BRITISII-MADE WIRELESS SETS.

Evening Star, Issue 19713, 14 November 1927, Page 12

BRITISII-MADE WIRELESS SETS.

TO THE EDITOR

Sir, —Tn reply to “Pair Piny ” and “Service,” I must make, with your permission, some furtlior cxplanotion cm British-made wireless sols, and correct one or two statements made by these gentlemen. In the first place, I have never yet been guilty of making a statement unless it is founded on,fact, therefore when.! said the Radio Service, Ltd., had supplied the,Sir James Clark Ross with a set this was an actual fact. “Pair Play” apparently knows more about the company’s business than tbo directors themselves. I am quite aware that the present laboratory and constructional department were not originally trading under the name of Radio Service, Ltd., but it, is a well-known fact to those in the Trade that the, brains behind both the old and the present concern arc those pf the technical adviser to the .present company—namely, Mr William L. Sliiel, For my part, J do not pretend to bo a wireless expert, and the letter 1 wrote was purely to contradict the erroneous statement that a British, set was not, efficient,' and quoted only actual results obtained from a standard RSL six-valve set, .which, I might state, also includes at a small extra cost a short-wave attachment. Ido not claim to hold any New Zealand records, as suggested by “Service.” There was no thought in my mind of any attempt at a disguised advertisement, neither had the directors of 'Radio Service, Ltd., any knowledge that I had written until my letter had appeared in print.

— I am,’ etc., Clifford Peel. November 11.

»0 THE EDITOR,

Sir, —Wo have had brought to our notice two letters appearing in the Thursday evening’s issue of your paper. The first letter, signed with the very impressive nom do plume of “ Fair Play,” protests against your allowing your correspondence columns to become a free advertising space for any firms. Radio Service, Ltd., has never attempted to do as this mysterious person suggests. He savs that there is a Cana-dian-built set which is miles ahead of the R.S.L. six-valve set. We are only cognisant of one make of Canadian set which is on.sale in New Zealand. The company which manufactures this set is entirely American, and if this is the set which “ Fair Play ” has in mind the comparison he makes is simply ludicrous. Ho further states that Mr Peel, who was responsible for starting this discussion, is in the employ of Radio Service, Ltd. This statement is incorrect, as Mr Peel’s name does not appear on our wages book. He also states that Radio Service Ltd., was not in existence 13 -months ago. Wo aro quite awaro that the company was not registered under the Companies Act of 190 S at that'time, but wc know that wo were in operation long before even “Fair Play” had rediscovered radio. “ Service,” who also deems it advisable to remain anonymous,. says that R.S.L. moans Radio Service, Ltd. We beg to inform .him that R.S.L. means radio service laboratories, such laboratories being the.constructional department'of. Radio Service, Ltd. He mentions “made in New Zealand (of American parts”) radio sots. Of R.S.L. Six (including batteries, aerial, speaker, etc.), 53 per cent, aro manufactured in Now Zealand, 32 per cent, in the United States, 10 per cent, in England, and 5 pel 1 cent, in Canada. Wo wonder if “Service’s” “Canadian-built” set includes such a largo proportion of parts of Canadian manufacture. Ho also explains away the good results obtained during last summer by tlio Sir James Clarke Ross from the Ross Sea by writing quite a good thumbnail thesis on the advantages of short waves over comparatively' long waves. The European sot originally installed on AQE was tuned to 32 metres, and the set which wo built was also tuned to 32 metres. :. .Therefore .the;, credit mains with our set. Tlio Sir-y James Clarke Ross again arrived last week at Port .Chalmers (her -last port, 6f call being in--the" United States, of America, where all jgobd . things are.,supposed to corn© from), and the operators immediately instructed ,us to install another short-wave set tuned to 20 metres to handle additional traffic from the Ross Sea direct to Norway, this summer. “ Service ” .also states that he could make an: explanation as to .why the Christchurch ,branch: of ibo • Navy League chose tlio A fir preference to the.R.S.L. Six. There was no preference, as we never even received'an-inquiry from these people, although ’it was .stated in your paragraph that they had searched New Zealand for a reliable British-made set. — We arc, etc., Radio Service,- Ltd.