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SMITH, President, Dept. 9AX YOU BUILD MANY OTHER CIRCUITS National Radio Institute, Washington 9, D. C. Practice FM experiments with Superhetero- '.lail me FREE Sample Lesson and 64 -page book about how to dyne Receiver Circuit . build Vacuum gin success in Radio and Television -Electronics. (No salesman Tube Power Pack ... practice locating de- will call. Please write plainly.) fects and repairing of still other circuits you Name.....___.- Age build with MANY KITS OF PARTS I send. GET THIS Address TRAINING UNDER S City Zone State..._..._ VETERAN G. I. BILL Check If Veteran Approved for Training Under G. I. Bill lb ,NO IV ow __ 4 Hugo Gernsback, Editor -in -Chief RADIO Fred Shunaman, Managing Editor M. Harvey Gernsback, Consulting Editor IRC Power Wire Wounds 11:111:47FILONICSu Robert F. Scott, W2PWG, Technical Editor R. H. Dorf, W2QMI, Associate Editor are better built formerly RADIO -CRAFT I. Queen, W2OUX, Editorial Associate Incorporating Angie Pascale, Production Monoger every step of the way SHORT WAVE CRAFT TELEVISION NEWS Elmer Fuller, Shortwave Editor RADIO A ISION Wm. Lyon McLaughlin, *Trademark registered U. S. Patent omee Tech, Illustration Director Starting right from G. Aliquo, Circulation Manager the winding form IRC Lamson, Advertising Director Power Wire Wounds John J. combine the best of Alfred Stern, Promotion Manager materials, workman- ship and resistor Contents January, 1949 "know -F ow ", Editorial (Page 21) Highest grade alloy Future Transistor Uses by Hugo Gernsback 21 wire uniformly wound Construction (Pages 22 -24) on sturdy ceramic Radio -Controlled Bus by M. Gordon Moses 22 tubes. Terminals spot welded for security; Broadcasting and Communications (Page 25) 25 heavily tin dipped for Rural FM Radio Network easy soldering. Television (Pages 26.30) Antennas for Television, Part I by Edward M. Noll and Matt Mandl 26 Climate -proof cement How to Get Television DX by Lyman E. Greenlee 28 coatingprovidesdark, Custom -Built Projection Televisers (Cover Feature) 30 rough surface -best for rapid heat dissipa- Theory and Design (Pages 31 -33, 85 -87) by Richard Henry 31 tion, moisture protec- Pocket Micro -Receiver tion and ability to Designing L -C Audio Filters by Richard H. Dorf 32 U.H.F. Noise Diode 85 withstand reasonable Multimeter Shows only Desired Scale 86 overloads. Problems of Electronic Baking 86 Resistors cured at FM (Pages 34-37) LOW temperature Visual FM Alignment by John B. Ledbetter 34 Conqueror) 36 prevents damage to Radio Set and Service Review (The Emerson resistance windings, Amateur (Pages 38-40) and loss of temper V.F.O. From Surplus by George F. Marts. WODTH 38 in terminals. Bands Wired Wireless Control Unit 40 for adjustable types Test Instruments (Pages 41-46) feature stainless Rodio- Frequency Ammeter by Rufus P. Turner, K6AI 41 steel springs and 'Scope Aid Helps Audio Men by Alfred Haas 42 silver contacts. Can- Tube Tester and Analyzer by Horold Pallatz 44 not corrode to cause Audio (Pages 47-48) high resistance. What is Supersonic Bias' by Dr. Angelo Montani 47 Foreign News (Page 49) European Report by Major Ralph W. Hallows 49 Servicing (Pages 50 -59) Improving Supply to Test Cor Sets by Harry S. Leeper 50 New York Servicemen Form State Federation 51 Jr Using Your Ohmmeter by Herbert S. Brier, W9EGA 52 The Impeded Double Cross by Guy Slaughter 54 For exacting, heavy -duty requirements you can rely on Electronics 71 IRC Power Wire Wounds for Midget Atom Smasher balanced performance in every full -sized, they Departments characteristic. Being 78 can operate continuously at full rating. The Radio Month 12 Question Box Derating in high ranges is unnecessary. Radio Business 18 People 79 New Devices 60 New Patents 81 IRC Power Wire Wounds are available Technotes 64 Radio -Electronic Circuits 84 in a full range of ratings, sizes and World -Wide Station List Miscellany 88 terminal types.