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a
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ANUARY 1
972
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o
lid s
ta
te
h
umans
n
ext?
O
UR l
eading ar
ticle t
his month — de
sc r
ibing how the US a
nd
t
he U SSR a re act
ively experimenting with d i
sembodied
a
nima
l b rains a s bion
ic c omputers i n mis
sile gu
idance
s
ys
tems — i
sfr
ightening i
ni t
s imp
lica
tions
.
C
ollyn R
iver
s, E
ditor A
lready s c
ientists a re o penly d iscus
sing t he f e
asibil
ity o f
e
nhanc ing human a nd m achine in
tell
igence b y organic li
nks. D r
. R.
E
ngineer
ing Manager
:
M
. P age, director o f t he U.S. N aval R esearch L abo ratory i n
B
arry Wi
lkinson
Washington, h as d iscussed p ubl
icly a s ys tem i n which h uman
P
roject
s Advi
ser
: t
hought s a
r e fed automa t
ical
ly into ac omputer s t
ore as ab asis f
or
K
im Ryr ie machine d ecis
ion -mak ing. A R and C o
rpo ration s tudy c onfirmed
t
hat this s
ystem c ould e ventuate within our l i
fet
ime .
L
aboratory Techn
ician
:
R
ob Giumell
i
In ar ecent s
ucce ssfu
l e xper
iment, Professor R obert 1Nh
ite, of
C
leveland's Met
ropo litan G enera
l H osp
ital
, cut the brain from a
Rev
iew Ed
itor
: r
hesus monkey, discarded the body, and t
hen — b y hooking up the
J
ohn C
lare b
ra
in's carot
id ar
teries to a
no ther monkey — kep t t
he di
sembod ied
b
ra
in a l
ive for f
ive h ours
. O ther monkey b rains have been k ept
A
r tDirector
: a
l
ive for days a
t at ime, u
sing machine blood-c
leansing techniques.
C
live Davi
s
A m ember o f P
rofes
so r Wh
ite's team states u
nequivocal
ly: "The
How ard J
enkins b
rain a c
tiv
ity w as large
ly b etter than when t he b ra
in had a
Adverti
sing Manager b
ody .. Ie ven s
uspec t t
hat without hi
s senses h
e can t
hink more
q
uickly...."
Melbourne Manager
:
I
n his bril
liant b ook ' Future S hock', Alvin T off
ler s ays "As the
C
larrie L
evy
b
rain s urgeons a nd t he n euro logist
s p robe f ur ther, as t he
R
epresentat
ive (
Sydney
): b
io-enginee rs and t he m athema ticians, the c ommun ication expe r
ts
T
erry Marsden a
nd r obo t-builders b ecome mo re s ophistica ted
, a s the space m en
a
nd t heir c apsules grow c lose
r t o one a no ther, as mach ines begin
Adv
t. P
roduction Manage
r: t
o embody b io
log ical component s and men c ome b rist
ling with
J
ohn Oxen f
ord s
ensors a
nd m
echan ical o
rgans, t
he u
ltima te s
y mb
io s
is
a
pproache s".
Acoust
ica
lc onsul
tants
Loui
sA . Cha
lli
s&A ssoc
iate
s For t
hese techniques a
re not necessa
rily confined to n
on-human
l
i
fe
. P rofessor Wh ite has g one s o far as t o state — a lbe
it
c
hauvin
ist
ically — " The Japane se wi
ll be t he fi
rst to keep an
i
s
olated head al
ive. Iwil
l not, because Ihavn't r
eso
lved asy et t
h
is
d
i
lemma : Isitright or n
ot?"
Av
ery g
ood q
ues
tion
.

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on F
arley
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ICS TODAY — J
ANUARY 1
972
Var
iat
ions o
n a
n o
rig
ina
l t
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with Micron
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ts on
ly two years s
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f :
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s cost-consc
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t i
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inest t
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ll eng
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re a
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f t
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972
 Audio Industry ispresently fragmen-

S
TA
AS
AFE B
ET t
ed and now r ecogn
ises t he need f
or
un
ity and for agroup e f
fo r
t t o
s
t
i mula
te a nd guide it
s grow th and
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lly and
i
n
terna
tional
ly.
Aprominent me mbe
r o
f the Audio
I
ndus
l
ed b
try t
y Mr
o
ld the IREE r
. Angus Fow ler
ep
, t
resen
hat t
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s E
L
ECTRON
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A
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fac
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M r
. F owle r s aid the s truc ture o f the F
irst Australian
re
lease o f 4c hanne l
IREE c ould c onven ient ly e nable t he h
eadphones . You
don't n eed four e ars
e
stab l
ishmen t o f an a udio g roup wh ich to listen to Quadra-
i
na ddition t o e ngineer ing a spec ts son ic or quadrad ial
s
ound . Avai
lab le in
c
ou ld b e c once rned w ith o the r areas 3 makes fro m
$27.50 .
o
f i n
te rest t o t he indus try i nclud ing
s
tanda rds o f p erfo r mance , measu re- IDE AL FO R TH E
F
irst o f the sel
ling mach ine s d esigned ,
men t standa rds a nd ce rtifica tion o f TR A VEL LI NG
d
eve loped a nd made b y A.W .A . for t he EX EC UTI V E
e
qu ipmen t. • Handy, c
o mpact
Totalizato r Agency B oard o f N ew c
a
sse
tte
-co
rde
r
"Ano the r ma in o bjec tive w il
l b e
S
outh Wa les isn ow i no pera t
ion . with "S w ing -
s
t
i mu la t
ion o f i nterest i nt he a udio b alance" mechan-
Th
is e quipmen t a t the W illiam i
sm . . p erfect f or
f
ie
ld a nd ac on t
inu ing awa rene ss about p eop le on-the -go .
S
tree t (Sydney ) TAB b ranch , t ogethe r • Sma ll a nd l ight . .
a
nd d issem ina tion o f i n
fo rma tion o n
w
ith t e
lephone b ett
ing mach ines , i s we ighs on ly l ib
n
ew d eve lopmen ts", M r
. F ow le r added . l loz a nd measures
p
art o f a$ 3 mill
ion c on trac t pl aced b y on ly 1 -15/16" x
Adop ting M r
. F owle r's r ecommen - 7x4 -3/8" .
t
he B oard w ith A .W .A . •S ens itive bu i lt-in
d
ation f or t he f orma tion o f the g roup ,
W
ith t he n ew TAB b etting s ystem , Electret Conden-
t
he C ounc il a sked t hat i m med iate ser M icrophone .
l
e
s s than t hree s econds e lap se f rom t he • "S w ing -ba lance"
s
tep s b e taken t o prepa re as et o f ru
le s mechan is m f or
t
ime ab et isreco rded o n t he mach ine k eep ing t ape s peed
g
ove rning t he G roup 's e stab lishmen t
u
n ti
l at i
cke t isi s
sued . T h
is i nclude s constant a nd
a
nd o pera tion a s av i
rtua l
ly a uto - assur ing s tab le
t
he t ime t aken t o transm it t he p erfor mance e ven
nomous b ody . Ac om m ittee h as b een wh i
le t he un it's
i
nfo rma tion , proces sing b y ac en t
ralised i
n mot ion.
f
ormed a nd wo rk i sproceed ing w ith a
c
ompute r a nd transm ission b ack t o t hi
. • Sony- O- Mat ic — a uto mat ic r ecord ing
ie w t
v o ad etailed a nnouncemen t l
eve l contro l s yste m .
operato r. • Four po wer s ources — p enlight
Iwing m ade i nt he N ew Y ea r. b atter ies r echargeab le b atteries,
The A .W .A. installation a t W i
lliam auto/boat b attery a nd househo ld
S
tree t c onsists of an u mbe r o f b ranch current.

i
nput d evices ( B
IDs ) wh ich r eco rd
M
ITSUB
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ETS E
VR P
RICE • 400 m W o f po wer output f ro m
2-19/32" s peaker .
• Un ique t ape -end-a lar m w ith Sony
d
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ls o f each b et, tran sm it i tt o a J
apan
's M
itsubish
i E
lectr
ic Corp
. has Auto -Sensor Cassette .
c
ompute r, whe re i ti sverified , a nd b
ecome t
he second J
apanese l
i
censee • Funct iona l contro ls a rranged f or
one h and operat ion.
t
hen p r
in ts ab etting t icke t wh ich i s t
o s et af irm p rice o n its electron ic • Meter f or c heck ing b attery l i
fe a nd
record ing i nd icat ion .
h
anded t o the c ustome r. v
ideo r ecord ing ( EVR ) playe r. •Smart and handso me case with
The Company i ssupp lying 9 25 o f The c ompany p riced i ts playe r at carry ing s trap .

t
hese d
evices
. 2
76 ,000 y en, or a bout $ 800 .
You c an plug this micro -
The t
e
lephone b ett
ing mach ines, an E
a r
lie r, Hitach i Ltd. w ent o n the phone into most
J
apane se ma rke t with i ts playe r at portab le tape recorders
a
daptat
ion of the b
ranch i nput d ev
ice s
, a
nd h ave your voice
a
re u
sed to r
eco rd wagers fr
om 268,000 y en, or a bout $ 975 . operate the on-off
switch. As l ong as
t
e
lephone b e
t t
ing customers . Tokyo S hibaura E lect r
ic Co . (To shiba you t a
lk the
mach ine wi
ll
S
evera
l of the 85 of t
hese mach ine s (
To sh iba ) ha s unveiled ac omb ina tion
r
ecord . $19.00.
wh
ich the Company h a
s c ontracted to EVR p laye r/20 -inch c olo r TV
s
upply are a
l
ready i no pe
ration . r
ece iver f or just over $ 1,000 a nd a
s
epa rate p laye r wh ich i t said wou ld b e I
f you h ave a
I
REE A
UDIO S
TUDY G
ROUP p
riced b etween $ 550 a nd $ 850 . T hey l
egiti mate use
f
or a min iature
T
he Counc il o f T he Institution o f a
re t o b ecome a vailable a t y ear e nd. microphone l ike
r
eporters o r
Radio a nd E lectron ics E ng
inee rs Matsush ita E lectric Indus trial C o. business men ,
Aust ral
ia gave a pproval a t it
s mee ting t
he f ou rth J apane se l i
censee o f the t
his niceiy
f
inished t ie bar
on Novembe r 1 7 f or the for mation EVR P artne rship, L ondon , h as n ot unit isjust the
t
hing a t $3.75 .
o
f a n IREE Aud io S tudy G roup . d
isclo sed i t
s ma rke t
ing o r pricing
Th
is d ecis
ion f ol
low s u pon represen- p
lans t o date .
t
ation s made t o i tby manufac turing, A
ll f our J apane se licensee s are
This isthe je wel
who lesaling a nd r e
tailing i nte
re s
ts e
xpec ted o n the U .S. ma rket n ex t of the m a
ll. Gold
engaged i nthe a udio s e c
to r o
f t he y
ea r when Mo to rola lose s it
s p
lated c ased micro
miniature dyna m ic
e
lec tronics i ndus t
ry . e
xc lusiv ity a s North Ame r
ican microphone . 50
on m imp. won
An e ar
lier mee ting a ttended b y repre- s
upp l
ie r. Mo torola's li
cense i sd i
rec t s
hielded 3 ft. c
able
s
en ta t
ive s o
f t hese i n
te rests to
ld f
rom CBS , d evelope r of t he EVR & 3.5 m m plug
$16.00 .
execu tive officers o f the IREE t hat the s
ys tem .

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972 9
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lete. G
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The "waff le" is d 400 -fold e n
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5
6 w
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photographs - i n e xtre me m in iaturisat
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has b een c onverted f ro m t he r educed v ersion
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8
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esearch b e
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s
copy h as yie
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torage
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our
self t
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AUTEL SYSTE MS P
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robab
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enerator in t
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sting aud
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mpl
ifie
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LAG
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T
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5 i
s a
n i
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strumen
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o
r a
udio wo
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s
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quare
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chmitt t
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quipmen
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stuner
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i th min
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pace requ irements
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ITANCE P
ROBES
T
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pec
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ly d
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igned f
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money incomputers
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manu fac ture v ideo equipmen t for the
consume r a nd industrial f i
eld s
.
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apital o f the n ew ven ture i ss a
id t o
b
e a bout 4 00 m il
lion y en ( app rox S i
mi
llion) o f wh ich S ony h olds 5 1% a nd
TEAC 4 9% .
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rio Mo rita, Sony p residen t, w i
ll b e
c
hairman a nd K atsuma T ani, T EAC
p
residen t, w i
ll b e p
residen t of the n ew
f
i
rm .
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p
any 's e nt
ire p roduc t
ion w ill be sold t o
t
he t wo p aren t compan ies, b ut with
S
ony i nitially receiv
ing p rac t
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e
ntire o utput . Eventua l
ly t he joint
c
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l produce e qu ipmen t for
marketing t hrough T EAC .

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ra
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-mechan ica
l i
s o ne o f 25 world-wide a nd the fi
rst
s
ide of computers. T he i ndus
try i s opened i n t
he S outhern H emisphere.
s
howing how great i
s its need b y t
he Con tro
l Da ta i t
self is o ne o f the
k
ind o
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ts paying. world's l
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f
I
fy ou are over 1 8 years of age
, a nd compu ters. We w il
l teach y ou a s o
nly
h
ave a k een i
nterest or background i n ac ompu ter manu facturer c an
.
e
lectro
-mechan ics , you should a pply. P
rogramm ing c ourses also a vai
lable.
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l b e t rained i n the s k
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mon ths o f cont inuous s ervice int he e
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choo
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was u sing i tas as ound s ource a nd Contro
l Data I
nst
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n Na me
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lready y i
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v
alue t o w eathe r foreca s
ters.
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which w as wrecked a fter hitt
ing t he
g
round a ta bout 1 25 mph . The
P
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elica te " sound t ransduce r" a nd its AUSTRAL
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TY L
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ma tching h orn w ere inp erfect wo rking
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p
roh ibited f
rom ' Conditioning the sale
o
r lease of a
ny I BM e lectronic data

B
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p
roce ssing mach ine or device upon t he
p
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ny o ther IBM
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BM i sa
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th a t
temp t
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tifle compe tition b y sell
ing a t
l
e
sst han c os
t a nd attemp ting to
monopo lize by g ett
ing l essees and

C
R
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p
urcha sers to agree n ot to do bu s
ines s
w
ith I BM c omp et
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. T he aleged
o
ffense s add upt o vio
la t
ion s of the
C
lay ton and S he rman A cts and
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TAB
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R THE PA
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r
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TABIL
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se b
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round c on t rol h as b een d es
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manu fac tu red i nB rita in.
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orC
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r any I
t wou ld b e f itted t o sub son ic a nd
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va
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ep lac ing h igh f requency r adio ( HF )
,
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ansmitted b
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c
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hort wave r
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inks, Co rpo ration , u nde r c ontrac t t o the
O
ur modern f a c
tory equ
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ut a st hese circuits a re e xtreme ly U.K . M in is try o f D efence , h as
a
lows u s to o fer you PROMPT i
nterfe rence -prone , spec ial mea su res
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r a
l C
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r
equiremen
ts. a
re r equ ired t o ensu re e rror-free geo sta tiona ry s atellite s.
t
ransm ission . T he Elmux 1 000 I
tc ons is tso f a n a rray o f e lemen ts and
D
EVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO
t
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T
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r
educe s the erro r ra
te i nt ran smis s
ion of a n a irc ra ft, s uch a so n the t ail fin
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tab lishmen t,
t
ha t a ccu racy i sc omp arable t o tha t F
a rnbo rough , i sc urren tly e va lua ting its
CRYSTALS obtained i ncab le connec t
ion s. T he r
e
liab i
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C
ontrac
tors t
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ystem i n corpo rates a utoma tic erro r I
ff itted f lush w i th t he t a
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G
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tments
. correc tion . As s oon a s aw rong s
igna ls r e ceived a te ach e lemen t of the
charac ter isd etected , the t ransm it t
ing a
ntennae c an b e e lec tron ica lly a djusted
REPRESENTAT IVES — s
tation i sautoma tically r eque sted t o s
o t ha t t he a ntenna b eam c an b e
A
us t ralia a nd N ew Z ea land: in
itia te ar epeat t r
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tee red w ithou t m echan ica l movemen t
.
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liab il
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is sys tem With ag eo sta tiona ry s atelli te s ystem ,
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Phone : 3 1-3273 .
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oftwa re a nd ma intenance p ackage s i n r
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lan s of many c ompan ies actively
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or afree c
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f t he t otal c ost of an I BM n u me rica l
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ICS TODAY — J
ANUARY 1
972
14
 T
HE
ADVENT
What they
're s
aying a
bout T
he shape o
fthe curve a
bove 6kHz
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orresponds a
lmost exac
tly t
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lib
rat
ion
c
urve ofourmicrophone...
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lthough T he A dven tC o rpo rat
ion i sn ew t o
We c
an'
trecal
l hav
ing h
eard a
nothers
peake
r
t
he high -fidelity scene ,i t
sp residen ti swe ll
i
nit
spr
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lass t
hatc
an match i
t
...
known t oa nyone who h as f o
llowed a ud io
deve
lopmen ts dur
ing t he p as tfiteen y ea rs
. We wou
ld cons
idertha
ti tr
anks i
nsound
Henry K loss, ac o-founde ro fA cous tic q
ual
ity w
ith mos
tspeakers a
ttwice i
t
spr
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.
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tero fK LH .i sback w ith wha t E
LECTRON
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fa udio c omponen ts.T on oo ne's s urprise,
one oft he fi
rstA dven tp roduc ts i sas peake r t
he way down t
o2 0k Hz with v
ery low
s
ystem . I tismo re e volu tionary t han d
is
tort
ion ..Withou t adoubt,The A dven
ti s
r
evolutiona ry ind esign ,i nco rpo rating n ew o
ne ofthe s
moothesta nd widest-range
mater
ia ls a nd processes r athe rt han n ew s
peakers we h
ave had the p
leasure of
p
rinciples .T he A dven ts peake r measu res t
es
ting...
25%"x 1 4
'4 " x 1 %" ,a nd i ssuitab le for T
he tone-bu
rstr esponse was e
xcel
lent
u
se o nt he f l
ooro ro n ab ookshe l f
. It
'sa t
hroughout,ra
nk ing wi
th the b
est we h
ave
two- way s ystem ,w ith an ew ly d esigned s
een fr
om any speaker
. STEREO R EVIE W
woofert hath as ane f
fec t
ive c one d i
ame te r
o
f 7%",a l
though i t
so vera lld iame ter wou ld .
.t he f
requency response was fl
at,w i
th
u
sually c ause i ttob ec lass if
ied a s a1 0" o
nly ±3d Bvar
iat
ions o ve
rt he major
s
peake r.T he cone s urround ( oute rs us- p
ort
ion ofi t
srange. Wha tismore impo r
tan
t
p
ension) i sas pecia l
ly p rocessed i
sthatthe 45-degree of
f-axis r
esponse
p
olyure thane ,q u
ite d iffe ren tf r
om t he f
o
llows t he o
n-axis r
esponse to aremarkab
le
r
ubbe r
-like c ompounds u sed w i th mos t d
egree,d enot
ing excel
lenth igh-f
requency
s
peake rs.T he woo fer's s mall
ish d iame te r p
owe rresponse...
d
id noti mpairi t
sl ow -frequency p erfo rmance One c
ould s
ay tha
tattw
ice t
he p
r
ice The
i
nthe le ast,a so urt ests s ubsequen t
ly p roved . Adven
ts peake
r would b
e ag
ood va
lue.
T
he tweeteri sadirectrad
iatorwith a AUDIO
p
henolic-res
in c one 2inches i
ndiame te
r,
A
fterseve
ral weeks ofli
stening
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a
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so designed s pecia
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orth
is s
ystem.A
h
adn'tfound anyth
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t
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ree-pos i
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tch inthe r
earofthe T
hey were.infac
t,t he l
east
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c
abinetselects normalhighs,reduced highs
,
l
oudspeakers we h
ave everh ea
rd,a nd th
is
o
rextended h i
ghs ,tosui
to ne's t
as
te. i
nc
ludes the h
ighest-pr
iced systems
P
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ach
. c
urren
tly a
vai
lable.
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IAN D
. H
IRSCH P
robably f
o
rjustt hatre
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p
roved em
inent
ly e asy t
ol i
ve w
ith
.
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ispers
ion was excel
lenta nd s
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c
onsequence, was the s
te
reo imaging.
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OMPOS
ITE G
UIDANCE S
YSTEM

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NIMAL G
UIDANCE S
YSTEM
, I
CBM
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I
LM
K
EY P
LATES

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ARNESSED A
NIMAL

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ROJECTOR

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ARGET F
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ig
. 1
.Proposed a
ni ma
l-gu
idance s
yste m f
or I
CB M
. I
nit
ial t
arge
t d
ata i
sacqu
ired b
y p
hotoreconna
issance s
ate
llite
. S
yste m o
perates w
ith
s
upe
ri mposed i
mage
s a
nd c
an'
t b
eja m med
.

AN
IMAL
b
y L
.Geo
rge L
awrence

I
N ar e
la tively s ho rt p e
riod o f t ime ,
e
lec tron ic s
-ba sed w eapons a nd t heir
de
live ry s ystems h ave a ssumed a

GU
IDANCE
f
orm idab le r
ole i
n t
he defen se
a
ppa ratus o f t he g rea t p owe rs. N ow
Rand Corporat ion's "Sov iet
Cybe rne tic s R eview" h as r epo rted a n
o
dd v aria tion : R ussian t echno log ist s
,
s
ay s R and , ar e study ing t he f e
a s
ib i
lity
o
f t ra
in ing c ats t o p i
lo t a ir
- to-air

S
YSTEMS
m
is si
le s r i
ght t o t heir t arge ts!
A
lthough s
uch pos s
ib il
itie s a
re
a
cknow ledged b oth h ere a nd a b road ,
t
heir a ppl ication t o a rmed c on f
lic t i s
s
tartling. Provided t
ha t s
uitab le
in
strumen ts, i
nclud ing s
uppo rt
e
lectron ics , a re availab le , s mall anima ls
c
an b e t r
ained t o e xecu te n ear-pe rfec t
c
ont ro l o f p roduc tion e qu ipment a nd
B
oth t
he USA a
nd t
he USSR a
re a
ct
ively n
on -jam mab le g uidance o f w eapon s.
B
ut s uch d utie s
, a l
ien a s they a re, a l
so
e
xpe
riment
ing w
ith l
i
ve a
nima
ls i
nn uc
lear m
iss
ile p
o se t he e thical q ue st
ion o f our r ight
t
o c onve r t al owe r c rea ture i n
to a n
gu
idance s
ystems. W
il
l man be n
ext? i
l
-pa id l aboure r or u nw it t
ing h ero.
E
lect
ronics Today q
uest
ions man
's e
thica
l r
i
ght t
o S
KINNER M
ETHODS
c
onduc
t t
hese e
xpe
riment
s a
nd f
ee
ls t
hat d
eta
ils A
l mos
t a
ny sentient c
reature c
an be
t
r
ained i
n t
he S
kinner b
ox,
o
f t
h
is wo
rk s
hou
ld b
e p
ubli
shed
. d
iagrammed in Fig. 2
. A t yp
ica
l unit

1
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LECTRON
ICS TODAY — J
ANUARY 1
972
 consists o f t wo c hambe r
s, o ne o f
which c onst itutes t he a ctua l t r
aining
a
rea ( for ap igeon , int his case ) and t he
o
the r c onta ining t he v ar
ious c ont rol,
c
ue, a
nd f
eed mechan isms f
or
r
e
info rcing t
he a
nima l's l
ea
rned
b
ehav iour ." T his a rrangement w as
d
eveloped b y b ehavo rial p sycho log ist
Dr
. B . F . S kinne r, a n o utstand ing
a
utho rity o
n h
uman a nd a n
ima l
l
earning p rocesses .
To m ake o ur l i
ving e xamp le ( the
p
igeon ) s uitab le f or training , iti sfirst
f
ed a m inima l d iet u ntil i t
s w eight i s
r
educed b y 2 0 p ercent . Iti sthen p ut
i
nto t he t ra
in ing b ox whe re a n amp le
s
upply o f w ater i salways a va ilable.
T
raining b eg
ins b y flashing o ne of
t
he t wo k ey l i
ghts b ehind t he k ey
a
per ture. Now, a f
ter a t ime, t he f
ig. 3
. T
raining s
tat
ion using TV-type disp
lay methods. Optica
l
p
igeon w
il
l p
eck t
he k
ey (
a i
mages a
re picked up a
nd superi mposed by TV c
a mera which scans
m
ic rosw itch), thereby a ctivating t he p
repared p
ictures a
nd cues; t
hen bird r
eacts
.
s
o
leno id w hich pul
ls up t he food t ray
t
o t he s imultaneously l ighted f ood t
he l i
ke. H e re
, t he inte rnal v o
lume o f I
tison the bas
is of these a
nd s im
ilar
a
perture . T hus, the anima l l e
arns t o t
he S kinner b ox c an b e acous t
ica l
ly t
echnique
s t ha
t a ma s
sive se
t o f s
ki
lls
a
ssocia te li
ght of ag i
ven c olor w ith n
eut ralized b y r adiat
ing i n
to i tw h ite c
an b e taught t o a p igeon — h ere
p
ecking a nd a c onsequent r ewa rd — noise a t low l eve
ls. Also , ift he pigeon a
ssuming t he f orm o f a n o rganic
f
ood. makes e r
ro rs i n
, s ay
, t a
sks i nvolving c
omputer o f enormous r el
iabil
ity, yet
p
at tern r e
cogn ition , it i s "pun ished" c
ost
ing $1.50 or le
ss.
Once t hese i n
it
ial s t
eps h ave been
b
y s udden ly t urning o ff aw hite shock
l
earned , t he S k
inne r b ox c an b e
l
i
ght i n
side t he chambe r.
p
rog rammed — e ither m anually or by
F
igure 3 . s hows a t elev
is ion-type C
ONTROL AND G
UIDANCE
c
ompute r —f o
r t he execution o f more t
raining a rrangemen t c onfron t
ing a P
ERFORMANCE
c
omp lex t
a
sks. F
or e xamp le
, t he "postg raduate" b ird. D eveloped b y t he I
n 1964, D rs R . J.Herrenstein a nd D .
p
igeon c an b e t aught t o p eck only a
utho r f o
r d emons tration p urpo ses, H
. L oveland p erfo rmed e xperi ment s to
when t he l
i
ght i sred or to e xpect t
o be t
he d isplay s how s s tationary a nd/o r d
eterm ine c omp lex visual c oncept s in
f
ed o nly af
te r i
th as m ade t wo or more mov ing o bject s w hich c ontain a s et o f t
he p igeon. ( The se birds a re s uperb
bodily tu
rns i nthe cage , et
c. v
isual c ues a nd s uperimpo sed i mage s. a
l-around s
ub jects — h ence t heir
A
s the tr
aining si
tuation b ecomes The r einfo rced r ewa rd s i
tuat ion i s s
e
lec t
ion .
) T he t es
t s er
ies s howed
more complex, the a n
imal b ecomes mainta ined a nd e xpanded w hen t he c
lear
ly t ha
t p igeons h ad t he u nique
aware o
f i
nc
idental cues — s
uch asthe :
nima l make s it
s p eck a t the c ont rol a
bil
ity t o l ook f or and r eac t to the
t
i
cking of c
locks, e
xternal n
oises
, and e
y ( t
he reby r eceiving f ood). i
mage s o f p eop le. T he b irds w e
re

rwIt
tf̀r F
ig. 2. T ypical S k
inner
S
KINNER T
RAIN
ING B
OX t
raining b ox. F eeding
a
nd c ueing mechan ism
4
"— C
ENTER P
ANEL a
re h oused in o ne side
o
f the b ox wh ile the
S
HOCK L
IGHT K
EY b
ird lives on the o ther
s
ide. Wh ite n o
ise masks
K
EY
out environ menta l
A
PERTURE
d
isturbances . L ights
a
re used i n var
ious
ways to give c ues
.

