SHORT-WAVE RADIO

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 234, 15 September 1934, Page 12

SHORT-WAVE RADIO

Lower Prices for Sets THRILLS OF LONG DISTANCE 'Getting Europe,” the thrill in home radio in the United States, is being brought within public reach by the new all-wave sets designed to sell for 50 dollars to 60 dollars, reported Mr. Arthur T. Murray, of Springfield, Mass., at a meeting of the Radio Manufacturers* Association at Chicago. Owners of expensive all-wave sets in recent months have rediscovered the fun of getting “distance,” and now with lower prices promised, it appears that the rank and file of radio listeners may enjoy tuning ior such far-off stations as GSG, Daventry, Eng.; EAXJ, Madrid, or perhaps VK3ME, MeFoourne, the manufacturers say. During the last 12 months much progress has been made in improving sets capable of reaching foreign stations and in bringing their cost down to a. point comparable with any good radio, Mr. Murray said. He, with other leaders in the association, believes tnat the industry is going to find an important new market in replacing the older types of set which do service now in most homes.

j Replacement, it is explained, has not I been very great in recent years. Modern sets give excellent wear but old models satisfy most people as long as they work, the manufacturers find, even though these same people, when it comes to automobiles yearn for late ‘ designs. The new development in the j short wave field is therefore hailed as the bright hope ot the industry. If only people come to see that a set that doesn t give them Lisbon, Morocco, and Khabarovsk, Russia, is very much behind the times, then there is business a-plenty lor radio manufacturers. Technical improvements which have already been made in short-wave receiving sets make the reception of overseas music broadcasts really enjoyable. said Mr. Leslie F. Muter, treasurer of the association. With a log ot the principal foreign stations giving wave length and time of broadcasts, ■fishing ’ for foreign signals and music now offers enough rewards to make the pursuit fascinating, be declared. Representatives from England and seven other European wireless authorities recently met in Paris to consider the question of electrical interference as it. affects indio reception. For the present, the conference is concentrating on fixing reasonable standards and determining what protection can be attained practically. Ultimately it is hoped to persuade manufacturers of electrical equipment all over the world to prevent interference in excess of the .»it> <nnt -‘■'rmined.