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Radio News for April, 1921 673 CIRCULATION LARGER THAN ALL OTHER RADIO MAGAZINES COMBINED RADIO 20April Cents 1921 Over 100 Illustrations NEWSREG. U.S. PAT.OFF. Edited by H. GERNSBACK A NEW RADIO INSTRUCTOR SEE PAGE 686. --f-, .r a J- _ - -- immitadan... _,-, THE 100% www.americanradiohistory.comWIRELESS MAGAZINE" CUNNINGHAM POWER TUBES Type C ®302 Demand 5 watt output Cunningham Tubes Price $8.00 The Name is etched on the Tube CW TELEGRAPHY AND TELEPHONY WITH CUNNINGHAM TRANS- MITTER TUBES OFFERS THE ADVANTAGES OF COMPACTNESS - RELIABILITY - LONG RANGE LOW POWER SHARP TUNING f RANSMITT ER TUBE SPECIFICATIONS Output Filament Plate Delivery Conservative Model Rating Amps. Volts Voltage Price Date C 302 5 watts 2.35 7.5 350 -400 $8.00 immediate C 303 50 watts 6.5 Io. Ioo0 30.00 Mar. 10th C 304 25o watts 15. 12. 4000 Max. 11 0.00 Mar. 10th Price of C 303 -C 304 fob. New York or San Francisco C 302 is 'mounted on the standard four prong receiving tube base. The larger tubes have special bases. CUNNINGHAM POWER TUBES are the latest product of the great Research Laboratory of the General Electric Co. The trade mark GE is the guarantee of their quality. Each tube is built to most rigid specifications. The output ratings are extremely conservative and in actual test deliver greatly in excess of their rated outputs. GENERAL ELECTRIC QUALITY PLUS CUNNINGHAM SERVICE Address All Communications to TRADING AS AUDIOTRON MFG. COMPANY 35 MONTGOMERY STREET SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. www.americanradiohistory.com Radio News for April, 1921 673 Specify No. 766, Eveready Wireless Station Specify No. 763, Eveready Airplane Wireless Battery. Standardized for use in the U. S. Navy Battery. Standardized for use in the U. S. Signal Corps Aviation Section Here's your power-plant! 'THE Eveready Vacuum Tube All the skill and experience of the Plate Battery was especially de- Eveready engineers have been poured signed for radio outfits. It is packed into this battery and sealed up. tight with electrical energy that will Once you know the power and en- send your message singing through durance of the Eveready Vacuum space to the receptive antennae miles Tube Plate Battery, you will never away. be satisfied with less. But be sure The Eveready is known every- you get the genuine. Sold by lead- where as the battery of endurance. ing dealers everywhere. Name of It stays on the job till the last second. dealer in your locality on request. AMERICAN EVER READY WORKS of National Carbon Company, Inc. 226 Thompson Avenue, Long Island City, New York Chicago Atlanta San Francisco Makers of Eveready Flashlights and Batteries, Storage 'Batteries, Miniature Mazda Lamps, Dry 'Batteries, and Meters FIJE fly VACUUM TUBE PLATE BATTERIES A19-TE www.americanradiohistory.com \ ß \ V L,\` r Zt % ,.c\ \w3 -_---- --- CONTENTS VOL.1a2 FOR APRIL NO. 10 /,; PAGE PAGE Underground Loops...By H. Gernsback 677 The H. C. of L. and Burned Out Ampli- fying Transformers Radio Communication By Cyril O. Smith 691 By J. H. Dellinger 678 An Ideal Receiving Set for Short and eat Get Your Friends Interested 680 Long Wave- Lengths By E. G. Shalkhauser 692 New Universal Range Receiver By Arthur H. Lynch 681 Short Wave Radio Vacuum Tube Trans- mitter and Regenerative Receiver with Tests of Insulating Material for Radio Two -Step Audio Frequency Amplifier Use at the Bureau of Standards By Walter Hyndman 693 By S. R. Winters 682 Conduction of Electricity Thru Vacuum Aeroplanes and Radiogoniometers and Gases with Application to Design By Armstrong Perry 683 of Radio Apparatus. First Part By E. M. Sargent 694 $10o Portable Radio Prize Awards of ia`1 0_ Ì Contest . 684 Who's Who in Radio -Sir Oliver Lodge 695 A "B" Battery of the Edison Storage With the Amateurs 696 Type By W. H. 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