M
AGAZ
INE L
IGHT

S
OLENO
ID
S
PEAKER
F
OOD
W
HITE N
OISE B
IRD S
TORAGE
G
ENERATOR

C
OUNTERWE
IGHT
F
OOD
A
PERTURE

GR
ID F
O° C
AGE F
LOOR
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GU
IDANCE C
ORT
ICAL S
IOELECTR
IC R
ESPONSES O
F S
TIMULATED C
AT B
RAIN

S
YSTEMS
P
ROJECTED S
TIMULUS
O
R TARGET MATR
IX
a
lowed t o look a t p rojec tion s l
ides i n
which h uman b e
ing sw ere o bscured b y •
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c
ars, t ree s, w indow f rames , a nd t he
l
i
ke . T his f ascina ting e xpe r
iment ,
which a
l
so i
nvolved t
asks o
f R
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c
atego rizing a nd c omp lex r ule s f or
s
orting o
ut p
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Visua l c onceptua lizat ion a nd t he
mo to r a c t
ivity t r
igge red b y i ti so ne o f 1
1
F
ig. 4
. The cort
icalbioe
lectr
ic re
sponse s o
f acat
'sbrain
.
t
he mo st s
ought -af te r goals o
f The t
ask r
e mains o
felic
iting t
he elect
ronic a
nalog p
rofi
les
1
.-- •
S
OIn
s
compute r d esigne rs
. U nfo r tuna te ly , a t which correspond t
o the s
pecif
ic s
t
imu
lus p
atterns
p
re sen t, t
his t
ype o
f a
r t
if icia l appear
ing o n t
he t
arget matr
ix.
e
lec tron ic i
ntelligence h as e luded
designe rs a nd r
ema ins a n i nna te
c
apac ity o f liv
ing o rgan ism s.
b
een o vercome . T owa rd t he end o f s
a
te llite, ( 2
) ar ada r s ystem , a nd ( 3) a n
Dr
. T . V erhave 's e xpe r
iment s a r
e a
good c ase i np oint. Wo rk ing f o r al arge Wo r
ld Wa r I
, S kinner a nd h is a
n
ima l-guided I CBM .
pharmaceut ica l c
ompany a
s a a
ssistants i
mitiated a r
esearch The e l
ement s o f t arge t d ata a re
psycho -pha rmaco log ist, h e c once ived p
rog ramme c al
led " Project Pi
geon ." It g
ene rated i n p eace time a nd , more
the i
dea of u
sing p
igeon s a
s h
ad a p eacetime c ounte rpar
t a t t he n
ar row ly , i n t ime s o f w a r. D uring
q uali ty-cont rol i
n
spec to r s
. The Naval Re
sea rch Laborator
ies a
s o
ve rflight s o f e nemy t errito ry, t he
company made g ela t
in d rug c apsu le s — "Orcon" — a n a cronym o f t
he wo rds s
atellite u se s i
nfrared and o the r
a
bout 2 0 m illion u nits p er d ay — a nd "organic c ont rol
." B oth o f t hese p
ho tog raph ic methods t o p roduce f i
lm
s
or t
ing o ut " skag s" o r d e fec tive p
rog ramme s h
ave n
ow been o
f g round t a rget s a t as elec ted f oca l
c
apsu le s w as a n i n volved a nd c ostly declass
ified. l
ength . T hen , b y u sing S kinne rian
p
roce ss. c
ond itioning t echn ique s, t he a n
ima l
S
kinne r's w as ak ind o f ma jority -vo te weapons p i
lot l earns t o r ecogn ize
The d rug c apsu le s w ere b rought i nto b
omba rd
ie ring s
ys tem d
irec ted s
pec ific t arge t f eature s w hich a re
t
he b ird 's v iew b y means o f a mov ing a
gainst s hip s
. T he m issile, as imp le
p
re sented t
o h im , t oge the r w ith
b
elt a nd , through i nspec tion w indows , a
i
rbo rne v ehic le n amed " Pelican ," w as
e
xam ined f or d efec t s
. S kag s made u p mov ing -ground i mage s
, b y means o f
d
esigned to u se t h
ree h arne s sed
about 1 0 p ercen t o f a l t he c apsu le s o n s
upe rimpo sition i n a n o ptica l d isplay
p
igeons t ra
ined b y h is methods . T hree
t
he b elt . R ein forcement ( feed ing ) w as s
ys tem . T hus , d uring a ctua l t a
rge t
a
nima ls w ere t o b e u sed o n the t heo ry
applied o n
ly w hen t he b ird made a n r
uns , t he p i
lo tw i
ll p eck ( in t he c ase o f
t
ha t at leas t t wo wou ld p eck c orrec t
ly
appropr iate n umbe r o f p ecks o n t he a p i geon ) t he a pprop ria te g u
idance
o
n t he l eft o r r ight o f at a
rge t screen .
window -key . W rong p ecks , e i
the r k
ey s u ntil t he v eh icle make s s uitable
Again, i ns p
ite o fe xce llent r esult s, the
misses o r f a
lse a l
arms , w ere n ot v
e rnie r manoeuv res t o a chieve p e r
fec t
s
ystem w a s n eve r p ut i nto o pera t
ion .
rewa rded a nd c aused a 3 0-second image s
upe r
impo s
ition or "
targe t
The Manha ttan P rojec t and i t
s atom ic
blackout i n
side t he p igeon 's wo rk b ox . z
e ro." A s t he t a
rge t g row s i n o pt
ica l
bomb c ame a long , w hich e l
im ina ted —
Howeve r, a
lthough r
esu lt s we re magn itude , t he s upe r
impo sition s a re
a
s i ts eemed a t t hat t ime — t he n eed
e
xcellen t
, V erhave 's c oncept w a s n ot k
ep t i n plane a nd, f i
na lly, ab allistic i s
f
or p inpo int b omb ing . H oweve r, t he
a
dop ted . F ea rs o f a dve rse p ublic ity s
e
lec ted wh ich e nsure s a b ulls-eye
f
ac t r
ema ins t
ha t a
nima l-gu ided
(
s
ic. — E d) a nd s imila r i n terfe rence s t
arge t r un. A t t ha t t ime b a rome try
weapons s ystems c anno t b e jammed ,
k
ept i tf rom b e
ing u s ed o n ar outine t
ake s o ver a nd s ense s the p rox im ity o f
e
ithe r e lec tron ica l
ly o r b y o the r
b
a s
is. T he p roblem , i ts eems , i st hat t
he t arget b y e valua ting t he o utside a i
r
convent iona l m eans . Once t ra
ined , a s p
re ssure . Simu ltaneous ly , t he c hem ical
t
he a
verage l
ayman t
h
inks o
f Skinne r i mp lie s i nh i s repo rts, ag i ven
i
nspec ting b irds a s a nima ls s cratch ing d
e tona tors a re a ct
iva ted a nd , o n
an
ima l t ends t o r etain i ts " data" s o command f rom t he b arome ter s enso r
,
w
ith t heir f e e
t i n a p ile o f d rug
well that i tc an b e r ecalled a tw ill e ven i
nitiate f i
ss
ion o f the n uclea r w arhead .
c
apsu le s,p icking o ne u p n ow a nd t hen .
ifthe c rea ture h as b een f reed f rom i t
s
As s
hown i n Fig
. 1. aw eapon of th
is
Some 3 0 years a go , o ne o f the l
a borato ry e nvironment a nd i sa lowed
t
ype i
s v ulnerable t
o e
nemy
s
t
ronges t s c
ient
ific o bjections r a
ised t
o g o on f r
ee f light a gain. T he re i sn o
c
ounte rmeasure s o n
ly a s long a s it
a
gainst ani mal-equipped "obso lescence ."
r
ece
ive s in
it
ial g u
idance i n t
he radar
's
m
issi
le-guidance s ystems w as t hat of
I
tisfo
r the
se and o
ther r
ea
sons t
hat g
uidance s l
o t
. O nce the miss
ile le
aves
a
dequa te feedback c ontrol. F urthe r
, i
t
d
ynamic c
ombat schemes
, s
uch a
sthat t
he elect
ron ic h o
rizon and e nte
rs the
wa
s t hought that ina n actual c ombat s
hown i
nFig. 1
.have eme
rged
. g
eodetic horizon u nder a
nimal contro
l,
s
i
tuation, a n a nima l-type w eapons
p
i
lo t wou ld become i r
r
ita ted ( perhaps Th
is weapon
s s
ystem i
s b e
st e
ffect
ive defense against i
tisno l
onger
g
et a irs
ick) a nd, t hus, d oom t he u
nders
tood b y c ons
ide r
ing i t as a p
o s
sib
le — a t le
ast n o
t with t
he crude
m
ission. c
ompo s
ite. Its pr
incipal c omponents a
nti-mis
sile weaponry a vai
lab
le today.
Most o f these o b
je ctions h ave n ow a
re (
1
) a p hoto-reconna
issance I
ndeed, i
t is o ne o f the mo st

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 t
hem c ause t he c ent ral c ell b ody t o
"f
ire ." O the rd endr ite s h ave i nhibitory
p
rope r
tie s: s igna ls a ppea r
ing o n t hem
N
EURON A
ND E
LECTRON
IC A
NALOGY keep t he c ell f rom f i
ring . T hus , t he
neuron ' s e l
ec t ron ic s t atus , " I" o r " 0"
a
t a ny g iven i nstant , i sd eterm ined b y
t
he c omb ina tion o f s igna ls a ppea ring
po
kol
e
k°
N
EURON O
UTPUT P
ULSE
on t he d endr ite s. I ft he re a re e nough
S
OURCE*
e
xc ita tory s igna ls p resent , t he c ell
t
hre sho ld i se xceeded a nd t he n euron
B
ODY (
GENERATOR
)
f
i
re s. L ikew ise , i ft oo m any i nhib ito ry
i
npu lse s a re p re sent , mo re e xcita to ry
s
i
gna ls a re r equ ired t o e xceed t he
f
i
ring t hresho ld .
The se e l
ect ron ic c ha rac te ristics a low
us t o c on s
ide r t he b ina ry a nalogue
c
ircu it s hown i nF ig. 5 B.
D
ENDRITE
This " artif
ic ia l n euron" i sc ompr ised
O
UTPUT
I
NPUT
) of t he mu lti -ga te S CR , D 1 and
O
N P
ULSE
thyr is tor, D 2. B ecause t hese d iode s
I
A
)
know n
o i
nte rmed iate s tate s o f
conduc tion l i
ke a t rans isto r o r n orma l
F
ig. 5. Neuron and e
lectronic a
nalogy. A t (A)
v
acuum t
ube d oe s
, t he d ynam ic
t
he neuron c e
llrece
ives inputs v
ia dendrite
s. A t
(B
) functions may bes imulated a
rtif
icial
ly b y cond it ion s of "on-o ff" can b
e
e
lect
ron ic neuron c
ell
. Refer toart
icle. e
stab lished a
nd m a
in tained b
y
a
pp ly ing a pp rop ria te t r
igge r p ulse s t o
D1 a nd D 2. N o te t hat t his i s a
s
imp lified c ircu it i n w hich z ene r-type
f
orm
idable war mach
ine
s the human p
henomena w
hich a
r
e s
t
i
ll t
hre sho ld component s h
ave b een
m
ind can conce
ive — for b
ette
r or u
nexp
lained
. omit ted f or cla r
ity 's s ake .
worse
. Howeve r, a lthough c i
rcu its o f t his
Drs. A
lbe -Fe ssa rd and R ougeu l
p
rov ided e xce llent e l
ec tronic d ata o n t
ype a re b e
ing u sed i n t he r ela t
ive ly
B
IODYNA MIC GUIDANCE the c or t
ical r espon se s o f ac a t
's b rain n
ew f i
eld o f b ion ics a nd r epre sent
S
YSTEMS in 1 958 . H oweve r, i t wa s mo st p
rog re ss i n t he a rt o f s e
lf -o rgan izing
d
i fficu lt t o d etect e voked p oten tia ls c
ompute r s ys tems , i t s t
ill i s mo st
We m entioned t he cat
-guided m iss
ile
f
r om n on -spec ific a r eas o f t
he c ereb ra l d
ifficu lt t o t rans fe r s uch a nalog ies t o
s
cheme a t the beg
inning o f t
his a
rtic
le.
cor tex i n a wake a nima ls. F urthe r, i t r
eal-life o rgan ic c ont rols .
I
tm ight a ppea
r, a t f
ir
st g l
ance t o be
l
i
tt
le e l
se b ut s
cience-f
iction, but itis wa s d ifficult, a nd i ns ome c ase s a lmo st I
fw e bel
ieve t he princ iples set forth
d
angerously mo re than that
. impo ssible, t o e xt rac t s i
gna ls f rom b
y S t. Thomas A quina s i n his b ook
Typical
ly, w hen t houghts t urn t o noise . S
umma T heologica, t rue inte
lligence —
Fig. 4 s hows a s e
t o f c o rt
ica l b
e i t that o f mach ines o r l i
ving
a
nima ls a nd g uidance s y
s tems , w e are
i
nclined t o e nvision a c omp le te l iv
ing r
esponse s. T he a nima l w as kept u nde r o
rganisms — mus t h
ave t
hese
th
ing — b ody , l egs
, s kin , a nd a l
i
ght c hloralo se a ne sthe s
ia . The e nt r
ie s c
omponen ts: pass
ive (
i
ntellectus
comp le te s et o f i n
terna l o rgan s. T his LAL p ertain t o t he l eft ante rio r l eg, p
oss
ib i
lis
); a ctive ( intellectus a gen s
);
holds t rue o f al i
ghtwe ight c reature RAL i dentifie s t he r i
ght a nte rio r l eg. a
nd w ill
. I t i s unfo rtunate f or o ur
li
ke a p i geon , o r p erhap s ar at o r So-ca lled s e conda ry e voked p otent ia ls e
xperimenta l a nimals t hat only t hey,
mouse . T he re i s l i
ttle d ifficu lty i n (
SEP ) d
isappea r u nde r b arb itur ite n
ext t o o urselves
, h ave t he f eatures
,
p
rov iding l ong -te rm o r s t
and -by l i
fe ane sthe s
ia — b
ut , f
or r
eason s w
hich s ugges t their e mp
loyment o n
s
uppo rt s ys tems f or them , e ven w ithin unknown , t
he applicat
ion o
f b
ehalf of man's survival.
t
he c r amped s pace o f a n I CBM . B ut ch
lo ralo se h a s t he o dd e ffec t o f I
n c onclusion , i tc an b e sta ted t hat
a
nima ls s uch a s ma ture cat s, d og s
, p igs s
ynchron izing a nd e nhanc ing t hem . we a re o n t he t hresho ld o f an ew i f
(
e xce l
len t p e rfo rme r
s), h orse s, a nd This b ring s u s t o t he f ine-cons tituent s unde sirable a
r
t. The S
kinne rian
o
the r l a
rge c rea ture s
, h ave l a
rge r b rains o
f o rgan ic b rain s a nd t heir s ynapt ic me thods a
re b
eing r
efined a
nd
a
nd n eurona l n etwo rk c apac itie s. T he t
ransm ission p
roper t
ie s. What i
s upda ted, typically b y a ugment ing
l
arge b rain c an b e e lect ron ically d
e sired h ere i st hat a n a nimal b ra in' s t
hem w ith s ophis t
ica ted e lect ron ic
man ipu la ted a nd i sl e
ss i nc
lined t od ie d
a ta -proce ssing s ystem c an c lea rly g
ea r. H oweve r
, i t a ppea rs t ha t t he
r
a p
id ly i f i ts n ut r
ien t b ath b ecome s r
ecogn ize a nd p rov ide r esponse s w hen p
rob lem o f u sing a nima ls' b rains
d
ist urbed . T hus , t he d e
signer f ocuse s e
xpo sed t o s t
imu lus i n a " targe t direc t
ly i n g uidance s ystems h ave n ot
o
n t he r emoved b rain o nly, r athe r t han ma trix" s uch a s shown t o the l e
ft i n yet b een s olved t o t he c omp lete
c
on s
ide r
ing a n a nima l
's c ompo site F
ig. 4 . sat
is faction o f tho se w ho p lan t o u se
body a nd i ts r equ irement s. B ut, a s h e L
iv
ing b ra
ins a re c ompo sed o f t
hem . Organic b
rains without
wo rk s w ith n
europhys io log is ts t o n
eurons. S hown i n s
imp lified f o
rm i n l
ife-suppo rt
ing b aths a nd c ircu lating
d
e term ine s pec ific c en tres o f d ata nutrien ts (blood ) t end t od iew ith in 1 0
F
ig. 5A , t he b io
log ical n euron i s
s
to rage a nd c or relation w ith in a n minute s o r l es
s. T hus, u ntil t his
e
ssent
ially ab inary ord igital t hreshold
a
nima l's s eve red b rain, h e e ncounte r s p
rob lem a nd o the rs h ave b een s olved ,
d
evice w hose output is" all
-o r-none" —
i
t i s s a
fe t o a ssume t ha
t C olumba
t
he d ifficu lty o f h aving n o mo to r 1
,0r espectively. It
s i nput s
, o f w hich
r
espon so rs t
o s
t
imu lus. D
ata i
s t
here c an b e a s many a s s everal Dome stica — t he c ommon p igeon —
w
ill r eceive itsd raft call. •
e
xpre ssed i n t he f orm o f e l
ec tron ic t
housand , are ca
lled d end rites. A ctua l
p
roduc ts, o nly t ypica l
ly i nt he f orm o f s
i
gnal p roce ss
ing t akes p lace i n t he
r
is
ing a nd d e scend ing v o
ltag es a s o ne n
euron'sc entral body. R
epr
inted b
y p
erm
iss
ion f
rom .
f
inds i n manmade c omputer s. T here Mo
st dendrites a
re e
xcita tory E
lec
tron
ics Wo
rld D
ecembe
r 1
971
.
a
lso a
r e s
ocalled "a
r t
ifac ts" o
r s
ystems, tha t is
, si
gnals p a ssed o n b y

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 A
m
amma*
A
so
con
s
A
SSOC
IATfS
N
on . 4

e
l
ec
tro
nic
s TOD

V
ERSA
TILE
p
r
odu
ctt
e
st

F
M
T
his Au
stra
lian d
esigned a
nd b
uilt FM r
ecorder w
il
l
f
i
nd many app
licationsini
ndust
rial
,s c
ient
ific a
nd
medica
lr esearch
. Af
ul
l technicalappra
isa
l
b
y L
oui
s C
hal
lis B
.E.a
nd Mur
ray Wood B
.E. B
Sc. M
.E.

R
ECORDER
I
N our Septembe r isue we rev
iewed t
oo perate with as epa rate r e
co rder this r
edesign of the standa rd Sony TC 3 66
t
he B
ruel a
nd K jaer F.M. t ape h
asr e
sulted i n amodu lar s ys
tem wh ich d
eck t o alow f or the addit
ion o f the
r
ecorder,type 7001. S
ince t
hat t
ime a c
an be u sed with a ny mode ra te
ly g ood e
xtra t wo c hannels, b ut since t he
who
lly A us
tral
ian-des
igned and b ui
lt c
onven tional r ecorde r. T o prove t his, p
roduc t
ion of t he Electrodata FM t ape
FM t ape r eco
rder s y
stem h a
s b een we t r
ied o ut t he s ys
tem w ith o ur r
ecorder, s e
ve ral f our c hannel t ape
p
roduced . b
attery o perated K udelsk i N ag
ra i l r
ecorders have b een r e
leased. This wi
ll
r
ecorde r to o btain a p ortable s ys
tem e
nable t he p roduc tion o f as ystem
The A us tralian r ecorder i
s t he
wh
ich c ould b e e asi
ly u sed f or fie
ld w
ith f
ewer modificat
ions be
ing
E
lec trodata 3 00 FM t ape r e
co rde r
,
measuremen ts —f ar mo re e as
ily inf act r
equired to the tape deck.
manufactured b
y E
lectroda ta
t
han t he B rue
l a nd K jae r unit, which Whi
le t here a re many mu lti
-track
As
soc iates P ty. L td. The FM r eco rder
we
ighs 8 5 l b
. T he c omb ined s ys
tem d
ata recorder s avai
lab le — a t ap rice —
i
s t heir f irst p roduc t, a nd i t w as
c
an b e f u
lly b attery o perated, w hich t
he d esign p h
ilosophy b ehind t he
s
pecifical
ly d esigned f o
r u se i n t he
makes for even g r
ea ter flexibi
lity. E
lect
roda ta m ach ine h as b een t o
f
ie
ld o f med ical research. B ecause o f
manufac turing l im
itations ith ad t o be W
ith t he standard Elect
roda ta un
it p
roduce a u n
it w hich i s i
nexpens ive
d
esigned a
round a c omme rcially t
he p ower suppl
ies are bu
ilt into t
he c
ompa red w ith o the r FM r e corders
,
a
vailable t ape d eck ( t
he S ony TC 3 66) t
ape d e
ck , a
low ing four channels o
f y
et with a dequa te f l
exibil
ity t o meet
p
end ing t he c on s
truction o f their own r
eco rd a nd playback modu les t o b
e t
he needs o f m any u sers
. T he mo re
r
eco rder. This r
esulted i
n a
n c
on tained i n one rack. Because the e
xpensive FM r eco rde r
s o ffer many
u
nexpec ted a dvantage f or Electrodata d
esign c alled for four channels th
is t
ape speeds o f u p t o 1 00 i n
che s per
Associatesf or a sthe system i sde signed r
esulted i n the need f o
r a s imp
le s
econd, b ut t he s t
anda rd Elec trodata

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 FM R
ecord Modu
le,
METER
STAGE
H
OW I
TWORKS
The r
eco rd module d
if
fer s
s
ignificantly f rom t he Bruel and K jae r
I
N
r
eco rder. Whe rea s the Bruel and K jaer
r
eco rder u ses a c onstant-f
requency
maste r o
scil
la tor f or al it
s modu lato r
s
a
nd d emodu lator s and subdivide s the
f
requency t o s u
it t he s peed, t he
P
RE AMP F
.M. IMPEDANCE OUTPUT E
lec trodata r ecorde r generates its FM
MODULATOR CONVERTER STAGE
TO R
EC s
i
gna l t o the r eco rd modu le a nd t he
HEAD f
requency i si ndividually adjusted f or
e
ach t ape speed . T h
is isdone b y av ery
i
ngenious c ircuit w hich consists o f a
v
ar
iab le c onstant -current supply t o a
f
l
ip-f
lop .
WAVEFORM ACT
IVE
FM
SHAP
ING
DEMODULATOR
F
ILTER T
he e asies t w ay t o v i
sual
ise t his
FROM S
TAGE
S
TAGES
PLAYBACK
OUT ci
rcu it i s t o c onsider t he 'con stant '
HEAD current s upply a s resistors i n t he
frequency d etermin ing c omponent s o f
FM D
e modu
lator
. t
he f l
ip-
flop . I f t he v a
lue o f t hree
r
esisto rs isd ecreased , the frequency o f
mach ine of
fers o nly three s peeds w ith t
he f l
ip-f
lop i ncrease s
. T he 'cons tant '
m
iniature jack c onnection for fl
utter
a max imum 71 /
2 i
nche s p er s econd . c
ur rent s upp ly ma intains t he c ur rent
c
ompensa t
ion . These j
acks a
re
This means t hat t he FM f requency i
n dependent ly o f wha t h appens a t the
n
otor
ious f
or t
heir in
abil
ity t
o
r
esponse i s l
i m
ited t o a bout 2 kHz f
l
ip -f
lop , b ut i s c ontro l
led b y t wo
w
iths
tand p rolonged u sage. We wou ld s
ource s
; o ne a r es
istor w h
ich isr ela ted
while t
he f
requency t
ranslation h
ave prefe
rred t o see a mo re pos
itive
a
vailable i s only a f ac
to r o f f our t
o t he s e
lected t ape s peed, a nd t he
f
orm o f c onnec tor — e ven a t t he
(
c ompared w ith t he B ruel a nd K jae r o
the r t he input s ignal voltage. T hus , if
e
xpense ofan e xt
ra s w
itch.
7001, w ith a f r
equency r e
sponse o f t
he i nput s i
gnal v o
ltage i sz ero, t he
20kHz a nd a f requency t r
ansla tion
r
atio of 40)
. B ut modu les are availab le
f
or s peeds up t o 6 0" /second i f t he
c
us tomer isprepa red t op ay the h ighe r
c
ost of ahigh speed t ape d eck.

C
ONSTRUCT
ION O
FTHE U
NIT
The h ea r t o f t he E l ec troda ta s ystem
i
s t he r ack o f r eco rd a nd p layback
modu le s. T he a ppea rance o f t he u nit
a
s aw ho le i sn o t asp ro fe ss
iona l a so ne
would norma lly e
xpec t f
o r a
n
i
nstrument i nt his p rice r ange , b ut t his
i
s m ain ly d ue t o t he o bvious ly
dome stic or c onsume r o rientated
design o f t he S ony TC 3 66 r eco rde r.
The FM modu le s a
re n
ea tly
con struc ted i n as tanda rd r ack s y stem .
The r e co rd a nd r eplay modu le s a r e
comp lete ly i ndependen t. T he modu le s
m ay be i
nte rchanged with t
he
appropr ia te modu le s f
rom o
the r
c
hanne ls i nt he e ven t o f af ailure .
The r e co rd modu le c on tains ar eco rd
l
evel me te r wh ich h old s t he p eak s igna l
l
eve l for s ome s econd s. T he o nly o the r
cont rol a re a p re set mu ltiturn l evel
a
dju s tment a
nd t
he i
nput BNC
c
onnec to r.
The p l ayback modu le h as as peed
s
e
lec tor s witch , ap r eset mu ltiturn d c
o
f fset p o tent iome ter, a n i nput /output
m
in ia ture j ack ( s
im ila r t o t hose u sed
on t rans is to r r adio e arphone s u sed i n
c
on junc tion with t
he f
lutte r
c
ompen sa tion )
, a nd a B NC o utput
s
ocke t. T he e xtreme ly s imp le c ont rols
make f o r t he m in imum c on fusion f or
t
he u ser w hilst b eing q uite a dequate
f
or c omp le te c on trol. T he o nly a dve rse
c
ommen t o
n t
he f
ront pane l
a
rrangemen t i
s t he u se o f t he T
he S
ony TC 3
66 t
ape d
eck i
sfi
tted w
ith a f
our
-channe
lhead
.

