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Technical Editor Associate Editor Professional- Serviceman- Radiotrician HUGO GERNSBACK, Editor -in -Chief Money in Automobile Radio Contents of this Issue By HUGO GERNSBACK PAGE LEAVES FROM SERVICE MEN'S NOTEBOOKS ONE of the important new developments in radio that has By RADIO -CRAFT Readers 245 come about lately is the automobile radio set. From a LETTERS FROM SERVICE MEN 246 purely experimental stage, the car set has now been devel- MEN WHO MADE RADIO -Sir Oliver Lodge 247 oped to such a stage that, during the next few years, a tremendous NATIONAL LIST OF SERVICE MEN REPLY BLANK 247 new outlet for radio sets and radio parts will have been created. SOME PRESCRIPTIONS OF A RADIO DOCTOR And, incidentally, those who get in on the ground floor will, as usual, reap a rich harvest. By Paul L. Welker 248 WHAT IS RADIO'S GREATEST NEED FOR 1930? * * * * * By Service Men 249 AN important point to be remembered, not only by radio en- RADIO SERVICE DATA SHEETS 250 thusiasts but by the entire radio trade as well -is that the A MULTI -METER AND TESTER -By Louis B. Sklar 252 radio car set is an ADDITION to the natural consumption of radio SHORT -WAVE CRAFT -The Coast Guard's Best Short Wave sets; for the simple reason that the man who owns a radio at Receiver By S. R. Winters 253 home cannot take that set and install it into his car. It means R. an entirely new, as well as a different set. Of late, the car set C. A. SHORT -WAVE TELEVISION WORK 254 has taken the public's fancy; and several large manufacturers have SHORT-WAVE STATIONS AND THEIR SCHEDULES 255 announced their intention to equip their cars regularly with such VACUUM TUBES FOR RADIO RECEPTION -Part III sets for the coming season. Foremost among them is the Dodge By C. W. Palmer 256 Company. A COMBINATION WORK -BENCH AND TEST BOARD A radio set in a car today is a necessity, because it enables By A. Kronberg 258 one to keep in touch with what is going on while traveling be- tween cities, and even within cities. For the apprehension of RADIO -CRAFT KINKS 259 criminals, it is a most important adjunct to any police department. THE COOPERATIVE LABORATORY -By David Grimes 260 * * * * * THE RADIO CRAFTSMAN'S OWN PAGE -By Himself 262 PRACTICAL LITERATURE FOR RADIO READERS 263 AT one time, it was the custom to build such car sets behind the dashboard. This was a most cumbersome arrangement, NEW RADIO DEVICES FOR SHOP AND HOME 264 and will not prevail in the future. The new sets that are now be- SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF CITY AERIALS 265 ing installed in cars work on entirely different principles. The THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN SOUND REPRODUCER set is installed in a metal cabinet, similar to a tool chest, which is By O. C. Roos 266 attached right on to the running board. A flexible shaft goes to INFORMATION BUREAU 270 the dashboard, where the shaft connects with a single knob which is used as a tuning control. The shaft, by the way, is of the variety that dentists use to connect their motors to the dental drill. Aside from the one tuning knob, there is also a filament switch; these constitutes all the controls for the car's radio set. In Forthcoming Issues: The operation is simplicity itself; the switch is turned on and a station is tuned in. There is no volume control, and there is no Tri -Chromatic Television Herbert E. Ives necessity for having one; because the volume is controlled simply Notes for Radio Service Men Bertram M. Freed by detuning a trifle. This makes for great simplicity. While, Interference in the future, some refinements may be added, yet even the pres- -Its Origin, Location and Elimination F R. ent method is a good one. Bristow During the coming year, we will witness an epidemic of Experiments with 14- Centimeter Waves Ernst Gerhard radio sets for cars, which the various manufacturers will put out Servicing the Freshman "N" Harold Weiler complete and ready to install.