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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1932.

RADIO

WHAT I SAW AT OLYMPIA

SOME VIVID IMPRESSIONS OF A

MAGNIFICENT SHOW

(BY PAY. TECHNICIAN)

This year's show marks the begin- | ning of wither and even more im- Joptant phase, the popularisation of the radio-gram. This past year the rinary mechanical type, with the exception of portable models, kas virtually disappeared from the market, and at least two of the

largest manufacturers Hist theat

jonger

FEATURES

ly that a Cosor technician first what goes on insile things, and the asked my opinion as to the future ordinary listener as he can at least of the metallised valve. At the gain something of an idea of the time tuust admit I had slight internal construction of what are to doubts. I was 'n bad prophet, for him rather mysterious devizes.

SHORT WAVE TELEPHONES

EXPERIMENTS ON 3 TO 10 METRES

(Special Air-Mail Servico)

I did not see a big future for the But it takes courage to throw then new valva development, I be-open the very beart of your pro- lieve I am correct in saying that ductions for all and sundry to in- technical exhibition Cser introduced the metallized spot at a valve, and in so doing opened up where inevitably there will be hun wonderful new possibilities in the dreds of keen, qualified critics!.

LONDON, Oct. 22--Sir Kingley design of H.F, amplifiers. It has

And this reminds me that the cri enabled these to be simplified eiir- ticism of members of the public up- Wood, the Postmaster-General, re- peared to be both keen and informvealed yesterday that experiments mously,

But then, Cessor were always this year.

to fit short radio waves into the Of course, it was only occasiona)-

telephone network hand wet with euterprising and seem to have n

my intuition in valve matters., ly that one overheard what could

The experi They did stout pioneering in mains be styled technical" questions, encouraging success. For

also but the stand attendants were often ments now being carried nut in the valves as well. They were

very first to visualise called upon to deal with intelligent Post Offer Radio Dept. ure in con nong the

tilities of the various receivers.

A Useful Combination.

Such a combination is a radio. gram. There is provision for

the connecting up of a pick up to us in such a scheme on most of the modern better-class sels. example, it is a feature of the Fer- ranti super-heterodyne receiver.

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And who would buy a new mechani. the possibilities of kit sets and their catechisms concerning the poten- nection with the utilisation of very

present Melody Maker" has a under of faunus and zucecssful

eal gramophone when an old one But I do not think that radio and a pick-up will suffice to turn grams have replaced them complete the Ferranti super into a topping models behind it

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ly as yet. I believe we have been | vadio-grant. passing through a kind of trussi-

On the radio aide you could want tion period where many juple have hesitated to purchase mehanicaling better. for, the Ferranti super is a first-class production. gramophones, but have not laught Needless to say, its LF. side is radio grans because these have been-

thoroughbred Ferranti, and you rather new conceptions, and the

don't fad kinks in the curves of public, is natarrously suspicions of

Ferranti amplifiers ! anything savouring of novelty, ▾

But agree with the excentive I

Very Striking Display.

I thought the method of display. ing T.C.C. condensers most strik ing. The various types were stand. ing in illuminated show cases shap-1 ed like large T.C.C. condensers. T.C.C. are condenser specialists, and they provided visitors with the Before we leave the subject of opportunity of sewing practically,

modern fixed condenser technique.

TO-DAY'S WIRELESS PROGRAMME

BROADCAST BY Z.B.W ON 355 METRES.

1 to 11.30 a.m.-Stock and ex- change kuniations in Chinese, and English.

11.30 am to 10.30 p.m.-European. ↑

programme.

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11.30 to 19.30 p.m.-A programme of Victor, records (Unannoun- ced).

12,30 to 2 p.m.-Luncheon pro-

gramme of Victor records. p.m.-Local and weather report,

1.30 p.m.-Rugby Press news, ote,

to 5 p.m.-A programme of

REMOVAL SALE.

RECORDS

.50 cts, each

ana

$1.00 each,

Victor records. (Unannounced). DANCE MUSIC

$ to 5.30 pm. —

Musical Comedy.

short radio waves in the region of · Band-Pass Tuning.

three to ton metres wave-length. Marked technical differences in An eniteavour is being mads to as-

"Hit the Deck "Vocal Geins.- tween them were obviously widely certain if short radio waves could

Light Opera Co.-C1433. appreciated. For example, I be fitted into the telephone net-

"Five 'O'clock Girl" Selection. ticed that the Varley Squarework, and give a more direct and

Orchestra. -New Mayfair communíention between Penk" sets occasioned considerable interest, and visitors were wanting places which now are only con- to know exactly what "Square ected by an inconvenient cable

cirenit.