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ERSAT
ILE
F
M
S
UMMARY OF MANUFACTURER
'S
R
ECORDER MECHAN
ICAL S
PEC
IFICAT
IONS

T
ape S
peed s 7
-
1/2
, 3
-3/4
, 1
-
7/8 i
p
s
C
hanne
l C onfigura
tion
C
hanne
l 1 FM or Direct (Using Sony c i
rcuit
ry)
C
hanne
l 2 FM o n
ly
C
hanne
l 3 FM or Direct (Using Sony c i
rcuit
ry)
C
hanne
l 4 FM o n
ly
D
ata P
rotection: Normal S ony R ecord Inter
lock & Sw itch on
Respective Reco rd Modu le
.
H
ead C
onf
igura
tion
: 2R ecord, 2P l
ayback
Channels 1a nd 3o n one h ead
Channels 2a nd 4 on second h ead.
P
hase E
rro
r l
ess t
han ± 2m/sec b etween t he t
wo h eads
l
ess t
han ± 0
.1 m/ sec be
tween t wo channels o
n t
he
s
ame h ead.
P
erfo
rmance inDirec
t Mode
7/
2 i
1 ps 2
0Hz t
o 1
2kHz ±
3dB
3% i
ps 2
0Hz t
o 6kHz ±
3d B
1
-7/8 i
ps 2
0Hz t
o 3kHz ±
3d 1
3

S
ee a
l
so m
easu
red p
erfo
rmance o
n p
age 2
4.

n
om ina l carrier f r
equency i sgene rated; e
ssentially a n u n s
tab le a mplifier. A c
hang ing o
f pulse w
idth w
ith
whi
le a t a ny o
the r v o
ltage t he v
ery s mal
l p ositive v oltage p ulse r e
sults amplitude c an b e c lea r
ly s een. T he
f
r
equency i ss hifted. I ft he v o
ltage i s i
n t he a mplifier s aturat ing a t o ne s
i
gna l w h
ich i sf ed t o t he r ecord h ead
p
ositive, a h ighe r f
requency i
s p
ola r
ity while a s im i
la r n egative h
as as uf
ficient ly h igh a mplitude t o
g
ene rated, i f i t is n egative a l ower v
oltage p u
lse r esult s i n its atura ting at c
omp le tely s a
tura te t he t ape. T his i s
f
requency i sg enera ted . A c hange o f t
he o the r p o
la rity . T he s mall capac itor c
ommon t o mo st FM r ecorde rsw he re,
o
ne v o
lt i n t he i nput . p
roduce s a p
roduce s v ery l i
tt
le l oading o n t he b
ecaus e the wave fo rm i
s n ot
f
requency d evia t
ion o f 4 0% a bout t he f
l
ip -
flop b ut p rovide s a p ulse o f i
mpo rtant , t he l arger t he s ignal, t he
c
arrier frequency . T his s y
s tem i s much s
ufficien t a mp litude t o c hange t he b
ette r t he s ignal -
to -no ise r at
io. T his
s
imp ler than t hat used i nt he B ruel and d
irection o
f s
atura tion o
f t
he s
aturat ing o f t he t ape a l
so e l
im ina tes
K
jae r r ecorde r
, b ut i s c apab le o f ampli f
ie r
. T his a mplifie r, i n t u
rn, t
he n eed f or a n e rase h ead , a nd
p
rov iding e xcellent r esu
lt s p rovided d
rives a p a
ir o f t rans isto rs w hich, i n e
l
im ina tes some c i
rcu it ry.
t
hat t he e quipmen t h as b een c or
rec t
ly t
heir t urn, drive t he r ecord h ead . The p layback c ircu it c onsists o f a
a
djus ted. I
n t he o scil
log ram ( shown i n F i
g. 1 ) h
igh-ga in p re-amp l
ifie r, w hich t ends t o
T
he s i
gna l f rom t he modu lator i s t
he s quare w ave s ignal t o t he r ecord o
verload w ith t he s igna l l e
vel f r
om t he
p
assed ( v
ia a v ery s ma l
l c apac itor) to h
ead i s s hown w ith t he s inusoidal h
ead. T his s ta
rts t he s quaring p roce ss
a
n in
teg rated c
ircu it which i
s i
n put s
i
gna l s
upe rimpo sed . T
he a
nd e nsures w el
l d e f
ined c ro s
sove r s
.

F
ig
. 2
. I
nput S
igna
l (
200Hz
) f
ed t
o t
he t
wo FM r
ecorder
s.
F
ig
. 1
.(a
) S
quare w
ave s
i
gna
l t
o r
ecord h
ead o
fElect
rod
ata FM 3
00.
(
b
) S
ine w
ave i
nput

2
2 ELECTR ONICS TOD AY — JAN U AR Y 1
972
Th is s i
gna l t hen d r
ive s a S chm idt f
lo44
1. 6 (
due
l • I
t
e:e
r a
m. , aa
Ke.

tr
ig ger. A S chm idt t r
igge r i s ac i
rcu it R
im P
eteneeme
ler R
ange _SO __dB R
ee5
1,4
/ & La m L
im F
rog 2
0 Hz Wr Sa nd 115 _ /
sec P
ape
/ S
pood _i_
rnm
/Not

w hich p
roduce s s qua re w ave s o f
1
0
.
O
dp 0ape 1
6 . r I •
• : _
I
.,, •
cons tan t a mplitude c orre spond ing i n • .
l
a
p.
. a
s
! • •
t
his c ase t o the z e ro c ro ss
ing s o f t he •
i
n put w ave fo rm . T he s igna l f rom t he
Schm idt t r
igge r t hen d rive s ab istab le _
FRE4
_
IZIC;_
RESPONSE OF
l
ec

s
tage . T he t wo o utput s f rom t he 5ELECTRODATA,
FA _300__
.

b
is table o scil
la tor a re d if
fe rentiated , S
YSTEM_
4
do_
_
a
nd c omb ined t o p roduce a s eries o f C
ORRES___.
,DISPLACED -
pulse s t he p ositions o f w h
ich a r e F
OR CLARlit

r
ela ted t o t he z ero c ro ssing s o f t he 1d
ec
ibe
l.
p
e
r _
i
n put w ave form f rom t he t ape h ead . d
ivision -
The se p ulses a re u sed t o d r
ive a
mono stab le multiv ibra tor whose DA , 9
.
11.71
o
utput c on s
is ts o f as eries o f p ulse s 1
0 2
0 Hz 5
0 1
00 2
00 5
00 1
000 2
000 5
000 1
0200 2
0000 4
0000

w
ith a n e xact p ulse w idth , b ut spaced OP 124 Mo
lt p
i, r
teou wcy S
e ee 1
4
1 Z
ero L
eve
l 1
1112
/2112/ A 0 C L
In

a
cco rding t o t he i nput s i
gnal. T he
3
, or channe ls 2 a nd 4, fo
r o pt
imum s
witches o n and s t
ays o n
. T h
is short
a
ve rage v o
ltage o f t he se p u
lses i s
compensa tion . T he pr
ice o ne h as to c
i
rcuits the dc supply dropp ing itto a
p
ropo rtiona l t o t he s pac ing b e
tween
p
ay i so ne l ess data channel ava
ilable f
ew v o
lts and causes an e
xtreme ly high
t
hem . C lo se s pac ing p roduce s ah igh
f
or r ecord ing. T his f e
ature i s very c
urrent to fl
ow t hrough t he fuse. The
a
ve rage v oltage, w hile ag reate r s
pac ing
n
ecessary f or the bes
t r e
sponse when f
use blow s and a low s t
he p rotect
ion
p
roduce s a l owe r vo
ltage . The
d
ata isr eco rded from amov ing o b
ject c
i
rcuit t o reset
. A l
l t h
is t akes place
a
ve raging i s a ccomp lished b y t wo
o
r al
ternat ively when t he recorder has b
efore the vo
ltage riseshigh e nough to
s
tage s o f a ct
ive f i
lter s. T hese a re
a s
ignificant a mount o f flut
ter a nd c
ause any d amage , except p oss
ibly to
d
esigned t o p roduce a r oll o ver a t
wow. t
he c omponen t that w as the cause of
a
bout 2 .5kHz a t 7 1
/
2 i
ps. T he o utput
t
he problem i nthe fi
rst p
lace.
f
rom t he f il
te r i sb acked o ff a ga
ins t a
T
HE P
OWER S
UPPLY
d
c v o
ltage c o rrespond ing t o t he T
he c
omp lete r
eco rd playback
f
requency o f t he u nmodu la ted ca rr
ie r. The p owe r s upp ly w hich w as b u
ilt
s
ystem make s u se o f e ight d iodes
,
i
nto t he t ape d eck , u ses a n integrated
The l a
st f i
lter s t
age a lso p rov ide s for e
ight t
ransistors
, t
en operat
ional
c
ircuit t ype r egula tor d riving ap owe r
t
he i
ntroduct ion o
f a f lutter amplifiers a nd m any r es
istors a nd
t
ransis tor i ne ach s upp ly l eg
. Since t he
c
ompensa tion s ignal. T h
is s igna l ist he c
apac ito r
s p er c hanne l
. T he d es
ign
FM p erfo rmance a nd s tability d i
rec t
ly
o
utput o f ar eco rded b ut u nmodu la ted a
ppea r
s t o b e very stable and capable
d
epend u pon t he p rec ision o f t he
c
hanne l. T h
is s i
gna l o n t he t ape h as o
f p roduc ing g ood r esults for many
p
owe r s upp lies, t he a va i
lability o f
u
nde rgone e
ssent ia
lly t
he s
ame y
ears w ithout t he n eed f or frequent
t
hese i n
teg rated c i
rcu it r egu lators with
f
requency c hange s a s t he d es
ired r
eal
ign ing o r se
rvice.
t
heir h igh p erfo rmance , c omb ined
s
i
gna l, t he refo re a ny s purious s ignal w
ith c
urrent o verload p rotec t
ion , We f e
lt t ha t o ne w eakne ss i n the
n
o rma l ly i ntroduced a s a r esult o f s
imp lified t he t ask o f E lec t
roda ta i n s
ystem, w as t he p owe r supp ly. I n t
he
f
l
ut te r i sc ontained o n this c hanne l. B y d
e s
ign ing a p owe r s upp ly w ith h igh u
nit s upplied f
or t es
t t his w as
s
ub trac ting t h
is s ignal from t he signals p
recision . mounted i n t he t ape d eck w he
re
o
n t he wanted c hanne ls i ti sp ossible As as afegua rd ac rowba r protec t
ion v
enti
lation may n ot b e s u
f f
icient.
t
o r e duce t he e ffect o f t he f lutter c
ircuit i su sed . T h
is p rov ides a lmo st S
ince t he s upp ly v oltage s g overn the
s
i
gna l. We f ound t hat ar educt ion o f a
b solute f a
il-safe o pe ra t
ion . I f t he a
ccuracy o f t he FM c i
rcu itry, a
2
0 d ecibe ls, o r 9 0%, w as o btainab le v
oltage o r t he s upp ly r ai
ls t o t he s
eparate e nc losure wou ld p robably
u
s
ing t his f ac
ility . T he b e
st r esults are modu les e xceeds a p rese t l imit, a r
educe t he t herma l drift w ith t ime (as
o
b tained i f the s ignal from t he s ame s
i
licon c ont rolled r ectifie r c onnected t
he r eco rder a nd p owe r t ransistors
t
ape h ead i su sed, i .
e
., channe ls 1a nd a
cro ss t he s upply t o t he r egulato r a
chieve o pera t
ing t empe rature).

F
ig
. 3
. R
ecord/Rep
lay R
esponse o
fElectrod
ata F
ig. 4
. R
ecord/Rep
lay R
esponse o
fBrue
l
FM 300 t
o 2
00Hz s
quare w
ave
. & K
jaer 7
001 t
o 200Hz s
quare w
ave
.

E
LECTRON
ICS TODAY — J
ANUARY 1
972 2
3
 V
ERSA
TILE
F
M
R
ECORDER

H
OW T
HE S
YSTEM P
ERFORMED
Having l ooked a t t he d esign o f the
r
eco rde r
, w e p ut i tt hrough i t
s p ace s
o
n t he t est b ench . I na l d epa rtment s it
p
e rfo rmed w ith in t he s pecifica t
ions
s
ta ted b y t he m anufac ture r a nd w as
c
ompa rable w ith mo st u n
it s c osting
many t ime s i t
s p rice .
A s ignificant d i fference b etween t he
B
rue l a
nd K
jae r 7 001 and t he
E
lec troda ta 3 00 i s t he f requency
r
esponse d esign p hilo sophy .
The B rue l a nd K jae r re co rde r, b eing
p
rima r
ily d esigned f or u se w ith o the r
B
rue l a nd K
jae r s pect ral a nalys is
e
qu ipment h a s b een d esigned t o
p
roduce a n e xt reme ly f la t f requency
r
espon se t o t he u ppe r f requency l imit
a
nd t hen t o r ollove r r apid ly a fte r this
B
OTTOM
: E
l
ect
rod
atar
e
cord m
odu
le — T
OP: R
epl
ay m
odu
le
.
point . Wh i
le t
his r
ap id r
ollove r
ma inta ins t he a ccuracy r equ ired f or d
isto r
tion wou ld b ee ven mo re ma rked D
ATA T
RANSM
ISS
ION
s
pec t ral a na lys is i td oe s n ot r ep roduce i
f t he r atio o f s igna l f requency t o A f urthe r t hought o n t he u se o f t he
t
he w ave form a ccurate ly . c
uto ff f requency w a s h ighe r o r t he E
lec troda ta FM modu le s i s t he ir
The E lec trodata FM r eco rde r o n t he w
idth o f t he s igna l pulse w as narrowe r. p
o ssible u se f o r d ata t ransm is s
ion .
Becaus e t he E lec troda ta r eco rde r W
ith a f ew s mall mod ifica t
ions t hey
o
the r h and i sd esigned t o p rov ide t he
optimum p resenta tion o f aw ave fo rm u
se s standa rd t ape s peeds t h
is e nable s c
ou ld be u sed f or h igh q uality
r
a the r t han t he o ptimum f requency s
ome i ncrease i n flexib il
ity . We r an a t
ransm ission o f s i
gna ls o ver ap oo r
r
e sponse . I t t he re fo re h a s as moo th s
eries o f mea surement s
, u s
ing t he q
ua lity b road -band c hanne l p rov id ing
r
ol love r
, a nd i s3 dB d own a tt he u ppe r E
lec trodata r eco rde r, t ha t c ontinued a
n i mprovement i nt he f latne ss o f t he
limit ing f requency . T o i lustra te t h
is, f
or o ver a n h our . F rom t his s e
ries o f f
requency r esponse t ogethe r w ith a
w e f ed a2 00Hz s qua re w ave i nto b oth measurement s w e o n
ly n eeded t o ma rked i
nc rea se i
n s i
gna l-to-no ise
r
eco rde rs, w ith a n u ppe r f requency a
na lyse i nd etail af ew s ections , la
sting r
atio. T he mu lt ip lex u nit s s oon t o b e
l
imit o
f 2
kHz . The E
lec t roda ta f
or a pp rox ima tely 1 0 s econds . T o d o r
e
leased b y E lec t rodata a re l i
kely t o
r
eco rde r h as a n u ppe r frequency l i m
it t
his, w e t rans cribed a s e
c t
ion o f the f
ind t heir w ay a s much i nto t his f ield
o
f 2 kHz a t 71 / i
2 ps a nd t he B rue l a nd t
ape d i
rec tly o nto a t ape l oop o n a n a
si nto t he FM r eco rd ing f ie
ld .
K
jae r r eco rde r h a s a n u ppe r f requency o
rd inary r eco rde r u sing t he d irec t The h andbook p rov ided w ith t he
l
im it o f 2 kHz a t 6i ps. A s c an b e seen mode o f t he S ony . T his meant t hat i t E
lect roda ta FM r
e corde r was
f
r om F igure s 2 , 3 , 4 t he w avefo rm was n ot n eces sary t oc onnec t from FM p
a rticu la rly w ell l a
id o ut. C onsis t
ing o f
p
roduced o n p layback b y t he t wo t
o AM t o FM w ith t he a ttendant l oss 24 f oolscap p age s, i t d etails t he
mach ine s i sc omp le tely d ifferent . T he o
f s i
gnal-to -no ise r atio o r
, a s is mo re s
pec ifica t
ion , me thod o f o pe ration ,
Brue l a nd K jae r r eco rde r p roduce s a norma l i n l abo rato r
ie s wh ich c anno t t
heory a nd d esign d etails, c i
rcu it
s
qua re w ave w ith a ma rked r i
ng ing a
ffo rd t wo FM r eco rde rs, the c ut t
ing d
iag rams a nd a c omp le te p art s l i
s
t
wh ile t
he E
lec troda ta r
eco rder o
f at ape l oop f rom ag ood r e e
l of tape (
i nc lud ing manufac ture rs and
p
roduce s aw ave f orm wh ich i sv ery and t he c onsequent d e
s truc t
ion o f the s
upp lie rs.) T he h andbook wou ld a low
s
im ila r t o t he o rigina l. T he w ave form o
rig inal reco rd a
nyone with a b asic e lect ron ics
know ledge t o o pe rate a nd ma inta in h i
s
own mach ine ( with t he a id o f af ew
M
EASURED P
ERFORMANCE O
F E
LECTRODATA F
M 3
00 S
YSTEM s
tanda rd i n
s trument s.) T his i s af eature
Modu le S e
rial N o. 0 01 us
ing BASF 3 5LH T ape and S ony Deck T C366
. wh ich i s p ar t
icu la rly wo rthwh ile. A s
S
e rial N o. 0 43366 . t
he u
ser of many i
mpo rted
F
requency R espon se +0, -
3dB +0
, -6dB i
n
s trument s, w e a re o f ten f rus trated
a
t7 1
/
2 i
p
s dc t
o 2kHz d
c t o 2
.5kHz by t he n eed t o w ait u p t o t h ree
a
t3 % i p
s dc t
o 1.3kHz d c t o 1
.8kHz months t o h ave a m ino r, n on-standa rd
a
t1 -7/8 i ps dc to 6
00Hz d
c t o 750Hz component a irf reighted t o A us tralia. I t
D
i sto rtion -
40dB (1%) for s
ignal ±40% modu lation i
s h igh ly commendab le t
ha t a n
I
n terchanne l Cross T a
lk -
60d B Austra lian p
roduced i
nstrument
S
i gna l-to-No ise Ratio (
re 40% modulat
ion ) 4 0dB shou ld c
onta in o
nly c omponent s
I
nput S ensitivity 1
00 mV f or 40% modu lation l
ocally manufac tured b
y l
arge
Tempera tu re Sensitivity 0
.1% per OPF i
nternat iona l c ompan ie s s uch a sP hi
lip s
Flut te r Compen sation 2
0dB reduction inf l
utter si
gnal on a
nd F airch i
ld .
c
hannel 1,When c hannel 3u sed t
o I
n a l, t he E lec troda FM 3 00 s y s
tem
p
rovide f
lutte
r compensa t
ion. a
ppea r s t o b e w e
ll b uilt a nd t o
T
ota
l p
r
ice o
f e
quipment a
s t
e
sted (
i
nclud
ing mod
ified f
unc tion e xt reme ly w ell. Wha t i tl acks
i
n p
resenta tion i
s more t
han
S
ony TC 3
66 r
e
corde
r) —l
e
ss t
han $
2500
c
ompensated f or b y i t
s e ase o f
E
lec
troda
ta A
ssoc
iate
s P
ty. L
td.
, 8B
arry A
ve, Mo
rtda
le, N
SW.
o
pe ra tion a nd p erfo rmance p er d olla r
.
•
2
4 E
LECTRON ICS TODAY — J ANUARY 1 972
 T
he A
R-6 s
peake
rsys
tem f
r
om A
cous
t
ic R
esea
rch
.

The leas te xpens ive s peake rs old b y AR ( t

he The r esponse c urves t aken a t CBS L abs t e
ll a
AR-4x a t$132 ) i sa l
so t he mos tw ide ly s old o fa l
l h igh - good p arto ft he s tory. N ote t hata cross t he l a
rges t
f
idelity s peake rs, because i th as p rovided max imum por
tion o ft he a udio s pectrum a nd e spec ially t hrough
performance p erd ollar o fc ost.T he n ew AR -6 o ffe rs t
he m idrange t he AR -6 responds a lmos t l i
ke a n
s
ign i
fican t
ly b etterp erformance f or$ 180 . I ta dds amplifie r...
one-th ird o ctave o fl ow d isto rt
ion b ass , a nd a lso D
irec t
iona l effec ts through t he t reble r egion , a s
p
rov ides s upe rio rd ispe rsion a nd mo re u n
i form e ne rgy e
videnced b yt he a ve rage o f2 dB t hats epa rates t he
outpu ta th igh f requenc ies . T he s even i nch d epth o fthe t
hree r esponse c urves , are a ctually l ess p ronounced
AR-6 a dap ts iti deal
ly t os he l
f p lacemen t, ori tmay b e t
han we 've s een i ns ome c os t
lier s ystems . T ests made o f
moun ted d irectly o n awa ll with t he f i
t
tings s upp lied t
he effec to ft he t wee terl eve l con trol s how t hat itc an
w
ith e ach s peake rs ys tem . v
ary t he r esponse f rom c omp letely m inus t he t wee tert o
S
te reo R eview s ays... asteady i ncrease i nt wee te r o utpu t ofa bou t 2d B a cross
All inall
,t he AR -6 a cqu itted i t
selfv ery we ll i no ur i
t
sr ange . T he d esign i nthis p art
icu la ra rea i sjust
t
ests. I twas n otq uite t he e qua l oft he much mo re a
bou t p erfec t . . P ulse tes ts i ndica te v i
rtua lly n o
e
xpens ive AR mode ls, whose s ound i tn eve r
the less r
inging ; i nf actt he AR -6 seems b ettert han a verage i n
r
esemb les t oa n amaz ing d egree , b uto nt he othe rh and t
h
is r ega rd t oo.
i
to ut-per fo rmed an umbe ro fc ons ide rab ly l a
rge ra nd .. ap a
ir o f AR -6s wou ld b ea ne xce llen tc ho ice ."
f
ar mo re e xpens ive s ystems we h ave t ested i nt he s ame The wo rkmansh ip a nd p erfo rmance i nn orma l u se
way. I nciden tally ,the AR -6 s ha res t he AR c harac te r
istic o
f AR p roduc ts a re g uaran teed f rom t he d ate o f
o
fn otd e
live r
ing a ny b ass o u
tpu tu n
less t he p rogramme p
urchase ; 5y ea rs f ors peake rs ystems , 3y ea rs for
mate rial c a
lls f ori t
.I fatf i
rs th earing i ts eems t os ound t
urntab les , 2y ea rs f orelec t ronics .T hese g ua ran tees
"
thin" ( because i tlacks f a
lse b ass r esonances ), p lay c
ove rp ar ts
, r epa ir l abour a nd f reightc os ts toa nd f rom
s
ome th ing w ith r eal b ass c onten ta nd c onv ince t
he fac to ry o rn ea res ta utho rised s ervice s ta t
ion . N ew
y
ourse lfo the rwise . We d on' t know o f many s peake rs p
ackag ing , ifn eeded , isa lso f ree.
w
ith a sg ood ab alance i no ve rall response , a nd n othing The AR c a
talogue a nd c omp le te t echn ica l d ata o n
i
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igh F ide l
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fs peake rf rom AR . . a
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eally t err
ific p e r
fo rme r
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cous
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rch I
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.
uncoloured , well-balanced r esponse t ha td e
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ICS TODAY — J
ANUARY 1
972 2
5
 C
h
rom
ium
b
y I
.A
ndr
ies
son o
f B
ASFA
G
, W
est G
ermany
o
f c
hromium tboxide t
ape
s, c
ompa
red
w
ith c
onvent
iona
l tapes
.

C
OMPACT C
ASSETTES
The v ery h igh m ax imu m o utput a t
h
igh f
requenc ie s i
s o f decisive
i
mpo rtance f o r q ua lity r eco rding a t
v
ery l ow t ape s peeds , s uch a s t he
c
ompac t c a sse tte t ape s peed o f 1 -7/8
i
ps.
As a nyone , who h a s tr
ied t o m ake a
g
ood r eco rding o n c asset tes k nows , t he
m ajo r l imita t
ions o f t he c ompac t
c
a sset te s ys tem a re: p oo r b ackg round
noise a nd c ritica l h igh f requency
r
e co rd ing (
lack o
f bri
l li ance) ,
e
spec ia l
ly w ith mus ic w ith much t op
F
igs
. 1a
nd 2
. P
hoto
-micrographs o
fchro m
iu m d
iox
ide (
l
eft
)and c
onvent
iona
l t
ape (
x20
,000
) (h
igh f r
equenc ie s). C asse tte s mo stly
sound r athe rd ul
l .
To u nde r stand t his, iti sn ece ssary t o
look a t t he c urve s g iven i n F igs. 4 , 5
and 6 and t
o study t
hei r
i
nte rdependance .

O
VER t he l as
t y ear
, a n increasing c
hoose t
he a
ppropria
te op
tima l
Figure 4 s hows t he max imum o utput
i
nteres t h as b een shown among c
oerc
ivity f or a cer
tain a pp
lication. l
eve l ( MOL ) a s af unc tion o f f requency
p
rofes siona l t
ape recording A
lso itisn o
t dif
ficu
lt to main
tain this t
ha t i sn ece ssa ry t o o btain h igh f idelity
e
nginee rs , a s we l
l a s s e
rious h igh c
hosen coerc
ivity i
np roduct
ion. on ar e co rding med ium . T his c urve i s
f
idel
ity e nthus iasts, in wha t c an b e Another advantage i sthat the f
orm t
he r esult o f v a r
ious a na lyse s o f t he
done w ith t he n ew c hrom ium d ioxide o
f the s
ing
le p ar
tic
les approaches more s
pec tral amp litude d
i stribut ion i n
magnet ic t apes. o
r les
s a n ideal need
le shape so that d
if feren t k inds o f mus ic , o ne o f t he
A
lthough t he f i
rst t r
ials t o u se e
xtremely g ood h omogenity can b e p
rima ry c rite ria f or h igh f idel ity .
c
hrom ium d iox ide a s a magne t
ic o
btained (F
igs. 1a nd 2
). For c or rec t u nde rstand ing , i t i s
material f or reco rding tapes g o back to B
oth of t hese p rope r
ties resu
lt in a empha sised t ha t t his max imu m o utput
t
he e arly s ixties, t he f i
rst t apes
, r
ema rkable improvement i
n h
igh l
eve l ( MOL ) a s af unc tion o f f requency
s
how ing t he i mpo rtant a dvantages o f f
requency r eco rdability
, wh ich means has n oth ing a t a l t o d o w ith t he
t
his ma terial
, a ppeared n o
t e a
rlier than t
hat t he h igh f requency max imum f
requency r
esponse curve , which
a
bout 1 966 . o
utput level ( MOL ) a s we
ll as the h
igh norma lly i s g i
ven a t l ow r eco rding
Today v a
rious t ape manufac turers f
requency s ensitiv
ity a re much b et
ter l
eve ls ( far b elow max imum o utput
h
ave deve
loped g
ood c
hromium t
han those f
r om c
onven t
ional l
eve l) a nd w hich i s a mea sure o f t he
d
ioxide t apes a nd af ew manufac turers magnetic tapes
. tr
an sduc ing l i
nea rity o f t he r eco rding
o
f quality c
asset
te r ecorders a re s
y stem o nly . T he m aximu m o utput
To demons tra te t his, F ig. 3 s how s
marke t
ing c assette recorders which are le
ve l ( MOL ) c urve a s af unct ion o f
t
he max imum o b tainab le s aturat
ion
opt
in i
ised f or t he u se o f this n ew frequency g ive s t he t ape o utput a t
o
utput a s a f unc tion o f f requency
r
eco rding t ape . Also discuss
ions about e
ithe r c ons tant d istor t
ion , c ons tant
(w
ithout H F b i as), o f ac hrom ium
t
he s tandard isat
ion i mpl
ications o f i
nte rmodu la t
ion d istortion o r c ons tant
d
ioxide c assette t ape w ith a 4 I /thick
c
hrom ium d ioxide h ave a l
ready b een comp re ssion f rom l i
nea r
ity o f t he
magne t
ic c oating , c ompa red t o t
hat o f
s
tarted. s
i
gna l (
e
.g . 5 % THD o r 1 .5 d B
a mode rn " convent iona l" BASF L H
c
assette t ape, h av ing t he s ame c oating comp re ssion ).
C
HARACTERISTIC P
ROPERT
IES t
hickne ss. F o r s imp lic ity r e
a sons, t he Ift he r e co rded s igna l p asse so ve r this
O
F CHROM IUM D
IOXIDE s
aturation o utput o f t he BASF LH max imum output l
evel l
imit,
R
ECORDING TAPES t
ape isa ssumed t o be f l
at ( zero). unacceptable d
istort ion,
Of cour se, t his k ind o f c ompa r
ison i
nter m o du I a
tion disto rtion o
r
A main c ha
racter
ist
ic of the magne tic
h
as t o b e i n
te rp re ted w ith s ome c are, c
omp re ssion i su navo idab le .
ma
te r
ial, chromium d ioxide, i sthat it
a
s t he s atura t
ion o utput l eve
ls a re I
ndependent o f t his MOL c urve , t he
i
srelat
ively easy to v
ary the c oercivity
(
th
is i
s t
he a
bi
lity t
o r
e
sist determined withou t H F b
ias. f
requency r
esponse c urve o f t he
d
emagnet isat
ion) o ver aw ide r ange, Neverthe less, t his p re sen tation s how s s
ys tem ( reco rde r p lus t ape) mea sured
wh
ich means t hat i s i
s p ossible t o c
learly t he d iffe rence s a nd a dvantage s a
t al e
ve l f ar b elow MOL m ight b e f l
at,

