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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1931.

RADIO H

EVERYTHING.E.C.) ELECTRICAL

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DEMONSTRATIONS DAILY from 11.00a.m.

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Free service for 3 months

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1932

ATWATER KENT

RADIO

FEATURES

BRITAIN'S LEAD IN

RADIO

CHEAPER AND BETTER RECEPTION.

which

INVISIBLE RAY" GENERAL SMUTS

FOR MOTORS.

MARVELS OF RADIO EXHIBITION.

British radio manufacturers have

ray, by means of every relaon to be satisfied with

can open the the exhibition of their products garage door without leaving his which was held at Olympia recentest, whe one of the novelties at

It was the biggest and best of the National Radio Exhibition. its kind ever held in this country, The apparatas in fitted on to the and, what is even more important front of the car, and the driver from the point of view of the public, simply directs its beam on to the it brought into prominence the startling price reductions which lock, which is shot back, and the have been made during the past door swings open to admit the car.i

This device was exhibited in the form of a burglar alarm costing only

year.

In the comparatively short period which has elapsed since its incep tion radio reception, once the ex

£3; the ray, forros an invisible

ALARMED.

"MILLION VOLT SPARK"

AT TEDDINGTON.

General Smuts, South Africa's world famous soldier statesman, quailed recently at darkness, and high voltage,

The General was one of a large party visiting the National Physical Laboratory at Teddington, in oon- nection with the British Associd-

TEN FEET HIGH AND WEIGH- ING OVER ASTON.

Ati

BIGGEST WIRELESS VALVE Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd., stands | 20ft. high and is 14in, in diameter; It weights over a ton and is built on a welded stock bedplats äft. long. by 3ft, wido. Its water cooled steel. anode weight J'owt, and is equipped with hydraulic jacks to facilitate The biggest wireless valve in the fdomounting and assambly, e world the 300 kw demountable Its filament current is approxi continuously avacuatód valve sup- mately 500 amperes, or about 3,000 plied to the Gendral Post Office | times that of a receiving valve, and for their (transmitting station at its flament emission 160 amperes Rugby-was shown at the Albert | It is capable of operating the main Hal Exhibition.

tinsmitter nt Rugby, thereby res The new valve which has been placing a bank of so high power

by the Metropolitan valves, produced.

tion centenary meeting and the HAVE YOU HEARD THESE? Faraday celebrations of the Royal Institution.

In the course of his tour Gen. Smuts found himself in the High- Voltage Laboratory-the home of the million-volt spark-where colossal pieces of electrical machi-

Suddenly all lights, were switched. off and we stood in pitch darkness. A humming sound began, growing

pensive hobby of the few, has be-barrier in front of the safe, or other ory tower towards the roof." come the cheapest forms of enter tainment for the millions, and British manufacturers, like British browdcasting now lead the way in quality, variety, and technical per fection of their wares.

Art in the Cabinet.

depository of valuables, and if an intruder interrupts its benn an alarm bell rings. The principle was used to protect the Jewels of the Shab "of

when they were shown at the Persian Exhibi- They have been fortunate, too, in tion at Burlington House. attracting the interest of the cabinet. making craft, and visitors to Olympia were struck by the considerable advance which had been made in the design. of wireless sets since the first crude boxes, all knobs and dials, were put forward as repre- senting the best that could be hoped for in set construction. To-day even the amateur constructor has

...

no excuse for making his set other than an artistic" addition to his furniture,

Ornate cabinets incorporating radio and gramophone vie with dainty. mantelpiece sets of polished wood or lacquer. The newer madele approximate more truthfully to the description of wireless," "for, with the single exception of the lead from the electric mains, no wires are visible in or around the et. Even the disfiguring aerial is no longer a necessity if the listener

is content with a limited choice of programme.

12.

This year's exhibition ushered in the era of inexpensive home talkies. A complete portable apparatus for making talking pictures can be bought for 25 guinens, and for twice that, sum one may buy a cabinet providing not only talkies but a radio set, & gramophone, and

des a cinema as well. Another device, costing only £1, Ets on to an or- dinary gramophone to enable any amateur to make his own records.

