RADIO IN AIRCRAFT

New Zealand Herald, Volume 78, Issue 24106, 27 October 1941, Page 9

RADIO IN AIRCRAFT

ADAPTING GERMAN IDEAS LESSONS IN SIMPLICITY SYDNEY, Oct. 2* Sydney radio exports, after having examined radiophone sets from shotdown German aeroplanes, said that they were as simple to operate as an ordinary telephone. Ideas gained from the German sets are to he incorporated in equipment for the Royal Australian Air Force. Sent from England, the German sets were exhibited this week at the Institution of Radio Engineers, Sydney. A leading Sydney radio expert said: "Using only simple radiophones and no Morse, German pilots _ do not need t-o study radio This must greatly shorten their training. "The German sets are die-cast into self-contained units. If one section is damaged, spare parts_ are simply plugged in. This simplicity must have taken the Germans years to develop. Some of the controls are automatically operated by tiny electric motors. This eliminates the need for many of the dials seen in British and American aeroplanes. "These mass-produced Gorman sets are fool-proof. Anyone could work them. All valves used are of a standard type. We have different types in each set. "It would help Australian firms making service radio equipment if they could he kept posted on latest British and American designs. Australian Army orders give little detail in specifications."