ninths and in tone, and, except for some minor the producer Sir John Geilgud, who is
Radio, Television & Hobbies, January, 1965 77
 heard only on the very short role of the
ghost of Hamlet's father.
The King (Alfred Drake) and the
A POSITIVE WAY TO IMPROVE Queen (Eileen Herlie) have voices pleas-
ing to British ears in the work of this
most English of dramatists, and Richard
Burton, as Hamlet, uses impeccable Eng-
YOUR HI-FI SYSTEM lish, though his voice is a little on the
light side when compared to other fam-
ous players of the role.
Dear Audio Enthusiast and Music Lover, But in two major roles an American
accent wreaks its most destructive work
Have you read the technical report by Percy Wilson, M.A. — those of Ophelia and Polonius. If
(Technical Editor), on the new series of ADC pick-up cartridges in you are like me you will feel very
the November, 1964 issue of the "Gramophone" (U.K.). Most probably uncomfortable indeed to hear Shakes-
you have, and we think, you will agree, that it is the most enthusiastic peare's "o" sounds turned into "ahs" —
closet to clarzet — and other character-
review ever printed; it is really and truly a rave review. istics of trans-Atlantic ■speech. In its fav-
our it can be said that the set contains
Similar and equally enthusiastic performance reports have appeared no examples of the sing-song delivery of
in the U.S.A. ("Audio," March, 1964, "Hi-Fi/Stereo Review," July, poetry one hears so often in readings of
1964, etc.) and no wonder, as these play-back heads are, beyond verse.
argument, the finest on the world market today. They have "conquered" Burton is a good Hamlet, with his
America and Australia and now are "conquering" Britain and the own views on the way the part should
European Continent. be played — valid ones, it may be added.
He manages to convey, without being
Here are some excerpts from Mr Wilson's review:— seen, much of the bedevilment of that
complex character. The great soliloquies
"The construction is based on a new principle, which I called are all effectively delivered and his swift
the "Induced Magnet" principle ... it is a sort of cross between the changes of mood all realised with a
older GEC "variable reluctance" idea, and the later ELAC "moving sure touch.
magnet" idea, BUT DIFFERS SIGNIFICANTLY FROM BOTH . . . But not even Geilgud's skilful and
often graphic production will fill in the
the elective mass as seen by the stylus is about as small as it could missing action for those to whom the
possibly be . . . the tests, which I witnessed at the ADC plant in play is unfamiliar. They will find it
New Milford showed it to be rather less than 0.4 mgm ... the necessary for the first few runs-
ADC "Point Four" design is several years ahead of its time, and has through to use a text to follow it. And
had to be scaled down in the 660 and 770 models, to meet current prac- when they do so they will find that
tical politics ... it is to the credit of the Company, that they have extensive cuts — some of them not
unusual —• have been made in the orig-
made an advanced model available to those, who wish to be ahead inal and that words here and there have
of the times ... to my way of thinking, THIS IS A MASTERPIECE been changed, mainly with a view to re-
OF DESIGN, and I congratulate the designers wholeheartedly upon moving archaisms.
it . . . immediately upon its introduction to the American market last All in all I think this is a useful set of
December, the "Point Four" made a terrific impact, which was increased Hamlet to have in the absence of a
early this year, when the "Point Four E," the ellipsoidal stylus version, really fine one acted by a predomin-
antly English cast. But further than that
made its appearance at the Los Angeles Fair ... I HAVE NO in the way of recommendation I am
DOUBT THAT ITS RECEPTION IN BRITAIN AND ON THE afraid I cannot go.
CONTINENT WILL BE EQUALLY ENTHUSIASTIC, FOR IT IS
AN OUTSTANDINGLY ATTRACTIVE CARTRIDGE . . . RECOMMENDED
Hindemith—Symphony in E Flat. Lon-
I MYSELF HAVE USED IT REGULARLY (THE POINT FOUR), don Philharmonic Orchestra conducted
EVER SINCE I BROUGHT THE SAMPLE BACK FROM THE by Sir Adrian Boult. Record Society
STATES . . . tests have been made with the ADC/PRITCHARD ARM, 6130.
which, as I have remarked before in these pages, I REGARD AS Vivaldi—Concerto in D Major, Op. 10,
THE MOST ATTRACTIVE AMERICAN ARM AVAILABLE No. 3.
TODAY ... for all practical purposes the responses (ADC Point Four, Vivaldi, attributed to Marcello—Con-
660 and 770) are identical and near perfection ... no obtrusive certo in C Minor.
resonances or anti-resonances were observed, and the wave-form on the Vivaldi, arr. J. S. Bach—Concerto in
proper channel and on the wrong channel were both clean and undis- A Minor.
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STANDING RESULTS." Leonardo Leo—Largo from Concerto
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 do worse than listen carefully to these
two records.
One admirable device is the use of
a narrator to set each scene and put it
in its context with the action of the play.
By Ellis Blain This idea is splendidly carried out and
greatly enhances one's enjoyment of the
records, particularly when played right
BECKET wkh Richard Burton, Peter something which is authoritative,, educa- through, a side or more at a time, which,
OTooie and John Glelgud, RCA tional and of considerable novelty in- after all, is the natural way to listen to
LOC 1091 (Mono). terest I would recommend it as excellent long-playing discs . . ,
An interesting experiment. Parts of of its kind. From experience, I should The performances, although much
the dialogue, dubbed direct from the think it will sell better overseas than in less star-studded than Argo's, are never
film soundtrack, have been edited and Australia. less than good and often moving. He-
linked by a narration to form a docum- cording is good, too.
entary-style presentation suitable to the
format of the long-playing record. "THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING
Becket is a good film and the idea is OSCAR" Part 2 Michael Mac-
sound. There is no reason why the result Llanunolr. CBS BP 233143 (Mono).
shouldn't be effective. But I'm afraid it Also available in Stereo. SPECIAL OFFER
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time and expense. Cutting and editing limited a section of the community. The
the soundtrack is a major task in itself man is a lion among the actors of our
while scripting and narration demand time and a striking personality who was
the sort of knowhow that only experts among the closest friends of the great
can provide. Finally, the choice of a Irish poet, W. B. Yeats.
narrator is a vital matter and it is in He has written half a dozen or more
this that the production fails dismally.
For drama as powerful as this, a firm, books in the Irish language (the Gaelic)
clear and mature voice is essential yet, and was a co-founder of the Dublin
quite incredibly, the voice that sets the Gate Theatre wherein he has produced
scenes and introduces the characters some three-hundred-and-fifty plays, nine
would be more in place in a boudoir of them his own. PORTABLE TRANSISTOR
comedy. It could hardly be less appro- "The Importance Of Being Oscar" TAPE RECORDER
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It is regrettable that only Part Two
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 rates an excellent "The Small House Of
Uncle Thomas," reputedly the first time
it has been transcribed to record.
All told, I must rate this as a good
disc, with the points of criticism out-
VARIETY FARE weighed by its other commendable
qualities. (W.N.W.).
-fa Neville Williams * ★ *
KISMET featuring Mantovani and his
fa Jamieson Rowe Orchestra plus Robert Mer ill,
Regina Resnik, Kenneth McKehar,
-fa Keith Jeffcoat Adele Leigh, and Ian Wallace,
Decca, Stereo. SKLA-4578. (Also
available in mono, LKA-4578).
Interest; Timeless musical.
Technically, the sound is typical of Performance: Typical Mantovani.
the 1949 era from which most of it Quality: Excellent.
imtttmial dates—-adequate bass, restricted treble Stereo: Good spread.
SING A HAPPY SONG With Cam and with some "edginess," here and Produced in 1953 and first performed
Floria And The Continentals there on the louder, higher notes. But in California, Kismet was not at fiitl an
Mono, Word (Gospel Film Ministry) this will certainly not slop anyone en- instant success. Later performance in
W-3270-LP. joying the record, who remembers the Boston, Philadelphia and Broadway met
Interest: Youth gospel sing-along. inimitable John Charles Thomas. high praise from the critics, however,
Performance; Good. The titles, by the way, are all tradi- and the show has become one of the few
Quality: Good. tional Moody-Sankey hymns: "Church to reach the top and remain popular.
Throughout the Western world, when In The Wildwood," "Lily Of The Fate, it seems, may take a special inte-
young people get together in Gospel Valley," "O God Our Help In Ages rest in the musical that bears her name.
rallies, it isn't long before they're sing- Past," "No, Not One," "Blessed As- This disc features "Sands Of Time,"
ing Gospel choruses, most of them surance." "Where He Leads Me I Will "Baubles Bangles And Beads." "Stranger
favourites for their cheery, catchy tunes. Follow," "A Mighty Fortress Is Our In Paradise," "The Olive Tree." and 13
The thirty or more choruses on this God," "Let Him In," "I Love To Tell other numbers from the show.
disc are presented by the Continentals, The Story," "Showers Of Blessing," About the performance — well there
a youth choir attached to Youth For "Jesus Keep Me Near The Cross." "Faith seems little I can say except that it is a
Christ International, in Portland, Oregon, Of Our Fathers," "My Faith Looks Up typical example of Mantovani's work. So.
U.S.A. Their leader, Cam Floria, is a To Thee." "Softly And Tenderly." to fall back on a tautology, if you like
university trained musician, with con- Well worth a hearing. (W.N.W.). Mantovani and Kismet you'll like this
siderable experience in the realm of performance, and if you don't you won't.
Gospel music. Its as simple as that.
At least half the choruses on the disc FROM STAGE About the quality, however, you need
are firm favourites in this country but have no fears. Its Decca's "phase four"
there are enough new ones or new ar- stereo and is really excellent. (K.W.J.)
rangements to add novelty. The choruses AND SCREEN
provide good listening for those interes-
ted in this kind of music but they could
equally well provide the basis for a THE KING AND 1. Richard Rodgers
happy sing-along in a home or a small and Oscar Hammerstein II. An
meeting. Original Cast Recording from the
An original American pressing from Music Theatre of Lincoln Centre. EKCO-
Word records, the quality is well up to New York City. Featuring Rise
standard. Stevens and Darren McGavin, with
This is a record I can thoroughly Lee Vcnora, Frank Porrela and STYLUS
recommend to anyone interested in Patricia Ncway. Stereo, RCA Dyna-
Gospel work among children or teen- groove LSO' 1092. (Also Available
agers. (W.N.W.). in Mono). Radiogram
* ★ ★ Interest: Popular Musical.
Performance: Generally Good. Needles
THIS I LEAVE YOU . . . With Af- Quality: Tops.
fection, John Charles Thomas With Stereo: Modest spread.
The King's Men Quartet; Roy Ur- 0 Do you .cjef the zenith of
seth. Organ, Stereo, Word (Gospel Based on Margaret Landon's novel perfection from your records?
Film Ministry) WST.81S3-LP. (Also "Anna And The King Of Siam" and
Available In Mono). first produced in 1951, "The King And # EKCO-STYLUS will give you
Interest: Famous singer, popular I" has enjoyed considerable popularity just that!
hymns. on both stage and film.
Performance: Excellent. The "Original Cast" referred to here 0 Minutely examined at every
Quality: Typical 1949. is the one which has recently been pre-
Stereo: In name only. senting the show at the Lincoln Centre's stage of manufacture.
It is with some apprehension, usually, New York State Theatre, by all accounts,
that I listen to a re-issue on LP of a very successfully. • EKCO-STYLUS is the needle
voice from another era. Will the artist The recording has much to commend with the "built-in" guarantee.
measure up to impressions formed in it. Technically, it is really good, with
other years? Will a group of individual the voices so projected that the first Re-Tipping a speciality.
items add up to a program or to mere syllables are likely to startle, if you're
tedium? Will the technical limitations not quite expecting them. The orchestra Available from all good Music
of old recordings smother any virtues is good, as also the original orches-
the artist may possess? trations by Robert Russell Bennett. Houses throughout Australia.
The answers, in this case, are all the As for the cast, I frankly found the
right ones. John Charles Thomas' USE OUR NEEDLE CLINIC
voice sounds rich and true, well able support rather belter than the lead. Rise
Stevens is dramatically good, but FOR FREE ADVICE
to stand any comparisons we may be weakens her vocal impact somewhat with
prompted to make. Again, thanks to excessive vibrato. As the King, Darren Enquiries:
Jarrell McCracken, Ken Darby and the McGavin is highly demonstrative in his
prolific NBC record vaults, this LP pro- only number "A Puzzlement" but also ERNEST KUENZL1
vides a real program, even to three or rather reckless with tone and pitch. This
four personal introductions by the artist. Pty. Ltd.,
A feeling and a sincerity is revealed that is the weakest track on the disc, to my
way of thinking. 60 Hunter Street,
invites immediate comparison with SYDNEY — 28-6991
George Beverly Shea. On the other hand, Lee Venora nar-
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 Love," "Klssin' Cousins," "Miller's
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The recording is of a high standard,
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TOUCHES OF SWEET HARMONY. main difference being that Mancini alters tonal and stereo balance.
Music Inspired by Shakespeare, his style to suit the tunes rather than Recommended for Carle fans and for
played by the Siafonia of London, vice versa. those who want to hear some smooth
conducted by Robert Irvine and In the concert recorded on this disc and polished arrangements of modem
Douglas Gamley. With Mkhacl Mancini and the orchestra play four tunes. (J.R.).
* * *
Flanders (reading introduction) "suites," labelled respectively "Academy
Desmond Dnpre (lute), Ambrose Award Selections," "A Tribute To Victor JOHN ROBERTSON Mid Us MULTI-
Gauntlett (Viola de Gamba), and Young," 'The Music Of David Rose" TRUMPETS. The Bullflgtiter,"
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Record 12-inch stereo, STE/35fl. The arrangements range from "imagina- gueaa," "The Post Hon." RCA 48
Interest :Elizabethan musicke, and tive" in the best Mancini style to fairly Extended Play, Mono. 20,316.
, more. conventional big-band stuff. At no time Interest: Australian trumpet vir-
Performance: Fine. is the result ill-balanced or hard to tuoso.
Recording: Excellent. listen to, however. Performance: Exceptional.
Stereo Quality: Good. The only thing which tends to mar Quality: Good.
Those who would like a recording of one's enjoyment is a trace of overload While still a boy, John Robertson
music either inspired by or usually as- distortion — mainly evident as a rough- was known throughout Australia and
sociated with the plays of Shakespeare ness on the strings of one channel. The New Zealand as a champion comet
should find this disc quite attractive. The recording is otherwise up to standard, player. Later in his career he changed
Sinfonia Of London and associated solo- with good tonal and stereo balance. to trumpet and played in top-name brass,
ists play firmly yet warmly, while the A nice disc for Mancini fans. (I.R.). stage, theatre, dance, radio and big show
bands in Australia, England, the Con-
recording is excellent * ★ ★ tinent and Canada. He has been prin-
The pieces played are "Elizabethan
Miniatures" (Banks), "March From "Shy- REFLECTIONS. Peter Nero, Piano With cipal trumpet with the Toronto Sym-
lock'" (Faure), "Dance of the Nymphs Orchestra. Stereo, RCA Dynagroove phony Orchestra, the Melbourne Sym-
and Shepherds" (Sullivan), "Berceuse" LSP 2883. (Also Available In Mono Siony Orchestra and, when Sir Eugene
(Sibelius), "Ballet Music from Act 3 of LPM 2883.) oosen* took over the Sydney Symphony
'Macbeth'" (Verdi), "Blow. Blow thou Interest:The Nero Technique. Orchestra he was invited to become its
Winter Wind" (Ante, arc. Gamley), Performance: Capable. principal trumpet—a position he has
"Danse Populaire" (Prokofiev), "Death Quality; Excellent. held ever since.
Of FalstafT and "Touch Her Sweet Lips Stereo: Normal. In this disc he plays as a solo trumpet
and Part" (Walton), "Scherzo" (Mendel- This is the kind of record calculated and, through multiple recording tech-
sohn), and "Overture Beatrice et Bene- to drive a reviewer crazy. The first niques, also plays as his own trumpet
dict" (Berloiz). track I listened to was sonorous, melodic section at the same time. RCA claim
If you like the music, recommended. with something of a classical air. This this to be a world-wide "first time" on
(J-R.) was surely going to be a record for record and I can well believe it. There
★ ★ ★ those who might otherwise buy "sing- are not too many trumpet players who
ing strings"; it might also appeal to could provide such a brilliant and beau-
GLENN MILLER ON THE AIR, Vot followers of the light classics, not averse tiful blend of trampet sound.
nme 3. "MoonHgbt Serenade," "Show to a bit of slumming. In addition to the aforementioned
Boat (medley)? "Papa NiccoUni," But the next track was of a com- multiple trumpet recording. John is sup-
'The Moon u A Stiver Dollar," pletely different character causing the ported by a solid big-beat backing from
"Don't Worry 'Bout Me," "Hold teenage daughter of the house to remark seven top-line instrumentalists. The
Tght," The Masquerade Is Over," ... "a bit frantic isn't it" . , . even choice of the group and the musical
time," "Beer Barrel Polka," "Starlit roundly applaud the effort. soloist's formidable technique and the
Hour." RCA "Electronically Repro- And the question of audience remains overall effect is one of exuberant, flam-
cessed" Stereo. LSP-I769. as Peter Nero intersperses quieter num- boyant virtuosity. A memorable disc.
Interest: Prewar big band swing. bers throughout the disc with bits of The audio quality is generally very
Performance: Typical Glenn Mil "frantic" music. Still I guess it will go good, although the multiple recording
Quality: Good—for the time. over all right with Nero fans and those technique leaves the disc with a shade
Stereo: Good imitation. who
who admire keyboard techniques and more tape hiss than would be normal.
The numbers on this disc were embe
embellishments. (K.WJ.)
variously recorded at the Paradise Res- The titles: "My Colouring Book," ★ ★ ★
taurant, Cafe Rouge, Glen Island Casino ..ni™
"Blucsette," "Walk Right In," "The "POPS" GOES THE TRUMPET fea-
and the Meadowbrook in the years w.—
Moment Of Truth." "This Is All I Ask." turing A1 Hirt and the Boston Pops
between 1938 and 1941. With the excep- "Wives and Lovers," "Days of Wine Orchestra conducted by Artbnr
tion of "Moonlight Serenade" the titles Andj.Roses," "She Loves Me." "As Long Fledlcr. RCA "Dynagroove,"
are not very well known but they are As <-He Needs Me," "The Best Is Yet Stereo. LSC-2729.
all presented in the familiar Glenn Millet To
To Come," "Reflections," "More" (from Interest Virtuoso trumpet.
style and are excellent examples of his Mont
Mondo Cane). Performance: Dazzling.
great talent for arranging. ., noted
As above, the general quality Quality: Excellent.
The reprocessed stereo on this disc, <
is well up to standard. (W.N.W.)
ia Stereo: Effective spread.
as with the previous two volumes in the
series, is a fairly good imitation of the ★ ★ ★ A1 Hirt's early musical training was
real thing and the general quality is 12 EDOUBLE-BARRELLED HITS OF classical (Cincinnati Conservatory of
good, considering the date of recording. >'64. Frankie Carle, His Piano and Music) and so, although he is best
(K.W.J.) 1Orchestra. Arranged and conducted known for his New Orleans jazz play-
* ★ ★ Iby Larry Gordon. RCA Dynagroove ing, it is not surprising to hear him
coupled with the Boston Pops Orchestra
THE CONCERT SOUND OF HENRY >12-Inch stereo, LSP 2918. in what is predominantly a semi-classical
MANCINI, Arranged and conducted 1Interest: Pop piano. program.
by Henry MandoL RCA Dyna- Performance:
j Polished. The chosen numbers are: "La Virgen
groove 12 inch stereo, LSP-2897. |Recording: Very good. De La Macerena," "Eili, Eili,"
Interest: Popular. Stereo Quality; Good. "Pavanne," "Carnival of Venice," "A
Performance: Well balanced. Frt
Frankie Carle fans won't be able to Trumpeter's Lullaby," "The Toy Trum-
Recording: Good. resist this one, I imagine, .with its ar- pet," "Bugler's Holiday," "Trumpet Con-
Stereo Qualitv: Good. rangements of (mainly) modem tunes
range: certo" (Haydn), "The Lost Chord" and
Henry Mancim's latest venture, it playo
played in the usual Carle manner. The "Java."
seems, is touring the U.S.A. with his tunes played are: A1 Hirt's outstanding technical ability
orchestra — playing "concert suite" ar- "Charade," "Java," "I Wonder Who's
"Cl on his chosen instrument allows him to
rangements of his own and other com- Kissing Her Now," "She Loves Me,"
Kissir perform these numbers with seeming
posers' music. As evidenced by this "Always In My Heart," "The Pink
"Alwi ease and, in all, he is most ably backed
Dynagroove disc, the result is something Panther Theme," "Sushi," "Oh What
Panth
like the .old Mantovani sbmaltz, the It Seemed
Sei To Be," "My True Carrie, (Coaflmcd on page 86)
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 VARIETY FARE- Cont.\