2
6 ELECTRON
ICS TODAY — J
ANUARY 1
972
D
i
oxi
deT
a
pe
.
.C
ass
ett
ere
cord
erso
nth
e w
ay t
otr
ueh
i
gh f
i
de
li
ty
b
ecause i t i s e stablished b y t he
r
eco rder a
djustment o
nly, i
f a
r
eference med ium i s u sed l i
ke t he
1
. Wha
t a
re t
he cha
rac
ter
ist
ic p
rope
rtie
s o
f c
hrom
iu m
u
n recorded p ort
ion o f t he D IN t est
d
iox
ide r
ecord
ing t
ape
s?
t
ape. F or r e
asons o f s imp l
ification, it
i
s u sual i n a udio t ape measur ing 2
. What a
re t
he a
dvantages o
f chrom
ium d
iox
ide t
ape
s,
t
echn ique t
o c
hoose only t
wo i
fused i
nc ompac
t casse
ttes?
f
requenc ies, one in the l ow p art of the
3
. I
n what r
espect a
re c
assette r
eco
rde
rs o
ptimised f
or
s
ound f requency s pect rum , t he second
c
hrom ium d
ioxide t
ape s
, di
ffe
rent f
rom c
onventional
i
n t he h igh p ar
t. A t 1 - 7/8 i ps tape
c
asse
tte r
ecorder
s?
s
peed measurement
s, itisconven
ient
t
o use 3
33 Hz a
nd 8000 H
z. p. Are c
hromium d iox
ide cassettes u
sab
le on normal
Th
is s imp lification make s itp os s
ible c
asse
tte r
ecorders, t
hat isto say o
n r
eco
rde rs wh
ich
t
o s ay t hat for t rue high f idelity iti sa a
re not o
ptimised f
or chrom ium diox
ide tape?
bas
ic r equirement t hat t he MOL a t 5
. I
si tpossib
le t o meet the DIN h if
i requirement s i
f
8000 H z s hal
l n ot b e more t han 1 0 to c
h romiu m dioxide casse t
tes are used for chromium
12 d B d own c ompared w ith t he MOL
d
ioxide o pt
im ised ca
sse tte re
co rders?
a
t 333 Hz. Th
is i
s a lready a
6
.A re t
he re a
dditional advantage s ifchrom iu m d
ioxide
comp rom ise s ince, f or p rofes sional
s
tudio r
ecord ing t
echniques , t
he c
asset
te s a
re used on re corders us
ing a n el
ectronic
d
ifference b etween h igh f requency a nd n
oise surpress
ing system l i
ke the " DOLBY B "
l
ow f r
equency MOL i s n orma lly n ot s
ystem?
more t han a bout 2d B. 7
. I
sit wo
r thwhi
le to modify r
eel t
o ree
l d omes
tic
Now we l ook a t Figs. 5a nd 6 where r
ecorde
r s f
or c
hromium d iox
ide magne tic t
ape?
t
he mea sured MOL c urve s a t 3 33 H z
8
. I
schrom iu m d
iox
ide tape important fo
r
a
nd 8 000 H z a s af unc tion o f HF b ias
a
re g i
ven f or t he two t apes p revious ly
mus
icasset
tes?
mentioned . Iti si mmed iately c lear that
i
f t he 1
0dB h
i-f
i cr
ite r
ium a
s
T
his a
r
tic
le p
rov
ide
s t
he a
nswe
rs ..
mentioned b e fore i s a pplied , the HF
b
ias adjustment for the
"
convent iona l" t ape wou ld b e so low

O
UTPUT F
ig. 3. Co mpar ison t
hat t he l
ow f r
equency MOL wou ld be
(
d8) o
f max i mu m h igh
v
ery poor
, r
esulting i
n a p oor
I
ll
f
requency s aturat ion
output ofc hro m iu m s
ignal-
to-noise rat
io . Accord
ing to DIN
d
iox ide and iron r
equirement s, t
he S
/N h
as b
een
o
x ide t
ape ( a
s su med d
efined a s the rat
io b etween MOL a t
t
o be 'f
lat')
3
33 H z and the n oise i
n dB mea sured
a
ccording t o D IN 4 5405 ( weighted,
4
q
ua s
i-peak).

c
hrom
ium d
iox
ide t
ope
A
lso t
he d
rop out s
ensitiv
ity
i
ncrease s at low HF b ias. This i mpl
ies
t
hat, although f rom at heoret
ica l p o
int
o
f v i
ew t he h i-f
i MOL d if
fe rence
b
etwe en 8 000 H z and 3 33 H z c an be
,
i
r
on o
xide t
ape r
eached w ith c onven t
iona l t apes, the
HF b ias a djustment wou ld mean a
c
r
itical u t
ilisation of t he tape f rom a
p
ractical a nd e ng
inee ring p o
in t o f
5 v
iew.
4
7.5 2
4 1
2 6 6 4
15 I
n pract
ice mo st c a
ssette recorder
WAVELENGTH (p m)
manufacturers u
t
ilise n
ear
ly a
l
l
I 1
1
K 2
K 4K 6K 8
K 1
0K
a
vai
lable low f requency MOL o f the
F
REQUENCY (
Hz) t
ape, which requ ires ar e
la t
ive
ly h igh
HF bias se
tting, i n order to obta
in a

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ICS TODAY — J
ANUARY 1
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 F
ig. 4
. Max i
-

C
h
romium
L
EVEL ,
hum o utput
6
1
11)
.
5 l
evel (
MOL) f or
h
igh fi
delity

D
i
oxi
deTa
pe 0
r
eproduct
music
.
ion of

S fO 8
:2:11
11
1. "
MAX
IMUM O
UTPUT L
EVEL
g
ood s igna l-to -no ise r atio . H oweve r, i n
F
REQUENCY C
URVE FOR N
I- F
l
s
uch c ase s t he l oss i n h i gh f requency 1
0 3

s
ensit iv ity i sc ompensa ted b y u sing a
v
ery s
trong p
reempha sis in t he -
15
r
eco rd ing a mplif ie r ( often mo re t han
1
4 d B a t 1 0,000 H z) t o g ive a f l
a t 2
0
3
35 6
3 (
25 2
50 S
OO 1
K 2
K L
K 6
1
( 1
6K
f
requency r
esponse a t v ery low FREQUENCY 0
1 zI
r
eco rd ing l eve ls. H oweve r, t he l oss i n
h
igh f requency max imum o utput l e
ve l
(MOL ) c anno t b e c ompensa ted a nd
t
he i ncreased d ange r o f h igh f requency c
onventional c
asse
tte t ape, i
t i s
q
ual
ity a
sconvent
iona
l t
ape
s a
t 3% i
p
s
i
ntermodu la t
ion disto rtion or n
ecessa
ry for co
rrect ut
il
isat
ion of th
is
comp re ssion i sa vo ided b y c onnec t
ing —E d).
A
ll c onside rat
ions made s o f ar h ave t
ape,to inc
rease the HF bias cu
rrent.
t
he VU me te r (
output mete r) Th
is isshown by Figs
. 5and 6.
b
een b ased o n the as sump tion t ha t t he
f
ollow ing t he p reempha s
is i n t he
r
ep lay p art o f t he c asse tte r e co rde r F
or t he same r eason, an increase of
r
eco rd ing amp lifie r c
i
rcu it . This
w
ill n ot b e c hanged . B ut i np rac tice i t t
he e r
a sure capacity isrequired. Also,
s
afegua rds t he u se r a gain s t h i gh
i
s e xpec ted t ha t c asse tte r eco rde r l
e
s s p reempha sis s hou
ld b e a pp
lied,
f
requency d isto r tion , e tc., b ecause i f
manufac ture r s will u se a t l ea
st ap ar t h
oweve r, s hou ld t he r eplay t ime
t
he mus ic c onta ins much t op t his t op
o
f t he h igh f requency MOL a dvantage s c
on stan t
s b
e c hanged, i t might b e
e
stab lishe s t he VU me te r i n d
ica tion
o
f t he c hrom ium d iox ide t ape s t o possib le that t
he r
ecord i
ng
(
r
a the r t han t he b a ss) s o t hat t he u se r
imp rove t he s igna l
- to -no ise r at
io o f p
reempha s
is need not be a
ltered.
will t end t o r eco rd a t al owe r l e
ve l.
t
he ir r eco rde rs. How great these mod if
ica
tions wi
ll
On p ape r t his l ooks h ealthy e nough ,
The k ey t o t h
is i s t he r eplay b
e, depends s t
rongly o n the ac
tual
b
ut , e xtreme ly s trong p reemphas is
equa lisation t ime c ons tant . I f t h
is r
eco
rder c i
rcu
it ry
, a nd this var
ies
(
ove r 1 4 d B a t 1 0,000 H z) means t ha t
t
he a c tua l r e co rd ing l evel w ill b e cons tant ( wh ich h as b een s tandard is ed c
ons
iderably f
r om o ne manufac
turer
's
main ly d ete rm ined b y t he t op p ar t o f i
n
te rna t
iona lly a t 1 20 1
.6 ) c ou ld b e p
roduct t
oa no
the r
.
reduced t
o a l owe r v alue , the
t
he mus ic, r esu lting i n a r athe r I
n o rder to be able t o give at lea
st
s
ignif icant d isc repancy b etween t he backg round n o
ise wou ld b e r educed
mo re o r l ess i n p ropo rtion . H oweve r, s
ome d ata, the mea suring r e
sults
,
s
igna l-to -no ise r atio a t mea surement s o
btained a
t t he D
IN HF b
ia
s
r
e
la tive t o MOL a t 3 33 H z a nd t hat t
his c an o nly b e d one a t t he c os t o f
a
d
jus tmen t
, are conside red. ( D
IN HF
obta inab le i n p rac t
ice w ith mus ic . t
he b eautifu l MOL f requency c urve s
b
ecause a t l e
ast ap ar t o f t he h igh b
ias equals 2
.5 d B s ens
itivity fa
ll off
,
A
lso , o ne s hou ld r ecogn ise t hat t oo o
ver m ax
imum s ensitivity at6 300 H z.
)
h
i gh ap reempha sis d oe s n ot h e
lp h i- fl f
requency o utput i sl ost.
I
t i s st
ill a n u nan swe red q ues tion , With t he c hrom ium d iox ide t apes,
v
e ry much b ecause t he r equ ired L C
a
c tive f i
lte rs c ause s erious o sc illa t
ions , whe re t he e conom ica l o ptimum l i
e s, t
h
is b i
as s e
tting method r esults in a2
r
esu lting i
n s
qua re wave f
o rm f
o r, i tisc lea r tha t a n i mp rovement o f t
o 2 .5 d B HF b ias c urrent i nc
rea se
t
he s igna l
- to-no ise r atio o f c asset te r
e
la t
ive to the b ias o f the conven t
iona l
d
i sto rtion . T his i sc lea rly s hown i fo ne
r
e co rde rs isv ery d esirab le. t
ape. The L F s ensitivity at 3 33 H z of
obse rve s t he o ve rall 1 000 H z s qua re
w ave p e rfo rmance o f s uch ar eco rde r. An a dditiona l c omp lica t
ion i s t he t
he n ew t ape i s a bout 2 d B l ower,
F
igure 6 s how s t he s ame MOL c urve s f
a ct t
ha t m any c as sette r eco rde r wh
ich mean s t hat t he re corders h ave
as af unc tion o f HF b ia s f or c hrom ium manu fac ture r
s h ave s olved t he n oise t
o c ompensa te t his t o m ake s ure that
p
rob lem b y mean s o f e lec tronic n oise t
he r e
co rd
ing l evel me ter r e
ading
diox ide t ape . I t i so bvious t hat t he
s
i
tua t
ion i s much b ette r h ere ; b ecause s
u rp re ssion s ystems . A v ery g ood a nd c
orresponds w ith t he avai
lab le MOL o f
w ell k nown e xamp le i st he DOLBY B t
he tape att h
is f requency .
t
he c hrom ium d iox ide t ape a lows a
s
y s tem , b y mean s o f w hich t he
g
ood b alance b etween h igh a nd l ow T
hanks t o the fac
t t ha
t the rela
tive
si
gna l-to -no ise r
atio o
f c
asse t te
f
requency MOL , n ame ly 1 0 t o 1 2 d B s
ensit
ivity a t 8000 H z isabout 6 d B
r
eco rding s y s
tems c an b e i mproved b y
d
if fe rence a t aH F b i as s ett
ing w hich h
igher, t he preempha s
is at the same
a
pp rox ima tely 9d B.
g
ua rantee s ag ood u tilisa tion o f t he f
requency c an b e r
educed by the s
ame
I
t wou ld p robab ly b e i deal i ft he
t
ape p rope r t
ie s f rom a n e ng ine e r
ing amount , and t he er
asure capacity of
noise p rob lem w ith c ompac t c as set te
point o fv iew . t
he r ecorder h as t
o b e in
creased b y
h
i-fi r eco rde rs c ou ld b e s olved b y
I
ts hou ld a lso b e s a
id t hatc hrom ium a
bout 4 0% .
mean s o f o ne o r a no the r o f t he
d
iox ide i s al ow n oise o xide , w hich So i tisc lea r that c hrom ium d iox ide
e
lec t ronic n oise s uppre s s
ion s y stem s
,
imp lie s t ha t, a t t he s ame b ackg round t
apes a r
e n ot f u
lly c ompa t
ible w ith
s
o t hat t he a dvantage s o f c hrom ium
noise l evel a s o btained f rom mode rn
d
iox ide t ape s c an b e f u
lly u sed t o mode rn c onvent iona l t ape s, a nd t h at
"convent iona l" t ape s
, a r ema rkab le c
assette r eco rdersw ill o nly c omp let ely
imp rove t he b rill
iance . ( See r eview o f
i
mp rovement i nh igh f requency o utput
A dven t a nd T EAC r eco rde rs i n t he u
t
ilise t he a dvantage s of t he n ew t ape
(
MOL ) i
s a va ilab le , whe rea s t he
N ovembe r a nd c ur ren t i sue s o f i
fs ome o f t he r eco rder f unc t
ion s a re
s
i
gna l- to-no ise r a t
io i mp rove s b ecause
ELECTRON I CS TODAY ). modified a cco rdingly . In p ract
ice i tis
t
he MOL a t 3 33 H z c an b e b et te r
e
xpected t
ha t chrom ium d iox ide
u
tilised . T his g ive s t he c hrom ium
D
IFFERENCES B
ETWEEN C
RO 2 c
asse t
te s w il
l a utoma t
ica lly o pe ra te
d
iox ide c
asset tes t
heir s
upe rio r
t
he n ecessa ry s w
itche s o f t he s pec ial
d
ynam ic r ange a nd t he ir e xcep t
iona l AN D CO N VE NTIONAL c
hrom ium dioxide r
e co rders, f
or
b
rilliance a nd t ranspa rency .
R
ECORDERS i
nstance , b y means o f as im i
lar d evice
(We h ave f ound t ha t c hrom ium
As chromium diox
ide t ape ha
s a t
o t hat n ow u sed to p revent u nde s
ired
d
iox ide t ape sp roduce a t 1-7/8 i ps t ape
s
i
gnif
icant
ly hi
ghe
r c oe
rcivity than e
rasure o f p rereco rded c as settes.
s
peed , t he s ame s ound r eco rd ing
E
LECTRON
ICS TODAY — J
ANUARY 1
972
2
8
 CHROM
IUM DIOX
IDE C
ASSETTES not b e t he bi a
s s e
tting w h
ich c auses
C
HROMIUM DIOXIDE CASSETTES
ON NORMAL C
ASSETTE in
co rrect r e
co rding, but t he re
lat
ively
A
ND D
IN H
I
-Fl REQUIREMENTS
R
ECORDERS s
trong p re-empha s
is i n the r e
cording
amplifier
, r e
sulting ina n over-empha sis T
he e xis
ting D IN h i
-f
i r equirement s
Here the si
tuat
ion is al
it
tle mo re
o
f h igh f requenc ies
. H oweve r
, during f
or t ape recorde rs (DIN 4 5500 ) are
c
omp l
icated and we mus
t dis
tingu
ish
r
eproduc t
ion o n good e qu ipment t his a
gain u nder discuss
ion. I ti sexpec ted
b
etween R
eplay
, R
ecord
ing a
nd
c
an b e compensa ted just a s s
imply a s t
hat t he new s tandard w il
l r equire a
E
rasure
.
i
n the c ase o f cassettes
, p repared f or s
ignal
-to-noise r a
tio of 4 7 d B a t 3%
R
EPLAY modified r eplay c haracte r
ist
ics, b y THD f r
om a 3 33 H z s i
gnal. F urther
u
s
ing t he tone controls. r
equiremen ts l i
ke wow a nd f lutte
r,
The r eproduc tion o f p re-reco rded
t
olerance of tape speed, to
le rance s f
or
casset tes w ith c hrom ium d iox ide t ape
r
eplay and o vera
ll fr
equency r esponse,
i
ssimp le b ecause i tiseasy t o take c are E
RASURE
a
re of no si
gnif
icance h ere
.
of t he d ifferent p rope rt
ie s d uring t he
duplica ting p roce ss
. S hou ld c asse tte The erasure of chromium dioxide The r equ irement s o f 4 7 d B a t 3%
r
eco rde r
s o r r eproduce rs c hange t o a t
apes o
n c
onvent
ional c
asse
tte THD i sa bout t he equiva lent of 50d B
new r
eplay t
ime constant , and r
ecorde
rs r
ema
ins t
he o n
ly r ea
l a
t 5% THD , w hich h as b een the t a
pe
p
re- reco rded c assette m anufac ture rs p
roblem. mea surement c r
iterium u p ti
l
l now .
f
ollow t his c hange , t he r e produc tion On c ompac t c asset
te e qu ipment, t he
E
rasabi
lity isd
irect
ly proport
ional t
o
o
f s uch c as
se t
te s o n c onven t
iona l t
he coe
rcivity o
f the tape (
about 40% mono t racks h ave aw idth o f 1.5 mm ,
c
asse tte r ecorde rs will gi
ve a n increa se, l
i
ghter o
n c hrom
ium d ioxide t
ape
). wherea s o n s tereo e quipment t h
is 1 .5
a
nd p oss
ib ly e ven a n o ver-empha sis o f mm i sd ivided i n 2x0 .6 mm a nd a
The e rasure c apacity o f diffe rent s
epa rat
ion t rack o f 0 .3 mm . So t he
h
igh f
requenc ies. Howeve r, on
c
a ssette r e co rde r s var
ie s very strong ly . D
IN r equiremen t ha s t o b e me t b y
r
eco rde rs w ith t one c on trols t his c an
We f ound e xtreme c ases w here t he mean s o f t he 2 x 0 .6 mm t racks ,
e
as
ily b e c ompensa ted. I n a ddition e
rasu re c apac ity w a
s s carcely e nough
t
here w i
ll b e an o
ise i mprovemen t. t
otalling 1 .2 mm . At t he tes
ting track
f
or c onvent iona l t apes ( l
ess t han
w
idth o f 1 . 5 mm , t he c hrom ium
R
ECORD
ING 50dB !) E ven w ithin o ne m ake t he re d
ioxide t ape p roduce s at l e
ast 53 d B
are b i g dif fe rence s
. M any t ests in o ur S
/N a
t 5% THD w h
ich mean s
F
rom at heo retical point ofv iew, t he
labo ra torie s h ave p roved t hat mo s t o f a
pprox imate ly 5 2 d B a t 1.2 mm
d
ifferen t reco rding p rope rt
ie s of n ew
t
he r eco rde rs t ested, h ave e nough
c
hrom ium d iox ide c asse
tte s could b e e
r asure c
apac ity t
o e
rase t
he t
rackw idth .
e
xpec ted t o c ause p roblems d uring So, i np rinciple, i tshould b e possible
chrom ium d iox ide t ape s a t standa rd
r
ecording . t
o r eal
ise D IN s t
anda rds a l
though
wo rking v oltage , ( e
.g., w ith f r esh
Howeve r, a s a l
ready p ointed o ut, t
he re i sv ery l i
tt
le r oom f o
r r eco rder
batte r
ie s). T his i s l og
ical b ecause
many r ecorde rs have s uch a h igh H F b
a tte ry c as set te r ecorde rs inp articu la r e
lec tron ic t o
lerance s. T herefo re i t is
b
ias a
djustment t
hat t
hey a
re n
eed ac er tain o ve r
-capac ity i ne rasure unde rstandab le t hat, if n o e l
ectron ic
p
ractically right f or chrom ium d ioxide c
apac ity i n o rde r t o c ompensa te t he noise s upp re s
sion i sused , ap art of the
t
ape. A b ia s s etting w hich g ive s d
ecrea se i nv oltage o ve r the l i
fe of t he e
xce llent h igh frequency p rope rt
ie s of
maximum o utput a t low f requenc ie s b
a tterie s. N eve rthe less i t r emains a t
he c hrom ium d ioxide t ape w i
ll b e
o
n c onvent iona l t apes is more o r l ess f
ac t
, t hat o n q uite a n umbe r of t he u
sed t o i mp rove t he n o
ise. I n t his
o
ptimum f or c hrom ium d ioxide t ape. r
eco rde rs t
es ted, t
he e rasure o f c
onnec t
ion a r ep
lay c ha racteristic
(
See t he MOL c ur ves as af unction o f c
hrom ium d
ioxide t
apes was mod ifica t
ion f rom 1 20 p s to 7 0A s i
s
b
ias
, Fig s
. 5a nd 6 )
. i
nsuf f
ic ient , v arying f rom 4 8 d B down u
nde r di scus s
ion a nd this will bring a
For t hat re
a son i n mo st cases, itwill t
o 2 0d B! no
ise i mprovemen t o
f about 3d B
. I na
way t he D IN h i
-fi requiremen ts a re a
l
i
ttle i relevent f or t ape r ecording
b
ecause t hey d o n ot c onside r a ny
F
igs 5a nd 6. r
equ irement f or max imum o utput
MAX IMUM Compar i
son o f
OUTPUT
MOL c urvesa t
l
evel a t h igh f requenc ies, w hich i so f
L
EVEL
(
dB) 333 Hza nd b
asic i mpo rtance f or high f i
delity; a s
.
5 8
,000 H zasa we h ave a l
ready s hown .
f
unction ofb ias
f
or conventional
t
ape (l
eft)a nd C
HROMIUM D
IOXIDE TAPE W
ITH
c
hro miu m E
LECTRON
IC NO
ISE SUPRESS
ION
d
ioxide (r
ight).
On reco rde rs with e
ffective
1
0dB e
lect ronic n oise s upp re s
sion ( mos t
ly
3
3 H
z a
t 5% t
.
h.d
. h
i
-fi
r
equiremen
t t
he mo re e xpens ive r ecorde rs) t he
-
s noise prob lem h a
s already b een s olved.
Fo r e xamp le , r ecorde rs h aving t he
1
0dB
h
i-f
i
DOLBY B n o
ise s uppre ss
ion s ystem
r
equiremen
t e
a s
ily r each a bout 5 7 d B S/N ( which i s
-
1
0
much bette r t
han the D
IN
r
equ irement s)
. On s uch r eco rde rs the
•
c
h rom ium d iox ide c assette s a re a n
8
kHz a
t 1
.
5 d
B c i
deal med ium b ecause t here i sn o n
eed
ompress
ion
-
15
a
t a l t o g ive s ome o f t he h igh
f
requency a dvantage s a way i no rder to
improve s i
gna l-to -noise . A nd s o t he
t
ape w ill s how i ts full b rightne ss a nd
-
20 b
rill
iance e ven i n l oud p a
s sage s with
-
5 0 *
5 -
5 0 .
5 much t r
eb le. I ti se ven e xpec ted t hat
HF B
IAS (
dB) H
F BIAS (
dB) s
uch r eco rde rs m ay s urpa ss t he q ual
ity
o
f g ood L P r e cords b ecause t he t ape
E
LECTRON
ICS TODAY —JANUARY 1
972
2
9
 s
witch ing n ecessary t o uti
lise t h
is a
l
so i
n d
yanamic r
ange
. On

C
h
romium a
dvantage ; a nd t he h ighe
r c osts o f "Dolby i
sed" musicas
settes (a
s
p
roduced for i n
stance b y D ecca
),
c
hrom ium dioxide t apes
.

D
i
oxid
eTa
pe Only i
n p
rofess
ional audio c
hromium dioxide w
ill be an e
xcel
lent
a
pp l
ica t
ions W i
ll i t be wo rth u sing c
ombinat
ion.
c
hrom ium d ioxide t apes at 3% i p
s Chromium d ioxide m agnet
ic tape is
w
i
ll n ot s
how the u
sua
l e
nd g
roove b
ecause t here i t is st
il
l p oss
ible t o
o
f grea
t importance ifwe ar
e to obta
in
d
i
sto rt
ion, reco
rd cl
ick
s and o
ther c
hoo se optimum wo rking conditions.
g
ood s
ound qua
lity w
ithin t
he
s
urface no
ise
s. c
ompac t c
asse
t te s
ystem.