Peak" meant.

When they were informed it in-1 dicated a perfect, application of the band-pass principle, they would

economic

Spot stand On the first occasion

01638.

"Denr Love."-Vol Gems

Light Opera Co.-C1609.

20 ets, percopy.

Selection at

"Selection of Leslie Stunts TSANG FOOK PIANO

Songs."-Band of, H.M. Cold-"} strenen Guards.-C1628.

spoke to on the subject for a few radio-grams I make mention everything that is worth seeing pursue the matter farther and ask I spent most of the time examining 5,30 to 6p.n.A relay of the 1st

minutes at the Climax stand, that in all probability this coming sea- son will largely be a radio-pram season. The canimercial calfe-gram

the huge Carrard electric gramo

phons motor which I saw. I fancy it must have been the largest work- ing model at Olympia. It was a is now a stabilised commodity hotherfect model and its bright finish

måde it a superb exhibit. in paint of price nul of efficiency.

From this my mind at once jumps It is no linger an experiment,

to the working model of the Lewens The Climax nibelcetrie'radio"

potentiometre. gramophones is excellent proof of tiometer embodies an ingenious and this Tart, by the way.

Of course, may listeners will sepse principle. There is a dire

lar plate held away from the re- their existing gramophones in cum-

sistance element at its centre. But ination with the intest radio re

this plate tiles so that a part of its le comes into contact with the resistance track,

1.

ceivers, for providing a good pick up is used, it doesn't maniter

rap what the grammy" is m long as it has a good enough motor To keep its turn-table steufily ro tating at the correct speced.

PIANOS

AND

ORGANS

For salo or hire is specially adapted to suit. customery requirements.

THE CHEAPSIDE COY

行察

348, Lockhart Road,

Tel. 28803.

The Loweos poten-

questions about hand-passing.

the Blue Spot receivers, and was There were large condensers auch

By the way, I should mention specially interested in their fine na have been ordered by and are used in some of the biggest broad that I gathered most of the facts five-valve mains operated outfit. converations in the had come away without, inspecting casting stations in the world, and upon which I base the above con-But I subsequently realised that I there were, at the other extreme,clusions mu

moving-coil loudspeakers. tiny condensers such as figure in general assembly. At the "P.W." their the grid ericuits of valve receivers, td there we callers who knew But I think you will agree that. Another intriguing idea in prea about such things as band-pas- this was pardonable in view of the sentation was embodied in the Losing, and who visited us to discuss fact that I was suddenly button-

five years. tus display where the chassis of one radio matters rather than ask ques holed by a man I hadn't even for

of the latest Lotus sets was stood tions about it! on a mirror that the underseath parts of it could be inspected vagi-

y The Lotus Table Console set was worth examining, for it in- cludes many up-to-the-minute fea- variable-mu including a

Up-to-date Colle.

tures, valve.

I found quite a number of visi- tors examining the model of the Wireless " "Diodin " Modern set, which was on the Colvern stand: They were also obviously interest Colvern coils

ed in tho

many

To see a large model of this com ponent with its luge tilting pinte sweeping round all but made me feel dizzy. However, I must say it was a striking demostration of the effectiveness of the scheme, and of the general soundness of the design of the Lowcos potentiomater.

Another large model was shown by J. B. It was a model of one of their excellent variable conden-shown, nod that is not to be won sers. And I though its effectivenessdered at, for whatever progress and was heightened in this case by the development occur in coil design fact that thus mode) was not a fan- you can be sure that Colvern and if such tastic giant but was larger than setively interested, even was necessary clearly to enable the have not been directly inspired by

Colvern themselves. finer points of design of the com- ponent to be examined. There is a certain point beyond which in cases an enlargement may become

a monster!