by some excellent arrangements from

Arthur Fiedler and splendid playing by
the Boston Pops.
The quality of the disc is really excel-
lent as is the stereo spread but, fair
D«Sl warning, some numbers have a wide
dynamic range with heavily recorded
passages which will challenge all but
the very best of pickups. (K.W.I.)
★ ★ ★
TENOR SAX. IN LOVE. Satoni Oda
p w up arm And His Group With Strings And
Chorus. Stereo, King Records
(Festival) SFL 931,348.
' Interest: Singing sax.
Performance: Smooth, romantic.
Quality: Good.
Stereo: Modest.
With the name it has. this record
couldn't help but be a collection of love
songs, played on tenor sax, with loads
mtne,, of sentiment.
The one cause for surprise might be
that, notwithstanding its "western"
format, it comes, in the first instance,
from King Records, Japan. Not that
anyone would so guess from the sound
—it could have been made by any com-
uiorLd parable group of western musichns.
A point of note, however, is that
Satoru Oda likes his sax. with plenty
of "chiff," if I can borrow from organ
terminology. Personally. I'm not over-
fond of the effect, but it's a matter of
style and taste.
The titles: "Smoke Gets In Your
Eyes," "Again," "Someone To Watch
Over Me," "As Time Goes By," "Tend-
erly," Body And Soul," "Stardust," "Blue
Moon," "Lover, Come Back To Me,"
"The Nearness Of You." "I Can't Get
Started," "Hush-A-Bye."
As indicated above, the quality is
good but no great pains have been taken
to exploit the stereo facility. (W.N.W.).
★ ★ ★
AT THE ENp OF A PERFECT DAY.
Ethel Smith At The Hammond
Organ. Stereo, FesHval SFL-931,342.
(Also available In mono FL-31,342).
Interest: Quiet background.
Performance: Competent but re-
strained.
Quality: Range rather limited.
Stereo; Not very significant.
Series II New Plastic Pack complete with L.4 connecting Lead. POST THIS "Organ solos featuring restful hearth
3009 arm less shell £38 12 0 and sacred songs" ... so runs the
3012 arm less shell £41 10 0 COUPON sub-title of this album. It's so much so,
51 (standard C) shell £1 ^ 6 so restrained, that it's hard to believe
52 Ultra lightweight shell £2 8 0 TO-DAY that this is the same organist who can
53 new metal shell £1 14 0
D2 Decca adaptor £3 1J 0 ... or phone for she have such fun at the keyboard when
D3 Decca adaptor requires weight W/9, W/12 .. £2 16 0 wants to (vide May 64 review).
W/9 weigh' for 3009 Series 11 arm £2 2 0 information on any But, if you want restrained, restful
W/12 weight for 3012 Series 11 arm £2 2 0 of the world famous "hearth and sacred songs," okay; that's
AMPLIFIER CONNECTING LEADS WITH PLUGS S.M.E. products. Bet- what you get.
L.2—2ft long £3 1 0 ter still, why not call Hymn tunes include "Bless This
L,4—4ft long £3 7 0 In to Sydney's House," "The Lord Is My Shepherd,"
L.6—6ft long £3 13 0 modern sound cellar. "Abide With Me," "The Lord's Prayer,"
Series 1 Bias adjuster £1 7 9 Ask for a demon- and 'The Rosary." Interspersed are
P.l. Plinth—increases height of arm £1 8 0 stration. brackets of chestnuts, ending with
NOTE: The S2 shell and counter weight are only suitable "When Day Is Done."
for use with the Series 11 arm. They cannot be used with There's nothing on the disc to disturb
earlier models. The S2 type shells together with their com- either the frequency or dynamic limits
panion counter weights should be used with cartridges of your amplifier but why should there
having a compliance of 20 or more. be, when the mood is all the other way?
(W.N.W.)
★ ★ ★
THE PIANO STYLE OF BENT FAB-
RIC. Mono, Columbia 330SX-7719.
Interest; Popular, rhythmic piano.
Performance: Smooth.
Quality: Good.
Radio, Tolavlslon A Hobbles, January, 1965
 It is difficult to know what to say recording is good, despite its relative age; disc are 'Tender Is The Night," "Any-
about Bent Fabric, apart from acknow- the only disccrnable evidence of its age where I Wander," "Melody d'Amour,"
ledging him as yet another accomplished is the restricted treble response. Noise "And This Is My Beloved," "Ol* Man
rhythm pianist Fronting a small per- and distortion are low. River," "Stella By Starlight," 'Take Me
cussion group, he displays good techmque If you like Jolson, and feel like some In Your Anns," Far Away Places," "A
and an excellent sense of timing and schmaltz, a pleasant combination of the Beautiful Thing,' "Tf." "(Its Been) Grand
phrasing but I doubt whether the aver- two. (J.R.) Knowing You," and "Stranger In Para-
age record buyer would consciously set ★ ★ ★ dise."
him apart from a number of otiier well The recording is of a high standard,
known pianists, who offer music of a JOHN GARY — ENCORE. Arranged with only a slight trace of overload
similar nature. and Conducted by Marty Cold. distortion on one channel, evident on
If distinction there is, it is in his RCA Dynagroovc 12-inch stereo, both of my test pickups. Tonal and
occasional use of electronic gimmickry LSP-2804. stereo balance are fine.
— by the sound of it a combination Interest: Smooth balladry. 1 will certainly be eager to hear John
of tape loop echo and a vibrato am- Performance: Most enjoyable. Gary's next disc, but for the meanwhile
plifier. This lends variety to a program Recording: Very good. this one is recommended for some
of popular evergreens: Stereo Quality; Good. delightfully smooth balladry. (J.R.)
'thicken Feed",
Feed". 'Tip-Toe
"T Serenade," I can't say that I've heard John Gary ★ ★ ★
"Sermonelte," "My Happiness," "The before, nor have I heard very much
Little Jazzmaker," "The Sunshine Of about him. The publicity sheets and the MR PICKWICK'S CHRISTMAS. A
Your Smile," "There You Are," "C'est American reviews quoted on the sleeve CHRISTMAS CAROL. By Charles
Si Bon," "That Certain Party," "Zero- of this disc inform me that he is a Dkkcns. Mono, Universal Record
Zero," "The Midnight Sun Never Sets," rising star, a baritone with a range of Club UM-f»2.
"Love Is Just Around The Comer." three octaves, has real talent and, due Interest: Dickens and Christmas.
Technically, the sound is clean and the to practice in underwater swimming, can Performance: Good.
surface quiet, adding up to a very "agree- hold notes for a "mighty long time." Quality: Good.
able disc. (W.N.W.) After listening to this disc, I too feel The two items on this disc, though
★ ★ ★ convinced that he has talent—and quite both by the same author and both
a bit of it. He sings effortlessly, related to Christmas, are more notable
PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES. Songs smoothly, and is most enjoyable to listen for the contrast rather than the har-
From Two World Wars. The Carl to; such a contrast with the "sweat and mony of their style.
Tapscott Singers. Stereo, RCA, strain" type of singer, who so often "A Christmas Carol," with its famous
SL-101572. (Abo available in Mono. makes the song sound too much like miser Scrooge, is among the most fami-
Interest: Sing-a-long. hard work to be enjoyed. As one of liar of all Dickens' writings. It is first
Performance: Happy. the quoted reviewers aptly puts it, he and foremost a story, howbeit one with
Quality; A trace of "fuzz". "sings rather than fights a song . . ." a moral, and that's the way Ronald
Stereo: Normal. As for his being a rising star, 1 Colman with supporting cast presents it
It may seem a rather strange thing to would also agree—with emphasis on the — transparent entertainment for all who
say, but there's something friendly and literal meaning of this term. I think may care to listen.
cheerful about these songs from two he still has a bit of rising to do before But the story content of "Mr Pick-
world wars, particularly as presented he reaches the zenith of full actualisa- wick's Christmas" is ouite secondary to
here in sing-a-long style. Perhaps it tlon. At present there are still a few the language in which it is expressed
simply is that they are remembered as rough edges in timing and general and here the phraseology of the author
bright spots in an atmosphere of sombre presentation, and faint pitch hesitancy is further ennched by the presentation
tragedy. here and there. But don't get me wrong, of narrator Charles Laughton.
However, friendly and cheerful they this disc is very enjoyable indeed. It's a disc with sectional appeal but
certainly are, with more than a dash The songs which are presented on this a good one, nevertheless. (W.N.W.)
of nostalgia. From World War I comes
'Tipperary," 'Till We Meet Again," "K-
K..K..Katy," "Armcnticres" and a
whole lot of others. From World War II THIS MONTH'S POPULAR JAZZ
there's the "Beer Barrel Polka," "Quar- "HELLO DOLLY" AND 14 OTHER The audio quality of the disc is not
termaster's Store," "Lilli Marlene," BIG HITS by Kenny Ball and bis quite up to best standards, for there is
"Bless 'em All" and so on. Jazzmen. "Walk Right In," some tape hiss and the frequency re-
Recorded in Canada, the diction is "Wooden Heart," "Heartaches," sponse appears slightly restricted, but
clear and uncoloured and even "Waltz- •The Good Life," "High Hopes," this will only worry you if you use
ing Matilda" sounds quite natural to my "Caterina," "From Russia With first-class equipment and place musical
purely Australian ears. Technically, how- Love," "Hello Dolly," "Acapoko interest secondary to "Hi-Fi." (K.WJ.)
ever, the quality falls short of the best, 1922," "Never On Sunday," •'Love ★ ★ *
by reason of faint tracing distortion on Me Tender," "Fascination," "A
high-amplitude high-frequency sounds. Summer Place," "Zambesi," "Wash- THE GREATEST GARNER featuring
It might not even be apparent on gear ington Square." Astor "Gold Star The Erroll Garner Trio. Atlantic
of more modest response. (W.N.W.) Series," Mono. GGS44. Mono. AL-31,374.
Interest: Entertaining jazz. Interest: Mellow Garner.
Performance: Polishen. Performance: Individualistic.
FOR ME AND MY GALS, A1 Jolson. Quality: Fair. Quality: Good.
Festival 12-lnch mono, FL-31,398. Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen are one actuallyThe 12 numbers on this disc are
Interest; Jolson, schmaltz. of the few jazz groups to achieve popu- recorded reissues and were originally
in 1949 and 1950. Even so,
Performance: Inimitable. larity with both the general public and they are still
Recording: Old but good. the strictly "jazz only" enthusiasts. as fresh as anything Garner
For real Jolson addicts, this one. As has set down, for the style of this
Individually they are fine musicians prodigious pianist is almost timeless.
far as I can see, it's simply a collection and as a group they are well disciplined. The titles are: 'The Way You Look
of a dozen songs already released on Their musical arrangements are taste- Tonight,"
other Festival discs—brought together "Turquoise," "Pavannc,"
ful, well thought out and in good jazz "Impressions," "Confessin*," "I May Be
because they all concern Jolson's "gal," style. Their secret of success lies, how- Wrong," "Skylark," "Summertime,"
"mammy," "tootsic," "baby," "Rosie," ever, more in the tunes they play than "Flamingo," "Reverie," "Blue And Senti-
"Jeannie," etc. The songs in fact are: probably anything else. mental" and "I Can't Give You Any-
"For Me and My Gal"; "Pretty Baby," Unlike many of their contemporaries, thing But Love."
"Ma Blushin' Rosie"; "I Only Have Eyes they do not play "standard" jazz num- Although he has been called a "hyped-
For You"; "My Mammy"; "Oh Susan- bers which were popular 40 years ago up cocktail musician," Erroll Garner is
nah"; 'Toot, Toot, Tootsie, Goodbye"; but confine themselves, instead, to good actually a mainstream jazz pianist with
"That Wonderful Girl Of Mine"; My jazz versions of numbers with recent a "handful of keys" style and having
Gal Sal"; "1 Dream Of Jeannie With The popularity. little in common with the prim young
Light Brown Hair"; "1 Want A Girl"; In this latset LP they play IS num- men who play the piano as if it had
and "You Made Me Love You." bers from recent hit parades and it's all just two octaves. Personally, I find him
They arc all presented in Jolson's in- most entertaining jazz. Personally, I'm a pleasure to listen to.
imitable (but often imitated) style. The all for it. The audio quality of the disc is
Radio, Ttlrriilon A Hobbimi, January, 196S
 extremely good for a 1950 recording,
being almost as good as today's high
Illuitrated 1$ th« TAND ] K-'i standards. (K.W.J.)
BERG Mod«l 74B. 3
tpted, 4 track, a
complet* stereo ★ ★ ★
lyttem.
THE GOLDEN HORN OF JACK
TEAGARDEN with Red Nichols,
Adrian Rollins, Eddie Lang, Joe
Vaenuti, Eddie Condon and Louis
Armstrong. "Basin Street Blues,"
"Someday Sweetheart," "Beale
Street Blues," "After You've Gone,"
"Farewell Blues," Davenport
Blues," "The Sbiek Of Araby,"
"Body And Soul," "Somebody Loves
c " Me," "Rose Of The Rio Grande,"
"My Buckets Got A Hole In It,"
"Riverboat Shuffle," Festival, Stereo
SFL-931.404.
Interest: A great Jazz trombonist.
Performance; Consistently good.
Quality: Fair to good.
Stereo: A good imitation.
The untimely death of Jack Teagarden
on January 15th, 1964 was a sad loss
to the jazz world. In addition to being
Tandberg one of the finest jazz trombonists of
all times Jack was, in the words of pian-
ist Earl Hines "a sweetheart of a guy."
The tunes on this disc were recorded
in the years between 1929 and 1953 and
* SITS NEW PERFORMANCE STANDARDS... they seem particularly well chosen to
form a sort of musical epitaph for this
fine musician. Extensive jacket notes
give full details of the personnel in
* PROVEN IN AUSTRALIA BY AUSTRALIANS... each of the six groups represented, to-
gether with a short but comprehensive
history of the man.
There's no equal to TANDBERG! For many years these fine Although none of the tracks are ex-
recorders have given outstanding service and complete reliability to actly "Hi-Fi" by today's standards, they
both professional and domestic audio enthusiasts. When you buy are all good by the standards of the day
your new tape recorder, invest wisely in proven, dependable in which they were individually recorded.
TANDBERG ... for TANDBERG sets the standard. There's no The electronically reprocessed stereo is a
fair imitation and has a good spread with-
doubt . . . TANDBERG offers better, clearer, more natural sound out obvious "gimmickry." For the jazz
under any conditions. collector — a disc well worth having.
(K.W.J.)
The TANDBERG Model 74B (Illustrated) provides you with a complete, self con- ★ ★ ★
tained stereo system.3 And It's at a NEW LOW PRICE. Features Include: ♦ Two
matched speakers. Extension sneaker jacks. * Two power amplifiers. * Pre- JONAH JONES RECORDED LIVE
amplifier outputs. 3 Pause control. * Free position tape load.- * Outstanding frequency AT THE CRESENDO ON HOL-
response — 30 c/s to 20 kc/s at 71 Lp.s. • Plus or minus 2% speed tolerance. LYWOODS FABULOUS SUNSET
* 3 watts output in each channel (max. record level). * Bass lift for playback — STRIP. Capitol Stereo. ST-1948,
up to 8 dB at 70 c/s.3 * Two microphones, cables supplied. * Wow and flutter (also available in Mono, T-1948).
virtually non-existent. Sound on sound available. * Track-adding and source
monitor facilities. ' Unequalled TANDBERG performance. Interest: Muted jazz
Performance: Not his best.
Quality; Excellent.
:• READ THIS OUTSTANDING TANDBERG REPORT! j Stereo; Good spread.
• Here are excerpti from a letter wrlttea by Mr Joha Ft nun, of Kcdron, Brisbane. The •I This "live" recording of Jonah Jones
0
a origirut let* '- may be Inspected at 28 Elizabeth Street, Mclboarne. ■ is, I feel, somewhat inferior to many of
> "The TANDBERG Model 74B. 1 am sure, has no equal anywhere near the price. Live «
J musical recordings at SVa i.p.s. sound so sood. even on its own Internal speakers, that ■ the studio recordings I have heard of
■ it makes me wonder if 7'/^ i.p.s is ncces?ary, as the wow and flutter is impossible to J this artist. Placing the performer in his
* detect on any type of music recorded at this speed. Because of this outstanding per- ■ natural habitat is supposed to produce
■ formancc at iV* i.p.s. 1 naturally save an enormous amount of tape. ■ a relaxed and spontaneous performance
• "Apart from the outstanding quality I get from my TANDBERG. 1 enjoy using it J
fl away from home, as it only weighs 271b and I do not get fatigued whilst carrying it." ■ but in this instance I feel that the relax-
• ■ . * ation might have been a little too com-
plete.
Listening to the disc one cannot help
INTERSTATE REPRESENTATIVES; but be aware of technical errors and
^ NEW SOUTH WALES: Audio Enflin««rs Pty. Ltd., 422 Kent Str*«t, musical cliches which are disturbing be-
/X \ \ Sydn*y. Ad«l*id«.
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T«l. 8-1259. QUEENSLAND: EtlcoSydnty
Sal«9, 233 Rundl*
C. HuflhM, cause one does not expect them from this
/ / L-J \ \ 1S4-1S8 Arthur Street. New Farm, Brisbane. Tel. 58-1014. WESTERN performer. The latter are most evident
/ / /V4\ \ \ AUSTRALIA: Athol M. Hill, 842 Hay Street. Perth. Tel. 21-7861. in "High Society," where Jonah Jones
1 f (1 T 1 \ TTASMANIA:
> K W. McCulloch Pty. Ltd.. 109 York Street, Launcetton, plays the same tired phrase over and
I \ V * V ) / 1 * ' 2'5Z22. A.C.T.: Australian Physical Laboratories, P.O. Box 225.
V \ / / Canberra City, Tel. 4-3010 (Mr J. S. Mow*). over through several choruses. I've heard
better.
Ausiralmn Satnmil Dislrihulttr* lor these hinums proJucis: The numbers played are; "It's All
Right With Me," "Basin Street Blues,"
"From This Moment On," "I Can't Get
Started," "High Society," "Undecided,"
"All Of You," "Tin Roof Blues," "Lul-
28 Elizabeth Street. Melbourne. Victoria. Tel. 63-6211. 63-8166. laby Of Birdland."
Sydney Office: N.R.M.A. House. 26 Ridge Street. North Sydney. The audio quality and stereo spread
Tel.: 92-3890. are excellent and no fears need be felt
on this score (K.W.J.)
88 Radio, Television & Hobbiet, January, 1965
 excellent. The measured output from the
"tape out" terminals of the amplifier was
200mV as claimed, and it should be noted
that these output connectors should not be
TRADE REVIEWS loaded with less than 22K.
All told, the TSA-100 would appear from
our tests to be a high-quality unit capable
AND RELEASES of excellent reproduction.
The retail price is quoted as £130/4/,
and all inquiries regarding the amplifier
should be directed to the agents or to audio
Truvox Transistor Stereo Amplifier dealers in the capital cities. The agents' •
Pictured is the "Truvox" TSA-100 address is Brown and Watson Electronics
Pty. Ltd.. 281 Lalrobe Street, Melbourne.
fully transistorised stereo amplifier, (J.R.)
which was recently sent to our
laboratory for review by the Aus-
tralian agents, Brown & Watson
Electronics Pty. Ltd. With a
nominal output of 10 watts per
channel, the unit will accept signals
from a wide variety of sources and £
has full tone control facilities. It £
contains 20 transistors and four
diodes. 49
nrHE TSA-100 is built on a deep dish
chassis fitted with an attractive grey and
silver front panel. It is normally supplied
mounted in a stained and matt-finished respectively. The scratch filler on the sample
wooden case, but may be removed from the produced a cut of 9dB at 10KC (-3dB at
case for fitting into custom installations as 5K.C), while the rumble filter produced a
long as adequate ventilation is provided. cut of UdB at 20cps (-3dB at lOOcps). The
The chassis is provided with ventilation latter is perhaps a little savage, but it
slots to ensure efficient cooling of the output should certainly remove record or turntable
transistor radiators. rumble. FREE EQUIVALENT
The front panel features five controls The sensitivity of the high-output pickup GUIDE FROM AWV
and four switches, the controls being input input was 3mV for full output. This input
selector, bass, treble, balance and volume loads the pickup with 50K, and is thus The great success which attended
and the switches for stereo-mono selection, suitable for almost all magnetic types. The the publication of the AWV transistor
source-tape monitoring, scratch filter and low-output pickup input had a sensitivity of equivalent Slide Rule some time ago
rumble filler. A mains switch is fitted to 35mV. The loading of this socket is such has prompted AWV to issue a Valve
the volume control and a low impedance that crystal and ceramic pickups will deliver Slide Rule also. The new release is
(8 to 600 ohms) stereo earphone jack is a velocity - proportional signal when con- expected to be a very popular item for
provided. nected, and equalisation for this type of servicemen and technicians, who ap-
At the rear of the unit are the input and signal is provided. Thus most pickups of preciate the utility of this type of
output connectors. The input connectors are the crystal-ceramic type can be used with product.
of the "American" type, accepting a small the unit, and the handbook gives details of
skirted co-axial male connector. Stereo in- the few cartridges requiring special arrange- The new AWV Valve slide rule is
puts arc provided for low-output pickups, ments. sized 14Jin by 4in and is printed both
high-output pickups, equalised tape signals, The input sensitivity at the tape input sides in the traditional AWV colours
tuners and "auxilisTy." connectors of the sample tested was 115mV. of red and blue. The rule contains
Similar connectors are provided for tape The tuner and auxiliary inputs both had a data on no less than 295 valve types
recording output signals. The speaker con- sensitivity of 50mV. current in receivers today. By locating
nections are by screw terminals—perhaps a When fed from a better-quality magnetic the valve type on the rule, and then
bad choice, since accidental shorting of the cartridge and connected to two of our setting the slide accordingly, the cor-
terminals can be catastrophic, as the makers Playmasler Bookshelf enclosures, the TSA- rect equivalent type is easily read. At
themselves point out. Small two-pin polaris- 100 gave excellent reproduction. The 15dB the same time, the pin and cap con-
ed sockets would have been a somewhat of available bass boost left lOdB or so for nections are found in the appropriate
belter choice, as the likelihood of shorts program correction after SdB or so had window on the rule.
would have been reduced thereby. Only a been used to correct for the slight bass Copies of the rule may be obtained
small point, but it is worth the effort in droop of the enclosures. free from AWV, Sales Department,
terms of user goodwill. We also fed signals to the unit from a P.O. Box 63. Rydalmere, N-S.W.
A mains voltage selector and both AC tape recorder having only stereo replay pre-
and DC fuses arc provided on the back of amplifiers, and the reproduction was again
the chassis also. Being intended for a wide
market, the unit is fitted with a transformer
which will operate from voltages between MICROPHONES
100 and 250V. ACOS AND MICROPHONE INSER
The power output of the TSA-100 is
quoted as 10 watts RMS into 15 ohm loads, MIC 39-1. The luinoiis crystal slick microphone.
12.5 watts into 8 ohm loads and approxi- Frequency response 30-12.000 c/s.
mately 16 walls into 4 ohm loads. The Scnsilhll) 62 dll ref. I V/dyne/cm'.
quoted frequency response at 1 watt is Recommended load 4.7 M Ohm for above response.
15cps to 30KC plus or minus IdB, and Price: £7/19/6.
from 20cps to 20K.C with the same tolerance MIC 39 DYNAMIC. With a dynamic Insert. High and low
at the 10 watt level. Distortion at 10 watts impedance mulching.
and 1KC is quoted as 0.25 per cent or less Frequency response . , 80-10,000 c/s. 3 dB. and upprox.
(15 ohm load), with signai-lo-noise ratios 10 dB down at 50 c/s. and IS kc/s.
of S5dB for the pickup inputs and 60dB Sensitivity Low impedance connection (nominal 200)
for the other inputs. Crosstalk is specified as 80 dB ref. I V/dyne/cm5 on open
better than -50dB at 1KC. circuit. High impedance connection
Tested in our laboratory the sample unit (nominal SOk) 54 dB ref.
generally met and often bettered these spe- Price: £18/-/-. 1 V/dyne/cnr on open circuit.
cifications, performing very well indeed. In MIC 38 INSERT. This insert is lilted to the MIC 39-1 and
only one small point did it fail to met is available separately. Price: £4/19/6.
the specification — we could obtain only Sole Australian Agents:
about 15 walls RMS output per channel
before clipping occurred with 4 ohm loads.
However since the amplifier is a nominal AMPLION (A'SIA) PTY. LTD.
10 watt per channel unit this need not
worry anyone.
The tone controls are quite effective, yiclorian Distributors:
producing up to approximately 15dB of E. VI. Cornelius Ply. Ltd., 5 Northumberland Street. South Melbourne, VICTORIA
either boost or cut at 50cps and 14KC
Radio, Television & Hobbies, January, 1965 89
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and daily a nominal impedance of 40 ohms and plugs where applicable. At this price the micro-
powders, bulky substances. Apply one directly into a matching transformer which phone is most competitive in the field of
application only of FITRITE Miracle Jelly is available with either 600 ohms balanced high quality public address equipment.
Plastic. Sets moulds while-u-wear. Lasts
up to iwo years. 42/. outfit. or JOKohms unbalanced to line. A chrome Further enquiries should be directed to
Sold onbr by RE-NU CO. (Estab. 1»J2). Die. plated stand clamp screws onto the trans- Astronic Imports Pty. Ltd., of 443 Concord
of Scientific Colleges and Plastic Ind. Co. former case. The unit is normally supplied Road, Rhodes, N.S.W. (K.W.J.)
Pty. Ltd. Established 104*. 58 Swan Street,
opp. Richmond Sin., Vic., 42-1755. Open Sat. with 5 feet of shielded lead and a coaxial
plug.
I enclose £ for Sensitivity of the microphone is quoted
(Indicate choice) or send free partlealan on as minus 75dB at 600 ohms output and | Improved Decca |
NAME minus 55dB at SOKohms output. Frequency
response of the unit (from graphs supplied Deram Cartridge
ADDRESS by the agents) is substantially flat between
100 and I4,000cps on axis and between 50 British Merchandising Pty. Ltd.,
R.TV.H. and 7,000cps at 90 degrees from the axis. announce the release of a new
Tested in our laboratory, on both speech
pickup cartridge in the popular
Decca "Deram'' line. Features of
the new cartridge are its improved
"plug-in" type mounting and a re-
Be Paid What You FS duced tip mass on the stylus which
results in a greatly improved fre-
quency response for the unit.
are REALLY WORTH! EZ ^CHARACTERISTICS of the unit, in
Develop your aptitudca at your own pace, for recognition that brings brief, are as follows: Tip mass — 0.6
HIGHER PAY. Begin YOUR Progress Today! Select the course mgm; Compliance — 9 microcentimeters/
you want and which will benefit you most. ICS will send YOU dyne lateral and 5 microcentimeters/dyne
promptly — a FREE illustrated BOOK, giving FULL DETAILS. vertical; Tracking weight — 2i grams
(transcription type) and 3f grams (changer
DENIRAL Rataii Managamant Auto Mechanics type); Frequency response — plus or minus
Journ«litm — Short Storiot Commareial Managam't Choi Engineer 3dB from 18cps to 18KC; Channel sepera-
Writing for R«die A TV Small Businass Ownars Production Managam't tion — better than 20dB at 1KC; Output —
Inttrier Docerotlng HetaUMotal Managamant Industrial Managamant 50mV/cm/sec; Load impedance — 2 meg-
Etlquott* A Entort«[ning Ckib Administration Exacutive Training
Toittloa Window Dratsing Modarn Supervision
Photography Businass Lattars SPBCIAL IXAMINATION
Mathomatict BUILDING COACHING COURSBS
Ganaral Education Arch'.raetura Account'cy: All Exams
Oroumaktng Building Contracting Institute of Secreterios
DRAUGHTSMANSHIP Carpantry, Jeinary Inst. Cost Accountants
Archrtactural Structural Engineering Inst. Sales A Marketing.
BulldatV Plan Drawing Conorata Engineering Metric, or Loav. Cart.
Machanical Structural Estimate A Quantities Intarmadiata Certificate
Swrvaying A Mapping Roofing, Staal'Squara Senior or Junior Public
ILLUSTRATING Timber Home Building Cwealth Clerical Exams
StiH Lifa—Landtcapa INDUSTRIAL Police Entrance Exam
AH Machanical Eng. Nurses' Entrance Exam ohms; Stylus tip radius — 0.0005/6in;
Carlcatur# A Cartoons Fitting A Turning Steam Certificate Colour coding — while body and light blue
Oil fc Watar Colour, Soft Drink Manufacture Refrigeration Certificate stylus (transcription type) and black body
Fashion Drawing Air Conditioning Radio Examinations plus light blue stylus (changer type).
Showcards A Tickets Gas or Elect. Welding Inst. Auto. Mech. Engrs. Comparing these specifications with those
Signwriting Chemistry, Plastics inst. Diesel Engineers
COMMIRCIAL Shire Overseert' Exam of the previous unit shows that the reduced
EJactronics Engineers' Institutionv tip mass of the stylus (0.6mgm as against
Accountancy Electrical Mechanics l.Omgm) has resulted in an improved fre-
Cost Accountancy Radio Eng. or Sarvica ADVRRTISING
Gtnaral Bookkaaping Television quency response (18cps to 18KC against
Salvimamhip RHrlqwction
Refrigeration Commwcixl Art 40cps to 12K.C) being obtained at the re-
Shorthand Typinq Diotol
Diesel Enqino,
Engines Advort q In,). Ao«). duced tracking weight of 2f grams as
against 4 ^rams for the previous unit.
to INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE Tested in our laboratory with the aid of
the EMI TCS101 test record, the unit met
o,pt. 526 SCHOOLS, all specifications except the general claims
SVDNIY: 400 P.eifie H'way Crow's N.sL T.U.: 43.2121 for greater channel separation. In this we
MILIOURNi: 234 Colins Stroof. Tole.; 63.7327 found it to be substantially the same as the
■RISIANI: A.M.P. Building, Edwtrd Strop). Tolo.; 2.6125 ?revious model. (Review, R TV and H,
anuary, 1963).
AOILAIOI: TAG Building, King Wilipm S). TpIp.: W,4I48 When used to play a good quality stereo
PERTH! C'wpplth Bank Building, 55 William St.Tala.; 21.7268 musical recording the unit compared most
NEW ZEALAND: Wpllington, 182 Wakafiald St.Tele.; 53.109 favourably with medium-priced magnetic
Please send Free Book on pickups.
Price of the new transcription cartridge
NAME (Mr, Mrs, Miss) AGE is £6/6 (retail) and the stylus sells at
£2/14/6. Existing Deram cartridges may
ADDRESS be modified to meet the new specifications
by simply fitting the new stylus. Further
..STATE Dap). S26 enquiries should be directed to British
I^OCCU PAT ION PHONE , Merchandising Pty. Ltd., at 60 Clarence
Street, Sydney, N.S.W. (K.W.J.)
Radio, Televition S, Hobbies, January, 1965
 TRADE ITEMS - BRIEF
TV Tuner Manuals
t
PORTABLE CAR RADIO for colour recording. A New Ampex coat- In our last issue, Messrs Standard Com-
ing process has reduced oxide shedding ponents Pty. Ltd. announced the release of
Ferris Bros. Pty. Limited announce the significantly. a free manual on Australian television
release of their new Model 214 6-volt port- The new 144 series tape is said to need tuners. The response was so overwhelming
able car radio. The unit has 8 transistors no run-in time or burnishing of the recorder that stocks were rapidly exhausted and some
and is, in fact, capable of operation in either before initial recording, providing superior readers may have failed to receive copies.
6 or 12-volt vehicles without need of an tape performance from the first play. Further stocks are expected in due course
external dry battery. It uses the same but, because of the cost factor, free issue
powered cradle and range of accessories as DYMO LABELWRITER of the new printing will have to be re-
the previous 12-volt model. stricted to bonafide servicemen and service
Ferris Bros, also announce that this model Wm. J. McLellan and Co. Pty. Limited organisations.
has been accepted for inclusion in the Aus- announce the release, for a limited period
tralian Design Index with the accompanying only, of their model M4 Dymo Labelwriter
right to carry the prestigious "Good Design at the reduced price of £3/19/6 a saving ECCOFLO FLUIDS
Label. of £2 on the normal price of £5/19/6. Emerson and Cuming, Inc., have re-
The model M4 writes on fin tapes which leased a line of "Eccoflo" fluids which
MICROELECTRONICS are available in the following colours; Black, have medium viscosity and controlled
red, blue, orange, yellow, grey, clear, green, dielectric properties. They are useful in
The Marconi Company has recently form- brown, and gold. The price of the tapes is research and testing programs and may be
ed a Microelectronics Division to exploit 6/8 plus sales tax at 12) per cent. used, for example, in situations requiring
the new techniques which have resulted Further inquiries to Wm. J. McLellan a liquid dielectric of specified dielectric
from the company's major research invest- and Co. Pty. Limited, The Crescent, Kings- constant, such as in filling transformers or
ment in the field of microelectronics. grove, N.S.W., P.O. Box 69. impregnating capacitors. They are also
The new division will be responsible for useful in filling complex shapes for micro-
providing a comprehensive design and CAR CLEANER wave experiments.
advisory service, aimed at increasing the Haco Distributing Agencies Pty. Ltd. an- Eccoflo fluids are homogeneous, inert
fields of activity in which this new tech- nounce the release of a new National model and useable to 250F. They are now avail-
nology can be applied, both within the MC-52B Car Vacuum Cleaner. The Cleaner able in the dielectric constant range of
Marconi Company and in the world elec- is manufactured by the Matsushita Electric 2.0 to 3.0 in increments of 0.1. Further
tonics industry. Co., of Japan, and is made of light weight enquiries to Wm. J. McLellan & Co. Pty.
plastic in a size small enough to be stored Limited of The Crescent, Kingsgrove,
in the average glove box.
ORGAN PARTS The new cleaner operates directly from
the vehicle's 12-volt battery by plugging
;1 pOR readers who may still be in- ;into the cigar lighter. Current drain is
!; terested in building the Strom- 'approximately 4 amperes. Dimensions of
; berg Playmaster electronic organ, or 1the unit are 3f" dia. and 12" length and
> an instrument along similar lines, a ;it weighs lib 14ozs. Apart from its prime
i! small advertisement on page 47 of our <use as a car cleaner there would be a
\1 ■ December issue is worth noting. number of other uses for a machine like
I1 —v ^ \&ire ' Complete Outfit
1 Messrs O'Donnel Griffin (Television this around the home. Ufjr for 30/- only
1; Services) Ply. Ltd., indicated that they 'I Further inquiries to Haco Distributing ^1 Send Cheque or
11 hold stocks of the original Stromberg- 1| Agencies Pty. Ltd. of 313 Sussex Street,
i Carlson oscillator chokes. Prices, as 1' Sydney. P.O. NOW and
quoted in the advertisement, are I start plating with-
; broadly comparable with those which I1 ~p out delay. Money
<! ruled when the kits were being sold. I ALIGNMENT TOOLS |
!' (The address, 184 George Street, Con- '1 Watkin Wynne Pty. Ltd. announce the \ back guarantee.
cord West, N.S.W.)
Partly completed tone generators release of the "label" alignment tools, GILBERT.
and a variety of other original Strom- illustrated below, In kit packs at no extra
berg organ parts are available from cost.
Ace Radio at 136 Victoria Road, Mar- 'T'HE No. 4 pack (uppermost in ou: Perth, Wester
; rickville, N.S.W. Details and prices illustration) contains the following
are available on application. tools: WT5—A 7in hexagonal tool with
Other organ components, such as brass inserts. Screwdriver blade plus slotted
; chokes, keyboards, pedal claviers, etc., tip for stem cores. WT6—Core alignment YOU CAN LEARN
are available from Syntronics Pty. tool for hexagonal bore types plus screw-
Ltd., 680A New Canterbury Road, driver blade tip for slotted cores. WT8—
Hurlstone Park, N.S.W. Box tool for Philips trimmers and a hexa- AMATEUR

