COMMON TROUBLES
The aerial should receive first consideration. The first trouble that aris|es with this necessary part of the receiver is undoubtedly a weakness in picking up the broadcast signals. This is due to one or more of the following causes: — (a) Lack of height above ground; (b) fore end of aerial dips lower than lead-in end; (c) screening, due to neighbouring buildings, trees, hills, etc. ; (d) faulty insulation; (c) badly I arranged long lead-in-The cure for all these troubles, is obvious once you know what to look for, but the achievement of the cure is not always possible where limitations are great. While checking the externals to the receiver, let us turn to the earth connexion. This is vaty often given
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Ellesmere Guardian, Volume XLVI, Issue 3271, 13 November 1928, Page 3
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