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RADIO TOPICS.
WONDERFUL TWO-VALVE SETS! Notes And News For The Amateur.
Singapore, Sept. 5. We have been reading quite a lot atedly about the merits or demorita of the wonderful two-valve sets in possession of certain people who have been describing the results that are obtained
here!
HOME RECEPTION.
The Popular Wireless short wave expert has something interesting to say about a two-valve receiver in Is recent notes which are reprinted As I write these notes I can hear the distant roll of thunder, and, if were to switch on the short-wave set, i am sure i could bear also the distant crunch" of atmospherics. They were so strong when i last on these sets. listened that I thought my Brown's "A" phones would jib at the infair infair work, being given them.
Yet a short spell of listening on the broadcast wave-icngthe makes me thankful that I am a short-wave
The Sungel, Lembang set owner, tor instance, who claims to be able to pick up Chelmsford with a single tuning stage and no H.F. is in all probability making no mistake whatever. Why shouldn't he?
TELEVISION.
Singapore Radio Society's Activities.
waa
u a similar manner had also been invented. The cell
used to pick up a spot of light directed on the object
An image remained impressed on the retine of the eye for about a tenth a second. Thus by moving the spot of light very quickly over
that their studio programmes were received at Chicago (U.S.A.) on July 21 and at Mysore, Southern
Mr. A. B. Sowell gave a lecture India on August 7. These trans- on television at the Wireless Club, the whole of the object it would missions were put over the FM.. Singapore. The lecture was extra- the object was illuminated and not appear to the eye that the whole of Government transmitter at Petaling'
Hill, Kuala Lumpur, on 55.6 metres, ordinarily good and members pre-just one spot. However, the photo- and constitute a long distance re-sent who knew nothing about tele-electric celt was capable of picking cord so far as, the Kuala Lumpur vision beforehand left the Club-up the spots separately and trans- Amateur Radio Soalety programmes house with almost a thorough know- ferring different quantities of elec- are concerned approximately 12,000 ledge of the theory of the subject.tricity, varying with the amount of Mr. Sewell, said that attempts spot light on the object, to the miles.
Station Data.
had been made to produce pictures transmitter. The spots of light I'am informed that Bangkok by means of electricity, for the last were made to move rapidly over the (ES4PJ) which used to transmit on 50 years. The reproduction of still object by means of a disc which 37 matres is now on dally from 7 pictures by this means was now revolved in front of a neon-light at 10.30 p.m., except Mondays, on more or less perfect. But difficulty about the rate of 750 revolutions a' 347 metres, and on Thursdays and was still experienced in producing second. The receiver, which Mr. He estimated Sewell said should not conf much Fridays European music is brand-noving pictures.
should have in our homes real tele- similar to the transmitting machine vision wireless sets.
and could be worked off an ordinary: Mr. Sewell went on to say that wireless receiver. Mr. Sewell then In addition to the element selenium described various types of television the photo-electric cell which acted apparatus.
Many owners of two-valve sets have man. On the 40-50-metre band. cast at 9:30 p.m. The station call that in two or three years. we more than a wireless recalver, was
time of the year are often very bad.' admittedly, atmospherica at this is ESPJ 1. But below 30 metres I can definitely say that I have never yet had to give up listening because of them, however close the storm happened
to be.
Heard This One?
achieved the same success and there no reason whatever why he should be doubted.. It would be quite reasonable to state that the majority of short-wave cathusiasts In Britain. do their long-distance listning in on short-wave sets which de not incorporate an HF. stage. Until quite recently, most of the short-wave experts held that any Burt of H.F. stage was ansuitable for short-wave reception and it is only the development of the screen grid valve that has exploded this Theory, Now, to state that excel lent loud speaker results can be obtained on an ordinary straight two-valver is. to put it mildly, an exaggeration. To atate further
It appears I had alept soundly that the secret of the thing lies in through the first half of quite a the special construction of tuning severe storm, and had actually "got Lecils, is also an exaggeration.on the air" during a lull without There is no secret at all about the, noticing any atmospherics until the detection of short-waves or the
sperimen 1 buve mentioned nearly tuning of them. The principle al-faid me out.
Bangkok HSPJ2, is on every Mon- day on 41 metres, European music being broadcast from 9 to 11 pm: -Singapore Free Press.
