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RADIO'S G ATEST MAGAZINE RAvInvIsION RADIO MOVIES and TELEVISION FOR THE HOME (See Page 116) www.americanradiohistory.com RADIOy TUBES CX 350 The Nerve Center of Your Radio Because Cunningham Radio Tubes carry the true tone and reproduce pure harmony, they are rightly called the nerve center of your radio. Tubes that have had long, con- stant use should be replaced with new, correct Cunningham. Tubes to enable you to enjoy modern broadcast reception. Never use old tubes with new, ones -use new tubes throughout E. T. CUNNINGHAM, Inc. New York Chicago San; Francisco Manufactured and sold under rights. patents and inventions owned and ur controlled by Radio Corporation of America NNÑINGH4Ë CX`374j; fttl www.americanradiohistory.com Radio News for August, 1928 97 EARNED $500 SPARE TIME WITH RADIO Coplay, Pa., June 4 -(RA)- During the few r ionths that Frank J. Deutsch has been a member of the Radio Association of An erica, he has made over $500 out of Radio in his spare time. "Four super -hetrodyne sets of my own constriction brought me a profit of $60.00 each, and the other profit was from sales LEACH of these plans, developed by the Radio i' Association of America, is a big money- maker. of supplies purchased through the Whole- Set owners everywhere want to get rid of static, to sale Department of the Association," he have their sets operate from the electric light socket, said. "The Association certainly has a the tone improved, and the volume increased, and great plan for ambitious men." transformed into single -dial controls. Phonograph owners want their machines electrified and radiofied. In :i neighboring state, Werner Eichler, If you learn to render these services, you can easily Roche+:ter, N. Y., another member of the make $3.00 an hour for your spare time, to say nothing Association, has been making $50 a week of the money you can make installing, servicing, during his spare time. repairing, and building radio sets, and selling supplies. The are only two of the hundreds of Over $600,000,000 is being spent yearly for sets, Radio Association members who are making supplies, service. You can get your share of this money out of Radio in their spare time. business and, at the same time, fit yourself for the big -pay opportunities in Radio by joining the Association. BECOMES RADIO ENGINEER IN Join the ONE YEAR Radio Association Toronto, Canada, May 20 -(RA) -One of the newly admitted associate members of America of the Institute of Radio Engineers is A membership in the Association offers you the Claude DeGrave, a member of the engi- easiest way into Radio. It will enable you to earn $3.00 an hour neering staff of the DeForest Company of upwards in your spare time -train you to install, repair, and build all kinds of sets - this city. "I knew nothing about Radio start you in business without capital or finance an and st trted from the ground up," Mr. invention -train you for the $3,000 to $10,000 big - DeGrave stated, "when I enrolled a year pay radio positions -help secure a better position at ago in the Radio Association. bigger pay for you. A membership need not cost you Its easy a cent! lessons and superb training made it possible for me to become a Radio Expert in less The Association will give you a comprehensive, practical, and than a year's time. My income is now theoretical training and the benefit about of our Employment Service. You earn while you 225% more than at the time I joined learn. Our cooperative plan will make it possible for the Association." you to establish á radio store. You have the privilege The Institute of Radio Engineers is a very of buying radio supplies at wholesale from the very exclusive organization, and its membership first. requirements are very rigid, so that Mr DeGrav has reason to be proud of his ACT NOW -If you wish election. No -Cost Membership Plan Clerh To a limited number of ambitious men, we will give Doubles Income In Special Memberships that may not -need not -cost Six Months Through you a cent. To secure one, write today. We will Radio MODERNIZE OLD SETS send you details and also our book, "Your Opportunity DIAL CONTROL Chicago, Ill., May 9 -Even though his WITH ONE in the Radio Industry." It will open your eyes to the money- making possibilities member: hip in the Radio Association has of Radio. resulted in W. E. Thon securing the manager- ship of a Radio Department in a large COUPON Chicago store, his ambition was not satisfied. RADIO ASSOCIATION Ì Six monr.hs later, he OF AMERICA started his own store. Dept. RN -8, 4513 Ravenswood Ave., "The Radio Association has an excellent Chicago, Ill. plan for the man who wants to get out of Gentlemen: the rut Please send me by return mail full details of your and succeed," says this man who Special Membership Plan, and also copy of your quickly rose from clerkdom to the pro- book, "Your Opportunity in .the Radio Industry." prietorship of a profitable radio store. "I Name attribute my success entirely to the Radio Association of America. Six months after Address I had er rolled, I had doubled my income City State through i :s help." L la www.americanradiohistory.com 98 Radio News for August, 1928 'NEWS AUGUST, 1928 Number 2 Contents of This Issue What to Expect of Television Some Inside Facts About "B" Batteries By Hugo Gernsback 103 By William F. Crosby 134 A Visit to Radio Central The Radio Beginner -A Two -Tube Reflex; By Robert Hertzberg 104 Receiver of Simple Construction 136 Getting the Vote by Radio A Booster Unit for the Browning -Drake By Marshall D. Beuick 108 By C. A. Oldroyd 139 Radio Advertising -Does It Pay? A Screen -Grid Short -Wave Receiver By Orrin E. Dunlap, Jr. 110 By Fred H. Canfield - 142 Rain, Rays and Radio Better Direct -Coupled A.F. Amplifiers 146 By C. Sterling Gleason 112 The 'Capacity of a Condenser Combination The Listener Speaks By Himself 114 Arrangement By Leslie R. Jones 149 Broadeastatics 115 Radio Wrinkles 150 Television -Radio Movies and Television The Zero-Reactance Plate Circuit for the Home 116 By Sylvan Harris 152 Why the Weather Affects Radio Recep- Learning the Code Multiplies Radio ;Pleas - tion - By B. Francis Dashiell 119 ures By 'C. Walter Palmer 154 What's New in Radio 122 Letters from Home Radio Constructors 156 Some Odd Uses for Vacuum Tubes Radiotics 158 By J. E. Smith 126 RADIO NEWS LABORATORIES 159 Radio Novelties from Abroad and Home 128 I Want to Know By, G. `V. Palmer 160- List of Broadcast Station Calls 129 Ún the Short Waves 162 What Is a Good Loud Speaker? By Fred H. Canfield 130 Circuit Changes on the Neutroheterodyne 181 RADIO NEWS is published on the 10th of each preceding month. There are 12 obtained from the publishers. Copyrighted in Germany. Reproduction of articles numbers per year. Subscription price is $2.50 a year in U. S. and possessions. in Germany is reserved for Radio, Berlin 42. Canada and foreign countries, $3.00 per year. U. S. Coin as well as U. S. Stamps RADIO NEWS is for sale at all newsstands in the United States and Canada, accepted (no foreign coins or stamps). Single copies, 25 cents each. Checks and and at Brentano's, Ave. de L'Opera, Paris, France. European agents: S. J. Wise 40 money orders should be drawn - to order of EXPERIMENTER PUBLISHING Et Cie, Place Verte, Antwerp, Belgium. CO., INC. 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