But this was unt the case with the big valve models shown by Cossor

either. At the Cuissor stand I was

In view of the hot weather which we were having during at least the early run of the exhibition, Messrsl Wingrove & Rogers were fortunate in beeing able to show large repre sentations of their famour trade mark-the polar bear. It constituted

[specially interested in the metallis-such a marked contrast to the cur rent thermometer readings that ed valves they were showing, ber cause it was about a year previous visitors looked, smiled, aud-did not pass or they were held by the fine display of Polar condensers.,

Well-Made Transformers.

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Can you forecast the number of wireless. receiving licenses that will be issued in Hong Kong during November and December ?

Enter the Great

"Westinghouse" Radio Competition at the

Radio Exhibition To-Day

Entrance Free.

Radio Services, Ltd.

(Stand No. 6)...

Mains Sets as Welli

i

He had just come back from Ame

I paid two visits to the Blue rica and was full of praise for

British radio

antuand on utxi totumn.}

HAVE YOU HEARD THESE?

Here are lists of long-wave and short-wave stations which should be picked up by anyone la Hong Kong who has a mode- rately good set suitable for re- ceiving such signals. Success In picking up these stations also depends very largely upon tav. ourable atmospheric conditions. Readers are invited to add to *this list should they succeed in picking up any station not in- cluded in either of these lists.

37 38.38ydney 81.56 31.48

I was surprised by the size of the Stektun range of components. I of course, knew all about the very ex 413 cellent Slektun L.F. transformers 38.8 and I had previously seen and ad mired n Slektun minios transformer But I also learned that there are 81.20 Bloktun aerial and H.F. coils, 112

91.28

Sloktun H., chokes, and Blaktun 28,5 balanced-armature units. It is very 27.8- obvious Blektun is forging ahead.

LONG-WAVE STATIONS.

Wave length

Cell

Bign

Kiko- cyalə

K.Z.I.B. 1,168

(Metros) Station

200 Manila 277 Shanghai 245 Tokyo

K.8.M.S. 1,083 J.O.A.K. 870

800

848

V.U.B.. 640. J.O.LK. 890 J.O.D.K. 890 J.O.C.K. 810 V.0.0. 800.0

100 380 Kumamoto J.O.G.X. J.O.H.K. 390. Sendai

710 -306 Dairon J.Q.A.K. 760 J.O.B.K. 760 -- 400 · Osaka

C.M.B. 785 410 Canton 480 Manila K.Z.R.M. 020

333 Hiroshima J.O.F.K. 300 Hong Kong Z.B.W. 337.1 Hambay 301 Sapporo 366 Keijo

370 Nagoya 370.4 Onleuita

SHORT-WAVE STATIONS.

STATION

CALL BION

Schenectady

1.M.A G.A.G.

DAIH

TULES

Tika (Hoxe Koro).

OF WORKING

4,434 Mon., Wed & Fri, 8 p.m. & 2 Am 4,900 6-10 p.m.

5,201 Not regular

8,806 Bunday midnight

7,142 Daily 8.30 pm. & 11 p.m.

7,810 Not regular

7,780 Daily 11 pm;

8,108 Tues & Fri., 9 p....

9,620 Fri 8 m., Sat. 3 a.m. & 10 am,

3,580 Not regular

9,077 Midnight daily

67.65

60,12

Dobinti (Germany) Khabarovsk (Russia)

A.F.K

B.A.7.

68.7

| Nausnw.

A.G.J.

60.

Mosco

R.F.N..

6,000 Tuse, Thurs, Bat, 8 pm.

--40,-- 42.6

Home

Perth

2

Singapore

V.6.1.4.B.

Bangker (Bis)

Kootwijk (Holland)

P.C.L.

H.5.4.P.J.

Melbourne

2.B.L. S.L.O.

8,280 Not regular

9,603 Not regular

W.9.X.A.F.

9,550 Dally 7 m.

Eindhoven (Holland)P.C.J.

2.F.C.

Sydney

Nairobi (Kenya)

7.L.G.

Sydney

E.ME.

10,620 Not regular

Bandoeng

P.LB

Chelmsford (England) G.S.W.

R. & A. were exhibiting one of

245

Manila

Ki.X.E.

their popular moving-ul speakers

28.80-Bebenectady 18.88, Bandoeng

Wax.o.

12,860 m. Wed, Fri., Sat

BLG.

F.C.L.

F.8.1.P.J.

17,751 Sundays 7 pm & midnight

TUK

PLE.

10,581 Daily 8 30.

W.8.X.K.