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One of my favourite "tall talea" (although perfectis true) concerns a certain, morning when I arose at about Ga.m. and went straight to the receiver. Having got the trans- mitter in action and raised" ah, American I was nearly knocked off my chair by a terrific crash in the
phones, coinciding with a flash of Boef Sirloin lightning apparently just outside the window.
ways remains the same. But there Having got properly into my te no reason whatever to doubt the stride again after my short "break": eficiency of a well constructed two I am of the opinion that conditions valver using no H.F. amplification. above 30 nfctres are not all that With 租 simple two-valver,
Conthey might be. The 40-50-metre structed on the cheapest lines pos- band of broadcast stations are dis- sible but using fairly reliable comtinetly weaker than usual until ponents, practically every station that can be received in this part of very late, when they appear to come up to something not far short of the world can be got on head
their normal strength."
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put on the loud speaker is not true.
of the German station on Hutton Chop The question of ease of tuning re-about 32 metres, very close to quires little consideration. A
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super get much more simple than gramophone records fairly regular-
1ly? Ladies' & Gentlemen's Hairdressers, that of a straight set, but the
I have heard him three times on No. 76, Queen's Rd. C, 1st floor.average radio enthusiast who knows Sunday evenings in fact on each
that I have listened re-} Sunday
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how to handle his reaction finds no difficulty whatever in tuning in on
a straight set. Ease of tuning is cently. There is a limit to patience,
a thing which has to develop with and, in spite of such diversions as printing photographs while waiting the experience of the set-owner so
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why should we doubt a statement for an announcement, I have had by the owner of a two-valver that to admit myself beaten every time. Pork Chop the tunning of his act is very simple, or for that reason, why should we doubt his statement as broadcast, qulle separate from the sheep's Head & Foot to the stability of his set,
My New "Baby."- Incidentally, I am treating myself for. short-wave! to a new receiver
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To go a little further in the not to have an unfair advantage, matter, while no one can doubt now I am making it of the very simplest
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without H.F. gives. With a good Just for curiosity, when I have
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L.F. side to it a straight receiver finished it, I am going to pack a without H.F. can bring in practi- thermos flask and some sandwiches Barbel cally any good station on the loud and make a 24-hour sitting of it. Brham speaker. Some time ago I heard If any of my readers like to accom-
Canton Fresh Water Tak Chelamford at excellent loud speak-pany me on this trip and send' in er Strength on a get which was only their logs for the same 24-hours 1
Carp a leaky grid detector followed by shall be interested to compare 'notes. two transformer coupled stages of
In "design" if the throwing to- L.F. The coils used wore Dimics gether of components can be called Craba and the aerial a good outdoor one that, the set will go
perfectly Dat of about 50 feet in length and about 50 feet high.
straight two-valver of the type that Daco Newcomers to wireless must not has given successful results
years.
Cattah
Codish
back some
It will be
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be misguided by the statements short waves since 1927. Incidental-Fels, Conger
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they read by those who and the ly. I still know of nothing to beat Preah Water working of a two-valve set all to an old eet I had at that time, al-| their satisfaction. Let them not though for amateur-band work I Frogs run away with the idea that any now use a screened-grid- stage.
"Nightmare" Dials. old thing hooked up will produce
some
Yellow
ÜSIDODA Gadgeon
THE LIANG YOU CO..good results. But it is by no Is anyone ever bothered with
means "building castle in the air for noisy dials and condensers? I re- Harrings
Fallbut of the nightmare Singapore's newcomers to wireless" member to tell them that a two-valve set times I used to have entailing hur-Labru can be cheaply built and that it can ried journeys to the local shop to Loach be made to work well. The "radio borrow either a new dial, or a new Lobsters enthusiast who fondly Imagines condenser, or possibly both, still to Mackeral that he can obtain a set which will find the most atrocious scratchy Hook Fish
Mallet work miracles by, the movement of noises on rotating the controla. one switch, should got himself a Now componenta did not cure the Oysters little more acquainted with short trouble then for the simple reason Piret "Fish wave listening in generally. If he that it was simply downright bad Porch can afford a super-het, set by all design; and not dirt or age, that ke means get one and enjoy, the fine caused the trouble: Luckily we Plaice results that these sets bring to have progressed since then, and do Pomfret, White your loud speaker. If he wants to not seem to be worrfed any longer. Pomfret, Black learn for himself and has only a W. M. F of Aberdeen, wants Frawnia limited amount of money to spend,to join the H.A.C., but does not then let him build a two-valver and know where we get our mix coz Bock Fish
Bosch got to know all about it so that tinente from! Incant others are Halmda when the time comes and it is not in a similar position, they are:
Skate long off now to comply with Europea, Asia, Australasia, Africa, Government regulations and add an North America and South America.
Shrimpe H.F. stage he will be able to do so To become a member one bas to with some condense he know bear them all on telephony."
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