C
HROMIUM D
IOX
IDE A
ND CHROMIUM D IOX
IDE T
APE I
N On r
ecorde r
s w
ith opt
im ised
R
EEL
-TO
-REEL R
ECORDERS MUSICASSETTES a
djustment s h i
-fi q ual
ity c an b e
The re a re no techn ical objec tion s at o
btained. On most c
onventional
F
igure 3 h a s shown c lear
ly t ha t the
a
l a gainst t he u se o f c hrom ium c
assette recorders as i
gnif
icant i n
crease
main a dvantage o f chrom ium d ioxide
d
ioxide t ape f or mus icassette s
. A ll a
nd i mprovement i n high frequency
t
ape i sp roduced a t high a nd v ery h igh
d
ifference s in recording p rope rties can r
eproduc tion will be appa rent
, though
f
requenc ies. T hat i s why i t i s s o
b
e e a
sily t aken c are o f dur ing t he t
here m ight b e e r
asure p roblems.
e
ffective a t low c a
sse t
te t ape s peeds .
d
up licating p rocess. I tisalso e asy f or Musicassettes wil
l s how a n immed iate
Most r
ee
l-to-reel r
ecorde rs a
r e
des
igned i n s uch a w ay t hat t hey musica ssette manufac turers t o f ol
low i
mp rovemen t in b
ri
lliance a
nd
p
roduce g ood s ound q ual
ity a t high a
ny f
uture c
hange i
n r
eplay d
ynam ic range.
t
ape s peeds , e.g., 71 /
2 and 3 % i ps
. A t c
ha rac ter
istic of the c a
ssette r ecorde rs
Chrom ium d iox
ide t ape i sespec
ially
s
uch s peeds t he d ifference b etween a
nd r eproduce rs
.
As i tis
, musicassettesw ith c hrom ium e
f
fec t
ive on re
co rders h
aving
chrom ium d
ioxide t
ape a
nd
e
l
ectron ic noise suppre ss
ion , because
convent ional t ape, i sn eg
ligible . E ven d
iox ide t ape w i
ll g ive a n i mmed iate
L
P r e
co rd q
uality and bri
lliance can be
a
t 3 /
4 i p
s t he a dvan tage i s s t
ill quality i
mprovement , a t l ea
st i n
o
btained in loud music h aving astrong
r
e
latively s mal
l, e specially t aking t o b
rilliance a nd t hanks t o t he h igher
r
eco rding l e
vel w hich c an be u t
ilised, h
igh frequency content. •
a
ccount t
he r
ecorde r c
ircuit ry

R
ESIST
ANCES I
NPARA
LLE
L
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ll • T
h
t
is t
ime
able - c
-shar
omputed b
ing equ
y E
ipment - s
lect
how
ron
s3
ics T
25 p
od
aral
ay
le
's H
lres
i
oneywe
s
llc
tance c
ompute
omb inat
r
ions
.
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ndicates the va
lue ofa ny r
esistors t
hatineed t
ob e
C
OMP
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R T
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ME-SHAR
ING S
E
RVIC
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aralleled to provide non-standard va
lue s
.
a
m. To use, s
imply relate the value
ss hown int he v
ertica
land horizontal
gb
ia c
olumns , e.
g. ac omb ination of2 20 o
hms p lus 27o hms w
illresul
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2 1
5 1
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1
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1
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3.04
1
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. 43 7
.20 8
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0.80 1
1. 65 1
2. 32 1
3.02 1
3. 62 1
4. 23 1
4. 76 1
5.25
22 6
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.76 8
.92 9.90 1
1. 00 1
2.12 1
3.20 1
4. 07 1
4.99 1
5.79 1
6. 62 1
7. 35 1
8.03
27 7
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0.80 1
2012 1
3. 50 1
4.85 1
5.95 17.15 18. 22 19.33 20. 31 21.26
33 7
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0. 31 1
1. 65 1
3. 20 1
4.85 1
6. 50 1
7.88 1
9. 39 20.76 22. 22 23. 53 24.81
39 7
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0.83 1
2. 32 1
4. 07 1
5.9 5 1
7.88 1
9. 50 2
1. 31 22.99 24.79 26.43 28.06
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1.37 1
3.02 1
4.99 1
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56 8
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1.83 1
3. 62 1
5.79 1
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68 8
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0. 20 1
2.29 1
4. 23 1
6. 62 19.33 22. 22 24.79 27. 79 30. 71 34. 00 3
7.17 40. 48
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2. 68 1
4.76 1
7. 35 20. 31 23. 53 26. 43 29.88 33. 28 37.17 4
1.00 45.05
1
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0.71 1
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5.25 1
8.03 2
1.26 24.81 2
8.06 3
1.97 35.90 40.48 45.05 5
0.00
1
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0.91 1
3.33 1
5. 65 1
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8.71 5
4. 55
1
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1.11 1
3. 64 1
6.07 1
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180 9.47 1
1. 25 1
3.85 1
6. 36 19. 60 23.48 27.89 32.05 37. 27 42.71 4
9. 35 56. 34 6
4.29
220 9. 57 1
1.38 1
4.04 1
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1.94 59.74 6
8.75
270 9. 64 1
1. 49 1
4.21 1
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2.97
330 9. 71 1
1. 58 1
4. 35 1
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6. 38 65. 68 76.74
390 9.75 1
1. 64 1
4. 44 1
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7.90 67.75 79. 59
470 9.79 1
1. 70 1
4. 54 1
7. 34 21. 02 25. 53 30.83 36.01 42. 73 50.04 5
9.41 69.82 82.46
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0.91 60.64 7
1. 53 84.65
680 9.86 1
1. 79 1
4. 68 1
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1. 31 25.97 3
1.47 36.88 43.9 6 5
1.74 61.82 73.18 87.18
820 9.88 1
1.83 1
4.73 1
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1.43 26.14 3
1.72 37.23 44. 45 5
2. 42 62.79 7
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7. 68
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G
UIDE T
O P
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Z
ENER D
IODE
S
T
h
e Z ener d iode i s g enerally c
ircuit s a nd d c amp lifie rs
. When u sing o
sci
lloscope. Aselected 10 Volt Zener
a
ssoc iated w ith d c a pplicat ions , Zene rs i n this app lication b ea r inm ind may be used to provide a ca
librat
ion
such as the c
ont ro l a
nd t
he r at
io o f a ve rage t o p eak Z ene r v
oltage o
f one v
olt perdiv
ision.
r
e gulation o f d c p owe r supp l
ies . Mo st c
urrent . Af i
gure o f 0.6 i ss atisfac to ry.
Zene rs a re i nf act used f or this p urpo se Zene r d iode s may a lso b e p laced i n Z
ENER N
OISE V
OLTAGES
but n eve rtheles s t hey h ave many u ses t
he p rimary s ide o f as tep -down ( or A
s w ith n eon r egulato r t ubes, Z ene r
i
n a c
, a ud io, r f, a nd a c c ontro l s
tep-up t rans forme r). When c onnec ted d
iode s g ene ra te n oise v oltages. W ith
s
y stems . i
n t h
is manne r the d iode sw ill r egula te Zene r d
iode s, these voltages a re
When s
upp lied w
ith a
lternat ing a
l
l a ssoc iated s econda ry w ind ing s
. T he a
ssoc ia ted w ith j unction a va
lanche
c
u rrent a nd c onnected a s a s hunt a
rrangement d oe s requ ire h igh v oltage e
ffec ts, a nd may v ary b etween 1 0 uV
r
egu lato r ( Fig. 1 3 ), t he Z ener d iode r
ated Z ener s and i ss o met i me s r athe r and 1 mV d epend ing u pon t he Z ene r
w
ill l
imit b oth t he p ositive a nd c
ostly — h oweve r i tiso ften u sed when t
ype a nd v oltage r ating.
n
ega t
ive h alves o f t he a c c ycle. T he h
igh v oltage s econda ry s upp lie s n eed B
ut u nlike n eon r egula to r tube s —
d
iode c onduc ts a lmost i mmed iate ly r
udimentary s tabilization . whe re t he i nco rpo rat
ion o f p aralle l
a
fte r t he s i
gna l p asses t hrough z ero Whe re p owe r consumpt ion i s ap rime f
i
l ter c apac ito rs i s a n e xcellent ( i
f
a
nd i nto t he n egative s egment . On t he c
ons ide ration o n a c powe r circu its, t he un
inten t
iona l) way o
f making a
positive h a
lf c yc le
, t he diode d oes n ot Z
ene r l o ad r
esistor ( RS) c an b e r
e
laxa tion o scillato r — aZ ene r diode
c
onduc t u ntil t he a pplied v o
ltage r
eplaced by a
n i
nduc tance o
r may b e s upp re ssed b y a dding p aralle l
r
eache s t he Z ene r v o
ltage ( Fig. 1 4). c
apac itance . T
he d
evice s
elec ted c
apac itance o f 0 .01 t o 0 .1 u F. T his
The r esult i s an on-symmet rica l square s
hou ld h ave ar eac tance a pp rox imate ly w
ill r educe t he n o
ise v oltage b y a
wave . A s symet ry c an b e improved b y t
he s ame a s the calcu lated v alue f or A S f
ac tor o f at l east 1 0 a nd y et ma inta in
u
sing h igh i nput v oltage s
, b ut c an a
t the s upp ly f r
equency . c
omp le tely s table o peration . (Figs
. 1 7
n
eve r b e c omp le tely e l
im inated u nless &1 8)
.
two s
hunt c onnec ted d iode s a re O
SCILLOSCOPE C
ALIBRATOR
emp loyed i
n a b
ack -to-back A s
ingle Z ener diode may be used as THE Z
ENER D
IODE AS A F
ILTER
c
on f
igura tion . (Fig. 1 5). a
n inbu
ilt o
sci
lloscope v
oltage
The Zene r d
iode c
onf igurat ion The Z ener d iode w i
ll r espond t o
c
a
lib rator t hat isindependent of l i
ne
s
hown i n F ig. 1 5 i s often u sed t o r
ipple v oltages i n much t he s ame
v
oltage v ariat
ion s
. F igure 1 6 shows
manne r as i td oes w ith s low v oltage
p
rov ide s tabil
ized f i
lament s upp ly h
ow s imply t h
is f aci
lity may b e
v
ariat
ions. I th as av ery l ow d ynam ic
v
oltage s — e specia lly t o o sci
llato r i
ncorporated i
n p
ract
ica
lly any
i
mpedance a nd thus r eacts in much t he
s
ame w ay as afi
lter capac itor.
E
xcellent p owe r supp ly f i
lter
ing c an
b
e o btained b y c onnec t
ing a Z ene r
d
iode (
having a Z ene r v
oltage
e
quivalent to the r i
pp le t r
ough ) acro ss

1
t
he load. I n mo st circuit a pplications
t
h
is w ill b e as effec t
ive a s adding a
F
IG. 1
4 smoothing c
apacito r of s
eve ral

OSC
ILLOSCOPE
F
IG. 1
3 POWER S
UPPLY

F
IG. 1
5

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IB TO VERT
ICAL
J
ACK
OPERATE

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ICAL
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IG. 1
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ENER D
IODES

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.0

F
ig
. 1 8
. Thisg
raph show s t
he
r
eduction i
nn o
ise ob
tainable F
IG. 1
7
b
yp eralti
l
ing acapaci
tor
a
cross aZenerdiode (a
ss hown —
.
i
nFig. 17)
.

1
.
5

1
.0
UNF
ILTERED NO
ISE
VOLTAGE

0
.5

W
ITH 0
.14
AF
F
ILTER CAPAC
ITOR

0 — 7 4
1
00
0
.1 1
.0 1
0

Z
ENER CURRENT 1
mA1

t
housand m icro
farads capac
ity, and I
n t h
is c
i
rcu it t he Z ene r d iode
w
il
l p rovide a cons
iderab
le reduct
ion e
stab lishe s ar efe rence v oltage f or t he
i
n the le
vel of r
ipp
le supe
rimposed on s
eries t rans isto r
, wh ich , i n e f fec t,
o
pe rate s a s a n em itter f ollowe r. T hus
t
he d
c o
utput
.
t
he em it terv o
ltage i sh eld w ithin af ew
I
NCREAS
ING P
OWER H
ANDL
ING t
enths o f av olt o f the b a se p otent ia l
(
wh ich i s d ete rm ined b y t he Z ene r
P
a rallel c onnect ion i s o ne way o f
d
iode ).
i
ncreas ing t he p owe r c apab ilities o f
Thus t he t ran sisto r a cts a s as erie s
Z
ene r d iode s
. B ut a s imp le p arallel
e
lement t o a b sorb v oltage v a r
ia tions .
c
onnect ion ( Fig. 1 9) i sn ot p ract icab le,
A
ll l oad c ur rent f lows t hrough t his
f
or t
he Zeners wil
l r
a
re ly be
s
eries t rans is to r. T he p owe r h and lin g
s
uffic iently w e
ll matched t o c onduct
a
bi lity o f t his t ype o f s upp ly i s
a
t e xactly t he s ame v oltage . B ut b y
d
e term ined e ntirely b y t he n umbe r
i
nclud ing v ery l ow r es
is tance t ri mm ing a
nd t ype o f t rans isto rs u sed ( and t he
r
esis tors, t he c urrent l evels c an b e
a
bi lity o f t he h eat s ink t o r emove
ma tched s o t hat b oth Z ene rs c arry
heat ). F igure 2 3 s hows t he r egu la t
ion
s
ub stantia lly e qua l amounts o f t he
ob tained f rom t he s imp le c ircu it o f
t
ota l c urrent . ( F
ig . 2 0
)
F
ig . 2 2 wh ich u se s a4 .7V ' 4W Z ene r
Although , a s s hown a bove , Z ene r
and a 1 k s erie s r es
isto r. T he r egu la t
ion
d
iodes c an b e p aralleled i n o rde r t o
may b e i mp roved b y af ac tor o f 1 0 b y
i
n crease t heir l oad c ar rying c apac ity i t
s
ubs tituting a l ow d ynam ic r es
is tance
i
s u sua l
ly mo re p ract icab le t o u se a
4
.7V 3 .5W Z ene r ( we u sed a n I R
s
erie s or s hunt t rans isto r circuit w ith a
1N1589 ) f or t he 1 /
4W d evice .
Zene r d iode p
rov id ing a v o
ltage r
es
istor
. F igure 2 4 s hows h ow it is
This c ircu it ( Fig. 2 2) c an p rov ide a
re
fe rence . T his c onf igurat ion w ill n ot d
one. Two c ircuit p aths e x
ist; o ne
variab le v o
ltage r egula ted o utput b y
only i mp rove t he p owe r h and ling t
hrough t he Z ene r diode wh ich isi n
connect ing a 1 k p otent iome te r a cro ss
capab il
ity b y af a cto r o f t en o r s o
, i t s
er
ies w ith t he b ias r es
is tor
, a nd t he
the Zene r d
iode . The v
a riab le
will a lso i mprove t he r egulat ion o f t he o
ther t hrough R 1, R 2 a nd t he 2 N301
r
efe rence v oltage i st hen a pp lied t o t he
ci
rcu it b y a n amount e qua l t o t he s
er
ies t ransistor. Any c hange i n t he
b
ase o f t he s erie s tran sisto r. H oweve r
,
cur rent g a
in o f the t r
ans isto r
. c
urrent t hrough R 3 c ause s ac hange in
A s imp le Z ene r c ont rolled s hunt t
his mod ifica tion r educe s t he d eg ree o f
b
ias
, the s e
ries transistor t hus change s
r
egu
la tor iss hown i nF ig. 21. r
egu lation d ue t o t he s hunt ing e f
fec t
r
es
istance t o correct t he c urrent fl
ow .
The s hunt r egulator i sv ery suitable o
f t he p otent iome ter. Ab e t
te r s ystem
I
n o peration t he c u rrent w ill remain
f
or expe r
imenta l a nd i ns
tructiona l use i
st o switch d i fferent Z ene rd iode s i nto
s
ubstantia l
ly c onstan t ( w
ithin a bout
a
s itist otally short circuit proof. But, t
he c
ircu it f
or d
iffe rent voltage
10%) f rom a s hort c i
rcu it t o a4 00
s
i
nce max imum t ransistor c urrent output s
.
o
hm o utput l oad. A g raph o f t he
f
lows a t z
e ro load (and vice versa), itis
CO NST A N T CU RRENT o
utput c haracterist
ic s iss hown i n Fig.
a
l
so v
ery i
neff
icient , a
nd f
or
R
EGULAT
ION 2
5.
a
pplications whe re p owe r avai
lab i
lity
A s
imp
le Z
ene
r-regu
lated c
ons
tant
i
s l imited t
he s
er
ies t
ransistor
c
urrent supp
ly can b
e bui
lt us
ing a L
OGIC C
IRCU
ITS
c
on f
igurat ion isp re
fe rable.
s
ing
le trans
isto
r as ava
riable se
rie
s I
n many w
ays a Z
ene
r d
iode
Aseries regulator iss hown i nFig. 2 2
.
 S
ORT
ING
I
n the circuit s hown i n Fig. 2 8 the
F
IG. 2
3
r
e
lays w il
l b e prog ress
ively e nergized
. .
........ a
s t he input v oltage i n
crease s
. T h
is
.
1 .1

c
ircuit i s o ften u sed f o
r v oltage
c
ont ro
lled s or
ting . The r e
lay c ontacts
- . W
s C
O WAN
,

may b e arranged t o open c hutes a nd

/

• i
lum inate i ndicator l amp s for r apid
0
01
.1 .
1
. s
orting
.

R
1 R
2 F
IG. 2
4

O
VERVOLTAGE P
ROTECT
ION
1
0rnA NOM
INAL The v oltage s ensitive cha rac te ristic o f
0-4000
Zene r d iode s c an b e c omb ined w ith
t
he c urrent s ens itive c ha rac te r
is tic o f
f
u ses t o p rotec t c i
rcuit c omponen t
s
f
r om o ve rvoltage s urge s
, w h
ils t a t t he
s
ame t ime e lim ina ting t he ' nuisance '
1
00
f
using t hat o ccur s w hen a f use t oo
c
lo se t o t he o pe rating c ur rent i su sed.
11
0 By c onnect ing a Z ener d iode o f t he
c
o rrect v oltage r a t
ing a cro ss t he l o ad, a
a f
use a dequate t o carry the n orma l l oad
110 operating c urrent f or long p eriods may
b
e u sed. B ut i f t he i nput v oltage
i
ncrease s —a nd s o exceed ing t he Z ene r
7% 1
0
0 2
00 M
O
L
40
0
OAD RES
S
OO 60
3
ISTANCE (0
IMS
)
7
03 KC 9
00 b
reakdown v o
ltage — t he Z ene r d iode
F
IG. 2
5 w
ill c onduct . T he s udden i nc rea se i n
c
ur rent w ill blow t he f use p rac tica lly
i
nstantaneous ly . ( F
ig. 2 9). A s im ilar F
IG. 2
7
r
esemb le s a s witch , a nd i s t he refore
o
ften u
sed i
n computer and c
i
rcu it may b e u sed i n c on junc tion
i
nst rumentat ion l ogic c ircu itry . w
ith a c i
rcuit b reake r r athe r t han a
The a dvantage o f Z ene r d iode s f or f
use .
t
his p urpose i s t heir e xt reme ly r ap id
VAR
IABLE
o
pe ra tion when s witch ing a round t heir I
NPUT
VOL TACO
a
valanche p oint . Whe reas g erman ium
o
r s i
licon d iode s a re l imited t o d ata U
NDERVOLTAGE P
ROTECT
ION
r
ate s o f l ess t han 2 .5MHz ( due t o
I
n s ome a pp lica t
ion s i t may b e
s
torage o f m ino r
ity c arrier s) Z ene r
n
ece s sary t o d isconnec t al oad f rom
d
iode s s witch ing a bout t heir a va lanche
t
he ma ins s upply i ft he s upply v oltage F
IG. 2
8
p
oint h ave s witch ing t imes p ract ical ly
f
a
l ls b elow c ritical l e
ve l
. A s imp le
e
qua l t o t he ir r elaxat ion t ime . F or
c
ircu it t hat w ill p rovide t his func t
ion
s
i
l
icon t his i s1 0- 9 seconds .
i
s s hown i n F ig
. 3 0. T he s eries
A t yp ical AND g ate , u sing t wo 6 .8V
Zene r d iode s i ss hown i n F ig. 2 6. T he r
esistance R 1 i s c ho sen s o t ha t a t
positive 1 2 Vo lt b ias i sa pplied t o b oth norma l o pe rating v oltage s the Z ene r
c
athode s t h rough t he c ommon l o ad d
iode i s broken d own a nd s ufficient
r
esis to r, ma inta in ing t he d iodes i n c
ur rent f l
ows t o h old t he r e
lay c lo sed.
When t he s upp ly v oltage f a
lls b elow
a
valanche c ond ition . I f ap ositive p u
lse
t
he d esired l e
ve l, the Z ene r cea ses t o
i
s n ow a pp lied t o i nput A , t he
c
onduc t a nd t he r elay d rops o ut. T he
a
ssoc ia ted Z ene r w il
l b e g ated o ut o f
a
dd ition o f t he Z ene r d iode t o t his
t
he a valanche r egion . B ut d ue t o t he
c
ircuit p rov ivide s an a ccura te refe rence
l
ow i
mpedance o
f t
he parallel
point, i
ncrea sing r
e
liab il
ity and
c
onnec ted Zene r (
assoc iated w ith
e
l
im ina ting t he n eed f or s pec ial
ly
i
nput B ), t he o utput ( point A .B )
s
e
lec ted r e
lays f or di f
fe ren t voltage s
.
r
ema ins c lamped a t 6 .8Vo lt s. T he VI
N LOAD
s
ame c ircu it c ond itions a pply i f ap u
lse
i
sa pplied s olely t o in put B . However i f
ap ulse a rr
ive s s imu ltaneous ly a tp o
ints
Aa nd B , b oth Z ene rs w i
ll b e g ated o ut D
UAL V
OLTAGE S
UPPLY
o
f t he a valanche r e g
ion a nd t he o utput Most l og
ic c ircuitry n eeds a d ual F
IG. 3
0
vo
ltage w ill r i
se f rom 6 .8 Vo lt s t o t he powe r supply — ( one p os
it ive a nd o ne
12 Vo lt s upp ly p otent ia l d uring t he n
egat ive w ith r e
spec t to z ero). T he
t
ime t ha t t he p ulse i sc o
inc ident a t the u
se ful, but l i
t
tle k nown c ircu it s hown
two i nputs . T hus a p ositive p ulse i s i
n F ig. 3
1 c an s upply ad ua l output o f
p
roduced c oinc ident w ith t he i nput b
alanced o r u nbalanced v oltage f rom a
puls e. N egat ive i nput p ulse s w ill n ot s
ingle e nded p owe r s upp ly. Z ene r
a
ffec t t he c i
rcu it. d
iode s shou ld b e cho sen t o suit t he
F
igure 2 7 s hows h ow a s imilar v
oltage s r
equ ired.
t
e chn ique may b e u sed t o prov ide a n Full d
eta ils o
f o
pe rating
OR f unc t
ion . I n t h
is c onfigurat ion a c
ha racter
istic s of Z ener diode s can b e
puls e a pplied t o e ither i nput w il
l obtained f rom mo s
t s em iconduc to r
p
roduce ap ulse a t t he o utput . manufacture r s
. •
 S
AFETY
The s
imp le e
lectronic puzzle
p
resented ino ur Septembe r
i
s
sue attracted al o
t of in
terest
.
Many readers have asked us
f
or more — s o here
's another —
a
gain designed by A.J. Lo we.

T
H
IS s tory o riginated i nt he m ind
o
f N ick t he S tut tere r
, b ette r
THE S
IX NE WLY WE DS k
nown a s Nicco lo T a
r taglia, t he
I
t
alian ma thema tician , who wou ld b e
4
72 y ea rs old h ad h e lived . I tg oes l i
ke
v
i
k t
h
is:
Once u pon a t ime , t hree b eaut ifu l
b
lushing b r
ide s, a nd the ir h andsome
I
d
s 4
s A
s a
s 0 d
s j
ea
lous h usbands , a rrived a t ar i
ve r

I
L I
L & L IL L
t
hey w ished t o cro ss. T he b oa t,
which w as t i
ed u p t he re, wou ld

g
e 0 0 0 0
c
a
t
rry o
o wo
nly t
rk o
wo p
ut h
eop
ow t
le. S
o g e
o
t e
, t
ve
hey h
rybody
ad

a
cro ss
. B ut
, t h
is h appened l ong
be
fo re o ur p resent p erm is sive a ge ,
a
nd t here w ere s ome r e s
t r
ic t
ion s.
No b r
ide w a s t o b e l e
ft i n t he
p
re sence o
f a ny o
the r b ride 's
husband , u n
le ss h er own h usband
B
I G B2 G2 B
3 G3
were t here t o p rotec t h er, o r t he
o
the r h usband 's w ife w e re w ith
h
im t o stop a ny h anky p anky .

F
IG. 1 Well, tha t
's t he p roblem , a nd i n t his
p
ro ject t
he p
eop le involved a
re
r
ep resen ted b y s l
ide s w
itche s
. ( See
F
ig . 1), s
l
ide s witche s B 1 , B 2 a nd B 3
G
la a
re t he b ride s, a nd G l, G2 a nd G3 a re
t
he g rooms , r espec t
ively .
The s witche s a re moved t o r ep resen t
•
,, G
43b t
r
ip s a cro ss t he r i
ve r i n t he b oa t
.
Nobody i s a lowed t o s w
im , s o t he
boat h as t o b e r owed b ack a nd f or th
u
n til a
l a
re o
ve r, with n
o
B
fb c
omp rom ising s i
tuat ions h aving b een
< 11
3 a
lowed t o a r
ise . I f such a s i
tua tion
does a r
ise , t hen a n a l
a rm g oes o ff, a nd
you 've f a
iled , a nd s omebody 's h onour
i
si mpe r
illed .
The c ircu it i ss hown i n F ig. 2 . T he
s
omewha t b
ew ilde r
ing a
rray o
f
switche s i sn o t s o c omp lex a s i t may
s
eem a
t f
i
rs t. Each per son i
s
r
ep resen ted b y a 3 p ole 2 p o s
it ion
s
l
ide s witch . T hus B ride 1 s witch
i
n c
lude s B 1a , B ib a nd B ic , a l
l o f
G
ic which c hange o ver i f B 1 i s moved
a
c ro ss the r iver. T he o the r p eop le a re
s
im ilarly r epresented .
G
3a
I
n ad i
rcu it d iag ram i ti su sua l t o j oin,
w
ith a d otted l i
ne , a l
l s witche s w hich
a
r e l inked t oge the r, b ut f or c larity ,
t
hese d o
tted l ines h ave n ot b een
s
hown . A ll s witche s a re s hown i n t he
s
t arting p osition , t ha t i s
, w ith a l
peop le o n t he n ea r side o f t he r ive r
.
The a larm b uzze r s ounds o n
ly i fa
c
ircu it i s made b etween t he l eft h and
F
IG. 2 and r ight h and s ide l i
nes . T hus, i fB 1 i s
le
f t o n t he f ar s ide o f t he r iver w ith
G 2, the a larm w ill sound t hrough B la,
B
UZZER
G la , G 2b, a nd B 2b, i n t he t op l ine o f

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ICS TODAY — J
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ROSS
t
h
ING
e diag
ram . H oweve r
, i fG1 sa l
so at
t
he fa
r side of t he ri
ver, to p
rotec t h
is
w
ife, G1a o pens a nd s o the a
larm i s
n
ot ra
ised. Simila r
ly, ifB 2 i
son the fa
r
s
i
de o f t he r i
ver, she c ontrols h e
r
h
usband, a nd B 2b iso pened, and the
a
l
arm i snot sounded .
The ci
rcuit c an b e fo
llowed th rough
a
l the sw
itche s int h
is m anner
.

