The Archive · 1938

Through the Mike

By mmm Ravio Ebrrom Selectivity Although the superhet is such a use-evident. And a worker nation cam. ful circuit to employ where maximum not rest upon a assis of destitute and selectivity is required, it is often illiterate masses whose whole life is a found that the quality on the local desperate and hopeless struggle against starvation in a fearfully overstations does not come up to that pro-crowded country. As Han Fei-tzu vided by a "straight" circuit on noted, two thousand years ago, "the account of the degree of cut-off which wealth of a nation depends upon people having enough food. not upon is provided by the sharply-tuned cir-the number of people." cults. Some listeners, however, T. K. Chuan under the heading|quire to have the selectivity for "I Hate War...." links together distant listening, and the quality for Signor Mussolini and the Bishop of local listening, and it is possible to London, for he says that they both obtain both without recourse to two praise war on ethical grounds.

He separate receivers.

There are several bases this statement regarding the schemes which may be employed for Bishop on the opinion expressed by the purpose—either changing the cir-him during the Great War that "war|cuit by means of switches for local brings out all that is best in our|and distant work, or by some modi-men." an opi inion that was naturally fication to the circuit arrangement held by each belligerent nation of} employed in the superhet.

Of these, its own fighting forces. Most British the easiest and more practicable is the' people hold that there is nothing inclusion of what is now known as like a shipwreck for bringing out|variable selectivity. In most cases the very best in a British crew, but] this will consist of some means of that does not mean that they approve a justing the IF. transformers so that of shipwrecks or would like to see} by a simple switch or control knob it them occur oftener.

He also quotes] is instantly possible to change from Mr. Wyndham Lewis who, he says, one system to the other. "in his latest book on himself, almost went into ecstasies in his destion of war as romance? To pea m Aerials balance these he quotes the view of a German soldier in the Great War, The six new short-wave transmitters Lord Kennet's description of a re-which are under construction at Proto treat of Serbian soldiers, and Major

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