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rim OCTOBER, 1925 25 CENTS www.americanradiohistory.com -1. CUNNINGHAM r)ETECTORTUBE TYPE G -300 PATENTED TYPE In the C- 301 -A'.- ORANGE and AMPLIFIEF BLUE CARTON FIL. VOLTS FIL AMP... Price PUTE Y. ' _ 20.12 $ 2.50 Each CT CUNNINGHAM DETECTORAMMPIEK Types C-301A, C-299, C-300. C-11. C-12 tNc. TYPE L 301 A SAN t NANCISCO,CAï I >AT" Your Radio Set Can Be No BetterThan Its Tubes YOU may build an aerial that will overtop the Eiffel Tower, you may construct a set of materials that are worth their weight in gold, but -if you put a single inferior tube in any socket of your receiver -you will never know what it means to hear clear, pure, resonant tone. RADIO / TUBES -dedicated to the task of intensifying the world's radio enjoyment -will//r bring a magic symphony of radio delight into your home. 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W. Manual," starts Established 1917 the first of a new series of articles on vacuum Published Monthly by the Pacific Radio Publishing Co. tube transmitters with an account of the vacuum its circuits. ARTHUR H. HALLORAN, tube and Editor GERALD M. BEST, H. W. DICKOW, H. de A. Donisthorpe gives some advance in- Technical Editor Advertising Manager formation on the radio beam as a revolution Branch Offices: Correct Addresses: in methods of radio communication. New York City -17 W. 42nd St. Instructions for change of ad- Chicago -157 E. Ontario St. dress should be sent to the Boston -52 Irving St. publisher two weeks before Kansas City, Mo. -1102 Repub- the date they are to go into Roy C. Hunter discusses short wave reflectors lic Bldg. effect. Both old and new ad- Rates: dresses mustalways be given. for amateur use. Issued Monthly, 25c a copy. Advertising: Subscription price $2.50 per year Advertising Forms Close on the in the U. S., $3.00 per year First of the Month Preceding elsewhere. Date of Issue. A. Binneweg, Jr., 6BX, has devised an ex- cellent antenna for transmitting on 80 meters Member -Radio Magazine Publishers Association is in detail. Entered as second -class matter at Post Office at San Francisco, Calif. and less, which described Copyright 1925, by the Pacific Radio Publishing Co. Address all communications to Formal announcement of the new calibration Pacific Radio Publishing Company laboratory established by RADIO for service to readers will be made by an article describ- Pacific Building, San Francisco, California ing the equipment used. VOLUME VII OCTOBER, 1925 NUMBER 10 A. J. Haynes tells how to make a good tuned radio frequency unit that may be used ahead of any standard receiving set to give a real gain in selectivity, distance and volume. CONTENTS Ernest W. Pfaff describes the construction PACE of an ideal audio frequency amplifier employ- RADIOTORIAL COMMENT 9 ing impedance coupling. PIERCING NEPTUNE'S SHROUD 10 By Volney G. Mathison An interesting character sketch of Marius La- THE L -C CIRCUIT 14 tour, the French radio inventor, has been drawn By G. M. Best by O. C. Roos. It throws some helpful side- HOW TO REDUCE INTERFERENCE 17 lights on the radio patent situation. By L. W. Harry LIMITATIONS OF HORN TYPE LOUDSPEAKERS 18 By Dr. John P. Minton James W. Harte in "After the License - What?" gives many valuable hints to the aspir- HOW ANTENNA CHARACTERISTICS AFFECT ant to the position of commercial operator on RECEPTION 20 ship or shore. By Kirk B. Morcross ELIMINATION OF OSCILLATIONS IN R. F. AMPLIFIERS 22 By Dr. Maurice Buchbinder J. E. Anderson gives some useful calculations THE GIRL WITH THE MADONNA VOICE 23 of the comparative efficiencies of various styles By H. Penrose Bridge, Jr. of coils, his conclusions being based upon the ratio of inductance to length. HOW RADIO CIRCUITS WORK 24 By G. F. Lampkin A UNIVERSAL METER FOR THE HOME LABORATORY 26 By M. K. Lock Henry W. Hall has a simple and unique idea for mitigating static effects. A DETECTING, OSCILLATING AND MODULATING RADIOCAST WAVEMETER 29 By E. E. Griffin PLATE AND GRID MODULATION SYSTEMS 31 R. Lewis Rockett's story on constructing an By L. D. Grignon and F. C. Jones improved loop receiver, originally scheduled for publication in October, will definitely ap- A QUARTZ CRYSTAL OSCILLATOR 33 pear in the November issue. By D. B. McGown A SIMPLE MAST WITH LOW CENTER OF GRAVITY 34 By Carlos S. Mundt Harry A. Nickerson presents some good ideas HOW TO WIND A TOROIDAL COIL 35 about changing various types of receivers so By Geo. B. Hostetter as to receive the very short wavelength sta- QUERIES AND REPLIES 36 tions. FOR THE RADIO NOTEBOOK 37 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 39 The fiction feature is a weird and entertain- WITH THE AMATEUR OPERATORS 41 ing story, "The Beat Note," by H. A. 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