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Tubes Require Special Wiring Care 39 Radio Aids Marine l'ire Fighters 12 A Sturdy and Dependable "B" Power Unit 40 The Passing of the Third -Floor Quack Improving Reception on a Thin Pocket- By Robert Francis Smith 14 book By Luther C. Dilatush 44 How Many Stations on One Wavelength? RADIO NEWS Monthly Prize for Construc- (Part II) By J. H. Barron, Jr. 16 tors-An Announcement 46 Radio Programs to Suit the Thermometer Radio Wrinkles 47 By V. Showell 17 Julia A Simple Remote -Control Device The Listener Speaks By Himself 18 By William F. Crosby 48 13roadcastatics 19 Interstage Coupling for Screen -Grid 'Pubes Television-Practical Demonstrations Over By E. H. Rietzke and N. M. Cooke 50 WR NY By Theodore H. Nakken 20 Methods of Obtaining Suitable Screen -Grid Vacuum Cameras to Speed Up Television Voltage By H. A. Pelton 51 By R. P. Clarkson 22 Letters from Home Radio Constructors 52 Radio Aerials By Fred H. Canfield 2i Radiotics 54 list of Broadcast Station Calls 28 I Want to Know By C. 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