C
ONSTRUCT
ION
A
ll y ou n eed i s ap ane l, s ix 3p ole
change -ove r s witche s, a b uzze r, a
b
attery a nd s ome w ire . T he o r
igina l
w as made i n ap l
a s
tic b ox 5 h
/2 x4 " x
3" d eep. I t w as f itted w ith a n
a
l um in ium p anel . T he w iring i n s
ide i s
s
hown i n F
ig. 3 .T he a la
rm b uzze r
and b atte ry h olde r w ere t aken a s a
u
q
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it f
ite a
rom a b
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icyc
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ay o
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f b
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s P
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ATTERY

t
he
s
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tery wou
vailab
ld d
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st a
r a
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ll.
5
10
As q uite a l o
t o f wiring i si nvolved i t
h
a s b een s hown i nt wo s tage s, i nFig s. F
IG
. 4— W
IRING S
TAGE 1
4a nd 5 T he se d iagrams s how t he b ack
o
f t he s w
itche s s o now t he p os
itions o f
t
he p eop le a r
e r eversed f rom t he t op II III II
v
iew i n Fig. 1 .Tha t i s
, B 1 i so n t he
r
ight i nt he u nde rside v i ews . Stage 1o f
t
h e w iring i nclude s t he c onnec tions
which r un mo re o r l ess l engthways , I
d
own t he m idd le . C omp le te t h
is s tage
b
efo re s tar ting o n S tage 2 , w h
ich
i
nclude
C
s w
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ire
he w
s r
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t
II III
t
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o
f t he r i
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2 B
2 G
1 B
1
s
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s
ound i na ny ' s
a fe' s i
tua tion .
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tt ake s n ine r i
ver c ros sing s t o s o
lve
t
he p rob lem , a nd i t's n ot t oo d if f
icu lt B
UZZER B
ATTERY
f
or o ne p e rson t o w ork o ut. H oweve r,
f
un c an b e h ad a t ap arty b y ask ing s ix
p
eop le, r ep resent ing t ho se i n t he
p
rob lem , t o wo rk i t o ut w ith t he F
IG. 5— W
IRING S
TAGE 2
s
witche s
. W ith n o o ne ' mas te rm ind ing '
t
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ome r
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c
on fl
ic t sc an a r
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PARTS L
IST E
T510
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ls
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ro m M
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B
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nd
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amp
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cross t
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old c oloured w hen t he u nit is P
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e
veryone e
lse. s
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lector switch, t
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rovides every
A g ood e xamp le o f t h
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reen when p ower i
sapplied. c
onceivable ope rat
ing mode, islocated
McIntosh MC2105 ampl
ifier a
nd Each e nd o f t he f r
on t p anel i s a
djacent to the input s
elector and has
matching C26 p reamplif
ier, for here is f
inished b y ac h romed me tal strip. All s
even p
osit
ions . T
hese a
re
, b
y
a stereo a mpl
ifier system t hat c an c
ont rol k nob s o n t he front p anel a re c
lockwise rotat
ion :-
d
eliver a c ool 1 05 Wat ts, a verage mach ined f rom s o
lid a lum inium a nd
1
. Left channe l i nput to l
eft and right
c
ontinuous p owe r f
rom e ach channe l t
hese a re fin
ished w ith ah i gh lustre o n c
hanne l o utput s
i
nto 4 , 8 o r 1 6 ohm l oads
, a nd t
he f ront face a nd h ave ak nurled e dge.
2
. R
ight c hanne l i nput t o l e
ft a nd
p
rovides superlative p
e r
formance w ith The p osit
ion o f each k nob i si ndicated r
ight channe l outputs
a
ppa rent e
ase. by as lot n eatly c ut in i t
s e dge . The 3
. S
te reo rever se
i
nput s electo r s w
itch , which i sl ocated 4
. S
te reo norma l
The McIntosh preamp l
ifier i spacked
i
n t he t op r i
ght h and c o rne r
, h as six 5
. Mono , wh ich a dds the l
efta nd ri
ght
i
n three heavy c ardboa rd ca rtons —
i
ns
ide o ne another — p roviding mo re posit
ions . The se are
:— i
npu ts a nd f eeds the c omb ined
t
han adequate protec t
ion. s
i
gna l to b oth o utput c
hanne ls.
Hav
ing unpacked t he unit one canno t Aux
ilia
ry 6
. Left plus right i nput t
o le
ftc hanne l
h
elp but be impres sed b y the u nusf
ial T
ape 2 o
utput o n
ly .
i
ppearance. A l a
rge b lack g lass panel T
ape 1 7
. Left p lus r ight i nput t o r i
ght

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ICS TODAY — J
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hanne l o utput o n
ly .
A set of s ix " push o n" " push o ff" E
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a
nd mode s e
lecto r k nobs . T hese s e
lect
Tape 1 o r T ape 2 Mon ito r
ing , L ow
P
ass a nd H igh P ass F i
lter s, a nd Ma in
a
nd R
emo te S peake rs. When a l
s
peake rs are s witched o f
f , t wo 1 6E2,
1
0W d
ummy l
oad r
esisto rs a
re
s
witched a cro ss t he o utputs . T he make
a
nd mode l i
d entifications o f t he
p
reamp lif
ier t
oge the r w ith a r ed
i
lumina ted " powe r o n" ind icato r str
ip
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nd t he volume c ontrol a re l ocated i n l
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lume c ont ro l w as t he o n
ly
p
art o f t he p reamp lifie r
, t hat i n o ur
o
pin ion d id n ot r eflect t he s ame l evel b
) Ab
a
lance c
ont
rol
. Adjus tmen t o f t he l oudnes s c on trol
o
f t hought a nd e ffo rt e vident i n t he c
) D ua l concen tr
ic b ass cont rol k nob s w a
s r athe r time c onsum ing f or a s y ou
r
est o f the u nit. T his c ont rol d oub led w
ith ;
l
ye b
oo st and f
ive c ut moved t he l oudne s s c on trol f rom t he
a
s a n on-o ff p ower s witch ( a
t t he f ul
ly pos
it ions. '
f
la t" p osition t o t he "max imu m"
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is c ould d
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oncen tric t
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position y ou r educed t he v o
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r
esult i
n e xces sive w ear o f t he knob s with f i
ve b oost a nd f i
ve c ut
t
he mid range and h
igh r
ange
p
oten tiome ter. I dea l
ly , a n a dditiona l positions.
componen t s r athe r t han b oo st
ing t he
"
push o n" " push o f f" b utton c ould A r ing t ip a nd s leeve s ocket f or
bass e nd a s i s t he n orma l p rac tice.
h
ave b een i nc
luded w ith t he s ix headphone s i s located o n t he f ron t
Because o f t his a rrangement i t w as
b
uttons o n t he l e
ft h and s ide f or panel b etween t he p ush b uttons a nd
e
a s
ie r t o a djus t t he b ass a nd t reble
s
witching t he p owe r o n a nd o ff, o r, t
he l
oudnes s c ontrol knob . Two
cont rols r athe r t han t o a djus t t he
a
l
te rnatively , ap ull t o o pera te c ontro l a
dd itiona l c ontrols a re l o
cated o n a
l
oudne ss c ont ro l, c orrec t t he v olume
p
oten tiometer c ou ld h ave b een u sed . r
ece ssed p anel in t he top o f the u nit
.
contro l, t hen r ead jus t t he l oudne ss
The b ottom h alf o f t he r i
ght h and One p rov ides 180° p hase sh
if ting of the
c
ont rol a nd s o o n, t o o btain t he
s
i
de c onta ins t he f o
llow ing c ont rols: l
eft c hanne l, shou ld the s peakers b e
d
e s
ired c
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f con trol
a
) Al oudne ss cont ro l wh ich i sv ariable w
ired o ut o f phase . The s econd i san
s
etting s
.
and i ndependent o f t he v o
lume i
ndependent v olume c ontro l for t he
The p reamp lif ier i s s upp lied w ith
control. c
ent re c hanne l output.
moun ting b racke ts w hich i ncorpo ra te
t
he PAN LOC moun ting s
ystem
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ICS TODAY — J
ANUARY 1
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7
 T
HE POWER a
r
o
rangemen
verheat ing
t min
t
im
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t
r
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nd
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c
w
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ifies the remova l of de
tails
.
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ny t
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.
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c
) C omponen t p
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i
sts w
ith
emit
te r-
followe r c onf
igura tions w ith manufacturer's part n umbe rs
.
T
he i nte rnal l ayout a nd me tal work n
egative f eedback to reduce n oise a nd The "If You're i n aH urry" card gives
i
s e xcept iona l. A ll c omponent s a nd d
istortion.
. c
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truc tions f
or e
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ing t he
The p owe r t r
ansforme r is f ul
ly
a h eavily c hromed p lated mount ing v
ar
ious c ont
rols.
e
nc losed in a metal hous
ing to p
rovide
p
ane l. T he ma in c ircu itry i sc ontained
max imum s h
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ll wir
ing isful
ly T
he M cIntosh G ua rantee, w e be
lieve ,
o
n t
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p i
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lded w here necessary. amplifier, a
nd s t
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e
nd. T he s mallest b oard c ontains t he
A
ll t he wiring t erminat
ions o n t he p
erfo rmance o f the se u n
its exceed t he
p
owe r s upply a nd c ent re c hanne l
boards a re a l
so made v ia st
and -off published p
erfo rmance l
imits
c
i
rcu itry. T
he o the r two b oards
p
ins. s
pecified, d ur
ing t he f i
rst three y ears
c
onta in t he p reamp l
ifie rs f or e ach
f
rom d ate of p urcha se, then M cInto sh
c
hanne l
. T hese t wo b oa rds h ave b een The preamplif
ier i
s supp
lied w
ith a
w
ill r estore t he u nit t o i t
s o r
igina l
l
a
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sy " Owners Manua
l", a
p
erfo rmance f ree o f c harge, with t he
p
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ervice I
nformation l
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flet a
nd an "
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xcep tion o f t ranspo rt c os
ts". T he
b
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he " owners
r
ecogn ized A ustralian d ist
ributo rs a re
t
he t wo b oards i s a n a dd it
iona l Manua l" c overs the f
ollowing topics
:—
s
erv
ice a gencie s
.
c
apac ito r a nd r es
is tor o n t he l eft Gua rantee
c
hanne l p reamp lifie r b oard , w h
ich a re I
ns ta
llation O ur l aboratory t es
t s s
howed that t
he
u
sed t o s hift t he o utput s i
gna l 1 80 ° . How t
o connect (
graphica
lly mea sured p erformance w as equa
l t o
,
i
lus trated) o
r b e
tte r t han, t he manu facturer
's
E
ach c ircu it b oard h as i ts own s erial
n
umbe r s tamped o n i t a nd q uality What t he controls do p
erfo rmance l imits in al
l pa
rame ters
.
c
on trol mark ing s c an b e s een a t L
is tening to your stereo s
ystem The t o
tal h armon ic dis
tort
ion w as
P
e rformance l imits and c
ha rt
s c
on side rably b e
t ter than the stated
v
arious p lace s on e ach b oard .
Techn ical d escript
ion a nd b lock l
imit s
, b e
ing 0 .04% .
A
ll t rans isto rs a re c olour c oded i n
a
ddit ion t o t he n orma l t ype n umbe rs d
iag ram . The f requency response rose le
ss
a
nd a re s olde red o nto p ins l ocated o n T
he se
rvice i
n
format
ion m
anua
l t
han 1 /
AB f r
om 20Hz to 25Hz , and
t
he p
rinted ci
rcu it b oards . This i
nc
ludes wa
s then fla
t from 2
5Hz to 2
0kHz .

T
HL w . ,I
tosh MC2105 s o
lid s ta
te i
luminated p ower-
level meters in t
he a
) L
eftc hannel ga
in con trol
.
power amp l
ifier isv ery similar in t
op l e
ft h and c o
rner
. T hese are b
) Mete
r r
ange s w
itch w ith f
our
a
ppearance t o t he preamp lif
ie r
. T he b
alanced b y t he make a nd mode l p
osit
ion s
, n amely OFF , - 20dB,
e
xterna
l f i
nish i s identica
l, w ith a i
dent
ificat
ion i n t he top right hand -
10dB & O dB.
b
lack glas
s f ront p ane
l w ith c hromed c
orner. F
ive a
luminium k
nobs c
) R
ight channel ga
in c ontrol
.
t
r
i ms a t e ach e nd a nd mach ined a
r
ranged a c
ro ss the b ottom o f the d
) S
peake r "on
-off" rotary s witch
.
a
luminium k nob s. f
ront p anel p rovide t he f o
llowing e
l P
owe r "
on-of
f" r
otary s
witch
.
The front p anel c ontains t wo l a
rge f
a
cil
ities —f r
om l e
ft to r
ight
:— A ri
ng tip a nd s
leeve headphone

3
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ICS TODAY — J
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 The c onstruction o f t he a utot
rans-
MEASURED P
ERFOR MANCE M
cINTOSH MODEL C
26 S
OLID
f
ormer s is q u
ite i nt
riguing; t hey ar
e
S
TATE S
TEREO P
REAMPL
IFIER S
ERIAL NO
. 5
031. b
i
filar a nd p en taf
ilar wound , or in
F
requency R
esponse +
0 g
eneral term s —s cramb le wound — t o
T
ota
l H
armon
ic D
isto
rtion
2
0Hz to 2
0 k
Hz d
B m
inim ise t he d is
to r
tion i nherent in
1
00Hz 0
.04%
s
t
anda rd transforme rc onstruction. T
he
1
kHz 0
.04%
H
um & No
ise w
ith Respect to R
ated P
owe
r c
ons t
ruc tion o f t he l am ina t
ions i s
6
.3kHz 0
.04%
Aux
iliary Input 8
9dB t
ypica l o f t he e ffo rt p ut i nto t he
P
hono I
nput 7
5dB t
rans forme r's d esign . T he se a re t ape
B
ass C
ont
rol wound a nd t hen c ut a nd l apped
T
reb
le C
ont
rol
1
5dB b
oost a
t 5
0Hz 1
7dB b
oost a
t 1
0kHz o
ptica lly f la
t. Once t he w ind ing s a re
1
6dB c
ut a
t 5
0Hz wound o n, t he l am ina tions a re t hen
1
8dB c
ut a
t 1
0kHz
sealed t oge the r w ith a c ont ro lled a i
r
L
oudne
ss C
ont
ro l
gap s o t ha t t he d esired r esponse
Maximum o
f 1
4dB b
oos
t a
t 5
0Hz
cha racte r
is tics o f t he t rans fo rme r a re
H
igh P
ass F
i
lte
r produced . T his a ttent ion t o d etails i s
L
ow P
ass F
i
lte
r
4
dB c
ut a
t 1
0kHz 5
dB c
ut a
t 5
0Hz nece ssary t o ma inta in t he v ery l ow
d
i sto rt
ion f
igure s c
laimed (
and
Channel S eparation at R ated Output a
ch ieved ) b y Mc In tosh .
Auxil
iary I nput 4 2dB T
he me te r c i
rcu itry i s a n u nusua l
Phono I nput 3 9dB innova t
ion , i
t a
cce le ra te s t
he
I
nput S ensit
ivity f o
r R ated Output movement o
f t
he me ter when
Main Tape r
e spond ing t o at r
ans ient s i
gna l, t hus
I
nput I
nput L evel Output L
eve
l Output L
eve
l compensa ting f
or t
he i
nertia
Auxil
iary 0
.25V 2
.7V 0
.25V c
ha rac te r
is t
ic s o f t he me te r, a nd t hen
Tape 1 0
.25V 2
.7V 0
.25V p
rov ides as lowe r d ecay s o t hat t he
Tape 2 0
.25V 2
.7V 0
.25V peak l evel may b e mo re a dequa tely
Tuner 0
.25V 2
.7V 0
.25V dete rmined . T he manufac ture rs c la
im
Phono 1 2 mV 2
.7V 0
.25V ap eak r e
ad ing a ccu racy w ith in 2% o f
Phono 2 2 mV 2
.7V 0.25V t
he t rue v alue . We f ound , d uring o ur
D
i mensions 5 -7/16" h igh, 16" wide, 1
3" deep t
es t
s , t
ha t i
mpu lse s o
f 200
Weight 171b. mill
iseconds d urat ion , o r g rea te r
, g ave
at rue r eading o n t he me te r a tt he O dB
l
evel, a nd i mpu lse s l e
s s t han 1 00
m
i ll
iseconds d
urat ion gave e
rro rs
g
rea ter t han 1 0% l i
e —Y 2dB ) .
s
ocke t i s l ocated b etween t he r ight power transforme r, mea suring 41 2 " x
/ The u n
it c a me c omp le te w ith a n
c
hanne l g a
in c ontro l a nd t he s peake r 4V
," x 7 ", isful
ly shielded i n a me tal Owne r's M anua l, aS ervice I nformat ion
"
on -off" r ota ry s witch. Two p ush hous
ing a nd i s moun ted a djacent t o l
eafle t a nd a n " If You 're i n aH urry"
b
utton s
, o ne i n e ach c orner a t t he t
he t wo line-output auto transforme rs c
ard , w ith s im ilar i nfo rma tion t o t ha t
b
o t
tom a re t he q uick r elease b ut tons which a re a lso e nc
lo sed i n me tal d
e tailed f or t he p reamp l
if ie r.
f
or t he PAN LOC mount ing s ystem . hous
ings. T he t h
ree t ransforme r
s a re
Th
is i st he s ame s ystem a s that u sed i n mounted i n l i
ne directly b ehind t he MEASURED P
ERFOR MANCE
t
he p reamp lif ier. Two R .C .A. c oax ial f
ront panel
. The mea sured p erformance o f this
s
i
gna l i nput s ocke ts, a nd t wo s peake r The r ear sect
ion o f t he a mplif
ier a mplif
ier c an o nly b e d esc r
ibed a s
o
utput t e
rm ina l strips a re l ocated o n c
onta ins four very l a
rge h eats
inks o n e
xcep t
iona l. A t rated o utput o f 105
t
he m irror f i
nished c hrome -pla ted which t he ma in d river a nd p owe r wa t
ts p er c hanne l t
he f requency
b
ack p ane l t hat i s p art o f t he ma in t
ransistors a
re moun ted, two v e
r t
ically r
esponse w as f l
at f rom 2 0Hz t o 2 0
moun ting b oa rd. T he s peake r o utput mounted p
lug-in p
r
inted ci
rcuit kHz - 1-0
.1dB . W ith such a h igh o utput
t
erm inal s t
rips h ave f our t erm ina ls b
oa rds, and two 39,000 µ F capacito rs
. r
ating w e w ere s urprised w hen a f
te r
marked : c om mon , 4o hm , 8o hm a nd The t wo printed c ircuit b oards a re two h our s o peration w ith o ne c hanne l
1
6 o hm r espect ive ly. T hese o utput s a
ssemb led w ith t he s ame d egree o f opera t
ing a t 1 05 Wat ts a nd o ne at2 50
a
re f ed b ack t o t he p reamp lifier d
e ta
il a nd quality c ontrol wh ich w e Wa tt
s ( that's r i
ght — 2 50 Wat ts
), the
"
powe r a mpl ifier" i nput t e
rm ina ls, s o o
bserved o n the p reamp l
ifier b oards. t
empe rature r ise did n ot e xceed 8 0° F
t
hat a l f unct ions c an b e c ontro l
led a t
t
he p reamp l
if ie r once t he g a
in c ont rols
R
yar &D
IY aK
IM 1
/0•
1 4 SRN
on the p owe r amp lifie r h ave b een s et
.
The s peake rs a re t hen c onnected t o 7 & De
l &K
lay
r F
40
/
1 .
0
1.1
.00
WHO
f R
ampb _5
1/_ _0
12 R. F
reo _
20 _1
45 w
i 2
0.52.115
-- .5
/5 . P
ap. S
pew*
1
0-
r
=
`-•
•— •
t
he s
peake r t
erm inals on t
he
p
reamp lifier. " _
The i n
terna l l ayout o f t he p owe r . LI
-

amplifier isf in
ished t o the s ame d eg ree F
I
LF0
115
1
O
1CY
t t

o
f q uality a s t he p reamp lifie r
. T he , 1
2F5PC
11
151
S
.
2
1
2 2
105

ME ME L

3 Idoc1he
l
I
p
.
d
1v1t1cm
T
his graph s
hows t
he extraord
inarily f
l
at
f
requency re
sponse o
f the McIntosh Po wer
Amplifier
.
R. N
e
D
ale SULU
o •
1
0 2
0 I
D 6
0 1
02 2
00 S
OO 1
000 2
000 5
000 3 N
O D A B C
C
1P 124 Mu
lls* F
ray . . Sub b
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1. 15
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a
bove a 7 0°F r oom t empe rature o n
t
he o ve r
loaded c hanne l h eat s
inks . A t
r
ated o utput t he t empe rature r i
se o f
t
he h ea ts
inks w as o n
ly j ust n ot
iceab le.
Tota l h
armon ic d
i
s tortion was
p
a rticu larly l ow , e spec ial
ly f or a n
amp lifier w ith t ransforme rs i n t he
output s tages, a nd a bove 4 0Hz w a s
cons ide rably l
owe r t han t he l imit s
s
tated b y the manufac ture r.
The l eft c hanne l p owe r level me te r
w as s
t
icking a
round t
he OdB
gradua tion, t hus mak ing i ti mpo ssible
t
o d e term ine i ts cal
ib ration a ccu racy .
Howeve r
, w e may a ssume t hat t he
c
al
ib ration o f t he right c hanne l p owe r
l
evel me ter i sindicative o f the o rde r of
a
ccuracy t
o be expec ted . The
c
alib ra t
ion a ccuracy o f t h
is mete r w as
b
etter t
han 0.3dB o ver the gradua ted
r
ange, and i t
s associated attenua tor
w
ithin ± 0.2dB f or t he -10dB a nd
-
20dB r ange. With t he me ter r ange
s
ett
ing at -20dB the u nit d
e
l ivered Y2

Watt w hen t he me te
r i ndicated OdB .
At the -10dB me ter range sett
ing t he
output w as 5Wat ts a
tO dB, and atO dB
MEASURED P
ERFORMANCE O
F M
cINTOSH MODEL meter range set
ting the o utput w a
s 5 0
MC2105 — P
O WER AMPL
IFIER S
ERIAL NO
. 4
978 Watts a
tO dB. A+ 3dB me te r i
ndicat
ion
a
tO dB range set
ting corresponded t oa
F
requency R
esponse
2
0Hz to 20kHz J
-0
.1d8 powe r output of 100 Wa t
t s
.
To
tal Ha
rmonic D
istor
tion a
tR a
ted Outpu
t The P ower a mpli
fier i sdes
igned w ith
4
0Hz 0
.25% a
dequa te controls s o t hat itm ay b e
8
0Hz 0
.12% u
sed on its own, driven b y any su
itable
l
kHz 0
.17% p
rogramme s ource ( 500mV a t 50K2
6
.3kHz 0
.16% i
mpedance .)
A
t 1Wa
tt O
utput The M c
Into sh a mp
lifier i s t
he b est
1
00Hz 0
.5% ampl
ifier w e h ave e ve r tested - a t
1
kHz .
04% $
1626 f o
r the t wo u nits
, iti sal
so o ne
6.3kHz l
es
s t
han .
0
3% o
f t he mo s t e xpen s
ive a mpl
ifier
C
hanne
l S
epa
rat
ion s
ystems t ha
tw eh ave e ver s
een.

4
04
1
00Hz 6
7dB Du r
ing s ub jective t est
ing w e found i t
l
kHz 5
0dB i
mpo ssible t o u se i t
s f ull p owe r
1
0kHz 4
0dB c
apab i
lity , f or o ur t est speake rs ( 50
H
um a
nd N
oise w
ith G
ain C
ontrol Wa tt c ontinuous r a
ting J BL mon itor s)
A
t Maximum Sett
ing 85d8
c
ou ld n ot h andle t he p ower, no r could
A
t Min
imum S e
tting --
98dB we w iths tand t he s ound levels created .
P
owe
r O
utpu
t Wh ilst mo st manufac ture r
s o f h igh
1
05 Wa
tts f
o
r 0
.5V I
npu
t
powe red a mplif
ie rs c la
im t hat t he
I
nput Impedance a
ve rage h ome c an e as
ily use - o r will
2
00k Ohms bene fit f rom s uch r e
serve p owe r -w e
Damping Fac
tor have a lways f ound t he speake rs to b e
1
8 t
o 4o hms o
utput t
he l imiting f a c
to r w ith h igh l evel
1
3 a
t 8o hms o
utput t
ran s
ient s o r s
u stained s i
gnals.
1
0 a
t 16 ohms o
utput We c onside r t hat t h
is a mplif
ie r
D
imensions 16-3
/16 - w
ide x 7
-
1/8" hi
gh x 1
41/
2"d
eep
s
ystem i s b es
t s u
ited t o p rofe s
siona l
We
ight 65 l
b
s. a
pp lication s, a l
though - i fu sed w ith
P
iice S
1626 fo
r t
he c
omb
ined u
nit
s s
uitab le s peake rs - i t will p rovide
p
e rfec t p erformance f or t he mo st
d
isce rning , w ell-heeled d ome s
tic u se r
.

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ADIO

RAD
IO
I
nPart 2of t
his s
er
ies
, Roge
r
H
arr
ison de
scribesvar
ious
t
ype
s of a
ntennae.

T
f
i
ea
i
t
e
le
n
t
mpo
enn
a i
r
sp
tan
robab
t p
scope a
ly t
a
he mo

nd f
r
s
t o
am
t

i
f a r
liarity w
adio
ith
A
STRONOMY
F
OR
t
he a
ssocia ted t
erm ino logy a
nd
f
undamenta l design s i sdesirab le b efore
a
ttemp t
ing c on struct ion. We p ropo se
t
o c over t hese t opic s only b riefly, as
v
ery d etai
led t reatmen ts c an b e found

AMATEUR
S
i
ns uch b ooks a s" The R adio Amateur s
Handbook" (
A.R .R .L .)
, "The
Amateur Rad io Handbook"
(
R.S.G .B.), " The VHF H andbook"
(
O r
r &J ohnson — R adio P ublica tions),
"The A .R.R .L. A ntenna H andbook"
(
H
A.R.R .L
andbook" (
.),
Ky
"VHF
le — ' 73' p ubl
Antenna
ica tions)
as
e
rie
s-b
yRog
erH
ar
ris
on V
K3ZRY
o
r s
im i
la r p ublication s. Excellent
p
rac t
ical a nd d esign d e
tails a reg iven i n p
attern
. T he half power point
s, of a
t
hese b ooks a s w el
l a s i n t he s
imple dipole and as ma
llYagi antenna
s
pecialised b ooks o n r adio a stronomy a
re ilustrated i n F
ig. 6 (a
) and ( b
).
t
hat w e w i
ll i nc
lude l ater i n a T
he r ad
ia t
ion p atte
rn istaken i n t
he
b
ibliography . p
lane of the antenna el
ement s inboth
A
lthough a ntennae d i f
fe r i n shape, c
ases
.
s
ize a nd m ethod o f o pe ration , t he
ir
g
ene ra
l c harac teristics a re d e f
ined b y "
Ape
rtu
re" o
r"e
ffe
ctiv
ear
ea"
t
he f o
llow ing t erms :— Th
is is a measure o
f the wavef
ront
a
rea from w h
ich a n a n
tenna c an F
ig
. 5
a. T
hree
-dimen
siona
l f
i
eld p
atte
rn o
f
R
adia
tion P
a
tte
rn o
rDi
rec
tion P
a
tte
rn a
bsorb p
ower. Itisgenera
lly e
xpressed ad
ipo
le i
nspace
.
Th
is r efers t o t he p atte rn o btained
when r eceive r a ntenna s ens
it ivity i s
p
lo tted i n t hree d imens ions ( or t he
v
aria t
ion i np owe r w hen a t ransm itter
WHY RAD
IO A
STRONOMY A
S A HOBBY?
a
ntenna f i
eld i s p lo tted i n t hree Gal
ileo w as t h
e f i
r st m an t o m ake s ystemat ic o bse rvation s o f the skies
d
imen sions ). T he r adia t
ion p a tte rns of u
sing a t e
lescope . A n a mateur s cientis t, h e c ons truc ted h is o wn t e
lescope ,
an umbe r o f a ntennae a re s hown i n k
ep t s ystema tic r eco rds a nd m ade s ome s t
artling d i
scover ies. H e c orrectly
F
ig. 5( a), (b) a nd ( c
). c
onc luded t h at the s un , not t he e ar
th , w as t h e cen tre o f the solar system ,
The r adiation p a
t tern s hown i nF ig 5 c
onf irm ing C opernicus ' ear
lie r t heorem . H e w a sjailed f orh i
so pinion !
(
a) i sof as imp le d ipo le i ns pace , i thas I
n 1 936 , G rote R ebe r, an a mateu r r adio -astronomer c onstruc ted h iso wn
r
adio t e
lescope a nd s ubsequen tly m ade a s ystemat ic s eries ofo bservation s
as t
riking r esemb lence t o ad oughnut .
o
f t he s kies w hich e nab led h im t oc omp le te am ap o f t her adio s ky.
The p attern o f ad ipo le a nd s c
reen
Recogn ised a s the w o
rld's f i
rst r adio a s
tronome r ( a nd t he wo rld's o nly
r
eflecto r i ss hown i n F ig. 5( b)
. N ote r
adio a stronomer f o
r more t han t en y ea rs) G ro te R ebe r
's wo rk s t
and sa sa
t
he " s
ide l obe s". I np ract ice t he se are p
ioneer ing a nd c las s
ical c ontribu tion t o mode rn a s
tronomy a nd
r
e duced i n a mpl
itude a s much a s a
stronom ical p hysics. ( Karl J an sky i sc r
ed ited w i th d i
scove ring t he effect
possible t o p reven t c onfus ion i n the o
f c osm ic r a d
ia t
ion s b ut d id n o
t p ersist w ith o bserva t
ion s when h i
s
in
te rpre tation o f r e
su lts. I n t he e arly r
esea rch c ontrac t w asf u
lfi
lled ).
y
ear s of r adio a stronomy many " new A
ll t h
rough t he histo ry o f a stronomy , a mateu rs h ave b e
en a b
le t o m ake
s
i
gn ific an t d iscover ies a nd c on tr
ibu t
ions , a long side t he e fforts o f
s
ource s" t u rned o ut t o b e n othing
p
rof es s
iona l s c
ien t
i sts a nd s cien tif
ic o rgan isa t
ions . T hat t h
is i ss o i sn o
more t han s i
de l obe r esponse s f rom
a
cciden t — i ti sg ene ral
ly t h e r esult o f p atient h ard w ork a nd c areful
t
he a ntenna ! a
nalys i s
.
The p attern o f ap a
rabo l
ic d i
sh i s Among t hose ama teu rs w ho h ave m ade t heir m ark o n a s
tronomy a re
s
hown i nF ig. 5( c
). T his i soften c a
lled David a nd J ohann F ab r
iciu s w ho o bse rved t he v a r
iab le s tar M ira C eti
,
a" penc il b eam" o wing t o i t
s e xtreme J
oseph F raunhof er w ho d iscove red s pec tro scop ic l ines i n the r adiation o f
n
arrowne ss. t
he s un, H e
in rich S chwabe w ho d iscove red t he 1 y ear s unspo t c ycle,
F
rede rich S po rer w ho d id much s pec tro scop ic wo rk a nd d escribed t h e law
B
e
amw
idth o
f s unspo t zone s, John C ar ring ton w ho d id at r
emendous a moun t o fw ork
o
n s ola ro bserva t
ion sa nd t echn iques ,a nd J oseph L ockye r who d eveloped a
This is the angle, measured in a
method f or o bserving t h
e s olar c orona .
c
hosen p l
ane ( g
eneral
ly the plane of I
n t he n ewe r sc
ience o f r adio a s
tonomy t h e w ork o f Frank H yde a nd
t
he m a
in antenna e
lementsa nd a
tright J
ohn H ey ington , b oth ama teu rs, h as m ade s i
gnifican t c ontribu tions s ince
a
ngles to t
his p
lane)
, between the two r
adio a s
t ronomy b ecame as cience .
"
half p ower" points of t
he rad
iat
ion I
nte rest i n r adio a stronomy , a s ah obby , i sg row ing r apidly i n A ustralia
a
nd m any f ind i tinst ructive a nd r ewa rding f r om a p er sonal p oin t of view
a
pa rt f rom t he chance t ob ea ble t om ake s ome c on tribu t
ion t os cience .
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nly o ne feedpo int wh ile t he collinea r

RADIO a
r
f
ray (
eedpo
o
int
r K
s
, a
ooman a
l
l c onnec
rray
ted t
) h
oge
as many
the r.
ASTRONOMY The f
eedpo in t i
mpedance i
s a

FOR mea
c
sure o
omponen t
f t
s s
he r es
een b
ist
ive a
y a
nd r
n R
e
F s
ac
i
tive
gnal
AMA TEUR
S c
ommec
f
eedpo in
ted t
t i
o t he f
mpedance
eedpo
var
in
ies
t. T
w
he
ith
f
requency a nd i s g enerally a p ure
F
ig. 5b
. Three-di mens
ional r
esistance (o
r n early s o
) a
t t he
r
adiat
ion pattern of adipo
le r
esonan t frequency , d epend ing o n the
a
nd screen r
eflector
.
antenna t
ype and i
t
s pa
rticu la r
characteristics.
PARABOL
IC D
ISH B
roadband o r a periodic a ntennas
have a r e
la tive ly c on stant f eedpo in t
impedance o ve r a w ide r ange o f
S
IDE LOBES MA
IN LOBE
f
r equenc ies. T he r homb ic a nd l og
periodic a ntenna s are of this type .

