Wellington Amateur Radio Society

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 45, 23 May 1930, Page 7

Wellington Amateur Radio Society

-Annual Meeting ‘THE annual general meeting of the Amateur Radio Society of Wellington was held on Tuesday evening, May 13, at the Cambridge Terrace Congregational schoolroom. Mr. Byron Brown, president, occupied the chair. An apology for unavoidable absence was received from Mr. I, M. Levy. The annual balance-sheet showed @ substantial credit, the revenue being derived from donations and subscrip-

tions. . The election of office-bearers for the ensuing year resulted as follows:President, Mr. I. M. Levy; active vicepresidents, Messrs. Byron Brown and J. H. Owen; honorary secretary, Mr. J. K. Hooker; hon. treasurer, Mr. W. J. Roche; committee, Mrs. Penman, Messrs. J. G. Greenhill, H. W. Paulie ner, and F. W. Dawson; technical adviser, Mr. Preston B. Billing; hon. auditor, Mr. O. G. Kember. Various criticism of the broadcasting service. was voiced. Some offered the opinion that the price of the radio licenses in New Zealand were high. It was pointed out that while in New Zealand a listener’s license cost 30/per year, the fee in England was only 10/- per year, and in Australia 25/per year. No license fee was charged in the United States and France. There were some differences of opinion regarding the standard of music broadcast in New Zealand. While most of those who spoke regretted that so much jazz music was put on the air, it was pointed out that the public demanded a certain amount of such music. . Mr. Preston Billing gave an interesting address on one of the latest types of American screen-grid A.C. sets. The set embodied three stages of screen-grid radio amplification, a screen-grid detector, and the push-pull system of amplification. Even without aerial or earth the set afforded striking evidence of its remarkable sensitivity and tonal qualities. Mr. Billing explained the method of amplification by means of blackboard diagrams. He was accorded an enthusiastic vote of thanks on the conclusion of his demonstration. A RE REE ES HORA LE ED Lt