Blue rin ectionorr Every Mont g! sá iiRk ?t gA/ú i 0 0v4 ayèAa: MEET Y FACTS BOOMERANG CRITICISM THE "WHY OF THE SIX" The Silver Six is at once the most satisfactory and the most unusual as described in Radio Broadcast of November and December broadcast receiver ever devised. It is the first practical receiver with Sensitivity, Selectivity Tonal Quality which cannot be surpassed. SELECTIVITY is such that out of town stations and may be brought to Chicago through twelve powerful This can only be understood by a careful study of the receiver's charac- local stations. Selectivity can be regulated at will, teristics as analyzed under "FACTS." from a degree satisfactory for ordinary reception, up to the surprising limit where side -bands arc cut. The Silver Six was put through its paces for a prominent Editor, SENSITIVITY is so great that nothing will sur- pass the Six" except special laboratory-build an Engineer and an Executive just after it was perfected. How super -heterodynes. Either coast may be brought did they react? The Editor asked to have the tuning broadened in to Chicago during the summer months on a small antenna -in many cases on a loop. The Engineer was astonished at the uncanny ability to bring in DX FLEXIBILITY permits the use of antenna or Stations in daylight . The Executive objected to the intensity loop with either detector, one or both stages of with which low on scale were Why radio frequency amplification. Interchangeable notes the musical reproduced. R. F. Transformers, with adjustable antenna coup- did these men react this way? Simply because the Silver Six was not ler, permit operation on all waves from 50 to 550 "just another receiver" of merit easily recognized in comparison with or higher if desired. - existing . But VOLUME is so great as to paralyze any but the standards because it was an accomplishment best loud -speakers. Yet it may be adjusted to any so far in advance of the commonplace that these three authorities had degree by a single knob. to revise their standards in order to appreciate ideal performance - QUALITY cannot be excelled due to resistance coupled amplification. It is the only receiver that not merely in theory -but when the "Six" actually demonstrated it to will bring real appreciation of "cone" speakers. their amazed senses. CIRCUIT consists of two stages of R. F. amplifi- cation with special oscillation control uniformly These men were unable to demand and the "six" fail to produce. Se- effective at all wavelengths, grid- biased detector and three stage resistance coupled audio amplifier. lectivity was at their command -ease of control theirs for the ask- EASE OF CONTROL allows use of one, two or ing -one, two or three dials as preferred-volume adjustable by a three dials at will. single knob from a whisper to a roar without a discordant note - TUBES may be either dry cell or storage battery, rather with a perfect harmony that enthralled the listeners. with UV201 -A's recommended. "B" Battery Consumption at 135 volts is below 10 miliamperes- less than once -third that of other six -tube receivers. What Was Their Verdict? Unqualified Approval! Why? Because ASSEMBLY requires but a few hours, using only Seeing Is Believing. parts supplied in kit. Type 600 Kit including all parts necessary to build $53.00 Mail this Coupon the complete "Six" Type 610 Kit, essentials only, including 3 condensers, Silver- Marshall, Inc., Chicago, Ill. 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Oakland, Calif. Ft. Worth State Tested and Approved by RADIO AGE 2 RADIO AGE for November, 1925 The Magazine of the Hour A Chat With the Editor The Magazine of the Hour Established March. 1922 EDITORS, engineers and manu- WITH WHICH IS COMBINED RADIO TOPICS facturers have combined their efforts toward making "The Volume 4 November, 1925 Number 11 Radio Age Model Receiver" a truly valuable aid to the home set- maker. The description of the circuit, with drawings, photographs and blue- CONTENTS prints, will be published in the December issue. We are giving Cover Design by Anker P. Mehlum the circuit a name which clearly shows that back of this outfit is the A Super-Het without Intermediate Stages 7 indorsement of our engineers and By Roscoe Bundy editors. We do not claim this Riding the Short Waves 11 circuit is a departure from present By Armstrong Perry approved lines of design and con- Directing the Air Mail By Radio. 13 struction. We do not claim that By S. R. 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