RADIO NOTES

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 676, 31 October 1933, Page 2

RADIO NOTES

(Several nights during the last week reception conditions were better than they have been for some time. Ainerican and Japanese stations have been coming in at full volume and practically no atmospheric interference. I During the time the power supply was off on Labour Day a hattery set ; was connected up for tes:t. All the hackground hoise usually heard in the town had completely disappeared. • Another interesting test was also recently made with an automobile type ! radio. While the car was pai'ked ! parallel with' the power lines there j was an exceptio'nally high noise level, ; but this dropped to almost half as j soon as the car was turned at right ; anigles to the lines. A cruise: round the' town shows. a hig variation in noise level, -it being particularly had at some intersections. • Several makes" of automobile radio , s'ets are • now on the New Zealand | market and saies are. increasing each I week, especially in the cities. The I new. models are entirely self-contain-ed, easily installed and eeonomical io operate. iSome interesting statements concerning modern methods of assembling radio sets were recently made in Wellington wh'en a numiber of "radio manufacturers applied for an amendment of th'e Wellington 'Industrial Distriet Workers' Apprenticeship Order. It was stated that as the trade was a Seasonahle one the traders w'ere unable to guarantee continuous empioyment. M*r. Camp, who appeared for the applicants, said "the bone of contention" is that radio is not electrical work. The only part that might come iwithin the apprenticeship order was the testing of assemhled parts and this being repetition work was purely meehanical. The assemhling!' of the instrument being repetition, work did not permit the employing of apprentices. The work was non-technical and unskilled, and any hoy of average int'elligence could he employed as a chassis assembler. Mfr. Camp stated that more ingsnuity was displayed hy boys in assemhling Mfeccano models than was necessary for an assembler to posses. D'ecision was reserved and the result will he awaited with interest. Anyone who' has 'been through a radio factory will admit th'at th^re is no opportunity for an employe'e to become a practical serviceman. Automatic machines are availahle for making almost every part, and where manual labour is required each employer is kept on th'e one joh for long periods, so that he becomes proficient in one ph'ase of the work only, which is necessary to maintain production. From 2Y.A on Friday evening Mr. A. Gibbs, M.I.E.E., will speak on "What Bappens between th'e Studio and the Loudspeaker." This is a talk for non-technical listeners and sh'ould be very interesting. (Listeners who enjoyed Mr. Paul Cullen's song recitals which were ' hroadcast from 2YA some weeks ago should tune in to 1YA at 8.30 p.m. i on Saturday. , Mr. Cullen will he at the console of the Civic cine.ma origan, his recital being entitled "A Bunchi. of Shamrock." . ; On Saturday, 1YA will relay the A.R.C. m'eeting at Ellerslie, and 3YA the C.T.C. meeting at Riccarton. At"; approximately 2.(15 p.m. all YA sta- , tions will broadcast a relay from Riccarton a running description of the race for the New Zealand Cup.