T
RANSM
ISS
ION L
INES
F
ig. 5
c. Three-di mens
ional r
adiat
ion pat
tern o
f apara
- A
ntennae are r
arely connec ted
bo
lic d
ish antenna. This t
ype ofantenna p
roduce
s a
ANTENNA AT d
i
rec t
ly t o the input of ar e
ceive r. To
FOCAL PO
INT p
encil
-like bea m
.
c
onduc t t he e nergy r ece
ived b y the
a
ntenna t o the input o f t
he receiver, a
t
ransm i
ssion li
ne i sused.
a
s afr
action of t
he phys
ical area o
f the B
andw
idth T
ransm is
sion l i
ne s take a variety of
a
ntenna b e
ing c ons
idered. T he va
lue T
his r
efers t
o t
he f
r
equency f
orms , but t
he mos t c ommon ly
v
ar
ies b etween 0 .5 a nd 0 .9. It is c
haracterist
ic s of an a ntenna. T he gain e
ncoun te red a re t he c oaxia l l ine a nd
d
ependent o n the di
rection o f a
r
rival o
f a
n a
ntenna w
i l
l v
ary w
ith t
he t wo -w ire r ibbon o r o pen -w ire l i
ne .
o
f the wavefront
, being at amaximum f
requency , b
eing g reatest a
t t he Coax ial l ine c omes i n t hree d if fe ren t
a
long the a
xis o
f the ma
in lobe. r
esonant f requency . T he " half-powe r f
orms : f lexib le, s em i- flex ible a nd s olid .
b
andw idth" i sthe di fference b etween F
lex ib le c oax ial c ab le i s m ade i n a
D
i
rec
tiv
ity t
he u ppe r a nd l owe r f requenc ies at v
arie ty o f w ays b ut g ene rally o f t he
D
irectivity i
s t he a bil
ity o f a n which the g a
in i sh alf t he m aximum f
orm s
hown in F
ig. 7
. The
antenna t o a bsorb mo re p owe r ( f
rom v
alue (i
.e. h a
lf the gain a t t
he r esonant s
em i- f
lex ib le a nd s olid v a r
iety a re
an electromagnet ic wave front) a long a f
requency ). S ome antennae h ave av ery s
im ila r b ut f o r t he a rrangemen t o f t he
particular ax
is, than any othe r axis. An b
road b andw idth ( e
.g. l og per
iod ic, t
he o
ute r a nd i nne r c onduc to rs. S oft
antenna t hat a bsorbs powe r
, fr om a n he
lix) wh i
le s ome h ave av ery n ar
row c
oppe r i su sed f o r t he i nne r a nd o ute r
'
e
lec tromagnet ic w ave, e qually f r
om bandwidth ( e.g
. the Y ag i
). conduc to rs o f s em i-flex ible c oax ial t o
any d irection, i s t
ermed a n isotropic a
low i tt o b e " fo rmed" f ree ly . S o
lid
antenna . I
t ex
ists on
ly a
s a t
ub ing i s u sed f o r t he i nf
lex ib le o r
ma themat ical concept a
nd a
F
eedpo
int
s
olid v arie ty o f c oax ia l t ransm is sion
conven ient reference. T
he f e
edpo int of ar ece
iving a ntenna l
ine. T he se t wo t ype s a re i l ust ra ted i n
i
s the p lace w here a detector c an b e Figs. 8 ( a
) a nd ( b). C oax ial c ab le i s
G
a
in o
rpowe
rga
in c
onnected ( usual
ly v ia at r
an smission refe rred t
o a
s "unba lanced"
Gain i n an antenna system is aterm l
i
ne ) to a chieve o p
timum r eception o f tran sm ission l i
ne.
u
sed t
o e xpress t he i ncrease i n t
he p owe r abso rbed by the antenna . In The t wo -w ire f lat r ibbon t ype o f
s
ensit
ivity of an antenna. For example, asimp le d ipo le, this isusually a t the transm ission l i
ne i su sed e xten sive ly o n
i
f ac e
rtain antenna produces ten times c
ent re, b ut c an b e at the e nds ( t
his T
.V . a ntenna s to c onnec t t he a ntenna
t
he v oltage a t it
s feedpoint, from a r
equires a s pecial tran
sm iss
ion l ine)
. A to t he T .V . r eceive r. T he o pen -w i re
c
ertain source, than t hat p
roduced a t multi-elemen t a rray may h ave o n
ly li
ne i s a no the r f orm o f t wo -w ire
t
he f eedpo int of ad ipole
, then t he one f eedpo in t o r many f eedpo ints transm ission l i
ne , b ut h as n o s o
lid
v
oltage g a
in o f the antenna is2 0 dB. c
onnected t oge ther.T he Yagia r
ray h as insula to r t
o m ainta in a c ons tan t
d
i stance b e tween t he t wo w ire s. Sma ll
F
ig. 6a
. R adiat
ion p at
tern of ad
ipole, i
n a F
ig. 6b. Radiat
ion p attern o
f athree-
e
le ment Yagia ntenna, in ap
lane through
i
nsula to rs a re p laced a t inte rva ls a long
p
lane through t he e
le ment
s, i
lust
rating
t
he ele ment
s, i
lustrating the h
alf
-po wer t
he l i
ne t o p erfo rm t his f unc tion .
h
alf-po wer bea m w
idth.
b
ea m w
idth
. T he se t wo t ype s o f t ran sm is sion l ine
are i lust ra ted i n F igs. 9( a) a nd ( b)
.
HALF P
OWER Note t ha t t wo c onduc to rs a re r un
PO
INTS
parallel t o o ne a no the r i nt his t ype o f
t
ran sm ission , wh ich l eads t o i tb eing
r
efer red t o a s " balanced" t ransm is sion
l
i
ne s.
A
ll t
ran sm is s
ion l
i
nes have a
character istic i mped ance s een b y a n
RF w ave s ent d own t he l i
ne . T he
TH
IS ANGLE I
STHE
HALF P
OWER BEAM W
IDTH
cha racte r
is tic i mpedance i s af unc tion
THIS ANGLE I
S THE o
f t he d iame te rs a nd t he d is tance
HALF POWER BEAM b
e tween t he c onducto r s a nd t he
WIDTH
dielec tric c on stan t o f t he i nsu lat ion
u
sed i nt he t ransm is sion l i
ne .
Common i mpedance s f or c oax ial
l
i
ne s a re 5 0 o hm s o r 5 2 o hms , a nd 7 0
o
hms o r 7 5 o hms . Open w ire o r f lat
r
ibbon type l
i
ne s a
re gene rally
 S
OLID F
LEXIBLE P
LAST
IC
I
NSULATION S
OLID P
IPE OUTER
C
ONDUCTOR

OUTER CONDUCTOR OF
PLA
ITED STRANDS OF I
NNER CONDUCTOR MAY B
E
SOL
ID P
IPE OR ROD
- COPPER W
IRE •• S
INGLE W
IRE OR S
TRANDED W
IRES I
NSULAT
ING D
ISC •
INNER CONDUCTOR

F
ig
. 7
. F
lex
ible c
oax
ialc
able
. F
ig. 8
b. S
olid coaxia
lc ab
le. T
he i
nsu
lat
ing d
iscs ma
inta
in t
he c
entre
c
onductor i
np osit
ion.
OUTER P
RCTECTIVE
P
LASTIC SHEATH

P
LAST
IC I
NSULAT
ION

SOFT COPPER I
NNER
SOFT COPPER
CONDUCTOR S
TRANDED W
IRES R
UNNING /
OUTER CONDUCTOR
P
ARALLEL T
HROUGH I
NSULAT
ION

4
t- F
ig
. 9
a. Two
-wi
re f
l
at r
i
bbon t
r
ansm
iss
ion l
i
ne.
I
NSULATOR B
EADS

F
ig. 8
a. S
em i-f
lexible c
oax
ialcable
;n ote i
nsu
lat
ing beads '
s
paced a
ti n
tervalsalong i
nner c
onductor t
o mainta
in inner
SOL
ID o
r
c
onductor inplace.
STRANDED
CONDUCTORS

-4
F
ig
. 9
b. Two
-wi
re o
pen l
i
ne. t
_ I
NSULATORS -t

a
vailab le w ith a n i mpedance o f 3 00 T
HE COLL
INEAR A
ND K
OOMAN An e xamp le i s shown i n F ig
. 1 2
.
oh ms . Antenna s a
r e u
sually A
RRAYS Ar
ray s o f Y agis a r
e c ommon ly u sed
construc ted s o t ha t t he f eedpo int a
nd g ive c ons
ide rable g a
in when u sed
The c
ol
linear ar
ray issimi
lar to the
impedance e quals t he t r
ansm ission l i
ne i
n t h
is f ash
ion . H oweve r, f eeding
a
r
ray shown i n F
ig. 10 (a
) but ha
s a
impedance . I f this c anno t b e readily p
roblems m ay cause c omp licat
ions .
n
umber of such a r
rays mounted o ne
a
ccomp lished , v arious methods a re Yagis are very narrow b and a ntennae,
a
bove t
he other
. Iti ss
hown inFig
. 1
u
sed t
o t
r
ans form t
he a
ntenna b
ut this doe s not nece s
sarily limit the
ir
(
a
)
.
f
eedpo int i
mpedance t
o t
he u
sefu
lne ss
. F ul
l c on structional d etai
ls
I
n t he Kooman a
rray a l t
he
t
ransm is sion l i
ne i mpedance s o t hat o
f af i
ve element Y agi f o
r 1 40 MHz
r
eflectors a r
e r ep
laced by al a
rge me sh
t
hey a re "matched" . l
a
ter w il
l be inc
luded i nt his se
ries.
s
creen ( s
hown i nFig
. 1 ( b
).
A
l
l t ran smis s
ion l ine s have ac ertain
Both these types are v
ery u seful, e
asy T
HE C
ORNER R
EFLECTOR
amount o f l oss d ue t o the c onduc tor
t
o c onstruct, a r
e n ot too c rit
ical i n
r
es
istance a nd d ielec tric l oss. T his is T
he c orne r r e
flec tor i s ano ther
t
heir d imens ions a nd c an b e m ade
u
sually e xpre ssed a s al oss of s o many s
imple a ntenna y ielding g ood g a
in a nd
f
u
lly s t
ee rab
le. T hey are mo st used a t
d
B/100 f t
. F or r ad
io a stronomy i tis r
adiation p at
tern c ha racterist
ics
. I tis
f
requenc ie s a bove 1 00 MHz . T hey
b
est t o u se a t ransm is s
ion l ine w h
ich r
e
la t
ively s imple toc onstruc tand erect
b
ecome ra
the r u
nwie ldy when
h
as the l owe st losso btainab le a nd then o
n as t
ee rable s truc ture
. T hey h ave
c
ons tructed f o
r frequencie s be
low t his.
o
nly a s hor t l ength . L ong r uns o f p
racticable d
imens ions e
ven a
t
t
r
ansm ission l ine r e
duce t he s ensitiv
ity f
requencie s a s l
ow a s 3 0 MHz . Indeed
o
f ar adiome ter. T
HE Y
AGI a versat
ile c orner r ef
lecto r may b e
The Yag
i is av
ery simple an
tenna to c
onstructed f rom o ne r e
flector and a
A
NTENNA T
YPES c
onst
ruct, h
as avery high g
ain, agood n
umbe r o f i nterchangeab le d ipoles
Many t ypes o
f antenna are s
uitable r
ad
iation pa
ttern and isea
sy t o e
rect
. (
Fig. 13)
. 2
6)
,
f
or u se i n rad
io a st
ronomy . F u
ll _
c
onstruct
ional de
tai
ls of af
ew of these
w
i
ll b e i
n c
luded la
ter in t
h
is s
eries of F
ig. 10a
. Two -ha lf waves
i
np hase (s
teerable). This
a
r
ticles
.
t
ype ofa nten
.la i s
c
o m monly used a t
D
IPOLES A
ND R
EFLECTORS f
requencies betw een
A s imple d ipole c an b e u sed t o 1
0 MHz a nd 5 0 MHz.
r
eceive t he e miss
ion s f rom J up ite r but
a
n a rray o f d ipoles a nd r ef
lec to rs i s
much mo re s ensit
ive — a nd mo re
v
ersatile. Two ha
lf-wave d
ipo les, T
RANSM
ISS
ION L
INE

c
onnec ted i n p hase w ith r eflecto rs i s
s
hown i n Fig. 1 0 (a). A s s hown t his F
ig. 10b
. Two h a
lf-wave
d
iodesa bove ame sh screen
s
ort o f a r
ray i se as
ily m ade s tee rable.
r
ef
lector
. C om mon ly used
An a ntenna f o
r ad rif t i
nterferome ter b
etween 1 5MHz a nd 5 0
i
ss hown i n F ig
. 1 0 ( b). Itc onsis ts of 50 MHz i
n 'd
rif
t'r adio meter
s.
t
wo d ipo les, c onnec ted i np hase, a bove
ascreen r ef
lec to r
. T he se antennae a re
e
asi
ly e rected i n ab ack g a
rden . T hey
a
re c heap a nd q uite e ffect
ive . T hey a re
g
ene rally u sed b etween 1 0 MHz a nd
5
0 MHz . In t he VHF r ange a nd a bove ,
a
ntennae w ith e xtra e lement s b ecome
p
racticab le. F ore xamp le at en-element
Yag
i a t 15 MHz wou ld b e a bout 1 50
f
t
. l o ng a nd 3 0 ft. w ide, b ut a t 150
MHz i ti so nly a bout 1 8 f t
. l ong a nd
3
5 i nche sw ide .
 F
ig
. 1
2
. A t
ypica
l Y
agia
rray
.
MM
IV E N E
LEMENT
a
ided

RAD
IO D 0
1 0
4 BOOM 0

A
STRONOMY
D
E 7
R
EFLECTOR /

0S
A D
IPOLES

F
OR I •

AMATEUR
S
MESH R I
.

D
IRECTORS

E
l
emen
t L
eng
ths
: R 0
.550
D
.E. 0.48X to0.5X
D
I 0.455 t
o0.47X
02 0.455
F
ig. 11b. T
he Kooman a rray
. 03 0
.455
I
n this t
ype o
fa ntenna a
ll t
he 04 0
.445
05 0
.435
r
eflector
sare rep
laced by a S
ucceed ing e
l
ement s0.415 o
r0.425
.
l
arge mesh s
creen. E
lemen
t S
pac
ing
s Rt o D
.E . 0.155 to0.35
D
.E . t
o D I 0
.1255 to0.180
TRANSM
ISS
ION
INE
DI to 0 2 0.185 to0.225
02 to 0 3 0.25 t
o0 .255
03 to D 4 0.250 to0.35
04 to 0 5 0.35 t
o0 .45
Succeeding e
lements 0
.355 t
o0.45.

R
EFLECTORS M
ESH R
EFLECTOR
O
R P
ARALLEL W
IRES

D
IPOLE O
R IN
TERCHANGEABLE
02
5A
D
IPOLES S
EvERAL II
DIPOLES
I
NPHA
SE C
AN B
E U
SED
i
.DIPOLES

0
.
50 F
ig. 13
. The corner type
a
ntenna shown h ere has
g
ood gain and r
ad iat
ion
p
attern
. Itisoften
u
sed at f
requencie sas
T
AA NSM
iSS
ION
L
INE l
ow as3 0 MHz
.

or
,

S
CREEN
F
ig
. 1
1a T
he C
oll
inear a
rray
. R
EFLECTOR

F
ig. 14
. T he log
-periodic antenna h as a
w
ide broadband . They are constructed i
n
many different forms — this drawing shows
t
he generalc haracter
ist
ics.

T
RANSM
ISS
ION
L
INE
T
HE L
OG-PER
IOD
IC
F
ig. 15
. The h
elix a
rray c
an a
ccept s
igna
ls o
fany
This is atype of b roadband a ntenna
p
olar
isation
.
a
nd c an take many f orms . T hey a re
r
e
la t
ively e asy t o c onstruct, prov ide
a
s c
an be s
een f
rom F
ig
. 1
6 i
sve
ry s
uch a s a d ipo le a nd r e f
lec tor, i s
r
easonable g a
in a nd h ave a g ood
s
imp
le. mounted a t t he f ocus o f ap a rabo l
ic
r
adiation pattern
. d
ish s o tha t al
l t he e nergy c ollec ted b y
Many d e
signs h ave b een p ubl
ished
T
HE C
YLINDR
ICAL P
AROBOLA t
he d ish i sf ocused o nto t his a ntenna .
o
ve r the years and w e have i lustrated
The p arabo la h as v ery h igh g ain b ut
t
he g enera
l f orm o f o ne t ype in F ig
. The c ylindrical p arabo lic reflector i s
c
an b e u nmanageab le i f h igh g ain a t
1
4. much e asier t o c ons truct t han a
t
he l
owe r f requenc ies i s d es
ired .
They a re very usefu
l for making p
a rabolic d ish a nd o nly a l i
ttle mo re
Howe ver, a3 0 f t
. d iame te r d ish a t 140
o
bservations o
ver an umbe
r of w
idely d
ifficult t han t he c orne r ref
lecto r. A
MHz w il
l g ive mo re g a
in t han a nyth ing
s
eparated fr
equenc
ies. mesh s creen ( or p a
rallel w ires) isfit
ted
o
f s imilar p ropo r tion s
. Like t he c orne r
o
ve r ap arabo l
ic f r
ame . A n umbe r of
T
HE H
ELIX d
ipo les o r as ing
le d ipo le can b e put at
r
eflec tor, an umbe r o f inte rchangeab le
Th
is is a
lso a r
ela
tive
ly b roadband antennae c an b e u sed t o i mp rove i t
s
t
he f ocus ( wh ich i sal i
ne p aralle
l t o
a
ntenna and has t he advantage of t
he s urface ) and made i n
terchangeab le v
er sat
ility. A " ch icken w ire" o r screen
b
eing ab
le to accept si
gnals of any m esh wo rks w ell, e ven u p t o 5 00 MHz ,
t
o i ncrease itsv ersati
lity .
p
olarisat
ion. I t has good g a
in a nd but t
he d imens ions a
nd s
urface
T
his a ntenna i sv ery u seful f or dr
ift
r
adiation patte
rn and i
sr e
lat
ively e
asy i
r
regu larities c
ause dete r
io rated
r
ad iomete rs ord rift inte r
ferome ters. It
perfo rmance with t
his t
ype o
f
t
o c ons
truct. It can be m ade fu
lly can b e made s teerable i nelevation j us
t
as r eadily a s t he c orner r e
flecto r
. con struction a th ighe r f
requenc ies.
s
teerable qu
ite simp
ly. (
Fig. 15
).
D
i mens ions c an b e q uite p racticable Small dishe s (6f t
. t o 1 0 f t
. d iame ter)
T
HE R
HOMB
IC w
ith meta l g auze ( f
ly-wire ) r eflec tors
d
own t o 5 0 MHz .
g
ive g ood p erfo rmance a t f r
equenc ies
This antenna i s ab roadband a ntenna
a
l
so. Its uffers from t he d
i sadvantage T
HE P
ARABOL
IC D
ISH b
etween 1 000 MHz a nd 3 000 MHz
o
f h av
ing t he r ad
iation p attern v ary T h
is a
ntenna emp
loys opt
ical (
centime t
re w aveleng th b and ).
t
echn iques f
amil
iar to most people
. It La
rge p arabo lic a ntennae a re i n u se
w
ith frequency .
A r
homb ic f
o r u
se a
t VHF u
ses t
he s ame p
rinc
iple a
s t he a
t J odrell B ank ( UK ), P a rke s ( Aus t
.)
f
requenc ies c an be very small and c an Newton ian t
e
lescope. a
nd Owens V alley ( USA ).
b
e made f ully steerable
. Cons truct
ion , An antenna, g
enera
lly a simple type (
Con
tinued o
npag
e96
)
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ive r ange o fRodan
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ndicator lamps, i nboth incandescen t and n
eon sty
les, isd esigned for
c
ompa tibi
lity wi
th a nd toe nhance the p
resentat
ion o felectron ic
, el
ectrica
l a nd
i
ndustria
l e qu
ipmen t .. equipmen t inw h
ich space saving, l ong l
i
fe ind
icators
a
re essential.Features o
f t
he r
ange i
nc
lude/
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up t
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)/Co
loured l
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n
e
i
the r r
ed, y
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low, g
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le moun
ting
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tyles p
rovid
ing fr
ont-o
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eplacement./Sty
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ith i
nser
table lens —Su
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or s
ymbol adap
tion and i
dea
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ig
ital
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eadou
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lip
-in b
eze
l moun
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ty
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ronze o
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lded p
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rofess
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ts D
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tmen
t, V
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llawood
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lessey D
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terature i
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n r
eques
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47
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fyou wan
t aC
art
ridge
..
.
t
hat w
ill track at0 .0001 gram t hat has a
f
requency r e sponse o f 1Hz to 100,000Hz.
S
tanton i sn o t f
or you
I
f
,h oweve r
, y ou w ant ac a
rtridge
t
hat t
racks a ny record ever m ade
t
hat doesn 't mind a l e
ss than p erfect (?) arm
t
hat r
ep roduces a ny frequency e ver p u
t o n
arecord
t
hat g
ives y ou at least 5
0% l o
nge r st
ylus l i
f
e
t
hat isn ot ata l suscep t
ible t o hum p ickup
t
hat iss moo ther
, c l
eane r and cheape r than
any o
the r compa rable cartr
idge .
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ewsagen
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4
8 ELECTRON
ICS TODAY — J
ANUARY 1
97 2
 I
. P
ROJEC
T
3
0
5

A ma jo
r f a
il
ing of
mostc ar burglar alarm
s
ystems i sthat the
d
river must t ake action
t
o set them . Many
d
rivers forget. Here is
o
ne t hat isvi
rtually
a
utomat ic
, and is
s
imp le to in
stal
l as
wel
l.

A
UTOMA T
IC
sw
itches i nstalled i n at l
eas t two d oors
-a nd i tisf air
ly e asy to i n
stall furthe r
sw
itches i n t he r ear d oo r p i
llars i f
r
equired. B oth t he b oot a nd u nde r
bonnet a reas may b e protected i n a

C
AR•THEFT
s
imilar manne r —i ndeed many v eh icles
h
ave l i
ghts a lready f i
tted i n t hese
a
reas, if not, i ti s as imp le mat ter t o
i
ncorpo rate t hem i n
to the c i
rcuit.
R
emembe r t hat t hese l i
ghts mus t b e

A
LARM
sw
itchab le a t al t ime s -n ot just when
t
he ignit
ion i so n
.
T
he a larm w ill a l
so b e a ctuated b y
a
nyone p ressing t he b rake p edal -o r
i
f alight isf i
tted — b y open ing t he l i
d
o
f the glove b ox .

D
ELAY C
IRCU
IT

a
l
so p
ro
tec
ts t
r
uck
s, e
T
he d
nab le
e
s t
lay c
he d r
i
rcu
ive
it b
r t
ui
o l
lt i
e
n
to t
ave t he v
he u
ehic
n
it
le
w
ithout t r
igge r
ing t he alarm .

b
oa
ts &c
a
rav
ans i
A
s t he a
ncrease i ne
l
l
arm i
ec trica
s t
l l o
r
igge
ad , a
red b
ny d oo
y a
rs o
n
r
o
the r protected a reas may b e c losed a t
a
ny t ime b efore o r after the e nd o f the
t
ime d e
lay p eriod , p rovid ing t he d oo rs

S
OME mon ths a
go o
ur companion a
chieved by incorporating a circu
it a
re i n
itially o pened b efore t he p reset
j
ournal 'Modern Mo
to r
', r
ece
ived t
hat 'a
rms
' the al
arm s ystem s
ome 3 0 t
ime. T he subsequent d ecrease i n l oad
acar burg
lar a
la
rm fo
r eva
luat
ion. s
econds a
fte
r the ign
ition isswitched a
s the l i
ghts a re e xtingu ished w ill n o
t
One d
ay someone fo
rgo t t
o s
witch i
t o
ff
. t
r
igge r the a larm .
o
n, and t
he car was st
olen complete T
he a larm ist r
iggered b y any drop in I
n t
he i
n
itial d
esign s
tage we
w
ith t
he a
l
arm. t
he b attery s upply v oltage caused b y c
onside red i
nco rporat ing a s e cond
Ques t
ion. — Was t his a good alarm a
n i n
c rease in loading o n the vehic
le's t
ime d e
lay t o o bvia te the n eed f or a ny
s
ystem? e
lectr
ica l system . T hus i f a d oor is e
xterna l re-ent ry s witches .
In o ur opinion emphat ica
lly NO - o
pened , th
is w i
ll a ct
ivate t he in
terior B
ut a s t his wou ld a low a t h
ief
f
or j u
s t a
s s ome p eople st
eal cars — l
i
ght, a nd the increase inelectr
ical load q
uick ly t o break i nto ap arked c ar a nd
o
the r
s f o
rget t o s w
itch o n alarm w
ill t
rigger the alarm . s
teal g oods f rom t he i nterior b e fore
s
ystems . Th
is o perat
ing princ
iple simpl
ifies t
he a l
arm w as e nergized , w e dec ided t o
And s o t
he Elect
ron ics Today a l
arm i
n
stal
lat
ion, for p
rac
tica
lly a
l
l v eh
icles u
se a n i n
stantaneous a la
rm a nd a n
s
ystem i s automatically set
. T his is h
ave courtesy li
ghts with actuating e
xterna l re-ent ry s witch.

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ICS TODAY — J
ANUARY 1
972 4
9
A
UTOMA T
IC
C
AR•THEFT
A
LARM

I
l0F%

POS
ITIVE EARTH VEH
ICLES

F
ig
. 2
. Co mponent l
ayout (
pos
itive e
arth v
ehic
les .

E
lectron ics Today u nder stands that paten t
a
pplica t
ion s h
ave b een m ade f or dev
ices
i
ncorpo rating so me of t
he f eatures outl
ined
i
nthis p ro
jec t
.
Whi
ls t there isnothing legally preventing
p
eop le from c onstructing t h
is unit for their
own u se, companie s i
ntend ing to m anu fac t
t
he u nit comme rcially are advised to con sult
apaten t atto
rney .

F
ig. 1
. Fo
ilp
atte
rn o
fpr
inted c
ircu
it b
oard
, r
eproduced f
ul
lsize
.