DISTRIBUTION AMPLIFIER RADIO

Channel Master Pty. Limited announce IN YOUR SPARE TIME
the release of their "Vu-Tron" transistor
distribution amplifier model No.0024. This If roa're an aroalrxr radio tnthoitut too'H
is a single-unit broad-band all-channel am- entor Slolt'i
Sladmti rtodypractical
dear Cormpoadcocc
taay-lo-follow Coonc.
loaon
plifier of very compact design fitted in a andar the aaldanc* of a MfMy qaalWcd radio
plastic case with suitable wall mounting endmcr. The Coon* Incorporates the latest
feet or brackets. advances In Ike applies lion of electronics to
The unit is designed for 300-ohm input Ike deslm, const ruction and opera tloa of
with built-in splitter giving up to 4 300-ohm modern radio recelvlna apparatus.
outlets. It is entirely self-contained with in- Mall Ike coupon and Stotl's wUI send yon
built 240 volt power supply and should find full details of this excellent coarse.
its greatest application as a distribution gon
gonal core alignment tool, all in one. WT9
system in large homes, offices, flats, home —P
—Phosper bronze blade for through-slotted 1S« Flinders Lane. Melbonraet 313 Georie
units, motels, showrooms, etc. min
miniature cores plus screwdriver tip for Street, Sydneyt 291 Adelaide Street, Brtskaaci
Channel coverage is 42 to 222Mc at a recc
recessed slot type. 43 Cllles Street, Adelaldei
maximum gain of 16dB. Noise figure fa TThe No. 4 pack sells for 12/- and the Perth. 1131 Hay Street,
quoted at 3.5 dB. A low band tuneable No. 2 pack, containing a WT8 and WT9,
attenuator fa included in the unit. Price fa seiii
sells for 6/-. Individual tools are available , - -POST THIS COUPON- - ,
£17/17/ retail. at ja cost of 3/- each. The complete set in To Slotl's: Please send me. free and without
at
the No. 4 pack will handle just about every | obligation, full particulars of your Correspon- t
AMPEX TAPE sluj
slug or trimmer one is likely to encounter dcncc Course In Radio for Amateurs.
AMPEX International have placed on the 'inn contemporary receivers or transmitters
market a broadcast television tape to provide and would be a handy addition to any
improved performance with Ampex Video- workshop. The new plastic pack makes
woi
tape television recorders and other compat- sure they are all in the one place when
sun
ible transverse-scan recorders. required.
reqi
The new tape fa said to demonstrate fFurther inquiries on these tools should
superior signal - to - noise characteristics, be directed to Watkin Wynne Pty. Ltd., of Age (R.H.ISf>
provide cleaner operation than previously 21 Falcon Street, Crow's Nest, N.S.W.
available tapes, and be especially suitable (K.
(K.WJ.)
Radio, ToUvition i Hobbiot, January, 1965
 RADIO SUPPLIERS
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RANGES: Aux.: 0.15V.. 150,000 Ohm. M065 20Ma.DC 35/ M065 300 volt AC 42/6
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92 Radio, Television A Hobbies, January, 1965

