RADIO DON’TS

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3491, 29 October 1926, Page 4

RADIO DON’TS

Don’t permit your telephone receivers to be jarred. Such treatment demagnetises the permanent magnets or develops loose connections. Have a hook to hang receivers on.

Don’t permij; batteries to be idle. It a battery is to be out of use for several months, leave it in care of a service station.

Don’t permit dust to gather in your radio set, for dust causes electrical leakage. Don’t use a gas pipe for the lightning ground. Don’t stretch aerial across power or telephone wires. This is dangerous and unlawful.

Don’t burn valves too bright. If you do your reception will be poor and your valves will not last long./ Don’t forget to shut off your set. Don’t have a long ground wire. Don’t use cheap insulators for your aerial. They are unsafe.

Don’t annoy your neighbours if you have a regenerative sot —keep below oscillating point and enjoy better quality reception. Don’t stand a "B” battery on its side instead of top up. If you do the electrolyte will ooze out and make contact with the cells, causing a short circuit.

Don’t lay your set down with a jar or permit the cover of the set to slam. Fine adjustments in the set or in the valves might be disturbed so as to impair the quality of your reception.