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Radio Record, Volume X, Issue 21, 4 December 1936, Page 46

REVOLVING loudspeaker, constantly emitting a warbling note as a motor whirls it upon its mounting, jis aiding U.S. Bureau of Standards research workers to measure the effectiveness of sound-absorbing panels. The unusual device operates in such a way as to creat a uniform "sound pressure" in its vicinity, permitting panels of various types of materials to be exposed to a similar barrage of noise for a comparison of their performance. MONG the most interesting jobs held by women in broadcasting is that of Dileen Foley, announcer and pro- ‘ gramme-arranger of SMI, the licensed broadcasting station on board the interState passenger liner, Kanimbla. Miss Foley is the first woman in the world to conduct a shipboard radio station. The programmes transmitted by 9MI will be picked up by the other ships of the company, will be heard by shortwave listeners, and from time to time will be relayed through various stations on the broadcast band.