 AMATEUR BAND NEWS AND NOTES

"From the simplest circuits for the

Citizen's Band—Chaos or Control novice through to paramps and tunnel
diode low-noise UHF pre-amplifiers, this
annual event once again showed that there
Included this month are several extracts from local and overseas news are few communication techniques which
publications. While some are not directly associated with local amateur someone, somewhere, is not prodding into
service on the amateur bands-
activity, they were considered of sufficient general interest to warrant "The exhibition was indeed once again
inclusion in these notes. noteworthy for the closely interwoven
presentation of home-built and factory-
designed equipment. It was abundantly
By Pierce Healy, VK2APQ * clear that despite the wide range of factory
units of good design now available, home
IJROM both sides of the Atlantic comes the allocation 26.IMC to 27,SMC, one of construction is currently enjoying a marked
news of the "Chaos" being caused by whose designated applications is "Mobile revival.
the small 27MC "Citizen Band" trans- except aeronautical mobile communica- "There is a trend toward group schemes
ceivers. tions.' There would thus seem to be no real for the construction of equipment. For
In the U.S-A. the Federal Communica- international basis for the G.P.O.'s present instance the Wirral Society is currently
tions Commission is cracking down on ruling. If they wished to issue such building seventeen SSB transmitters and
abuses, and may forbid use of the wave- permits they could almost certainly do so." six AM transmitters as a group project.
length if new regulations do not produce In the U.S.A. and elsewhere amateur The pooling of knowledge and equipment
results. bodies arc concerned about the unsavoury means that these rigs are built for less
Originally intended for personal and publicity directed toward them through in- than £40stg each.
business communications over short distan- terference caused by illegal operators using "The two stations at the exhibition were
ces. the band is now used mostly by such units. a group project of the Crawley Amateur
hobbyists who jam the channel with Radio Society."
COMMUNICATION EXHIBITION
chatter. At the International Radio Communica- AMATEUR TELEVISION
The new F.C.C. regulations, planned to tion Exhibition held in London last Novem- At the Seventh Convention of the British
operate from November 1, 1964, were ber, the work of the Amateurs in Great Amateur Television Club a number of ex-
designed to take the citizens band away Britain was displayed for public inspection cellent pieces of equipment constructed by
from the hobbyists and return it to use on the Radio Society of Great Britain members were on public display.
for business and essential personal com- stand. Included were two 3-inch image orlhicon
munication. However, on an industry appli- A report on the exhibition appeared in channels, a valve vidicon channel, a tran-
cation, this has been suspended, pending the publication "Electronics Weekly," sistorised 625-linc vidicon channel, and a
the presentation of further views by the giving prominance to the display and the transistorised slow-scan vidicon channel.
industry (Electronics). excellent pieces of equipment built by Several 70cM transmitters were shown
In England the Association of Public amateurs. as static exhibits, and colour interests were
Address Engineers, while making it clear
that they do not wish to see a Citizen's
Band type of permit in the United King-
dom, feel that licences should be issued
for the use of 27MC units on a professional
basis. From lime to time publicity is given to "Due to the distance of this city from
The Association has made a strong interference to TV reception and, more Adelaide stations, this means that on most
attack on the G.P.O.'s attitude toward the often than is deserved, the local amateur occasions the TV signal which finally enters
use of short-range 27MC transceivers and is blamed. The mere holding of an amateur the receiver is not of sufficient strength to
suggest that the G.P.O, is partly to blame licence is sufficient • for some viewers to overcome the locally generated noises which
for the widespread illegal use of these attribute every type of interference to the cause interference.
transceivers and for "the complete and amateurs. "The first thought of many set-owners
utter confusion that now exists." It would appear that something like this who know of an amateur in the neighbour-
Transceivers have been imported into occurred in Port Pirie, South Australia, in hood is to blame all interference on him.
England in large numbers and there has November last, and resulted in members of "It cannot be overemphasised that the
been a number of prosecutions of users. the Pirie Amateur Radio Club, the deputy amateur is only to blame when he is trans-
It has been staled that the small and Town Clerk, Mr R. M. C. Mudge, and the milling excessive harmonics or other
inexpensive units could be of great use to city's newspaper, "The Recorder," joining spurious emissions that are on the same
public address engineers for checking and in an effort to locale and explain the frequency as the television station.
reporting on lengtns of loudspeaker cables causes of severe TV interference in that
running up to one or two miles. city. "If you are experiencing interference and
Although handheld and light-weieht Following a week of checking, during if after a check of his equipment, the
packscls are now available for the regular which period each licensed operator volun- amateur finds that he is operating on his
two-way VHF communication, it is sug- tarily had his transmitter sealed by the authorised frequencies, he is then obliged
gested that such equipment is more costly deputy Town Clerk. "The Recorder" pub- to offer you co-operation in the form of
than the very simple 27MC units- lished, under front-page headlines, a very ADVICE only.
The article on the subject appeared in comprehensive coverage of the causes of "Most amateurs however, are more than
"Electronics Weekly, October 14, 1964, and television interference and the responsibili- anxious to keep the peace with their neigh-
further comments were: "The present ban ties of amateurs in this regard. bours and often go beyond their legal ob-
— almost impossible to enforce effectively The report indicated that the Port Pirie ligations to lend a helping hand.
— on 27MC band transceivers appears to amateurs cause only a very minor per- "Such help is by individual choice, not
be as much a mailer of administrative centage of the interference being en- by Government direction.
precedent as any precise international countered and should not be blamed for "Co-operation, rather than condemnation
ruling. every little flicker that appeared on the will lead to happiness on the part of the
"Under the 1959 Geneva Radio Regula- screen. It should be noted that viewers in TV viewer and the licensed amateur radio
tions the frequency 27.120MC plus or Port Pirie rely on Adelaide television sta- operator who has to operate his station at
minus 0.6 per cent is designated for "in- tions for their programs. any and all limes within the prescribed
dustrial, scientific and medical purposes" Besides giving some details regarding the limits of the law."
but none of these applications (unlike most operation of television receivers, the neces-
other services) is defined in Article 1, and sity for them to be properly maintained, Three pictures taken of interference on
speech could well be considered an in- and listing the most likely causes of inter- TV screens caused by a faulty electric
dustrial application. ference, other highlights of the report were: motor, radiation from another TV set and
"Furthermore, this frequency falls within "At Port Pirie on Monday night an by industrial healing, were also published.
inspector from the Postmaster General's The publishers of the newspaper are to be
Department addressed the club. commended on the presentation and space
"The inspector told members that the devoted to the report. Its readers no doubt,
♦News and notes of Divisional and P.M.G. could not undertake to remedy
interference troubles in this area, which
now have a belter appreciation of the
"hazards" of fringe area TV reception and
Club activities, submitted for in- was not serviced by a particular TV station. the members of the Port Pirie Amateur
clusion in these columns, should bo "The service area under the control of Radio Club are grateful for the opportunity
forwarded direct to Pierce Healy, 69 the P.M.G. extends from only 70 to 80 to have their position and responsibilities
Taylor St., Bankstown, N.S.W. miles from the TV station. clarified.
93
Radio, Television & Hobbies, January, 1965
 represented by a very fine optical system Jack stated that he was no authority on
for a colour-slide scanner and a control the subject and that the material for the
unit for producing colour captions from a lecture was acquired by a desire to know
black-and-white camera and artwork. more about silicon diodes and their
TUDOR RADIO Since the previous convention in 1962, behaviour. The lecture was illustrated by
semiconductors have come into their own large charts showing characteristics
L. C, Chapman and a great many members are now using of various types, how inverse peak voltage
them. can be minimised to prevent breakdown, and
103 ENMORE ROAD, The highlight of the show was a paper methods used for voltage multiplication.
on "Semiconductors at 70cM," delivered The lecture enabled alt present to gain
via amateur TV from a member's home at a great deal from Jack's efforts in furthering
ENMORE, N.S.W. Wembley. his own knowledge, and his ability as a
Sound and vision were transmitted on lecturer.
PHONE LA 1011 the 70cM amateur band. Transistor ampli- MEMORIAL AWARDS
fiers were described, and the author went
ESTABLISHED 1940 on to deal with parametric amplifiers and The recomendations of a committee in
23inch new TV Chassis, 6 only well- frequency multiplication using Varactor relation to outstanding services given to
diodes. Amateur Radio by two deceased members
known make. Complete except yoke, Other papers dealt with pulse generation of the New South Wales Division, was
including picture tube £40 0 0 and video testing techniques. The paper adopted at the November General Meeting.
Philips TV tuners: dealing with camera tubes discussed the John Moyle Memorial Trophy
image orthicon and the vidicon with sepa- An annual trophy, to be known as the
AT7580 £4/10/-; NT3001 £7/10/- rate field mesh, "John Moyle Memorial Trophy" will be
NT3006 £7/10/-. presented to the student gaining the highest
NEW RECORD marks at the yearly examination set for
Transistor transformers, large 10 0 Recently, British amateur television en- the New South Wales Division's A.O.C.P.
Transistor miniature speaker and thusiasts set a new world record for two- training class.
drive transformer, pair 10 0 way television contacts.
TV safety glass £1 15 0 The contact was between G3NOX/T at Jim and Ruth Corbin Shield
2 and 3 gang Condensers 10 0 Saffron Walden and G31LD/T near Dar- of Asthea late means of implementing the desire
Jim Corbin VK2YC, to en-
Garrard plug-in Stereo hds. £2 0 0 lington — a distance of 200 miles on the courage participation in the Remembrance
TV masks, 21 or 23 inch 15 0 470MC band.
Reception of TV station BBC2 over a Day Contest, a contest within New South
POTS 10.000 gang,, 15K, 50M, distance of 140 miles has been achieved Wales will be held in conjunction with the
1 meg., i meg., 0.25, 200M.lin., regularly by G3LLJ using a home-built nationwide contest.
The licensed amateurs in N.S.W. and
50.000 switch, 50K, 20.000 144MC to 2GC paramp with a 10GC A.C.T. will be divided into ten teams ac-
5/- each klystron pump. cording to the last letter of their call-signs,
Pots 100K 5/- each WIRELESS INSTITUTE ACTIVITIES in All the following manner:
stations whose call signs end with the
POTS switch, 10K, 25.000, i meg., The first quarter of the year is the period letters:- A or B—Team 1; C or D—Team
1 meg., 100K log 7/6 each when the election of Divisional Councils
12/6 take place. In all States this fact is being 2; E or F—Team5; 3;L, OM oror H—Team 4;
POTS 1 meg. gang announced through divisional bulletins and 1,O, JPororK—Team Q—Team 7; R, S or
N—Team 6;
T—Team 8;
POTS Concentric dual, 0.25, 0.25, newsletters. It is hoped that there will be U, V or W—Team 9; and X, Y or Z—
0.1 meg., 2.500, 10.000, 0.1 meg., no lack of nominations for the 1965 Team 10. These teams to include VHF
50.000, 0.1 meg 5/- each elections. stations if the recently inaugurated VHF
TV Power transformers ideal for NEW SOUTH WALES DIVISION "RD" contest is included.
Amplifiers 300 mil 225 a side £4/ Dr. Leo McMahon VK2AC, who has scored The results to be based on the points
Silicon Diodes 7/6 each given several excellent lectures on Single tralia-wide by stations participating in the Aus-
Side Band, was the lecturer at the Novem- R.D. Contest.
SPEAKERS ber meeting of the New South Wales andA Ruth shield or plaque known as the "Jim
Corbin Shield" will be mounted
MSP 20928 12 PQ £6 15 0 Division. His subject was "An Electronic in the meeting room at the Wireless In-
Keyer using a Thyratron Counter."
Rola 5 x 4 3a 15 ohm £15 0 The keyer described was developed by stitute Centre. A minor shield will be at-
Rola 4 x 3 10 15a 27 ohm £10 0 W5FRE from a design by W9TO which had tached annually to show the call-signs of
all stations in the team judged to be the
MSP 3i inch £10 0 been the basis of -a commercial unit.
MSP 8 inch twin cone 15 The unit consisted of a multivibrator winners for that year.
The presentation of the award will be
ohm £2 15 0 based on the one described in Terman's
Electronics and Radio Engineering Hand- made at the Convention General Meeting
MSP 6x9 twin cone 15 book, 4th Ed., page 630, Fig. 18-148, with in January each year.
ohm £2 IS 0 the addition of a potentiometer at the
MSP 12 inch twin cone positive ends of the grid resistors, the ANNUAL CONVENTION AND
15 ohm £3 15 0 counting" action being created by a thyra- FIELD DAY
MSP 4 inch 3 ohm £10 0 tion being used instead of the critical flip- The New South Wales Division of the
flop circuit. Wireless Institute of Australia will hold
Rola 7x53 ohm £176 The operation of the complex circuit was the Annual Convention and Field Day at
Magnavox 5 inch "3 ohm £15 0 illustrated by a large schematic chart, to- the Divisional transmitting station, Quarry
Rola 5B 3 ohm £10 0 gether with printed details and circuit of Road, Dural, on Sunday, January 31st.
TV Cabinets, 17 inch to clear £2 ea. theBykeyer distributed to those present. The President and Council of the Divi-
firstly describing the fundamental sion have expressed the hope that country
Mini Cable 4 strand shielded, lots principles in the operation of various net- members will be able to take advantage
of uses including Microphone works in the circuit, and by explanation of the Australia Day holiday weekend to
Cable 1/- yard of the time ratio between a "dot," "space" attend this year's function.
and "dash", the principle of electronic key-
Radio knobs push on 5/- doz. ing of a transmitter was simplified. The proceedings will commence with the
Miniature valve sockets 7 and 9 A Western Electric Company mercury- General monthly meeting of the Division
at the Wireless Institute Centre, 14 Atcheson
pin 1/- each wetted relay type 291-A or 291-B is used j? Street, Crow's Nest, on Friday, 29th
in this type of keyer and are readily avail- Xrj
Octal 1/- each able through disposal sources in the United uieaj wJanuary,
j|| kg (kate election
8 p.m. Included in the Council-
of the Federal business
5 pin large 1/- each States.
National power transformers 40 mil. A demonstration model of the keyer lor for the ensuing year,
225 aside £15 0 coupled to an audio oscillator used asisfora willTheinclude programan for Sunday,busJanuary
afternoon 31st
trip from
monitor enabled those present to judge , for
TV picture tubes Philips 23 inch new, themselves the "copy-book" C.W. one jiss GalstonDural to Bobbin Head and return through
Gorge.
not regunned, with your dud £10 able to send with such a unit.
Philips IF 455KC The vote of thanks was moved by Pro- Program timetable:
7/6 each fessor
Aerial Coils 5/- each Bob Black VK2QZ. 10 a.m. — Registration— Fee 10/ per
VHF AND TV GROUP member, ladies and children free.
AMPLIFIER KITSETS am lo 0
Every component including speakers Silicon Rectifiers and Associated Circuitryjitrv
.|,e Scramble on' the 1 way '30 to a.m.Dural.
— Mobile
Bands
3i watt per channel .. £11 0 0 was the subject of the lecture at the
November meeting of the N.S.W, ision 144MC and 7MC. Logs listing contacts
Division
5 watt per channel .. £13 10 0 VHF and TV Group. made must be in by 11 a.m. All trans-
R.C.S. BROADCAST AND The lecturer was Jack Williams VK2ZCX, ;CX missions must cease after entering Quarry
SHORTWAVE BRACKET President of the Illawarra Section, who was Road,
including Switch and Trimmers. accompanied by several members from Wol- tVol- 11 a.m. to 11.15 a.m. — Divisional News
£1/5/. longong. The lecture proved to be onee of Broadcast from VK2W1.
the most interesting and informative given iven 11.15 a.m. to 12 noon — Pedestrian
on the subject. 144MC hidden transmitter hunt.
Radio, Te/eWsion A Hobbitt, January, 1965
 12 noon to 1 p.m. — Lunch. Hot water in a small suitcase and yet its predecessor lunch recesses. The club receiver is a La-
will be provided. of only three years ago filled five large Fayette HE80.
1.30 p.m. to 4 p.m. (approx.) — Bus trip transmitter cabinets. The use of components, The advantages of operating mobile
to Bobbin Head. as such, by Australian manufacturers would was emphasised one evening recently when
1.30 p.m. to 2.30 p.m. — Simultaneous cease within months and their place would Ballarat amateur operator VK3ZER's car
7MC and 144MC Hidden Transmitter hunts be taken over by modules, resulting in left the slippery road on Mount Buninyong
for mobiles. greater simplification of manufacture and and came to rest in a ditch. An emergency
2.30 p.m. to 3 p.m. — Simultaneous repair. call by VK3ZER on his mobile equipment
7MC and 144MC Scrambles for mobiles All this was essential if such projects was heard by Calvin Lee VK.3ZKP, the
returning from transmitter hunts. as communications satellites were to be a Geeiong Club president, and very soon a
3 p.m. to 4 p.m. — Disposals Sale. reliable possibility. tow truck was on the scene. Radio contact
4 p.m. — Presentation of prizes. A large gathering of 50 members, asso- was maintained with VK3ZER until he was
In addition there will be contests for the ciates and visitors filled the lecture-room. safely home.
ladies, blindfold transmitter hunts, ladies A vote of thanks to the lecturer was The Victorian State Electricity Commis-
and gents lucky numbers, hoop-la stall, soft proposed by the Branch President Frank sion's generating station at North Geeiong
drinks and ice-cream for the children, and Cox VK.2APO and carried by acclamation. was the venue of a very interesting visit by
an 809 to be dehydrated by the OMs. Several members are preparing their members, A complete tour of the station
Donations of an excellent range of prizes equipment for the Divisional Field Day to was made, from the fuel supply to the
and technical literature has been made be held over the Australia Day weekend. distribution panels, and was conducted by
by a number of leading business houses. Some are expected to be working the top the engineer in charge. What impressed
Prizes will be given to the winners of band from their cars for this event, and members most was the immense difference
the 7MC and 144MC sections of the con- it is expected that about 20 Hunter Branch in electronic techmques involved in the two
tests. Participants must nominate the sec- members will represent the area at the fields; power distribution dealing with kilo-
tion in which they wish to enter. Field Day. volts and thousands of amps, compared with
Demonstrations of Single side band. VHP hundreds of volts and milhamps.
and other equipment is being arranged. VICTORIAN DIVISION A very interesting talk on Two-way Radio
An invitation is extended to interstate Geeiong Amateur Radio-Television Ctub given by the club president Calvin Lee
visitors, who may be travelling through Since the last report in these notes the VK.3ZPK. was illustrated by some of the
Sydney over the weekend by caravan, to Club has continued to progress. Meetings latests transistorised commercial equipment.
make use of the 2WI site at Dural for an have been well attended and several mem- The compactness of the units was the
overnight stop. bers have participated in field events. feature which impressed his interested
Geeiong was particularly well served in audience.
Blue Mountains Section Field Day the Jamboree-on-the-Air. Twelve stations A lecture on "Tape Recorders," was given
The Blue Mountains Section Annual Field were heard operating during the event, in- by Alf Forster VK3AJF. A large number
Day held at the new venue, Glenbrook cluding the Club Station VK3ATL/T operat- of recorders were on display including the
Park, on November 15, was well attendee ing portable from the Belmont Scout Hall very latest stereo unit. Problems which mem-
Present were the usual gang from the where, after helping to install the station, bers encountered when recording were dis-
Bathurst Radio Club, Major ColTett VK2RU enthusiastic Scouts enjoyed conversing with cussed, and a lot of interesting information
and Les Baber VK2RJ and their XYL's other Scout groups throughout Austraha. was obtained from the lecturer.
from Gosford and Newcastle respectively, John Cations VK.3ALP and the 1st High- A lecture on "Radio Astronomy" was
plus a good roll-up from Sydney. ton Troop of Senior Scouts operated port- given by John Cations VK3ALP. A brief
The weather was excellent and families able from Eumaralla—the Scout reserve at history of visual and radio astronomy was
enjoyed the outing. Anglesea. given followed by a general coverage of
The first field event was a mobile A new club. The Gordon Radio Society, the work being done by Radio Astronomers
scramble on the way to the park. Dave has been formed for the benefit of students throughout the world. Types of aerials in
Andrews VK2AWZ and Bob Lear VK2ASZ and staff of the Gordon Institute of Tech- use at the moment and the relative problems
tied with 19 contacts for first place in the nology in Geeiong. The Society's station of large paraboloids was an interesting
VHP section, while Major Collett VK2RU VK3AIG will soon be on the air during the section of the talk.
was a clear winner in the Hp section.
The "Snifter" hunt created considerable
interest, and the transmitter was located
within the park.
At first competitors wandered around BRICK TALS
more or less aimlessly until some clues
indicated that the transmitter was not fixed
and was close to the ground. FOR ACCURACY, STABILITY, i«
One of the more adventuresome types
—Harold Burtoft VK2AAH—selected a lady . ACTIVITY AND OUTPUT g
from the crowd and proceeded to investi- jj ^ Our crystals cover all types and frsquondas In common IjRH
gate. Bob Lear VK2ASZ's mother-in-law, use and Include overtone plated and vacuum mounted. Ijurr
complete with dipole across the shoulder!
and transmitter in a handbag, provided the fMSS^ Holders Include the following: OC11., P.T. 341., H.C.— Hj
missing signal. Dick Norman V1C2ZCF was "tmjf tU., CRA., B7«., OCTAL, HC-1SU. Hi
second. 1.5 S.SMC TV Swoop fienerater Crystals. KJ
In the afternoon the ladies and children tjyS* £3/12/4 plus 131 fax.
left by bus for a tour of the Waxragamba SBKapwl 100 KCS and 1000 KCS. Frequencies Standard. HQ
Dam while the OMs searched for a hidden f| |V Crystals £0/10/ each plus 12} per cent sales tax. wT:
144MC transmitter. Dave Andrews
VK2AWZ and John Miller VK2ANF were || || AUDIO ULTRASONIC AND SRICIAL CRYSTALS Tl
the only team to pick the right ridge and m (I PRICES ON APPLICATION.
find the unit hidden by Bob Lear ViClASZ.
The final events were the VHP and HP The following fishing craft frequencies are available In F.T, 243 holders:
scrambles run simultaneously. Nev Wilde 4200, 4005, 4939, 2740, 2924, 21*3, 4420, etc.
VK2DR won the VHP section and Dave Immediate delivery available for all above types.
Andrews VK2AWZ the 7MC event.
The prize presentations were made AMATEUR TYPE CRYSTAL 3.5 and 7 MC BAND
by Divisional President Vic Cole VK2VL Cemmerclals — from £3/12/4 each plus 121 P*r sales tax.
and Blue Mountains Section Chairman Bob Amateur — from Li/-/- each plus 121 P*r fa*
Lear VK2ASZ. Regrindt 37/4 each,
Thanks are extended to Ducon Condenser Crysta/s far Taxi and Bush Fire Sets also Available.
Pty. Ltd. and Philips Miniwatt Division for We would be very heppy to edvlie end quote.
the donation of prizes and technical data,
and to the AW Valve Company for the nd New Zealand—Messrs. Carrel A Carrel, Bos 2102, Auckland
data folders. Mams Atkins (W.A.J Ltd.. Maun Lawranca and Hanson
It4 Hsy St., PERTH. Eloetrlcsl (Vic.) Pty. Ltd..
HUNTER BRANCH
The November meeting was held in the Mc«r« A E Hsrrold Ptv Ltd United Radio Diltrlbu- U Cellini St., HOBART and
Technical College, Tighes Hill, on Novem- 121-12$ Charlotte St to" Pf». Ltd., 2t St.'John St., LAUNCESTON
ber 6. The guest lecturer was Colonel H, J. BRISBANE ' 17$ Phillip St., SYDNEY. Taimenle.
Trick, head of the Military Electronic Divi- "Contractors to Padr-al and Stata Govarnmant Dapartmants."
sion of A.W.A. Colonel Trick chose as his
subject, Microminiaturisation and Military
Equipment. BRIGHT STAR RADIO
Members were amazed to learn, amonr
other things, that there are 1 million tran- 46 Eostgote St., Oakleigh, S.E. 12, Vie. 57-6387
sistors used in the TFX bomber planned WITH THE CO-OPERATION OF OUR OVERSEAS ASSOCIATES OUR
for use by the R.A.A.F. CRYSTAL MANUFACTURING METHODS ARE THE LATEST.
Also, a recently developed radar system
was small enough to be completely housed
Radio, Tolrrltlon * Hobbles, January.
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cycles .... £4/15/-
supply lead, phone and mike, etc.,
less crystals. £29/10/- INVERTERS. 26v-ll5v 2KW 400 Receiver £35. tested.
A.M.R. 101 A.W.A.
Post: N.S.W. 7/, Interstate 12/. cycle £4/15/-
£37/10/- HAND MICROPHONES. with Complete 2 to 25 MEGS with
5/ Cartage to Rail. Freight pay- Press-to-Talk Switch. .. 9/6 ea. power supply and tested — £55
able at nearest attended railway "" Yheo doute" " " " Post. N.S.W. 2/6, Interstate 3/-. Receiver A.M.R. 101 A.W.A.
station. Cook? Troughton and Simms. Lon- INSTRUMENT TRIPODS, sturdy Complete 2 to 25 MEGS with
don. Mlcroptlc. Tested. Complete wooden frame. Telescopic. Ex- power supply 1 £29/10/ coil hox
MULTIMETERS with Tripod, £137/10/. tends to 4ft 6in £6/10/-
200H EARPIKCKS. High Impedance Receiver National H.R.O. Com-
20,000 ohms Mr volt. DC VOLTS: crystal. Suit traasistor radios, plete with power supply and
6 ranges to 2,500V. AC VOLTS: 5 3000 TYPE RELAYS crystal sets, etc. With plug. tested 2 to 30 MEGS . £55
ranges to 1,000V. CURRENT: 3 P.M.G. 200 Ohm — 2,000 Ohm Only 9/11 Post 9d. Receiver National H.R.O. Com-
ranges to 50uA. to 250 MA. Colls. 12/6 each. STEPDOWN TRANSFORMER plete with power supply and
OHMS: 2 Ranges. AND RECTIFIER UNITS, 240- hox £29/10/
£5/15/0 IIOv. 2A £5
TELEPHONES SELSYN MOTORS MAGSLIP Rectifier Unit:
Post: N.S.W. 4/6; Int. 5/-. Sound Powered. Can he used as Mk. 11 52/6 ea. 415V 3 phase Input
Microphone and Receiver. New. No. 19 2-way radios, complete Output 130 to 175 volts DC var-
BENDIX TEST With 50ft cable. with hand set, power supply, iable In 10 Steps. 10 Amps. Has
38/6 pair leads, etc £17/10/ Voltmeter, ammeter, D/P Knife.
EQUIPMENT Meggers, bridge type, complete and S/W for DC control 3 phase
IE/19/ A. Brand new, contains Post.: 2/6; Itfterstate, 4/. tested £37/10/- O/L circuit breaker for .. £55
Signal generator 100 to 156 m/cs. EVERSHED and VIGNOLES. Idea! for charging electric
Field strength meter. Test set with S.T.C. 500 volts. Fork Lifts, etc.
0 to I MA meter. Battery Box, Set DYNAMIC MICROPHONE
of dKmantling tools. Wooden chest Low Resistance — Type 4017
lor carrying. instruction hook. Ideal ctudlo, P.A., etc.,
Complete £17/10/ £10 each
Port N.S.W.. 7/1 Interrtale »/6. DEITGH BROS.
COSSOR TWIN BEAM Between Crown and
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 Also discussed were receivers which could I
he adapted for use in Radio Astronomy
by amateurs and projects which amateurs W.I.A. YOUTH RADIO SCHEME
could work on. A future lecture on [
"Amateur Radio Astronomy" has been
suggested by VK3ALP. With the commencement of the 1965 A new modulator'for the 80 metre trans-
A recorded talk by a Radio Inspector school year and the possible transfer of miller is completed and should be in
dealing with B.C.I., T.V.I, and the associat- students from one school to another, it operation soon. It features speech com-
ed problems of noise interference, proved to is anticipated that a number of new clubs pression to give an effectively louder sig-
be most informative. Some of the methods will be formed. nal.
of combating the noise problems, though For the assistance and guidance of The 1965 A.O.C.P. course for those in-
rather novel, were most successful. Members science masters and other members of lending to become Radio Amateurs will
would have liked to have asked some ques- school staff, a full set of notes selling out commence on Wednesday, February 3,
tions on the subject and resolved to have administrative details, the syllabus and re- 1965. Lectures will continue throughout
an inspector in person at a future dale. quirements for the various grades of certi- the year on Wednesday nights.
The Club meets every Wednesday evening ficates are available from Mr R. C. Black, Enrolment may be made by contacting
and an invitation is extended to visitors or Federal Co-ordinalor Y.R.S., Wireless In- the Hon. Secretary, Wesllakes Radio Club,
intending members. Details of all activities stitute Centre, 14 Alcheson Street, Crow's Post Office. Teralba, or by attendance at
can be obtained from the Secretary, Laurie Nest, N.S.W. the first lecture. Enrolment is free to club
Kelly VK3ZLA, 26 Cambridge Street, Bel- Among the lest books suitable for Y.R.S. members.
monl. Geclong, or Publicity Officer John students arc two publications available The course includes Radio Theory and
Cations, VK3ALP, 18 Elsvern Avenue. from the Postmaster General's Department, Telegraphy to the standard required by the
Bclmonl, Geclong. These arc:— Applied Electricity 1 P.M.G. for the Amateur Operator's Certi-
(1958) and Applied Electricity 2, These ficate of Proficiency.
JOHN MOYLE MEMORIAL publications are available to students in I he Club has concluded the first unit
NATIONAL FIELD DAY schools, application forms for Purchase of in the series "Electronics By Radio." En-
This annual Field Day will be held over Course of Technical Instruction Books can titled Electricity and Magnetism. The four
the weekend Saturday, February 6 to Sun-
day, February 7, 1965.
Full details of the rules will be given in
next month's Notes.
One of the most enthusiastic supporters ☆
of this contest is the Moorabbin and Dis-
trict Radio Club, who along with the Wesllakes Radio
Elizabeth Radio Club have in recent years
taken the honours in the multi-operator sec- Club member
tion of the contest. Charles Boy/ takes I
Harold Hepburn, VK3AFQ. Secretary of
the Moorabbin and District Radio Club, a turn operating
sends the following details of the policy
which has been adopted by the club for one of the club
future contests. transmitters. The
"Since the 1961 National Field Day at
least, top honours in the multi-operator sec- club has several
tion have gone either to the Elizabeth Radio 100 watt trans-
Club. VK.5LZ or the Moorabbin Club.
VK3APC. mitters.
"During this period, members of the
Moorabbin Club have viewed with some
alarm the steady reduction in the number ☆
of smaller multi-operator groups competing.
"Members think this may be due to a feel-
ing that the section has become the preroga-
tive of the large clubs, and therefore have be obtained by writing to the Supervisor, week course allracled students from all
reached the conclusion that in the best in- Publications, Engineering Training Sub- Slates, and New Zealand.
terest of the Amateur Service, the Moorab- Section, II Spring Street, Melbourne C.I. Over seventy enrolled for the lessons
bin Club will, for a period, not compete as Victoria. although only a small fraction of these
a club station. could hope to hear the broadcasts.
"Rather, it will promote the entry of three WESTLAKES RADIO CLUB Because of the popular demand, it has
or four smaller groups, each operating in- During the past few weeks members been decided to repeal the first unit in the
dependently under the call-sign of one of hae been busy improving facilities at the series early in 1965. To cater for those who
the group members, with each trying equally club and now the Morse trainer is fully arc distant from the transmitter at Teralba,
hard to gain the highest score. in operation. The unit enables up to 13
"As an added incentive the Club will members to practice individually or in special arrangements have been made to
transmit the four lessons on 3595KC and