Lower Prices this Year.

steadily louder.

Vivid violet sparks leapt from the obscurity, culminating in a crash as a terrific spark several feet in length writhed into sight. It ro sembled a particularly active snake made of flame, some inches thick, This effect was twice repeated.

As the lights went on again I tumed to the General and asked him what he thought of it.

"Terrible he said. "I think it's terrible!" and he edged hin way to the outer office.

Hors are liste of "long-ways and short-wave stations which should be picked up by anyone in Hong Kong who has a moda- rately good set suitable for re colving such signala. Buccess in pleking up these stations also depends very largely upon fav ourable atmospheric conditions.. Randers are invited to sad to this list should they succeed in ploking up any station not in cluded in either of these lists.

"LONG-WAVE STATIONS.

Wave length?

Call Kilo (Metres) Station - Biga cycla 260 Manila EZIB 1,153 977 Bhangbai- K.S.MS. 1,083 345 Tokyo J.O.A.K. 2870 363 Hiroshima "J.O.F.E" 880 368 Hong Kong Z.B. W B48 857.1 Bombay

V.U.B 840 361-Sapporo

306 Keijo

J.O.LE 800. J.O.DE.

370 Nagoya B J.0.0.K. 810 370:4 Calcutta S.V.U.C.V 800.0 ~ 380 Kumamoto J,0,G.K... 730

390. Sandui

MOHL770 JQAK 780

305: Dairen

400 OJOB.K 410 Canton CMR 480 Manila

SHORTWAVE STATIONS.

STATION

CALL BIOH

Sir Richard Glazebrook, a former director of the laboratory, stepped 67.65 Dobintz (Germany) forward. "May I join you, Gen 6429 Khabarovk

6012 Khabarovsk (Russia)

era!1 hr inquired.

“By all means,” replied General Smuts, twinkle in his eye. F shail feel safer with you."

Fifteen hundred guests from all Taking receiving sets and radion Joseph Petavel, director of parts of the world were received by

apparatus as a whole, prices are 25 the laboratory. per cent lower this year than last. The general tendency shown by the exhibits is the claboration of the big "super het" receivers for PIONEER'S PROPHECY

ether-searchers," and at the samo time the perfection and cheapening

·MORE RADIO WONDERS,

Kito

EXT:10

760

789

K.Z.R.M. 625

Tina (Hong Kong)

-OF- WORKING-

4434 Mon. Wod & Fri, 8pm. 4,090.16–10 pin.ds

Not ngular

6000 Tues, Than Bato 6,800 Bunday midnight, 7.143 Daily 6.30 pm 11

7810 Not regular,

A.F.E..

R7.

A.G.J.

6,291

60.

Mosco 43.5 Eome Parth -419"; | Singapore *80.8

F.F.N.

1.Ma

GAG,

V.8.1.A.R

Kootwijk (Holland) Bangkok (Jiam).

Sydory

81.55

TALO

P.C.J

Melbourne

81,48 Schenectady

31.20 Eindhoven (Holland) 81.28 Sydoby

31. Nairobi (Kenya)

28.6

Sydney

27,8

Bandoong

24.53 Chelmsford (England)

Manila 240, 24.35 Sohenectady 18.88 Bandoeng 18.4 Kootwijk Bandoeng Ever-developing radio research 10.9 Bangkok

17.4

I

11

8,108 |Tues &

regular

2.BL9,280 Not

9.603 Not reguler

WaX.A.F. 9,530

30 Daily?...

9,620 FL 3àm, Sat-8 á‚m, & 10 a.m. 9,690 Not regular

7.1.0.0,577 Midnight daily 9.1.E. 10,628 Not regular PLEGA 11,020 | Midnight 8 am, daily

Saturday and Sunday 6.H.W. 11,751 7.80 p.m. & 8 a.m, defly, except.

K.1.X.B. 15,250 Nightly

WLIO.

PLO...

(Holland)

P.CL

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12,850 am Wed., Fri., Bat.

