Trade Displays at the Christchurch Olympia

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 17, 8 November 1929, Page 9

Trade Displays at the Christchurch Olympia

A Review of the Exhibits

For. the past few weeks there hag been’ much activity among the radio dealers of the Cathedral City in connection with the Radio Olympia which will be in full swing next week in Christchurch. This is the first radio txhibition té be held there; and judgiffgxby the great interest shown already by the general. public, it will be an unqualified suecess.. In fact, the opinion is current.that the Olympia should be run for seven days instead of five, in order to enable everybody to attend at least once and inspect’ the: interesting exhibits that will be on display. An interesting feature of the Olympia will be the model studio, which is to be fitted up on-.the stage of the Choral Hall, where’the exhibition is being held. In order to give the general public an opportunity of seeing how radio programmes are presented, a concert will be broadcast every evening from this studio until the exhibition is over. ‘Owing to the limited capacity of the all, there are only nine stands, but his disadvantage is fully compensated for by the variety and originality which will be displayed by each of them. As far as possible detailed descriptions of these exhibits have been obtained, and these appear below, but unfortunately a majority of the stand-owners have not supplied the necessary information before we go to press. A, E. STRANGE. IN accordance with the policy pur"sued by this firm of catering for the home-constructor, a large portion of their stand will be devoted to radio components and accessories, As a particularly wide range of these will be exhibited, amateur radio enthusiasts will find here much of interest to them. | A wide variety of Dubilier goods will also be on show, and as a speciality line, 2 wide selection of statie eon- =

densers, ranging from values as high as 8000 working volts, down to the ordinary 150-volt type are to be exhibited. Those who are interested in transmission will be well‘’catered for, and besides..a comprehensive variety of equipment for this purpose, a 150-watt transmitting’ valve will be displayed. For .that section of the public whose main.interests lie in completed receivers,;an. Apex six-valve set will be on exhibition; and for those who require a small,-yet powerful receiver, this exhibit should satisfy their needs. iL. B. SCOTT, LTD. L. B. SCOTT, LTD., have for: some time been agents for Crosley re_Ceivers, and ‘they are.very fortunate indeed to ‘be able to exhibit the new Unitrad set, which has just arrived | in time for the Olympia. This set, which is the latest in all-electric scréen-grid ‘construction, was the sensation of theR.M.A, Convention in Chicago a few months ago, while-at the recent Auckland Radio Exhibition its appearance for the first time in. New Zealand created much admiration and enthusiasm amongst the listening public. Short-wave enthusiasts, home constructors and all those interested in the design of radio sets will see many new ideas incorporated in the Unitrad chassis. The present growing demand for "radio furniture’ has beer well provided for by the manufacturers of the Crosley receivers, and great interest will be taken in the three new console models 9nd the two new types of receivers which are to be exhibited. These latter receivers are a compromise between the accepted table and console models, and their recent introduction in New Zealand has proved very popu-. lar,

DIRECT SUPPLY CO. MAxx of the latest products of the Philips concern will be on exhibition at this stand, and notable among these is the popular all-electric Q,P. This receiver, which for local reception will operate efficiently without aerial or earth, has also proved ideal for use as an amplifier for a gramophone pick-up: The latest Philips moving-coil speaker and amplifier are, together with the new Philips power pack, creating much interest among the visitors. e.'. One of the Philips products for the season is the A.C. or D.C. mains-oper-ated 3-33. This receiver was designed in the Philips laboratories in Australia, and its simplicity and efficiency have won universal approval in that country. For those who already have sets there will be a complete range of battery chargers and eliminators; and for amateur transmitters an extensive display of Philips transmitting valves is to be exhibited. WATKINSON’S LTD. — FoR the general public who are mainly interested in commerciallybuilt receivers this stand will prove 2’ great attraction. Several of the well-known ‘Kellogg sets, both power and battery-operated, as well as‘a new Nora’ three-valve all-electric ‘ receiver, are to'be exhibited. For those who already pdssess sets, interesting lines ‘to’ be displayed include a wide range of battery eliminators and Prest-O-Lite and Columbia batteries.