donate a Cup, the "Moorabbin Cup' to that groups. 705UKC in the 80 and 40 metre amateur
group of its members attaining the highest The master control panel which is set bands. The lime of the broadcasts will be
score in the contest. by the club instructor can also be used 6 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. Eastern Time, on the
QUEENSLAND DIVISION to select any member or group for in- first four Mondays of February 1965. These
" Members of the Queensland Division have struction or to send to the whole class. dates arc Isl, 8ih, 15th and 22nd.
been issued with a map of the proposed in Intheaddition an audio circuit incorporated For those listeners who have receivers
Civil Defence boundaries and a registration positionmaster control panel connects each which will tune Short-wave, the program
to the instructor to read back on 7050KC should be able to be heard
form for the Wireless Institute Civil Emer- the practice material by voice. easily in many areas. Where the dial is
gency Network being organised in that The equipment is completely trans- marked in metres, check around 42.5 metres.
Stale.
From the number of enquiries received istorised and was built at the club. Since all Details of the course and conies of all
are individual, great advant- necessary lesson notes are available free
by the divisional organiser, Laurie Blag- positions
brough, VIC4ZGL, the interest among mem- age is gained by speed operators and be- on application to "Electronics By Radio,"
ginners alike. Host Office, Teralba, New South Wales.
bers is gaining momentum.
In 1964 six members of the division com-
pleted courses dealing with Civil Defence have renewed activity on the 576MC band.
Signals, at Mount Macedon, Victoria. V the ex-
An appeal has been made by Peter Brown, Aablecontact
near
between VK5JH operating port- organised by the W.I.A. to defray
Sailer Springs and VK5ZAS at penses of an observer at I.T.U. Conferences
VK4PJ. President of the Queensland Divi- Lower Mitcham, a distance of about 50 held in Geneva.
sion, to all amateurs to join the organisa- miles with signals of R5 S9 was the high- Also from West Australia come news of
tion, and pointing out that it is not neces- light on
sary to join the W.I.A. unless they wish to Severalthat band. another of the many instances of amateurs
good six metre contacts have been assisting physically handicapped persons
do so. reported with VK4. but the major topic of who have an interest in some facil of
The aim of the W.I.C.E.N. organisation
is to provide a communication network in interest is the reported reception of amateur radio.
VKSZDX's 144MC signal R5 S9 in Bris- In response to an appeal made on be-
the case of civil emergencies.
Full details can be obtained from the bane. really
Conditions on six metres were not half Alien and Geoffrey Taylor, two
good at the time of the reported two boys sufferings from a muscular ailment,
Organiser, Box 638J, G.P.O., Brisbane. metre break-through, and there is some who arc avid short-wave listeners, a multi-
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION speculation as to the type of propagation band radiogram was donated, Two mem-
The VHF activity in and around Adelaide conditions that existed during the period. bers of the Institute rc-condilioncd and
has been very intense, no doubt in anticipa- WEST AUSTRALIAN DIVISION modified the unit, enabling the boys to
tion of another period of good conditions Members of the West Australian listen on the normal short-wave bands, and
for the Ross Hull Memorial Contest.- Division can be proud of their achievement also to the 80, 40, 20, and 15 metre bands.
The two metre and six metre scrambles in being the first division to reach the The boys arc now Associate members and
have drawn good attendances, and several quota set for the I.T.U. Fund. The fund have been allocated S.W.L. numbers.
Radio, Television & Hobbies, Ja 7965 97
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0 fO tOOfl. Prorldon for Cryxtal.
An Ideal TV Marfcor Gooontor.
MINIATURE P.A. AMPLIFIER. £16/15/-
15 WATTS OUTPUT.
Simple installation and operation. Direct reading in Mnldmach Fnrouon OP. trana- Pott. NP.W. 7/4, Intentato 12/6.
feet. Visual indication of large fish. Operates from former inpnl for crystal mik. and
ntek-np with electronic Blzlng. PP. LEADER SWEEP AND
internal battery or external supply. EJU54 ootpot. £17/15/- MARKER GENERATOR
30 Watt. Af those EL34 P.P. TV P.M. LSG 531.
£25/15/- 2 to 270 megs. 4 bands.
A MUST for Fishing ar Boating £42/10/- 40 Watt. As abort BL34 PP. £37/15/- 5.5 meg. crystal for sound. I.F.
sweep width to 12 megs.
60 Watt. As those EL34 PP. £69/10/
CITIZENS BAND £42/15/-
MINI-LAB 100 Watt. As abort KTU PP.
MULTIMETER 27.140 Mm Foort 10221 £63/17/6
10 Truriatar TruKdrm. LINE OR VOICE COIL
COMBINES HI-POWM. 240 MW. TRANSFORMERS. _ _
R.F. Sit. Gen. Audio Sit. G«b. Rue* to 10 wllw MULLARD HI-FI RANGE. d% ^
D.C. Voltneter. A.C. Voltmeter. £32/10/. Eoch 5/10 with pre amp ban and treble
Reilstancc and Canadtor Sobstkatloii boost. Ultra linar ootpot £11/15/-
Box. Field Strentth Meter. 5/20. At aboro £32/15/- CT330
£10/7/6 MITY—AMP.
POST 5/-. 5 TruuMor AajplMhr, 1 Watt BATTERY-AC
HI F1 Output.
6 or 12V In pvt. 3 to 45 ohm ootpal. OPERATION
PLAYMASTER 106 (or Inclttdlna CoaMctSoa dlaanmatlca C.T. 330. 20.000 OJ».V.
mono, Mwm. Pjh. and Inter- 0 ralr. 6 r pi OS 140.-10 watt
AND 107 com. DM. £17/15/- D.C. Votts, .6, 6, 30, 120. 600, 1200
7 Valro 12r plus 240.-11 watt
BPEAKEuiJ/m * Ita. 33 Ohm. 7 Valro llr plaa 240r-25 watt £20/17/0 600, 1200. D.C. Current, .06-6. 60,
600mA. Resistance. 6K, 600K, 6mcg..
£2 Each £35/17/6 5 Ranges. Specially suitable mw. for
Pncfc and Pott 5/' transistor use.
Complemcntarr Clrcnlt. Encapnlnted
anil. Canadian mannfactnn. VALVE TESTER £7/19/6 post s/.
1 Part, (or A.C. Pomr Snppli Tests all valves, diodes, rectifiers, C.T. 500. 20.000 O.P.V.
Mono £5 IS 0 checking 1 lament*, shorts. Merit on D.C. Volts, 2.5. 10, 50, 250, 500.
Feb. ami Mwtk R. TV ft H. direct reading. Good-bad' meter. 1000. A.C. Volts. 10, 50. 250, 500.
Complete with tube chart. 1000. D.C. Cnrreat, .09, 5 JO,
106 T.V. BOOSTER UNITS £J3/7/6 500mA. Resistance. 12K, 12 OK,
1.2met., 12meg. D.B. minus 20 to
WIRED AND TESTED. £44 Improve results In fringe and country Post. NSW 7/6. Intcntale 11/6. plua 62.
areas. No fitdng required. £7/5/- Pott s/.
107 £10/17/6 V.T.V.Mtt S.E. 350. 100,000 OJf.V.
AND Post, N.S.W. 5/, Interstate 7/4. 7 Ranges A.C. Powered. D.C. Volte. .5, 2.5, 10, 50, 250, 500,
n§fEi>, £41/10/- D.C.V. 0, 1.5, 5, 19, 50, 150, 500, 1000. A.C. Volte. 2.5, 10, 50, 250,
T.V. TUNERS 1,500. 1000 D.C. Current. IOoA, 2.5, 25.
108 New 10-channel Tuners. A.C.V. 0. 1.5, 5, 15, 50, 150, 500, 250mA, 10 amps. Resistance. 2K
1,500 R.M.5.
ILTV ft H. Oct. 64.
Wired and tested. £7/10/- A.C.V. PTOP. 0, 1.4, 4, 14, 40, 200K. plus
2 M, 20M. D.B. minus 20 to
62.
140. 400, 1,400, 4,000.
£36/-/- Resistance 1 ohm to 1,000 megahm. £10/17/6 Post, 7/6.
PHILIPS D.B. — 10 D.B. to + 65 D.B. P.T. 34 1,000 O.P.V.
£21/5/- D.C. Volts. 0, 10, 50. 250. 500,
PLAYMASTER 2 DISC JOCKEY 1,000.
With Wtd. Rums Toner In Cabteot, 4-Specd Players. Post 10/. AX. Volts. 0, 10. 50. 250, 500,
as Abort. PJ*. Oulpat. 7 Watt, per 6V. D.C. OPERATION. 1,000.
ChnniMl. £39/10/- MONAURAL CRYSTAL HEAD H.V. Probe to 30 KV, £4/2/6. M.A. 1-100-900 RESISTANCE.
£4/17/6 AUDIO GENERATOR £2/12/6 Port 5/.
SPEAKER VENTED STEREO. Sine and Square Wave. 200 H. 20,000 O.P.V.
20 Cycles to 200 KC. 4 Bands.b D.C. Volte, 5. 25, 50. 230, 500,
ENCLOSURES £5/17/6 Frequency response plus/minus 2500. A.C. Volte. 10, 50. 100, 500.
With (In Twin Cooa SpenkM* Pott. N.S.W. 7/6. Intent.te. 12/6. 1.5 D.B. 1000. D.C. Comm. SOnA, 2.5,
Fitti, £9/10/- Each 60 Cycles to 150 K.C. 250mA. Rettttanoe. 4It, 600K.
Output impedance 5,000 ohm. Capacitance. 2 D.B. Raoam.
LATEST Output volts, 0 to 7. £5/7/6 Post, 5/.
Vented End omits, (ar llln Speakers. £22/2/6 ALL PRICES NET. INC. 8./TAX.
4.SPEED
£11/15/- 240V A.C. Mono .. .. £5 15 •PLAYERS
240V A.C. Steno .... 0 10 0 RESISTANCE- S1
STEREO RECORD
COLLARO STEREO Battery Mono
Battery Steno
0 15 0
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TAPE DECK Battery Mono 45 r.p.m. Bridae and Analyzer I1965 model. 4-speed.
In Cabinet 4 12 4 Capacity 20 pfd to 2,000 mfd. £10/15/
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stereo recorders. Also tests power, factor, leakage, Fully machined De Luxe Model.
a operates as 4-track monaural. Impedance, transformer ratio, Insulp- Heavyweight turntable.andCeramic balanced.
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TRANSISTOR P.A.
60 Watt AMPLIFIERS
12V Operation.
GUITAR AMPLIFIER 2 Channel input.
With mixing 15 ohm output.
Piggy Back unit. 4 Input Channels. Base and 15 Watt £27/15/.
30 Watt £37/15/.
Treble Boost with Vibrator. Bass or Lead. 50 Watt £42/10/.
240 A.C. plus 12VD uperalion If
required. £7/10/ extra.
PLAYMASTCR 2 £70 . 5 . 0
STEREO AMPLIFIERS Reverb if Required £24/10/- Extra
Putfh.Pull. 8 Watt per Chmnel
Bav* and Treble boost and Cut. P.A. SPEAKERS
Wired and Tested. • WATT
81n Units In Waterproof
£31 ■■Ui Projection Horns.
15 Ohm Voice Coils.
ir—SSL aiwa
SIGNAL INJECTOR C—£. 703 £6/15/-
TrunKistorhed-. Fountain Pen sized 6 Tramistor Tape Recorders In Double Ended Flares.
Unit for Slanul Tracer in Radio. Duoiateral Coverage.
TV and Amplifier Service. 1 TRACK. 2 SPEED. IT/S MHI 3V.. £7/5/- R. TV & H.
£2/12/6 CAPSTAN DRIVE. REMOTE CON- Line Output Transformers to suit.
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AND TAPE. STEREO
£26/5/ - POST 7/6. P.A. SPEAKER
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TAPE American Rating. 30 Watts. MARCH-APRIL ISSUE, 1962
Voice Coil 16 ohm.
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 IIS1ENING AROUND THE WORLD
Art Cushen's monthly report on require accurate lime for positions for fix-
* long-distance short-wave, television ing by the stars, and the defence authorities
for firing and tracking rockets, etc. The
/ and broadcast band reception. station has bursts of 1000 cycles per second
4 lone, which can be heard each second ex-
cept for the 59lh second of each minute
so that minute intervals can be identified.
The service at present is operating on a
temporary basis, but plans are on hand to
provide greater time signal accuracy and to
Deutche Welle Relay Increases Power increase the lower power transmission from
250 watts to 1000 walls. The transmitters
arc located at Lyndhurst, site of some of
The relay station in Central Africa which carries the programs of the the ABC transmitters for short-wave internal
services.
Duetche Welle in Cologne, Germany, is to increase in power to 250KW
VOICE OF MALAYSIA
shortly. This should enable signals originating from another new African A rapid increase in schedule hours and
country to be widely heard. in transmitter power has been effected in
recent months by the Voice of Malaysia
in Kuala Lumpur, while the addition of
DELAY stations arc now an essential part co-operation between Departments of the two 50,000-walt transmitters and the neces-
of good quality transmissions in a Administration and the Australian Broad- sary aerial system has given the station
given area and arc being used extensively casting Commission on the important part a stronger voice in the Asian area. Its Indo-
by the BBC and VOA. In the case of played by broadcasting in the development nesian transmissions, one of its major
Deutche Welle, the qr;anisation is now of this territory. It is this co-operation language services, has now been increased
engaged on the expansion of its first relay which enables the people of Papua and to seven hours each day, and though press
station. The station has been in operation New Guinea to receive the maximum bene- reports state that listening to the Voice of
from Kiga-li, the capital of the Republic fit from their radio stations" said the Ad- Malaysia by listeners in Indonesia is an
of Rwanda in Africa, since August 30. 1963. ministrator. Sir Donald Cleland, when open- offence, it must have built up an extensive
Using the power of only 600 watts its ing the new studio buildings. audience since its inception only a few short
months ago. A report from Singapore gives
signals have been heard in New Zealand, The present schedule for stations operated
as well as in many areas of Central Africa, by the ABC is: the new times of the transmissions in Indo-
nesian from Kuala Lumpur as 0800-1030
its target area. It is on the air daily on £>" KC. Location GMT
7225KC for its morning transmission, while Sign 4230-1630 and 2330-2400 GMT. It is car-
its evening service is on 7295KC. The ten- VLK3 3925 Port Moresby 2000-2200 ried on 11900, 9750, 7110, and 6175KC.
hour-a-day program can be heard in neigh- VLK4 4890 Port Moresby In addition, the broadcast band station
bouring countries, and, to ensure a good 2215-0715 Radio Malaysia, Sabah, using 750KC from
technical quality, the station carries pro- VLK3 3925 Port Moresby 0730-1400 0800-1030 GMT, also carries the program.
grams which have been pre-recorded in VLT4 4890 Port Moresby 2000-2200 RADIO CANADA SW CLUB
Cologne. VLT9 9520 Port Moresby 2215-0715
The programs arc flown out to Kigali and VL4 4890 Port Moresby 0730-1400 Information about the Radio Canada
as far as possible are broadcast simultan- 9PA 1250 Port Moresby Short-Wave Club program, heard from
2000-1400 Montreal each Sunday m the South Pacific
eously with those beamed from Cologne. It 9BR 810 Rabaul 0615-1245, 2000-0345 area, is brought to our notice .by Mr
is only at odd times that the Cologne trans- Gordon Hepburn, of Bexley, N.S.W., a
mission is relayed directly. All stations open at 2030 hours GMT on short-wave listener since 1929,
During intervals between transmission, the Sunday. Those readers not familiar with the Radio
Kigali installation is used as a communica- VNG TIME STATION Canada Short-Wave Club can hear the
tion station with Germany and for radio program on the air each Sunday at 0735
amateur work. For the latter purposes, the Further details of the Australian time sig- and 0825 GMT on 5970 and 9625KC.
technicians use the oflicial call 9X5 and, issue,nal station, mentioned' briefly in our last Membership involves the sending of five
as well as daily contact with Germany, they have been supplied by one of our reception reports to Montreal; a fine
have worked radio amateurs in many readers, John Miller, of Christchurch, N.Z., membership certificate is issued. The full
countries. The station address is Radio Section, Aus- address is Radio Canada Short-Wave Club.
Daily duties at the station include work tralianJolimontPostmaster-General's Department, Box 6000, Montreal Q. Canada. A pam-
on the new 250.000-wall transmitter, due to 2-10 The exact
Terrace, Melbourne C2.
frequencies of the station are phlet about the club can be had on request.
be completed by the middle of this year. 5425, 7515 and 12005 KC.
It should be possible to broadcast programs 100KW STATION FOR MALGACHE
to the whole of Africa from this new trans- The stations operate: The former Madagascar now uses a
mitter; it will be linked to a receiving 5425KC 250W 1200-2200 GMT I00KW transmitter, which has been given
station some miles away at which the in- 7515 10KW 1200-2200 to the country by France. Since October
coming signals from Cologne will be 7515 250W 2200-1200 it has been on the air on a test basis.
received. According to a report from Germans;, a
Equipment at the receiving station will be 12005 I0KW 2000-1200 listener in that country heard the initial
operated from the transmitting station by The service was recently established to opening on October 12, when using
remote control, a system which is being cm- serve primarily the Australian mainland with 15270KC. The transmitter operated from
ployed at the Kigali station for the first lime a 24-hour-a-day accurate lime signal. Typi- 1800 to 1900 with music and station identi-
anywhere in the world. cal users of the service are surveyors who fication in French and Malgache. The
ABC—NEW GUINEA
Some details on the history of the activi-
ties of the Australian Broadcasting Commis-
sion stations in New Guinea has been
received from Mr D. R. Channel), manager Two personalities
for the Papua-New Guinea ABC stations. from the Radio
Mr Channel! gives details of the intro- Canada 'Short
duction of the ABC services from Port Wave Club, men-
Moresby in 1946, and the expansion of the tioned elsewhere
service, which now provides for the whole on this page. On
area, with stations in Port Moresby and
Rabaul. The commission's new studio build- the right is the
ing, costing £190,000 and housing equip- president, Mr
ment valued at £75,000, was opened "Pip" Duke, and
recently. A modern transmitting centre, also his companion is
at Port Moresby was opened last year; it the vice-president,
is staffed by officers of the Postmaster-Gen- Mr Duncan Niehol-
eral's Department.
The ABC in New Guinea-Papua employs
more than 100 people in its program, pre-
sentation and administration departments.
"The last 20 years have revealed a close
Radio,. Te/evision & Hobbies, January, 1965
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frequency was clear till 1840, when Havana goes into effect, minor changes are often In Arabic to 1830, in German 1830-1900,
opened on the same channel. The station necessary because of unforseen interference and in French 1900-1930.
asks for reception reports and they should on the channel, but these, too, have to be TURKISH University at Istanbul is on the
be sent to Radiodinusion National Mal- notified to the Geneva office. air daily from 1813 to 2000 on 6260KC
gache, P.O. Box 442, Tanvanarive, Mala- Those, who have been listening for some according to the Swiss DX Session. This
gasy. The new transmitter has since been years, will find the present more orderly interesting station run by students was
heard, still apparently on an experimental control of frequencies and transmission verified some years ago, when our recep-
basis. Madagascar has frequently been heard times a boom to short-wave listening, com- tion over such a distance caused them
on its 4000W transmitters in the 90-metre pared with the chaos which has existed to present a special greeting to us in
band, but this higher power will enable in the past. Today, with some 3,000 short- their transmission.
better reception over the normal short-wav wave stations operating each day, planned LEBANON is reported with a transmission
bands for an international service. use of the existing bands is the only way to Europe and Africa in French in a
the broadcaster can hope to reach his service from 2000 to 2030 on li770KC.
VL2UV FOR NEWCASTLE listeners, According to the station, the trans-
For some years, the University of New mission is repeated on 9680KC from
South Wales, Sydney, has made available RADIO ZAMBIA 0130 to 0200.
instruction by radio over its station VL2UV, The new Radio Zambia, which replaces
from its studios in Kensington. Some 14 the Northern Rhodesian Broadcasting Cor- NORTH KOREAN Radio at Pyongyang
has lengthened its service to Europe
months ago, the university began operating poration, is now in operation using the according to a Swiss report and now
a similar station in Wollongong, as reported new name. There has also been an increase carries a transmission in Russian from
last month. We have now been advised 1700-1900, in English 1900-2100, and in
that a station for Newcastle is under con- French from 2100 to 2200 GMT. It uses
struction and should be on the air shortly. 7225 and 9732KC but, in this area, recep-
This will also share the frequency of Graham Hutchins tion is poor due to the European beaming.
17S0KC, as used by both Sydney and However, Pyongyang on 9732KC is good
Wollongong. The death on November 14 of at 1030, when opening in English for
The Sydney transmitter of 300 watts pro- Graham Hutchins, DX Editor of Radio listeners in the Pacific and South Asia.
vides excellent coverage, even in New Zea- Australia, came as a shock to all short- ETHIOPIAN station ETLF. which has its
land. Its schedule is for five days each wave listeners. Graham Hutchins bad studios in Addis Ababa, has been noted
week, with sign-on at 0730 on Tuesday and been the Editor of the Radio Australia with a new schedule and using 13403KC
Wednesday and at 0830 on Monday, Thurs- DX Session for the past 19 years and from 1313 to 1443 hours with an English
day and Friday. The Wollongong station, his sesahm, carried in eight transmissions news bulletin at 1415-1430. As weu as
using ISO watts on 1750KC, at present each Sunday, was the most papular see- the news, general program information
signs on at 1000 and off at 1200 on skm of Its live hi the world. It did much is included in the session. ETLF has
Tuesday and Wednesday. 10 (aster the interest in shortwave lis- been operative also as "The Radio Voice
A quarter-wave semi-vertical aerial is used tening throughout the world, and much of the Gospel," and this is used in place
to radiate the programs of VL2UV Wol- of the popularity of Radio Australia is of the callsign when the station identifies
longong. All its programs are recorded in attributed to the work of Graham its program on many occasions.
Sydney and sent to the transmitter site in Hutchins. We are sore readers Join with KARACHI in Pakistan with its English
Wollongong for broadcasting, according to us In our expression of sorrow at the program at 1340 GMT is now using the
the information supplied to us by the sudden lorn of a voice so familiar to new frequency of 15095KC. This channel
Technician-in-Charge of VL2UV, Mr L. S. the shortwave listener. is used with 11672KC, reports the Bene-
Porter. lux DX Club in a recent session over
NEW CHILIAN ON 5975KC in transmission hours and operating fre- GHANA Radio Nederlands.
The sign-off announcement in English quencies from its short-wave centre in is using 15133KC for the broad-
of CB960, Santiago, Chile, indicated that Lusaka. The station has been assigned the cast at 1400 GMT, when the session is
the station now has a second short-wave following channels: 3270, 4911, 6165, 3346, beamed to East Africa and Ethiopia; the
transmhter operating on 397SKC. The 4963 and 6060. Stations of the Zambia transmission is from the Accara studios.
signal on 9600KC has been particularly Broadcasting Corporation requests reports SOUTH AMERICAN signals continue to
good in New Zealand, when closing at to Radio Zambia, Broadcasting House, P.O. be heard by many readers in the low-
0300, with a recorded announcement In Box RW13, Ridgewav, Lusaka, Zambia. frequency bands. A report from Dick
Spanish, English, French and Portuguese. The reports should also include program Pollard of Golden Downs, N.Z., mentions
The English announcement is read by a suggestions and comment, which are passed reception of the Ecuadorian station in
woman, giving details of the medium-wave, to the Program Secretary. Guayaquil, HCAJ2 on 4765KC, when
two short-wave and frequency modulation closing at 0500. The adjacent channel of
stations and asking for reports on recep- 4770KC is used by HCMX4, with the
tion. The station schedule is given as slogan of Radio Phoenix, which gives
1100-0300 and the address for reports as fair reception to after 0600. A Brazilian,
Radio Presidenta Balmaceda, Box 13360, PLASHES PROM PRA8 on 11863KC, has been heard to
Santiago, Chile. The sign-on at 1100 GMT close of transmission at 0400; the closing
does not seem to be correct, as we have announcements are in English, Spanish
now heard the station opening at 1000 EVERYWHERE and Portuguese from this station located
GMT. This should improve the chance in Recife. Another Brazilian, operated bv
reception throughout Australia. ALBANIAN Radio at Tirana has included the Radio Club of Bahia, on 11873KC
German in its languages for foreign trans- has been closing at 0238 GMT with the
FREQUENCY ALLOCATION mission and its service in English is still callsign ZYN32. Other stations, which
How the seasonal frequencies are allo- heard at 2000-2030 when using 7093KC. have been noted, include HCFA4, at
cated by the International Telecommunica- while the medium-wave frequency is used
tions Union Frequency Registration sec- in parallel for some of the services. As
tion. is a question which has puzzled some well as the short-wave channel, an addi- GET YOUR
readers, because, four tiroes each year, the tional frequency on 93eSKC is sometimes
majority of stations make frequency and in use.
schedule moves. The plan, which is drawn LISBON has some new transmissions in
up in Geneva, tries to share the inter- English: For Asia 1345-1443 on 13125KC AMATEUR
national short-wave frequencies between all and to 1430 on 21493KC; to Europe
countries, putting each given frequency to 1800-1843 on 6023; for Africa 1800-1930
its maximum use. For instance, one often on 9643, 13380 and at times on 11933;
hears the Cologne transmissions on 9640 in French 1713-1800 on 6023, and to LICENCE
on the air to 0600 to North America. Africa in French 1930-2000 on 13380KC;
When they cease, the channel is taken over in Italian 1843-1930 on 6023. To North Institute N.S.W.
The Division of the Wireless '
at 0600 by the BBC for its service to the America the English transmission is scries of classes of Australia will commence a new
Pacific. This is the type of sharing, for for the A.O.C.P. on February
the reduction of interference, that the plan carried on 6023 and 6183 from 0330 to 15. 1965. at the Wireless Institute Centre.
0430 daily. 14 Atchison Street. Crow's Nest.
tries to maintain. Lectures will include telegraphy instruction,
Five months before the seasonal plan BAGHDAD transmission to Europe uses enabling the applicant to obtain the FULL
comes into operation (the times are the 6030 and 609SKC at the new time 1930- CERTIFICATE.
Classes will be held on Monday and
first Sunday In March, May, September 2030 in English, 2030-2130 in German, Wednesday evenings from 6.30 to 9 o'clock,
and November), the station must notify and 2130-2230 in French. and running through till December IB in
its ideas on frequency usage to the Geneva AFGHANISTAN over Radio Kabul has readiness for the January, 1966, examinations.
Court* Foo: C7/7/- por form or
office. In the plan, the station must try been noted with English from 1030 to
to make the maximum use of as few 1100 on 13223KC, a frequency which has £20 cosh (fhroo forms).
frequencies as possible. Recently, Radio severe interference from Moscow. From to Intending
the Course
students should apply in writing
Supervisor.
Prague gave details on its work in the 1100 to 1130 it is at better level to South COUNTRY CLIENTS arc r.mind.d that
frequency planning and, for our summer, Asia and Indonesia, when using the clear w. h.va th. Corr.(pond.ne. Courw
all its transmissions to various parts of the channel of 1S123KC. Reception of the
world are concentrated on 17 frequencies, transmission on the latter channel is ex- datotl,, obtainabl. from tha wlralat,
even though the station has some 30 fre- cellent. The service to Europe from Kabul Initituta Cantra, Crow', Nait.
quencies assigned to it. When the plan is on 9633KC and is on the air at 1800
Radio, Ta/ay/rion A Hobblti, January. 1965
 Portoviejo on 4812K.C, which is often
5CIW Cathode Ray Tubes, with Mu-meta] Shield and Socket. £2/19/6 each. heard to sign-off at 0600. On Sunday
sign-off is at 0700 GMT.
Brand-new Oak Switch Wafers, 6/ per dozen. Special price for quantity. PHILIPPINE station DZ17 in Manila using
Assorted Ducon Resistors. 7/6 per 100. 6080KC has been giving fair reception
at 1000 hours since Radio New Zealand
Vernier Dial, brand new. 9/6 each. left the channel. At 1100 the frequency
is also used by Radio Japan for a new
72 ohms Coaxial Cable, 100yd coil, £5, or 1/6 per yard. transmission to South Asia in Korean.
DENMARK, in its service to Australia
and New Zealand from the studios in
DUCON OIL FILLED CONDENSERS Copenhagen, provides good reception in
Paper 9mfd, 4,000 D.C.W. £2/10/- each. Brand new. the summer months and, at present, is
using 9520KC. The transmission from
0900-1000 GMT is on the air on Tues-
NEW 4-GAN6 VARIABLE CONDENSERS day, Thursday and Saturday with English
With vernier dial. 39/6 each. from 0930. A session for the DX listener
is carried each Thursday at 0950, this
being compiled by the World Radio
NEW HEADPHONES AND MICROPHONES Handbook editors.
Suit 19, 22 or 122 Transceivers. 37/6 each.
VALVES, BRAND NEW IN CARTONS. BROADCAST
6V6G, 10/- each. 6AK5, 12/6 each. OA2 VR tube, 10/- each.
100 ASSTD. NEW RESISTORS. Erie, I.R.C. Welwyn, 10/- per 100. BAND NEWS
Pye Reporter Radio Telephones, Ex-cabs. Complete with 12 valves. Min. AUSTRALIA — Figures released recently
Types, 12V Vibrator. Power Supply, Speaker, etc. Approx. 70 Mcs., suit by the Australian Broadcasting Control
conversion, £15/10/- each. Board show that, at present, 1/6 stations
New case of plugs cables and Junction Boxes etc. For 19 Transceiver, £4/10/. are in operation in the Commonwealth; 111
are commercial stations, the balance of 65
being operated by the Australian Broadcast-
455Kc I.F. Transformers. 5/- each. ing Commission. Expansion plans of the
ABC are now almost complete; of the 27
new stations planned, 24 are now in
CLEARANCE OF ODDMENTS operation, while increases in power to
CARTON OF OVER £S WORTH OF PARTS, ONLY £2-0-0, some of the 10 short-wave transmitters used
to carry programs to more remote areas
have been effected. Concerning the other
SWITCHES I.R.C. RESISTORS three stations still in the planning stage,
Bulgin Push Button 25 ohms 20 watts 2/6 each. a site near St. George in Queensland has
2/6 each. 75 ohms 20 watts 2/6 each been acquired for 4QW, to operate on
47 ohms 30 watts 2/6 each. 710KC, building purchase of equipment
A.W.A. CHOKES 16 ohms 8 watts 2/6 each. are well advanced. 4QO, to be located in
1200 ohms 30 watts 2/6 each. the Emerald area of Queensland with
20 milli Henries. 16 amps D.C. 50,000 watts, is also in the construction
£3/10/0 each. 1200 ohms 12 watts 1/6 each. stages. 4QA, to use 910ICC with 10,000
1000 ohms 3 watts 1/ each. watts, is still in the planning stages, for its
OIL FILLED BLOCK 2000 ohms 3 watts 1/ each.
CONDENSERS 1000 ohms 5 watts 1/ each NOTES from readers should be sent to
10,000 ohms 5 watts 1/ each Arthur Cushen, 212 Earn Street, Inver-
.5 mfd 3.000 V.D.C.W.
.05 mfd 4,000 V.D.C.W. cargill, N.Z. All times are in Greenwich
10 mfd 125 V.D.C.W. WELWYN RESISTORS Mean Time. Add 8 hoars for Perth, 10
1.5 mfd 400 V.A.C.W.K.G. 100K 1% ' 1/ each. hours for Sydney and 12 hours for
150K 5% 1/ each. Wellington time. All frequencies are In
7/6 each. NEW. kilocycles.
900K 1% 1/ each.
TV IF formers and can with slugs transmissions from Eidavold in Queensland.
2/6 each. RECO RESISTORS Tlio main power increases in Australian
Formers 1/ per dozen. 3.9 ohms 5 watt 1/ each. stations recently have been: 4AT Atherton,
4 ohms 6 watts 1/ each. Q., 500 to 2000W; 3AK Melbourne from
2000 to 5000W; 4CA Cairns, Q., 1000 to
TO CLEAR Carbon Mic. Inserts 2/ each. 2000W; 4IP Ipswich, Q., 1000 to 2000W.
Frequency changes for 6AM, 6KG, 6CA
\! Jin High Q Iron Slugs with Jin | Bowden Cables, 6ft 5/ each. and 6GF also took place last year.
! brass adjust screw. 6/ per Doz. SCR522 Circuits 12/6 each. BONAIRE — Reception in N.Z. of the
! 7-Pin Miniature Ceramics socket. ■ I P.M.G. Key Switches: Ideal model PJB transmissions on 800KC from sign on
1/ each.I railway intercoms, etc. 2/ each. at 0830 GMT under the NZBC station
!; 1,000 ohm Relays 7/6 each. 6CQ6 Valves 5/ each. 1YZ in Rotorua, is proof indeed of the
|; 5CR522 Genemotors 12/6 each. 7 pin Hi Insulation Sockets 9d each transmission range of the 525KW trans-
7 Pin Sockets and Shields. 2/ each. mitter. According to Trans World Radio
\ I P.M.G. Jack Cords, red or black ; officals, the station received more than
■! less plugs. 6/ per doz. 6000 reports from listners in 65 coun-
Fuse Holders, 1 hole mounting, Westinghouse Rectifiers tries in the first two months of the opera-
2/6 each. ; BRAND NEW tion of PJB. The present transmission
schedule of PJB, when on its program for
Oil filled Block Condensers, .1 !; Type 18 RA 1-1-8-1 2/6 each. the Trans World Radio, is daily 0830-1335
I; 7500 volts 7/6 each. ; Type 16K4 1/6 each. with an extension to 2200; on Sunday,
j! Brand new Slydlock Fuse Hold-!; Type 16HT4 1/6 each. 2230-0300. The transmitter is also used for
'• I ers 2/6 each.» Type 12 Westector 1/- each. a program of Radio Nederlands, which is
carried at 0400-0450 GMT.
j 5 amp Fuses 2/ per doz.; Telcon shielded single core cable No. NEW ZEALAND — Details on the
TA518, 9d per yard. latest NZBC station to be built at Taupo
have recently been announced. The station
has been allocated the callsign 1ZA and a
ALL, ARTICLES PLUS FREIGHT frequency of 1500KC. The station will be
built north of the Taupo township in the
centre of the North Island alongside the
main highway from Taupo to Rotorua. The
PARAGON RADIO 2000 sq. ft. building will house studio and
transmitter equipment. Another new station
479 PARRAMATTA ROAD, LEICHHARDT — is being constructed for Tokoroa, also in
the North Island. The transmitter is to be
560-9402 (TOP TAVERNER'S HILL) 560-9402 at Hodderville, a site in the centre of
the coverage area.
Radio, Television A Hobbies, January, 1965
 ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

