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Radio Advance Tasmania Wills & Co

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Page 432                                                  “RADILO”                                             August 19, 1925.




  Strombetg - Carlson
  No.3-A
                                                    Neutrodyne’s Melody in CW
                                                       THIS was the yell of a B.C.L.            A7 came thru’ with a long

   1}fixnsfornner                                        In the land of the U.S. afar;
                                                       ““The code I’ll,émm like a regu-
                                                                                                      o,
                                                                                                  Which tickled our friend to
                                                                                                      death,
                                                           lar ham                              All limp ‘and slack, he settled
                                                         Till I master the dah-du-dah.”’              back
                                                     - And he bwilt him a set, with               For ‘a chance to catch his
                                                                                                    breath.
                                                           which to get
                                                         The hams with their dash and           “Aha!l’’ said the ham, ““he’s
                                                           dot;                                     raised his man.
                                                                                                  To copy this bird is pie;
                                                       He chuckled with glee as he tun-         His fist is great, he’s raised an
                                                                                                      “8,"
                                                           edina ‘‘3,”’
                                                         But this was all he got.                 But this was the 8’s reply:
                                                                                            Chorus:
                                                                             0K, OM, OK, UR,
                                                                                FB, ES, Q8A4.
                                                                             I’ll tri ma1 fone—pse QRK
                                                                                Pse QRK mi fone.

                                                       “H—1"" quoth he, “‘that’s no             HIS heart was strong and he
                                                          good to me;                               strung along
                                                        I was taught to talk by                   Til he covered the country
                                                          _mother.”’                                o’er.
  Uniform       voltage   amplification                                                         He sure was game, but when
  throughout    the   widest   possible                So with an expert twist of his               morning came,
  range of musical frequencies.
  Coils have a surplus current-carry-
                                                          - nemble wrist,               .         He was feeling mighty sore.
  ing capacity.                                          He then tuned in another.             For the love of Mike, are: they
  High primary reactance — 125,600                     With a high-pttched whine, a                 all alike
  ohms at 1000 cycles—essential for                        powerful ‘“9°’                       From Atlantic to *Frisco Bay?
  high amplification of   low  fre-                                                            From Bangor, Maine to the An-
  quencies.                                              Was pounding ““CQ’’ for farr,
                                                                                                    des chain,
  Surplus insulation.                                  But this was the trash that was           I’ve heard a thousand say:
  Layer wound and layer insulated                         ‘tearing a gash
  Coils—vacuum impregnated.                              In the poor, inoffensive air.                (Chorus—as before.)
  Thin laminations of best grade Sili-
                                                                                                 K.8. in ““The Wireless Engi-
  con Steel.                                               (Chorus—as before.)                 neer.
  Moderate turns ratio—4 10 1—avoids
  overloading tubes.

      Australian     Representatives:


  L.P.R.BEAN & C0., LTD.                                               ‘ Advance Tasmania
  229 CASTLEREAGH ST., SYDNEY.                      MESSRS. WILLS & CO., Quadrant,            been leased in George Street, where
       ' Interstate Distributors:                         Launceston, who are recognised      wholesale and retail workshop, studio,
  Melbourne:
        -Herry       G.   SMALL   &   CO.,   360
                                                    as one of the leading dealers in radio    ete., will all be under one roof. Mr.
      P.0. Place.
  Brisbare;: MOME RADIO      SERVICE LTD,,         goods, wholesale and retail, in Tas-       ‘W. Gellie, who is well-known in Tas-
     Courier Buildings,
  Adelaide: CHAS, ATKINS & CO., LTD., 88            mania, and also the proprietors of        manian business circles, has been ap-
      Currie Street.
                                                    station TBN, Launceston, have found       pointed manager. Owing to the in-
  Perth: T. MUIR & CO., 99 William Street,
                                                                                              numerable requests received to broad-
                                                   that their radio section has grown to
                                                                                              cast more often than once weekly, the
                                                   such an extent that they are unable        Tasmanian Radio Co. is starting a
                                                   to carry on with their present pre-        tri-weekly service, wavelength 203
IF a soft, bluish glow appears in your
                                                   mises and general conditions, so they      metres, power 250 watts. This aec-
  tubes the plate voltage is too high.
                                                   have turned their radio section into       tion will materially help to create a
A CLOTH dampened with ammonia                      a separate company, which is styled        larger demand for radio sets in Tas-
   will keep the top of your storage               Tasmanian Radio Pty., Ltd.,                mania and wake up that island to
battery clean.                                      New and commodious premises have          what it has been missing in the past.