The Advance of Radio

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 24, 27 December 1929, Page 7

The Advance of Radio

b eal Its Present-day Perfection Rev. in its many phases, is rapidly approaching perfection. An interesting review of its present(lay state of advancement was recently published by Dr. Fulton Cutting; a well known American authority on radio in all its numerous fields. His views on this ubject are given below :- O predict radio’s future with any degree of assurance, it is necessary to review its history and carefully serutinise the present trend, and even then the prophet is apt to be wrong. Radio is a constant surprise in itself. Subject to the imagination, research and effort of the scientific mind, its ultimate limitations are not even suspected to-day. We know what has been and what is, but we do not know how to-day’s achievements may be eclipsed to-morrow, The dynamic speaker, the screen-grid valve. the new type of engineering construction, the new development of métallurgists and the amazing coordination of many other elements and factors have all brought about improvements and advances more rapidly than was ever expected... Radio has made faster strides-in a shorter time than hive ever been made in any other industry. To-day, with power ‘at a high point, tone at a fine degree of actuality, beauty in keeping with the most luxurious of home appointments, value at a price never before made possible, it is easy to believe that radio tas reached its final stage of development. Certainly it has achieved the -point where no one need longer wait for its future offerings. I have no doubt that we will witness many changes in radio receivers as time goes on, but I do not hesitate to say that the purehaser of to-day’s radio will derive 2 good measure of satisfaction from-it for several years to come. ,