the ever-present risk of trouble if you forget. weather. If we can produce audible sparks
When writing to us: — Another point is that it may fail to operate by this means, it is not unthinkable that
if the oncoming vehicle is a bicycle or a we — or cats — could also produce TV
• Please give your name and full motor cycle with a not-too-bright headlamp, interference, particularly in areas where the
postal address, including the thereby blinding the oncoming rider. Last TV signal itself is not strong. Again, freak-
State .... N.S.W. &c. but not least, there is the question of ish but no more than that.
reliability. If a transistor ignition system
• Please write the above inform- fails, or a tachometer, that is unfortunate YOUTH CLUBS
ation clearly or, for preference, but it usually involves only the vehicle con- R. S. (MacLeod, Vie.) says that he is
cerned. A faulty automatic dipper would firmly convinced as to the value of
print it in block letters. Your co- be very much a matter for the law and Youth Radio Clubs, not only from the
operation will facilitate deliv- third parlies. technical viewpoint but as a means of
ery of replies by mail, where equipping lads morally and psychologic-
such are called for. UNSIGNED LETTER ally for adult life. There is no shortage
We arc holding an unsigned letter, of lads to support the clubs, he says.
with no address, which appears to have There is a shortage of men prepared
been posted at Melbourne. The writer to dedicate lime and talent to the cause.
TWO-CHANNEL GUITAR AMP. He says that he has worked out tenta-
G.B. (Toowoomba, Qld.) asks if we have asks for a copy of the June, 1961, tive programs of radio construction,
described a two-channel Guitar Ampli- issue or information from that issue theory and field exercises which are in
fier of approximately 10 walls rating. dealing with a transistorised car radio. use locally. He is willing to pass his
If so, he would like to know the price Would he please write again and sup- ideas on to other men interested in
ply name and address. Youth Radio Club work.
of the circuit data and chassis blue- Thank you for your letter and for your
print. offer to exchange ideas. We will publish
The "103 Guitar Amplifier" of January, WANTS CIRCUIT
1963, would seem to meet your require- Mr F. Skenc of Norh Maleny via Lands- your address to facilitate correspondence.
ments, G.B., as it is a two-channel unit of borough. Qld., writes to say that he (R. Sailer, Club Leader, Macleod Radio
just over 10 watts per channel. The second has a "Vclco" tape recorder model Club, 12 Ayr St., Macleod, Vic.)
channel may be used for high-level rever- TRI in which the wiring around the EARTH WIRES
beration or for a second pickup. Circuit selector switch has been "got at" by H. D. (Armidalc, N.S.W.), is another
data on this project is available via the some inexperienced person. He asks us reader with something to say about
Query Service for 2/, and chassis blue- for a circuit diagram of this recorder. earth return wires.
prints for 5/ each. We fully appreciate your problem Mr Skene The "Serviceman" certainly started some-
but regret that we are unable to supply thing with the particular article. We will
12V DUAL-WAVE SET the circuit you require. We keep a fairly pass your letter on to him for possible
P.N.H. (Lismorc, N.S.W.) would like to comprehensive file of circuits which have comment.
build a 12-voll dual-wave receiver for been published in past issues of the maga-
use in a boat. He wonders whether zine but have no commercial circuits to TV COURSE?
we have described such a project. offer. Perhaps one of our readers has the E. 11. (Crows Nest, N.S.W.), says that he
The published design which would come circuit of this recorder and can assist you has found the Basic Radio Course most
closest to this would be the "Three-Band with a copy. helpful and wonders whether we would
Transistor Eight" receiver of August, 1961. follow it wilii a course in television. He
To operate it from 12 volts we would STOVES AND CATS thinks that such a course would allow
W. H. (Salisbury. Qld.), sends us clipping him — and perhaps others — to diag-
recommend the use of a series regulator from newspapers referring to (a) a stove nose simple faults in his own receiver
circuit such as that used in the February, in Melbourne that plays the ABC pro- and effect repairs.
1963, "Low Power 9-Volt Supply." Omit grams from lime to time and (b) inter- We have painful memories of our last
the transformer and rectifier circuit, and ference in an English TV receiver, effort to re-run and re-write the original TV
connect the regulator circuit to the 12- traced to the habit of a neighbour course — an effort which foundered be-
volt battery. stroking the family cat. cause of staff problems and the onerous
"DRY" STEAM Gadgets that talk are -not altogether new. task of keeping such a course going faith-
Presumably radio energy is rectified, prob- fully, month by month. We'll have another
R.F,. (lipping, N.S.W.) pays a tribute to the ably at in imperfect metal junction, with look at the proposition as the present
present radio course and the "unsung enough power level to vibrate some assoc- course comes towards its completion. Don't
genius" who thought to put it on one aled metal panelwork. The situation is be loo optimistic, however, about the ability
side of each page only. He also asks freakish but not all that mysterious. Static of such a course to turn you into a TV
about an item on page 27 of the electricity effects are not confined to cats serviceman. It would help, but it leaves
October issue referring to moisture in as most people know who wear nylon unanswered the problem of gaining prac-
steam. clothes or even comb their hair in dry tical experience.
Thank you for your kind remarks regarding
the magazine generally and the course in
particular. Modesty forbids us from identify-
ing the "unsung genius" but the idea was RADIO, TELEVISION AND HOBBIES QUERY SERVICE
to allow the pages to be cut out and pasted
into a scrapbook, as you have apparently TO ossisl our reoders, Rodio, Television ond Hobbies," conducts o lechnicol query service.
discovered. The item about moisture in Conditions governing this service arc set out below: —
steam was exactly as supplied to us from (1) Requests for copies of circuits or fechmcol queries requiring on answer through ihe post must be
overseas. While not expert in this matter, accompanied by postal note or stomps to the value of TWO SHILLINGS. Queries not accompanied by a
it would appear that the statement hinges fee will be answered in rotation on these pages.
on a question of degree and whether there (2) For the 2/ fee. we will supply circuit data, as available, from our files. The amount of dofo
is such a thing as really dry steam, even ovoiloble varies, but in no cose con it include information additional to that already published in the
of the superheated variety. Some other magazine. For complicated protects involving material exlrocfed from more thon one issue, an extra fee
reader might be able to enlighten us here. moy be requested. As o rule, requests for circuits will be answered more speedily if they ore not compli-
cated by questions requiring the attention of technical personnel.
HEADLIGHT DIPPER (3) The technical query service is aimed primarily at assisting readers in matters relating directly
D.A. (Brisbane, Qld) suggests that we to articles published in the magazine Answers will be given in note form and only so far as can be
should follow up our recent articles on drown from general knowledge of the relevant subject. We cannot provide lengthy answers, undertake
automotive devices with the description special research, discuss commercial designs or draw special circuits. Please note that the inclusion of an
of an automatic headlight dimmer. extra fee does NOT entitle correspondents to special considerations.
We have thought about this one but there (4) The editor reserves the right to return query fees or to limit the scope of on individual re ply
may be nasty legal problems involved, it where it is fell that o partial answer will be better thon none ol all.
would appear that such a device could not (5) In addition to the normal query service, chassis blueprints are ovailable for most of our protects
be used at all in built-up areas, since the showing the position of all holes ond cutouts for me'ol-working, but containing no details of wiring, etc.
use of high beams is illegal in some Stales Apart from complicated projects like TV sets and oscilloscopes, most blueprints cost 5/ each. Original
of Australia, if not all, irrespective of photographs of most projects ore also ovoilable. from 5/ for a 6ln x 8in glossy print; postage 9d extra.
whether there is oncoming traffic. The de- (6) Letters should be addressed to the Technical Editor, '-Radio, Television ond Hobbies," Box 2728,
vice would therefore have to be rendered G.P.O., Sydney.
inoperative for all suburban driving and, (7) "Rodio. Television ond Hobbies" does not deal in radio components nor will we debate the
in the country, each lime one passed through relative merits of competitive products. Prices ond specifications of merchondise must be obtained from
a street - light zone. The saving m effort our advertisers.
(8) Technical queries arc not answered by telephone.
would therefore seem to be dubious, with