16,102 Dally 8.80 p.m. to midnight. 18,304 Dally Tam. 2

17,250 Daily pmt midnight - 17,751 Bundayk 7. párn© & midnight 18,404 Each afternoon"

·P.O.K*****

18.280

Daily 5,30—7 p.m. 19,951 Daily J'a,m, [W,9,K.K. [21,310 | Not regalia"

[Allowance must be made for “ summer-time. pean countries, which is one hour ahead of true time]

is undoubtedly destined to play a 18.3 Kootwijk (Holland) Having come as near to tonal

of two-valve and three-valve sets most important part in humanity'e 18.6

16.74 Bandoeng perfection as the present stage of

Nancy (Franos), ious amateur. for the less ambitious radio development will allow, many

spiritual and national welfar». 18.98 Pittsburg inanufacturers are now turning their The big sets may cost as much Wonders bave been accomplished attention to side lines," which as £63, and a two-valve set, com- already, but very much more is

still ahead." can be made. both amusing and plete with batteries, na little as £5.

This message from the Marchese. instructive. Amongst those on ex In between there are three-valve Marconi, the wireless pioneer, who hibition is an electric home re corder, an instrument which can be sets, capable of getting about thirty is abroad, was read recently at a

given by the Marconiphone Co, Ltd.

The object of the gathering, až explained by the chairman, Mr. 3.

Williams manager of the

NOW AT SINCERE'S used in conjunction with radio sets home and European stations, for luncheon, in the Connaught Rooms,

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for making records of any broad £15. The humble crystal set, which cast music, either vocal or instru mental, thus enabling Fermanent seemed on its death bed a year ago, records to be made of any item has had its usefulnces restored by but over the ether by favourite the regional system of broadcasting.

artists."

"Home"! Talkie."'!

pany, was to show how a particular Anew development is the build-

British industry, undeterred by-or Another invention, which can be ing of sets on the chassis prin- rather inspired by the prevalent scon" and tested in one of the ciple,'' as in motor manufacture, depression, is conducting a forward many “silence" rooms is a home Only the essentials are standardis polley. A greater effciency, a

talkio apparatus, complete with

Power 2nore robust enterprise in home ed, and the customer may have super movie camera on stand, recording

salesmanship,'! would, Mr. Williams oquipment, microphone, reproducing his receiver fitted with whatever believe, go a long way at the pre- apparatus, amplifier, and loud "body" be desires, and finished in sent time to give a much-needed speaker. The complete set la con- bis own choice of colours

impotus to British trade tained in a case very little larger

than an ordinary portable set.

British mannfacturers report

Demonstrations given during the afternoon on avariety ofë equips ments revealed the high standard

have brought the radio-gramophone,

Many of the exhibitors have continued expansion of export to which British manufacturers taken a leat out of the book of the trade, especially to South America, motor tradera in showing a strip-and to certain Thuropean countries. ped" chassis.” These Tuked sots are contained in revolving glass

ARE WOMEN LISTENERS "MORE INTELLIGENT?

is buying a now wireless set in The ond thought of a man who

How many stations can I get an exhibitor told a benörter at the Radio Exhibition,» Olympin Instë

10 month, whereas a woman does not

The quality of British radio manu casos so that the points of con- fractures is universally recognised struction and wiring can be studied to be the best; but American in detail and the why and the makers, on account of the special wherefore of things explained. conditions of United States brond Solesmen on the stands declared casting, have tavoloped selectivity themselves as well antisfied with the to a higher degree of perfection results of the exhibition. Orders and The exhibition itself covered seem to care in the least how many Inquiries from the trade as well as twice the floor space it occupied stations she can get as long as from the large public attendance last year. There were 400 stands, those she does get are clear. A woman will be quite content with came in steadily and the presence on which were displayed more than of five stations to long as

of a large number of foreign buyers 6,000

was indicative of the interest that numero is taken abroad in tho progress of the British indushy

[ving zole, apart from the Accessories. The who Was insured for on

they are crystal clear, while u man wanta range of fifty Men who | are wireless enthusiasts never tire of boasting of the number of station Sithey can get

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