21,540 Not regular

BL.

25,68

17.4Bandong

in section, it had been cleanly cut 18.4 Kootwijk (Holland) right in halves so that the moving 16.8.Bangkok coil itself could be, seen suugly fit 108 Kootwijk (Holland) ting into the ghp between the mag- act pola-piccos

Appreciated by All

This is the kind of exhibit which

all can appreciate, the constructor he likes to know exactly

I beca

15.74 15.5

Bandóang

10.03

Nancy (France) Pittsburg

11,020 Midnight, daily

11,761 7.80 p.m. & 3am. dally, except

Saturday and Sunday

12,240 Nightly

10,102 Dally 6.80p.m. to midnight. 1630 Dally 7 p.m.

17280 Daily 8p.m. to midnight

18,606 Each afternoon.

19,220 Daily 520-7 p.za.

(Allowance must be made for “summer-time" ir "most peza countries, which is one hour ahead of true, time.]

Three Items of the Concert given by Mes; N. Matheson and Mr. A. M. Bowes-Semiti from the Helena May Institute. by courtesy of the Committee.

to 6,35 p.m.---

Orchestral,

Carmen Suite-" Gypsy. Dance" Carmen Suite-" Internezzo' and Les Dragons d'Alcala" (Bizet) -Philadelphia Symphony Or chestra under the direction of Leopold Stokowski.—€873, Carmen Suite-" March of the

Smugglers" (Bizet). Carmen Suite Soldiera Chang-

ing the Guard" (Bizet).-Phil ndelphia Symphony Orchestra directed by Leopold Stokowski. ~~~6874. "Hansel and Gretel"--Overture (Humperdinck) - Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New York,-7438.

"Finlandia" (Sibelius).-Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra.-7412.

7 p.m.-Stock quotations, ete. 0.35 to 7.10 p.m.

on

Instrumental,' Piano Solo"Variations

Thomes from Carmen" (Bizet Horowitz).Vladimir Horowitz

in Piano Bolo-Mazurka

Sharp Minor" (Chopia).- Vladimir Horowitz.-1327. 'Cello Solo"Songs My Mother

Taught Me" (Dvomk). 'Cello Solo-Flight of

Bumble Bee (Rimaky-Korsa kow).

'Cello

โร

Bolo-." Bang

thic

Without Words, in D (Mendelssohn)— Pablo Casals,-7193.

Piano Solo Die Fledermaus"

-Paraphrase

(The Bal) (Strauss-Godowsky). Banno Moiseivitch.-7937.

COMPANY.

•

8, Des Vœux Road, Central (Entrance Ice House Street)

Telephone 24848,..

ler.

Violin Solo

Gypay· Caprice" (Kreisler). Fritz Kreisler.—

6712.

7.10 to 7:45 p.m.-.

Vocal Trio Somebody Loves.

You."The Pickens ister8. —

22005.

Organ Solo " Over the Waves."

--Bob Fowler,--23324, Humorous Song-"The One I Love Just Can't Be Bothered with Me."-Johnny Marvin.- 22348. Orchestral

Maori." Green Brothers' Marimba Orchestra--

22786,

Chorus-Blue Shadows."-The

Revelers.-91765. Orchestral-Wanna Lot O'Love"

-Dan Azpiazu and his Havana Casino Orchestra, 22720. Song "I'd Do Anything for

You."Helen Kane.-22080. Vocal Trio "Too Many Tears."

The Pickens Bistere.—22903. Organ Solo" Danube Waves.”

-Bob Fowler-23524. Song Lazy Lou'siana Moon."*

Johnny Marvin.-29348. Orchestra!--" Green Eyes,”-Don Azpiazu and his Havana Cazino Orchestra, 22729. Helena Kane.—22080. Bong"He's

So Unusual”-

(Continued on Page 4).

Violin Solo Shepherd's Mad | 7.45 to 8 pm

rigal" (Kreisler)-Fritz Kreis-

SPEED.

DUE to the many new additions in machinery,

testing equipment and parts recently received and installed in the IDEAL RADIO SERVICES workshops, FAST AND RELIABLE REPAIRS TO YOUR RADIO BECOME A FACT INSTEAD OF A FANCY. The Radio of to-day in advancing rapidly and calls for a We service that can meet these changes.

Hong Kong, 11th November, 1932,