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 SPECIAL PURCHASE OF FACTORY STOCK

RESISTORS, CONDENSERS AND POTENTIOMETERS

We have purchased the resistor and condenser stock of manufacturers including S.T.C. and Strombcrg-Carbon
who have ceased the manufacture of television and radio receivers and can offer same at leas than 25 per cent
of list price.
The resistors are mainly I.R.C. and morganite in values from 200 ohm. to 5 meg in i, 1 and 2 watt ratings
and include some wire wound resistors. List price, £4/10/- per 100. Our Price, 20/' per 100.
Post and packing, 2/6 extra.
Ihe condensers are in most popular makes and include mica, ceramic, paper and electrolytic in standard values.
List price, £5/10/- per 100. CNir Price, 20/. per 100. Post and packing, 3/6 extra.
The potentiometers are all current types and include switch pots, and dual concentric.
List price, £6 per dpzen. Our Price, 25/. per dozen. Post and packing, 2/6 extra.
For a limited period with each lot of resistors, condensers or potentiometers purchased we will sup-
fgfrr ply free a U.C.C. multiple electrolytic condenser 73 mfd plus 25 plus 5 plus 5 at 400 V.W. List
price. 22/-.

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These new miniature eleven-position
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NEW 4-SPEED STEREO NEW STEREO CHANGER. SLIDER-SWITCHES
PLAYER F.O.R. £8/15/0 4-SPEED F.O.R. £10/15/0 10 pole 2-way riiver plated contacts 3/9
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Poetage and packing N.S.W.. 3/6i Intentate, 4/6. Poet^N^S.wTT/6|>'lalenUle 13/6. £16/15/-
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New .Vieniani ReetiAeft, 6 or 11 »olt, at 4 amp., 37/6. Poat, NAW.. l/i Inter- NEW 240V. AC. MOTORS
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fee charter. 47/6. Port, NAW., 7/6i Interstate, 1#/, These small moton, size 3lo X 31b x 3Mln. are 1-13 h p.
Aa abore, 6 or U at 1 amp, 17/6. Poets NAW., 3/6! Intsrstete, 4/6. Trane- but are only suitable (or Intcrtnltlent use. 29/ 6. Post
lorawr for abore, jf/6. Poati NAW., 3/61 InterateSe. 4/6. N.S.W. 3/6. Int. 3/.
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AT LESS THAN HALF PRICE • ^ .• {V. 7V4, have provision for third
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-\ simplified controls, supplied ^ irr 11 2-track
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«»
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NEW 15 & 25 WATT P.A. AMPLIFIERS

The 23 Wall Ampllfler usea 3 valvea plus 1 rectlBers Including two EF86 low nolle valves aa micro-
phone preamplifler and two EL34 valvea In puab-pull output.
AU ampllflen are fitted with Ferguson output transformers with voice coll tappings of 1 to 13 ohms.
The 19 watt ampUAar caa he SBPfflad with Baa owl put tnoKonaar lapped (mas 186 to 664 ohau U
tetmtied at IS/- extra.
inputa provided (or microphone, pick-up. end radio with mixing facilities and tone control.
15 WATT St 19/17/6 The 13 watt la as above but using two 6B03 valves In push-pull output.
IS WATT K19/17/6
Poat Extra on 13 Watt 12in speaker for above (10 watt) 87/6
N.S.W. 10/ Intentate 13/.
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106 Radio, Talavltion A Hobbitt, January, 1965

 Special Pnrchase of Nannfactnrer's stock of Transistors and Transistor Components
enables us to offer Transistors and Kit-sets at a fraction of original cost.

Complete KIT for TRANSISTOR 6 PORTABLE £10/19/6 Jl|il

The complete kit of parti (or the transiitor six includes six transistors, printed ^
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> Space for amplifier and batteries or power supply. caUon where a small amnllflcr la rtquirad.
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 AUSTRALIAN RADIO, TELEVISION

MEDIUM WAVE BROADCAST STATIONS:

Call Location Frequency Authorised Call Location Frequency Authorised
(KC) Power Walls <KC) Power Walls
6DL Dalwallinu 530 10000 6NA Narrogin, W.A 920 2000
2KM Kempsey, N.S.W J530 2000 3UZ Melbourne, Vic 930 5000
3UL Warragul, Vic 1530 •2000 4QY Cairns, Qld 940 2000
4QL Longreach, Qld 540 10000 7ZR Hobart, Tas 940 10000
7SD Scottsdale, Tas 540 2000 2UE Sydney. N.S.W 950 5000
2CR Orange, N.S.W 550 50000 3BO Bendigo, Vic 960 2000
7BU Bumie, Tas 560 500 4AY Ayr, Qld 960 2000
2ML Murwillumbah, N.S.W. 560 200 6TZ Bunbury, W.A 960 2000
6WA Wagin, W.A 560 50000 SDN Adelaide, S.A 970 2000
3WV Horsham, Vic 580 50000 6KG Kalgoorlie, W.A 980 2000
4QR Brisbane, Qld 590 50000 2GZ Orange. N.S.W 990 2000
7ZL Hobart, Tas 600 10000 3HA Hamilton, Vic 1000 2000
4AT Atherton, Qld 600 2000 6PM Perth, W.A 1000 2000
6NM Northan, W.A 600 200 4RO Rockhampton, Qld. .. 1000 2000
2FC Sydney, N.S.W 610 50000 4CA Cairns. Qld 1010 2000
3AR Melbourne. Vic. 620 50000 6GE Geraldton, W.A 1010 2000
4QN Townsville, Qld 630 50000 4IP Ipswich, Qld 1010 2000
7QN Queenstown, Tas. ... 630 200 TEX Launceston, Tas 1010 2000
5CK Port Pirie, S.A 640 10000 2KY Sydney. N.S.W 1020 5000
6AL Albany. W.A 650 400 3DB Melbourne, Vic 1030 5000
SDR Darwin. N.T 650 2000 2UH M'wellbrook, N.S.W. . 1040 1000
2NU Tamworth. N.S.W. .. 650 10000 5PI Crystal Brook, S.A. .. 1040 2000
2BH Broken Hill. N.S.W. .. 660 200 2CA Canberra, A.C.T 1050 2000
6GF Kalgoorlie, W.A 660 2000 4SB Kingaroy, Qld 1060 2000
2CO Albury, N.S.W 670 10000 2RG Griffith. N.S.W 1070 •2000
8KN Katherine, N.T 670 50 6WB Katanning, W.A 1070 2000
8TC Tennant Creek, N.T. . 680 50 2MO Gunnedah, N.S.W. .. 1080 •2000
2KP Kempsey. N.S.W 680 10000 4MI Mt. Isa, Qld 1080 200
4KQ Brisbane. Qld 690 2000 6DC Perth, W.A 1080 2000
6WF Perth, W.A 690 50000 7HT Hobart, Tas 1080 2000
2NR Grafton. N.S.W 700 50000 3LK Lubeck, Vic 1090 2000
7NT Launceston. Tas 710 10000 4LG Longreach, Qld 1100 2000
t4QW St. George. Qld 710 10000 6MD Merredin, W.A 1100 2000
7QT Queenstown, Tas. .. 720 500 7LA Launceston, Tas 1100 2000
2TR Taree. N.S.W 720 200 2UW Sydney. N.S.W 1110 •5000
4QA Mackay, Qld 720 2000 4BC Brisbane, Qld 1120 2000
6CA Carnarvon. W.A 720 200 2AD Armidale, N.S.W. ... 1130 2000
5CL Adelaide. S.A 730 50000 6CI Collie, W.A 1130 2000
2BL Sydney. N.S.W 740 50000 3CS Colac, Vic 1130 2000
4QS Toowomba, Qld 750 10000 2HD Newcastle, N.S.W. ... 1140 2000
2NB Broken Hill. N.S.W. . 760 1000 2WG Wagga Wagga, N.S.W. 1150 2000
2AN Armidale. N.S.W. ... 760 50 4MB Maryborough, Qld. .. 1160 2000
3LO Melbourne, Vic 770 50000 SPA Penola, S.A 1160 2000
6VA Albany. W.A 780 2000 2CH Sydney, N.S.W 1170 5000
2KA Katoomba, N.S.W. . ,. 780 2000 3KZ Melbourne, Vic 1180 5000
4TO Townsville, Qld 780 2000 2NZ Inverell, N.S.W 1190 2000
4QG Brisbane. Qld 790 10000 SKA Adelaide, S.A 1200 2000
5RM Renmark, S.A 800 2000 2GF Grafton, N.S.W 1210 2000
9RB Rabaul, N.G 810 2000 6KY Perth, W.A 1210 2000
6WN Perth, W.A 810 10000 3YB Warrnambool, Vic. .. 1210 2000
2BA Bega, N.S.W 810 10000 4AK Oakey. Qld 1220 2000
2GL Glen Innes, N.S.W. .. 820 10000 2NC Newcastle, N.S.W. .. 1230 10000
3GI Sale, Vic 830 10000 3TR Sale, Vic 1240 2000
6GN Geraldton, W.A 830 2000 SDN Darwin, N.T 1240 2000
4RK Rockhampton, Qld. .. 840 10000 2DU Dubbo. N.S.W 1250 2000
t6ED Esperance, W.A 840 5000 9PA Port Moresby, N.G. .. 1250 2000
2CY Canberra. A.C.T 850 10000 3SR Shepparton, Vic 1260 2000
4GR Toowoomba, Qld. ... 860 2000 2SM Sydney. N.S.W 1270 5000
7HO Hobart. Tas 860 2000 3AW Melbourne, Vic 1280 5000
6AM Northam, W.A 860 2000 2TM Tamworth, N.S.W. .. 1290 2000
2GB Sydney, N.S.W 870 5000 4BK Brisbane. Qld 1300 2000
4WK Warwick. Qld 880 •2000 SAD Adelaide, S.A 1310 2000
6PR Perth. W.A 880 2000 3BA Ballarat, Vic 1320 2000
SAN Adelaide, S.A 890 10000 4NA Nambour, Qld 1320 1000
2LM Lismore. N.S.W 900 •2000 3SH Swan Hill, Vic 1330 2000
TAD Devonport, Tas. ..... 900 500 4BU Bundaberg, Qld 1330 2000
6BY Bridgetown, W.A. ... 900 2000 2LF Young. N.S.W 1340 2000
4QB Maryborough, Qld. .. 910 2000 3GL Gelong, Vic 1350 2000
+40© Eidsvold. Qld. 910 10000 4GY Gympie, Qld 1350 •2000
2XL Cooma, N.S.W 920 •2000 2NX Bolwarra, N.S.W. ... 1360 2000
4VL Charleville, Qld 920 •2000 Continued en next POJ*

108 Radio, Te/eW»ion A Hobblet, January, 1965

 5SE Mount Gambier, S.A. 370 500 3AK Melbourne, Vic 1500 5000
4LM Mount Isa, Qld. . . . 370 500 2NA Newcastle, N.S.W. .. 1510 10000
2LT Lithgow, N.S.W 370 500 2QN Deniliquin, N.S.W. ... 1520 2000
2GN Goulburn, N.S.W. . . 380 2000 5LN Port Lincoln, S.A. .. 1530 200
4MK Mackay, Qld 380 2000 SAL Alice Springs, N.T. ., 1530 50
4BH Brisbane, Qld 1390 2000 2VM Moree, N.S.W 1530 ♦2000
2PK Parkes, N.S.W 1400 2000 2CN Canberra, A.C.T 1540 2000
2KO Newcastle, N.S.W. .. 1410 2000 t4QD Emerald, Qld 1550 50000
3XY Melbourne, Vic 1420 5000 2RE Taree, N.S.W 1560 *2000
2WL Wollongong, N.S.W. 1430 2000 2LG Lithgow, N.S.W 1570 200
2MW M'willumbah, N.S.W. 1440 2000 3WL Warmambool, Vic .. 1570 200
3CV Maryborough, Vic. , . 1440 2000 4GM Gympie, Qld 1570 200
5AU Port Augusta, S.A. .. 1450 2000 5WM Woomera, S.A 1580 50
2MG Mudgee. N.S.W 1450 1000 2WN Wollongong, N.S.W. . 1580 2000
5MU Murray Bridge, S.A. . 1460 500 5MG Mount Gambier, S.A. 1580 200
2NM[ M'wellbrook, N.S.W . 1460 500 4SO Southport, Qld 1590 200
3MA Mildura, Vic 1470 2000 5MV Renmark, S.A 1590 2000
2BE Bega, N.S.W 1480 1000 3NE Wangaratta, Vic. . . . 1600 ♦2000
4ZR Roma, Qld 1480 ♦2000 * Operates at night or during specified periods
2AY Albury, N.S.W 1490 2000 on reduced (usually half) power.
2BS Bathurst, N.S.W 1500 2000 t Projected transmitters, t From early 1965.

Goulburn Valley ABGV (Nat.) Vert. 3

TV CHANNELS & STATIONS GMV (Com.) Vert. 6
Albury ABAV (Nat.) Hor. 1
Channel 0 45—52MC Channel 6 174—18lMC. AMV (Com.) Hor. 4
Channel 1 56—63MC. Channel 7 181—188MC. Mildura ♦ABSV (Nat.) 4
Channel 2 63—70MC. Channel 8 188—195MC. Hor.
Channel 3 85—92MC. Channel 9 195—202MC. ♦STV (Com.) Hor. 8
Channel 4 94—101MC. Channel 10 208—215MC Swan Hill ABMV (Nat.) Vert. 2
Channel 5 101—108MC Channel 11 215—222MC.
Channel 5A 137—144MC. QUEENSLAND
Brisbane ♦TVQ (Com.) Hor. 0
A.C.T. ABQ (Net.) Hor. 2
Location Station Polarity Channel BTQ (Com.) Hor. 7
Canberra ABC (Nat.) Vert. 3 QTQ (Com.) Hor. 9
CTC (Com.) Vert. 7 Darling Downs ABDQ (Nat.) Hor. 3
DDQ (Com.) Hor. 10
N.S.W. Rockhampton ABRQ (Nat.) Hor. 3
Sydney ABN (Nat.) Hor. 2 RTQ (Com.) Hor. 7
ATN (Com.) Hor. 7 Townsville ABTQ (Nat.) Hor. 3
TCN (Com.) Hor. 9 TNQ (Com.) Hor. 7
♦TEN (Com.) Hor. 10 Cairns ♦ABNQ (Nat.) Hor. 9
Newcastle ABHN (Nat.) Hor. 5 *FNQ (Com.) Hor. 10
NBN (Com.) Hor. 3 Mackay ♦ABAQ (Nat.) Hor. 4
Illawarra ABWN (Nat.) Hor. 5A ♦ — (Com.) Hor. 6
WIN (Com.) Hor. 4 Maryborough ♦ABMQ (Nat.) Vert. 6
Central T'lands ABCN (Nat.) Vert. 1 ♦WBQ (Com.) Vert. 8
CBN (Com.) Vert. 8 Warwick *ABSQ (Nat.) Hor. 1
Richmond- ABRN (Nat.) Hor. 6 ♦SDQ (Com.) Hor. 4
Tweed RTN (Com.) Hor. 8
Bega ♦ABSN (Nat.) Vert. 0 SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Broken Hill ♦ABLN (Nat.) Vert. 2 Adelaide ABS (Nat.) Hor. 2
♦BHN (Com.) Vert. 7 ADS (Com.) Hor. 7
Coffs Harb. ♦ABDN (Nat.) Hor. 2 NWS (Com.) Hor. 9
NRN (Com.) Hor. 10 ♦SAS (Com.) Hor. 10
Dubbo ♦ABQN (Nat.) Vert. 3 Mt. Gambier ♦ABGS (Nat.) Hor. 1
♦CWN (Com.) Vert. 6 ♦SES (Com.) Hor. 8
Griffith ♦ABGN (Nat.) Hor. 7 Pt. Pirie ♦ABNS (Nat.) Vert. 1
♦MTN (Com.) Hor. 9
Tam worth ♦ABUN (Nat.) Hor. 7 WEST AUSTRALIA
NEN (Com.) Hor. 9 Perth ABW (Nat.) Hor. 2
♦ABTN (Nat.) Vert. 1 TVW (Com.) Hor. 7
♦ECN (Com.) Vert. 8 ♦STW (Com.) Hor. 9
Wagga ♦ABMN (Nat.) Hor. 0 ABSW (Nat.) Hor. 5
RVN (Com.) Hor. 2 Bunbury BTW (Com.) Hor. 3
Albany ♦ABAW (Nat.) Vert. 2
VICTORIA Northam York ♦ABCW (Nat.) Vert. 4
Melbourne ATV (Com.) Hor. 0
ABV (Nat.) Hor. 2 TASMANIA
HSV (Com.) Hor. 7
GTV (Com.) Hor. 9 Hobart ABT (Nat.) Hor. 2
TVT (Com.) Hor. 6
ABRV (Nat.) Hor. 3
BTV (Com.) Hor. 6 Launceston ABNT (Nat.) Hor. 3
Bendigo TNT (Com.) Hor. 9
ABEV (Nat.) Vert. 1
BCV (Com.) Vert. 8 ♦ Not yet in operation.
Latrobe Valley ABLV (Nat.) Hor. 4
GLV (Com.) Hor. 10 Australian short-wave services listed overleaf.

Radio, Television t Hobbies, January, 1965 109

 The following is a summary of New Zealand broadcast band, short-wave and television
entertainment services. It is based on information supplied by our DX correspondent,
Arthur Cushen.

M/W BROADCAST STATIONS TV CHANNELS A STATIONS

Frequency Autborlaed Wellington WNTV-1 1
(K.C) Power Witts Hedgehope/Invercargill DNTV-2 1
Wellington Mt. Te Aroha/Waikato AKTV-2 1
Christchurch Auckland AKTV-2 2
Alexandra Wharite/Palmerston North WNTV-I 2
Wellington Dunedin DNTV-2 2
Christchurch Christchurch CHTV-3 3
Invercargill Kuriwao/South Otago DNTV-2 5
Greymouth Masterton WNTV-1 6
Auckland Note: N.Z. TV programs are originated separately in the
Dunedin studios in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dune-
Rotorua din. The programs are extended from each of these centres
Invercargill by translator stations. Some small, additional translators are
Masterton currently being operated by small, non-profit goups but
Napier these will gradually be replaced as the official NZBC
Auckland translator network is extended.
Dunedin Channel 1 44-51 MC
Greymouth Channel 2 54-61 MC
Palijierston North Channel 3 61 68 MC
Christchurch Channel 4 174-181 MC
Whangarei Channel 5 181-188 MC
Wellington Channel 6 188-195 MC
Tauranga Channel 7 195-202 MC
Gisborne Channel 8 202-209 MC
Dunedin Channel 9 209-216 MC
Auckland
Christchurch
Wellington
Hamilton AUSTRALIAN I
Timaru
Gisborne | SHORT-WAVE SERVICES f
Wanganui
Kaikohe THE following stations provide a domestic and overseas
Auckland service in the 49, 42, 31, 25, 19, 16, 13 and 11 metre
Hawkes Bay
Hamilton DOMESTIC
Nelson Call Sign Location Power (watts)
1ZC Rotorua 1350 2000 VLG Melbourne, Victoria 10,000
2XP New Plymouth 1370 2000 VLH Melbourne. Victoria 10,000
2YX Wellington 1400 2000 VLI Sydney, N.S.W, 2,000
4XD Dunedin 1430 250 VLK Port Moresby, Papua 10,000
1XA Kaitia .... 1440 2000 VLM Brisbane, Queensland 10,000
3YW Westport 1460 2000 VLQ Brisbane, Queensland 10,000
1ZA Taupo 1500 2000 VLR Melbourne. Victoria 10,000
♦2ZE Blenheim 1540 1000 VLT Port Moresby, Papua 10,000
* Due to open in March, 1965. Other stations VLW Perth, Western Australia 10,000
are projected for Hawera (2ZH), Tokorea (1ZO), and VLX Perth, Western Australia 50,000
Taumarunui (1ZU).
OVERSEAS
TRANSMITTERS for the overseas service of Radio
Australia are located at Shepparton, Victoria. They
NZCB SHORT-WAVE — comprise four 100,000-watt transmitters, two 50,000-watt
transmitters and one 10,000-watt transmitter. A 10,000-
RADIO HEW ZEALAND watt transmitter at Lyndhurst. Victoria, is also used on
occasions. These use a variety of frequencies and aerials
Radio New Zealand, Wellington, uses two 7,500- as required to give best reception in the selected areas.
watt transmiters and carries programs from the Home
Service from 1700-0545. From 0600-0845 it has a
special program to the Pacific and. from 0900-1145, Overseas S.W. Stations—Note:
it is beamed to Australia. The station has the fol-
lowing frequencies and calls assigned. " D ADIO, Television and Hobbies" does not publish, nor
JTvdo we have available, lists of overseas stations,
ZL20 6020 KC frequencies, broadcast times, etc.
ZL7 6080 KC The only information of this type is as compiled by
ZL2 9540 KC our DX correspondent, Mr Art Cushen, and published
ZL3 11780 KC each month on the "Listening Around The World" page.
ZL21 15110 KC For general information on shortwave and other
stations, reference can be made to the "World Radio
ZL4 15280 KC Handbook," available through most large technical book-
sellers.
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11/6 ** machines secure you reliable repair, alteration,
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Germanium high frequency diodes: 2/9. MENTS. 1NSTR. MAKER. W. PETERSON. 151
UmcUhi Road, Lugaruo, NAW. Minimum order: 10 diodes: can be assorted.
Electronics Assodatee, Department G, 76 View KEELE ST.. COIXINGWOOD. N.5. VIC. MaO
orders. Moderate charge. After 6 p.m. only.
PR SALE: Mono record playing equipment Incl. Street, Hobart, Tasmania.
Acos pick-up. 12Jn speaker in separate /""USTOM-BUILT TRANSFORMERS! Power. £££ for your home tape recordings. ATRS
enclosure. 49-3417 (Sydney), N.8.W. ^ audio, etc. Single or quantity production. localbuystalent, the rights to any original recording—
lectures, etc. Write for fuH
metal work, etc. Parkinson Trmnsformem, P.O. details of the "ATRS PRE-RECORDED TAPE
DECORDING tape, top quality American Mylar Bon 513, Sooth Brtsbom. Beenlelgh 33. OLD. LIBRARY" to: Australian Tape Recording Society,
base, 1800 on 7in reels, 36/ post free. Kinri- Box 9, P.O., Crow's Nest, N.S.W.
bllU Radio, 14 Eonis Rd.. Mllson's Point, N.S.W. CEUUM RECTIFIER. F.W. bridge. Imported DECORD EXCHANGE SERVICE. Comlnuou,
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UEATHKIT S.S.B. HX20 transmitter, new Old South Head Road. Bellevae Hill, NJ.W. XP. or2/6;casual—by mall. 78i and 7In SP. 1/6: 71n
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TWO A and R O/P trans. 10.000 P.P. 2-8 ohms spool, £2/10/. Surplus stock—limited quantity Ordars. Box 265. P.O., Broadway, OLD.
* hardly used £3/10/. Post free. L Cox, 6 C.W.O. Klagfiahcr Electronics, P.O. Box 136, P.QUIFMENT EXCHANGE BULLETIN
Daliey St., lismore. N.S.W. Ashfteid, N.S.W. BUY. sell, swap quickly. Low rates, S.A.E.
PR SALE: Radio Hobbles magazines 1941 to NEW OC44. 45, 71. 72, 73. 74, SFTI22. 108, for sample. P.O. Box 177, Saody Bay, Tas-
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10/ each; OCITI,
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Dew, 113 Henley Bead Rd, Torrcnsvlllc, S.A. 250. 25it 21/ each; OC23 , 28. 29. 35. SFT240. WANTED
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UAMMARLUND HQI50 comm. reevr. with pack., 1/6. Custom Electronics, Box 1452L, : s.S.B. transmitter. Pay cash. 44-7701. N.S.W.
handbook, 240/110V trans. 6 bands, .5MC— G.P.O., Adelaide. J
3 IMC continuous, five amat. bandspread. 5 pos. A KAI 345 tape recorder, new, £290, Two j AMR—100 coil boxes, spare parts, R. Bowden,
xtal filter. Xtal cal„ Q. mult. Excellent stability « 40 The Grove, Mosman. N.S.W. Phooe,
and condition, £150. L. MeKenzle, 3 Eric Ave., 648-1247. Goodman Maxims, new, £35 each. Phone ' 96-3570 (after 4 panX
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1* A.C.E. Radio 98. 99, 100
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Adcola Products Ply. Ltd 3®
10
i! Akal Electric Co. Ltd
—.Jf Allsound 19
CD P5. Amplion (A'sla) Ply. Ltd 51, 89
o tr'^ A.R.T.C. Ply. Ud Back cover
^ m5- Amalgamated Wireless (A'sla) Ltd.
5
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D ooiSs" Amalgamated Wireless Valve Co. .. 16
5 COS' Aegis Manufacturing Co. Ply. Ltd. 43
T) Zw Arrow Electronics Co. Ply. Ltd, .. 80
o Amateur Astronomers Supply Co. .. 65
X Belling and Lee Pty. Ltd 52
Bradford Insulation 73
Bright Star Radio Ply. Ltd. .. .. 95
Broadway Electronics Pty. Ltd. 2 and 3
Broughton, Peter G 61
Brown and Watson Electronics Ply.
Ltd 40
Classic Radio 84, 85
c Classified Advertisements Ill
S09 CD Dellch Bros. 96
<> Electron Tube Distributors 38
n Encel Electronics 15
Electronic Developments Ply. Ltd. 54, 55
General Accessories Ply. Ltd. .... 58
GUbert, A 91
GJLD. Instruments Pty. Ltd 68
Goodmans 76
Gray, Simon Pty. Ltd 8, 88
Ham Radio Suppliers 92
Homecrafts Pty. Ltd 34
H.B. Radio Products 65
Heating Systems Pty. Ltd 30
International Correspondence School 90
Jacoby, Mitchell and Co. 26, 36, 37, 60
IH Reproducers 78
Kuenzli, Ernest Pty. Ltd 81
43
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Manufacturers Special Products 27, 45
Magnetic Sound Industries 83
Magralh, J. H. and Co. Ply. Ud. .. 60
Maslersound Sales Pty. Ltd 86
ts" Master Electrics Ply. Ltd 42
Mullard (Aust.) Ply. Ud 24
I? Maurice Chapman and Co. Ply. Ltd. 48
National Radio Supplies .. .. 106, 107
Paragon Radio I®4
o" Q
."i• -CJ^a* Pye Pty. Ud
Recorded Music Saloon
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Rosicrucians 70
Radio Parts Pty. Ud 66
Radio House Pty. Ltd 50, 79
lK R.C.A. of Aust. Pty. Ltd 6
R.C.S. Radio ®4
\ Radio Despatch Service 51
Rowe and Co 22
Scientific College 90
fc: Standard Components Pty. Ud. .. 31
Stotts Correspondence School .. .. 91
Sure Brlle Picture Tubes 61
Tudor Radio 94
United Radio Distributors 47
University Graham Instruments .. 20
Waltham Trading Ply. Ud 102
Warburton Frankl Ply. Ud. .. 46, 72
Walkin Wynne Ply. Ltd 64
William Willis Co. Ply. Ltd 45
Wireless Insf 103
Zephyr Products Pty. Ltd 18, 40

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