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radio ommunication, industrial applicati of electron tubes ... engineering and manufacture AUGUST 1 9 3 6 Price SOO mc. tube in 50 Cents construction (316-A. See p.8) McGRAW-HILL PUBLISHING COMPANY. INC. www.americanradiohistory.com WHERE SPACE IS AT A PREMIUM siS,£ STAt POLE NEW SUPER MIDGET TONE CONTROL APPROXIMATELY 21, TIMES ACTUAL SIZE ACTUAL SIZE Mr`lüüülNl1i THESE PRODUCTS ARE SOLD ONLY TO MANUFACTURERS OF ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT WRITE for your sample Super Midget Control and Engineer- ing data. One to four point tone switches are also available in the super midget size. STACKPOLE CARBON CO. ST. MARYS, PENNA. Manufacturers of quality resistors, supressors, switches, controls and tone switches August 1936 - ELECTRONICS www.americanradiohistory.com ELECTRONICS radio, communication and industrial applications of electron tubes design, engineering, manufacture HOWARD EHRLICH KEITH HENNEY DONALD G. FINK H. W. MATEER Vice -President Editor Associate Editor Manager Contents August 1936 COVER: An expert glass blower sealing one of the new Western Electric 316-A triodes, which can deliver 6 watts at a wavelength of 60 centimeters in conven- tional negative grid circuits. NAB in Convention 7 Canadian Field Strength Meas- News of the broadcast industry as revealed in Chicago urements 20 BY H. M. SMITH Methods used by the Canadian Radio Commission Theory of Electron Oscillators .. 9 BY J. E. ANDERSON Modulation Measurements 23 A new explanation of the properties of positive grid (B -K and G -M) circuits BY C. G. SERIGHT Peak vs. r -m -s methods of evaluating modulation performance Cathode Ray Aircraft Compass . 12 BY SAMUEL OSTROLENK Resistance -Coupling Data 25 A visual indicator of the CR type greatly im- proves performance of direction finders BY GLENN KOEHLER Gain of resistance coupled amplifiers for all audio frequencies, in chart form for reference use U -h -f Signal Generator 16 BY C. J. FRANKS Mean Level Determinations .... 27 20 to 100 mc. In a new instrument of countless BY uses in G. H. LOGAN ultra -high frequency practice Decibel chart for sound -power levels Remote Tuning at KDYL 19 Delay -Relay Circuits 28 BY JOHN M. BALDWIN BY D. E. NOBLE Collecting short-wave press at a distance by ten - Time discharge (RC) circuits for timing photo- mile tuning, thus avoiding noise graphic printing, ringing class -room bells, etc. DEPARTMENTS Crosstalk 5 Tubes at Work 32 Manufacturing Review ... 48 Reference Sheet lectron Art 40 Index to Advertisers 61 Volume 9 . Number 8 Contents Copyright, 1936, by McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, Inc. ELECTRONICS, August 1936. Vol. 9. No. 8. Pub- lished monthly, Price 50e a copy. Subscription rates- McGRAW-HILL PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC. United States, $5.00 a year. Latin America, $5.00 a year. Canada, $5.00 a year. All other countries, $6.00 Publication Office, 99-129 a year or 24 shillings. 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