In t he a larm s ystem s hown h ere,

o
nce t he alarm h a s been d e-act
iva ted
b
y t he e xterna l k
ey, i t rema ins
Nea
rly 50
,000 car
s ayear a
re r
epo
rted a
sstolen w
ithin Aus:
ralia d
e-ac t
ivated u nt
il t he i g
nition k ey i s
e
ach yea
r. In f
act mo
to r v
ehic
le t
heft i
stoday's most p
rev3lent s
witched o n. I t ist hen automa tically
c
r
ime. c
ance l
led.
What c
an one do to protect one
's own vehic
le and r
educe the Bear in mind t hat the re
-ent ry switch
c
hance o
f t
heft? D
etect
ive Sergeant Barry F
i
lewood of t
he N.S.W. merely i nhibits t he a la
rm c ircuit
. T he
C
rime P
revent
ion Sect
ion a
dvises t
he f
ol
lowing s
imple un
it i s actually s witched o ff as t he
p
recaut
ions:— i
gnition iss witched o n.
C
lose al
l windows , lock a l t
he d oors and take your k
ey wi,
th I
t is q uite feas
ib le to i nterconnec t
y
ou when y ou le
ave the car
. t
he r e
-ent ry k ey w ith the ma in d oor
Never l
eave v
aluables such asclothes
, ca me
ras
, or r
adios on s
eats l
ocking me chanism . P o
lice s t
atist
ics
o
r anywhere vi
sible w
ithin the vehic
le. s
how t ha t i tisv ery rare indeed f or a
Avoid l
oading valuables into your c
ar in pub
lic, f
or ath
ief may c
ar to b e i lega
lly e ntered b y using a
b
e wa tching . door k ey. We h ave e quipped o ne of
Do n ot l eave a ny p ape rs o f i dent
ification , such a s D river's o
ur s t
af f cars in this fashion a nd the
L
icence , R egist
ration p aper s o
r p r
ivate c orrespondence w ithin t he s
ystem h a s proved b o
th r eliable a nd
c
ar. A t l
east don't keep t hem i nt he glove b ox . p
ractically i mpo ss
ible to m isuse — f o
r
Avoid p arking i n i
solated p laces. I fy ou h ave n o garage, t r
y t o t
he a l
arm i s' a
rmed ' by s w
itch ing o f
f
p
ark u nde r as t
reet lamp , o
r i n al i
ghted a rea. t
he i gnition, a nd r eset by u s
ing t he
Record t he s er
ial n umbe rs o f y our e ngine, car b ody a nc c ar door k ey t o e nter t he c ar i n the
r
adio s omewhe re o ther t han i n y our c ar
. T his d ata w i
ll normal w ay.
c
ons iderably a ss
ist the P o
lice i n identifying y our vehicle. I fy ou
A
lterna tively a r e-entry s w
itch may
l
eave i tin the car, you are p roviding the t hief with t he suppo rt of
b
e located o n ab ody p ane l, o r o
ther
t
he c l
aim t hat the ca
r i shis
.
c
onvenien t place.
P
rompt ly r eport a nyone l o
ite r
ing n ear o r t r
ying t he d oor
A sepa rate s witch i s built i nto the
h
andles o
f pa
rked c
ars
. a
la
rm u nit t o d e-activate t he s ys
tem
Leave on
ly the ign
ition k
ey when p
ark
ing a
t ac
omme
rcia
l
wh
ils
t the v ehicle i sb e
ing s erviced.
g
arage. The circuit isa rranged s o t hat once
I
ns
tal
l as
t
eer
ing l
o
ck a
nd/o
r a
l
arm s
ystem
. t
he al
arm h as b een t r
igge red i tc annot
b
e de-ene rgized b y either t he r e
-entry
o
r de-activating s witche s
. I tc an only

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 RE E
NTRY
SW1

HORN

R
E E
NTRY

I
ON

u
J

N
EGAT
IVE E
ARTH V
EHICLES

N
A

F
ig
. 3
. C
o mponent l
ayout (
negat
ive e
arth v
ehic
les
).

b
e r eset by s witch ing o n t he ig n
ition. t
his u
nit i
s t o mount a
l the d
i
fference between the p
osit
ive a
nd
T
he u n
it h as b een d es
igned f or component s o n t he p rinted c ircu it n
ega
tive e
arth s
ystems
.
v
ehicles w ith 1 2V e l
ect rical s ystems board ( the foil p attern o f w h
ich i s
When a ssemb l
ing t he b oard o bserve
a
nd b y i ncluding o r e xclud ing a r
eproduced f u
ll-size i n F ig. 1 )
. T he
c
arefu l
ly t
he pola r
ity o
f t
he
n
umbe r o
f component s (marked s
ame b oard isu sed f or b oth p ositive e
lectroly tic c apacito rs a nd t he p in
c
lear
ly o n the c ircuit diagram ), i tc an a
nd n egative e
arth s ystems .
c
onnect ion s o
f t
he o
pe rat
iona l
b
e used w ith ei
the r pos
itive o r n egative F
igures 2 a nd 3 s how h ow t he amplifiers a nd t ransisto rs
. C heck a l
e
arth electr
ical s ystems. c
omponent s a
re l ocated o n t he b oard . s
o
lde ring f o r dry jo
in ts, or for d rops of
I
t is not p ossible t o u se t h
is a larm Note that Fig
. 2s how s the c omponent s
o
lde r t ha t may b e sho r
ting a cro ss any
c
i
rcuit w ith six v olt e
lect r
ica l systems . l
ayout f or pos
itive e arth v ehicles, a nd t
r
ack s. A lso c heck t hat al c omponent s
C
ONSTRUCT
ION F
ig. 3i sfor n
ega t
ive e arth v ehicles. a
re r i
gidly mounted a nd tha t n o leads
T
he c i
rcuit diagram o f the c omp lete a
re touch ing . R e-check a l c onnec t
ions
B
y f
a
r t
he s
imp
les
t w
ay t
o a
s
semb
le u
nit, shown i n F ig. 4, ilus trates t he t
o t he o perational a mp l
ifier s
. S et

F
ig
. 4
. C
ircu
it d
iag
ram o
fco mp
lete a
l
arm u
nit
.

D
I AND D2 EM401 O
la
2
N3643
EARTH (
a
)
A7
l0
a
1 Ic 4
POWER CONNECT IONS
4
TO I
C's NOT SHOWN

CI
O
1W SW1
P
IN 7 I
S POS
ITIVE 02
— NA A/
• -
11b R
3 I
NHIBIT d
lo
D
ia P
IN 4 I
S NEGATIVE R
11 8
C178
l
k
4
7k
I
GN.CO
IL (
a
) 0 C
4
04
1
mF R13
I
N914
ACC
.(a
) 0 3
.3M
BATT l
b
: o4 D
2a
R
8 1
00k 06
R
E ENTRY I
N914
C
l 1
35
0
.1,F 2
.2k R
9 1
00k
3

,
4
_
0
0
3

T
O
I
N914 R
10
5 3
3k
R
E-ENTRY 0
5
— A A AA -1 1--•
A
LA

2
BATT (
a
) 0 I
N914

D
1b O
lb
R
14
2
N3638 C
5 2
2k
i
GN.CO
1L I
b
)O j— R
4 R
12 0
7 I
R
2 S
CR1 RV1 0 Im F
I
M + 1
k 4
7k I
N914 HO RN
C
106Y1 1MEG
ACC
.(b
) 0 01 012
C
3
D
2b Rib 4
7mF
4
7011 1
6V
1W
EARTH :
t
o
l

COMPONENTS AND CONNECTIONS MARKED ( a

)
ARE OR POSIT
IVE EARTH VEH ICLES ONLY 2N3843
COMPONENTS AND CONNECTIONS MARKED l b) 2N3
1538
ARE FOR N
EGAT IVE EARTH VEHICLES ONLY A741c V
IE WED
F
ROM UNDERNEATH
C
101
:
1Y1
OPA40
1
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1
 A
UTOMA T
IC
C
AR-THEFT
M
INIATURE RELAY
F
ig. 5
. Th
is d
ra w
ing s
ho w
s ho w t
he a
lar m TYPE VP2
OR S
IMILAR
un
it i
s connected i
nto t
he v
ehic
le'
s 430
1/ CO
IL

A
LARM
2C/0
e
lectr
ica
l s
yste m
. CONTACTS

B
ATT

E
ARTH

I
ON C
OIL O
R
'
START: C
ONTACT
O
F SW
ITCH

A
CC
F E
X
S
W
IST
ING
ITCH

F
ig. 6
. Th
is (
opt
iona
l) un
it sw
itches o
ff
B
ATTERY
(
NOT S
WITCHED
) a
nd reset
s t
he a
lar m s
yste m a
fter a p
reset
P
IN N
UMBERS IN t
ime
.
B
RACKETS ARE FOR
N
EGATIVE EARTH
a V
EHICLES O
NLY

R
E E
NTRY S
WITCHES

PARTS L
IST ET305

RI — r
esistor 4
70 oh m , 1 Watt, 5%
R2 — IM, 11
2 Watt, 5%
R3 — .
, 1
k, "
R4 — 1k
, " I
R5 — " 2
.2k ,
R6 — " 2
.2k ,
R7 — 1k
, "
R8 — 00k .
,
R9 — 1
00k: .
.
R10 — " 33k
, "
Rh I— " 4
7k,
R12 — .
,
R13 — . 3
.31 ,
i P
t e
t

R14 — " 2
2k , "
R15 — 1k, " 0
,
R16 — " 4
.7k ,
RVI — potentio me ter IM t r
i mpot (
large t
ype)
CI — c
apac ito
r 0 .1uF , 100V
C2 — " 100 uF , 16V. e
lectro
lytic
C3 — " 47 uF , 1 6V.
C4 — " 0
.1 uF , 100 V.
C5 — " 0
.1 uF , 1 00 V.
ICI — i
ntegrated c ircuit uA 7 4IC (metal c
an
I
C2 — t
ype on ly)
i
ntegrated circuit uA 7 41C (me tal c
an
t
ype on ly)
SC RI — SCR t ype C106 Y1 o r similar
Qla — t
ransistor 2N3643 o r TT 3 643
Qlb — 2N3638 o r TT 3 638
F
ig. 7
. Construct
iona
l d
eta
ils o
fcircu
it s
ho wn i
n F
ig. 6
. (note — Qla f or +ve earth vehic
les,
Qlb f or -
ve earth vehicles
)
Q2 — t
ransistor BC178
DI — d
iode EM401
D2 —
p
otentiometer RV1 t
o max
imum 03- D8 — " 1N914
r
e
sistance
. RL A —r
elay — Associated Contro
ls type
E3201, 1 2V coi
l — sing
le change
-over
.
PC board — ET019
PC board p ins — Mc Murdo type 5737 54 08, or
I
NSTALLAT
ION s
imilar
.
SW1 — s ingle pole s
ing
le thro w sw
itch
The c omp le ted u
nit s hould b e Metal case.

i
nstalled o ut o f s ight, b ut i n af a
irly
a
cce ssible p lace t o e nab le t he u n
it to
b
e d isab led when t he v eh icle isi n fo
r
s
ervicing .
Ensure t hat t he a l
a rm u n
it has b een momenta rily t urned o n, t hen o f
f which h ad a mechan ism t ha t w as
b
uilt t o t he c or rect p olarity f or the a
gain). e
lec trically r
ewound a
t r
e gular
v
ehicle a nd t hat t he e lectrical system i s (
I
f t he v ehicle h as a ny f ibregla ss o r i
nte rvals! I ft h
is o ccur s t hen j ust b ack
1
2 Vo lt. a
loy p anels ar eed s witch may b e used o
ff RV1 meanwh ile e nsuring t ha t t he
S
olde r leads o nto t he p ins provided f
or t he e xternal r ese t func tion . J ust u
n it f
unc t
ion s correc t
ly w hen
o
n t he a la
rm u n
it a nd l ong e nough t o mount t he r eed b ehind a c onven ien t t
r
igge red i nt he n o rma l w ay.
r
each t he p o
ints i ndicated o n t he p
ane l a nd a ctua te i t e xte rna lly b y a The v eh ic
le's e xis ting h o
rn may a l
so
i
nstallation d raw ing ( Fi g
. 5 )
. smal
l b ar magne t). b
e u sed a sthe a larm h orn — h oweve r it
Mount t he a larm u nit i n the cho sen A
s t he u nit i s o pe ra ted b y a i
sw ell wo rth wh ile i nstall
ing as epa rate
momentary d rop i n b atte ry v oltage , horn s
pecifically f
or t
he a
larm
l
oca t
ion a nd r un t he w iring t o t he
p
o s
itions i ndicated o n F ig. 5 . c
aused b y l amp s b e
ing e ne rg ized , i ti s f
unc t
ion . I f this i sd one i ts hou ld b e
A
s e xplained e arl
ie r, t he e xternal e
ssential t hat a l g lobe s b e ma intained moun ted i n a n i n acce ssable p osition
i
n wo rking o rde r. One a dvantage o f a
nd t he a ssocia ted w ir
ing c arefu lly
r
e
-ent ry s witch , c an w ith a l i
tt
le
i
ngenu ity , b e b u
ilt i nto t he existing t
his s ystem i s tha t a ny f ault i n t he c
oncea led .
d
oo r l ocking mechan ism . B ut make t
r
iggering mechan ism i s i mmed iate ly Whilst n ot i n c
luded i n t he b asic
s
ure t hat t he s witch i so perated o nly o
bvious . a
la rm u nit w e h ave a l
so s hown a
b
y t he k ey a nd n ot when t he doo r is T
he f unc t
ion o f t he p otent iome ter c
ircu it F ig. 6.
) t hat w ill s witch o ff t he
o
pened f rom t he i ns
ide . RV1 i sto provide as en sit
iv ity c ont rol. horn a l
a rm a t t he e nd o f a9 0 s econd
I
f a n e xterna l k ey s witch i sused i t During t he e arly d evelopment o f t his p
e riod . The unit t
hen r
esets
s
hou ld e ithe r h ave a momenta ry u
nit w e w ere p lagued b y f alse a larm s a
utoma tically a nd w il
l b e re-activated
c
ontact mechan ism ( or i f a n o
rma l a
t i n
terva ls of af ew h our s. T his w as i
f a ny f urther a ttemp t i s made t o
t
ype o f s witch i s u sed i t may b e f
inal
ly t raced t o t he e lec tric c lock r
e
-en ter t he vehicle .

5
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ICS TODAY — J
ANUARY 1
972
 F
or t
he C
onnois
seur or f
or the H
i
-Fi B
eginne
r, t
he
HO W I
T W O R KS C
onvoy T
a
nd b
echnocen
uy t
he wor
ld'
tre o
s t
fS
op e
ound i
quipmen
sw
t.
he
re you h
ear

T
he a larm c i
rcuit isbest c
ons
idered n
ot s t
op t
he a
l
arm o
nce i
t i
s
a
s a n
umbe r o
f s
epa
rate t
r
igge
red.
i
nterconnec ted u n
its.T hese a
re
:-
1
.P owe rs upply.
I
N
ITIAL T
IME D
ELAY
2
.D etecto r.
3
.I n
itial time de
lay. When p ower isi n
itial
ly a pplied t o
4
.Inhib it
ing netwo rk. t
he c i
rcuit, C2 c harges v i
a D 4, R 8
5
.O ne c ycle o
sci
llator. a
nd R
2. The c
harging c urrent
6
.O utpu t stag
e. t
hrough R 8 c
auses Pin 2o fI CI t og o
7
. Maximum a
larm-time un
it h
ighe r t han norma l for t he fi
rs t 30
(
optiona l
). s
econds , a nd d uring t his t ime a
n
egat ive p u
lse on the supply r a
il w il
l
n
ot t r
igger t h
e a larm. A fter 3 0
P
OWER S
UPPLY s
econds o r so, C 4 i s c omp letely
c
ha rged b y R2 a nd h as n o f urther
Fo r v eh icles w ith p osit
ive e arth efect o n the c
i
rcuit.
s
ystems , t he p owe r s upp ly i sf ormed
b
y Q la , D la, D 2a, R la a nd C l. I
NHIB
ITING N
ETWORK
(
Component s with s uffix ' b
'a re used
i
nt he n ega tiv ee arth v ers
ion .) To enter the car without t r
iggering
With t he ignit
ion k ey i nt he acc.,o n, t
he a larm iti sn ecessary t o m ake a
o
r s tart p os
i t
ion s, p owe r iss upp lied momen tary contact be tween th e two
t
o r esisto r Rl a v ia D la o r D 2a. I f '
r
e-en try' t
e
rm inals. When t
his
p
owe ri ss upplied t ot hisr e
sisto r
,Q la c
on tact ismade.S CR1 l a
tches o na nd
i
s t u rned o ff a nd n o p owe r i s p
ulls the vol
tage o n P
in 3 o fI CI o ut
o
f t he range of t he tr
iggering p ulse. Cont
inental Model 70 B& W
s
upp lied t o the a larm c i
rcuit. When
t
he i g n
it ion k ey i st urned t o the o ff
Th
i s ci
rcuit i
si noperative ifthea l
arm E
lectro
static Monito
r speaker
sa re
p
o sition n o p owe r i ss upp l
ied t o Rl a
h
asa lready been t r
iggered. s
hown a bove inbl
ack and white d
eco r
,
a
nd s o Rl a turns o n Q la a nd p owe r a
l
so avai
lable inwalnut
. Left
, M ayfa
ir
i
sa pplied t ot he ala rm c ircuit. O
NE C
YCLE O
SCILLATOR Model i
nt eak a
nd walnut. (
Speaker
The r e ason f or t aking p ower s i
gna ls T
his circui
t causes t he horn top u
lse k
its a
va
ilable.
)
f
rom b o th t he i gnit
ion c o
il a nd a ce. a
to ne se cond in
te rvals.
p
o sition s i st hat i n m any v ehicles a l
l I
ti sb ased on as econd o perat
ional Wha
t t
he C
r
itics s
ay a
bou
t B& W S
peake
rs.
s
econda ry e
lectrical l
oads a
re ampl
if i
er o f as imilar type t o that
d
isconnec ted i n t he s tart p os
ition . u
sed i nt he d
etecting c i
rcuit. MODEL 7 0 E LECTROSTAT IC " approach ing the ideale veryone i s
T
h is w ould o the rw ise caus e th ea l
a rm I
ncreasing t he v alue o f R 13 w il
l s
eeking — p erfection." M r
. John G i lbert int he Gramophone L ondon .
t
oo pe rate w hi
lst s tart
ing t he car. d
ecreas e the puls
ing f requency -a nd —"Iw asastound ed .. t hey s ound l ike t
h er ea
lt hing !" John F ree-
s
tone,d i
stingu ished mus ic cr
itic E ngland. MODEL DM3 Mon itor
v
ice vers a
. Ift h
e o utput of ICI isin
S
peake rs 2c u. Ft., "The DM3 i sal oudspeaker d es
ign w orthy o fthe
D
ETECTOR C
IRCU
IT t
he l ow s ta
te, t he o sci
llator i s n
ame MON ITOR . W eh eart
ily c ommend i t
," A ud
io R ecord R eview.
i
nhibited a nd t he o u
tput o f IC2 i s MODEL DM I , Monitor Speake rs, 0.65 cu.F t.,"... t he very best we
Th
i s i s p rima rily a n o pe rationa l h
eld high . h
ave heard w ithin it
ss ize and p r
ice r ange '"T ape Reco rding M agazine
amplifier ( ICI) w ith d ifferen tia l '
.. w i
th my c o
lleague audio c onsu ltant D avid Phi
llip s wel i
ke t hem
i
npu ts
. T he i nve rt
ing i npu t ( —ye ) i s O
UTPUT S
TAGE s
onical
ly b e
t ter than any other s ystem ."
P
in 2 , a nd t he n on -
inve rting i npu t B& W S
peake
rs s
t
arta
t$130
.00
.
T
he o utput st
age i ssimply arelay
(
+ve) i sP in 3 .I ft he inpu t toP in 2i s
more t han f our m i
llivoltsh ighe r than d
r
iven b y t
rans
istorQ 2 w h
ich i
nt urn J
.B.L
., U.S
.A . Hear the 1
.100 Cen
tury s
peaker
s. S
ee t
he Aqua
rius
i
sdriven b y IC2. Diode D 7 p
revents r
ange of omn i-direc
tiona
l speakers — sur
round yourse
lf with
P
in 3 , t he o utpu t ( P
in 6 ), w ill b e
r
everse s
p
ikes f
rom t
he r
elay s
uper
lat
ive sound.
w
ithin t wo v olt s o f t he n ega t
ive
s
upp ly r a
il. I fP in 2i sf our m ill
ivo lt s, d
amag ing the t
rans
istor
. P
EERLESS OF D ENMARK . As uperb 1
2" 3way inTeak o
r Wa
lnut
o
nly $220. p
r
. as
tounding v
alue. Cameo 2 w
ay $100
. pr
. be
st v
alue.
o
r mo re ,l owe r t han P in 3 ,t he o utpu t
a
t P in 6w ill b e w ithin t wo v o
lt s o f MAX
IMUM A IME U
LARM T NIT Mc
INTOSH OF U .S
.A. America's most f
amous, 210 watts RMS
Ampl
ifie
r comple
te w i
th S
upe r Contro
l Un
it $2012
. Other models
t
hep osit
ive s upp ly r a
il. This isa n o ptiona l unita nd hasn ot f
rom $760.
Ac ommon c ent re t ap,d erived f rom b
een i ncluded o n t he m ain p rinted
P
IONEER , J
apan
. Be
st v a
lue for money i
n Amp
lif
ier
s, T
urn
tab
les
,
R3 a nd R 4, i su sed f or b oth i nput s. c
i
rcu it b oard . D etails a r
e s hown i n S
peaker
s, 1
5 mon
ths Guranatee
.
The v oltage a t t he n on-inve rt
ing F
i g
. 6 . T he u nit r e
set s t he a larm
i
npu t (Pin 3 )i s mod ified b y f eedback c
i
rcu ita fter ap reset time . PHILIPS INTERNAT IONAL H I—Fl
, HOLLAND . Europe's t
op
H
i-Fi Equ
ipment m
anufactured t
odi
n st
anda
rds
. Afu
ll r
ange o
fth
is
f
rom t he o u tpu t,( Pin 6). The u nit i s c onnec ted a cross t he
e
quipment on d
emons
trat
ion.
When t
he a
larm i
s i n t
he a
larm h orn w h
ich i se nergized w hen
non-trigger ed s tate t he o utpu t o fI CI v
oltage i s a pplied t o t he c i
rcu i
t. T
EAC C ENTRE FOR AUSTRA UA . A comp lete r a
nge of new
i
si n t h
e l ow s t
a te a nd t he v oltage a t C
apac i
to r C 7 i s charged v ia R 18. T
EAC s emi-professional e quipment on demonst rat
ion, fabulous
T
rans istor s Q 3 a nd Q 4 a r e em itter A
S100 Amp lif
ier, reminiscent of v
a
lves
. The Model 1 230 Deck and
P
i n 3i sb etween 5mV a nd I V l owe r
t
he f
ul
ly p rofess
ional 7 010 and 3300. A
lso prof es
siona
l q ua
lity
t
h an t he v oltage a t Pin 2d epend ing f
ollowe rs a nd c arry t he relay c urrent.
T
EAC Hi-Fi Casset
te D eck from $183.The s
uperb mode l A350 with
on thes et ting o f RV1 . When v o
ltage i sh igh enough t he re
lay Do
lby a
nd biass wi
tch o nly $318.
I
f an ega tive p ulse o ccu rs o n t h e c
loses and momenta rily a
pplies
powe r t o t he acc essories. T his resets TECHNOCENTRE S ERVICE D IV ISION. W e Se
t u p your t
ape
s
upp ly r ail, t his p ulse i sc oup led i nto
r
eco
rder o
r deck or th
e co
rrec
t b i
as togi
ve y ou o
ptimum from t
he
P
in 2 b y C 4. P rov iding t his p ulse i s t
he a la
rm . T he a larm w ill b e
t
ape you us
e. It wi
ll be li
ke a n ew m achine w hen s
et up f
or
g
rea ter t h an t h e b ias o n Pi n 3 , t he r
etriggered i f the v ehicle's e l
ectrical TDK- SD T
ape. A
l
l repa
irs a
nd se
rvice f
or Hi
-Fi equ
ipmen t
.
outpu t o fI CI w illg o high a nd w i
llb e s
ystem i sa gain d isturbed .T he circuit
held i n this s tate b y the a ct
ion o ft he v
alues s hown w ill p rovide a t ime F
REE CUSTOMER P
ARK
ING
f
eedback l oop . p
eriod o f a pprox 1 .
5 m inu tes, b ut

Convo T
e
c
h
noc
en
tr
e
I
ft hed e-ac tiva t
ing s w
i tch SW1 i si n t
his m ay v a
ry w ith d if
f e
ren t r e
lay
t
he o ff p o s
i t
ion , t he n ega tive p ul se c
oil r
e
sis tance s a
nd c
apac itor
o
n t he s upp ly r ai
l c anno t b e c oup led t
olerances . I ncrea s
ing R 18 o r C l w il
l
p A
i
nto P io This w i
ll p reven t t he i
ncreas e t he t ime p e r
iod a nd v i
ce
a
l
a rm I mm b eing t r
igge red, b ut w ill v
ers a. N
ow atcorner o
f Pl
unkett &M ac
lean S
ts
., Woo
lloomoo
loo
,Sydney
,
3
57-2444 (
pas
t Astor Mote
l).

ELECTRON
ICS TODAY — J
ANUARY 1
972 5
3
 AG
L
OSS
ARYO
f
A
-B T
EST A m ethod o f c ompa ring t wo c omponent s, s uch a s
i
o udspeake rs, b y s witch ing d irec t
ly f r om o ne t o t he o the r.
AMB
IENCE Acoust ic c
oloura t
io n c
aus ed by t
he r
everbe rant
charac te ristic s of o f t he l i
sten ing r oom o r c oncer t h a
ll.
AN E
CHOIC Echo -les s;w ithout r everbe ra t
ion .
BASS I
n h i-fl t erms — t he f requency s pec trum b elow 1 50 H z.
CARTRIDGE Section o f r ecord -p laye r p ick-up a rm c ons isting o f s tylus a nd
a
ssoc ia ted mechan ism , (
usua l
ly d etachab le ) — a lso a
continuous l oop magne t
ic t ape p ackage — u sua lly h aving
e
ight t racks .
CASSETTE P
re loaded c onta ine r f o
r u se w ith c as sette r eco rde rs, h as f our
t
rack m agne tic t ape — u sua lly o pe rates a t 1 -7/8" s econd .
CHANNEL As equence o f u nit s h and ling o ne s pec ific s i
gna l.
CL
IPP
ING D
is to r t
ion c aused b y s eve re o ve r
load ing o f a n amp lifie r
.
COMPRESS
ION Reduc ing t he d ynam ic r ange o f speech o r mus ic b y i n
c reas ing
t
he l evel o f n o
isy p as sages .
CROLYN T
rade n ame o f a magne tic r ecord ing t ape w ith ac hrom ium
d
iox ide c oating ( made b y D upont i nU SA ).
CROSSOVER C
i rcu it u sed f or d i v
id ing a mplifie r o utput i nto s e
lec ted
f
requency b ands . T he o utput f rom t he c ros sove r n e two rk
e
ne rg ize s the a pp rop r
ia te l oudspeake rs.
DAMP
ING The a bility o f a n amp lifier t o s top t he movement o f a
l
o udspeake r cone o nce t he e nergizing s ignal h as c ea sed.
D
ECIBEL A d ec ibe l ( dB) i s a l oga r
ithm ic u nit r ep resent ing r at
ios .
Decibe ls a re u sed f or e xp ressing w ide -rang ing n umbe rs o n a
s
imp le l i
nea r s c a
le . A d ecibe l f igure i s the l ogar ithm o f a
v
oltage r atio mu ltip l
ied b y 2 0 ( or t he l oga r
ithm o f ap owe r
r
atio mu lt iplied b y 1 0.) T he s ystem i sc ommon ly u sed t o
imply a ctua l s ound l evels — a n o rche stra p lay ing f l
a tout
p
roduces a bout 1 00 d B. T his i sa n i nco rrec t u sage o f d ecibe l
notation , b ut mo s t peop le k now wha t i s meant .
D
IN German S tanda rds f o r i ndus tr
ial i t
ems — g ene rally r efer s i n
h
i-fi p arlance t o S tanda rds f o
r p lug s, s ocke ts e tc. b ut t he re
a
re D IN S tandards f or t ape r ecord ing s e qua lisa tion a nd h i-f
i
s
pec ifica tions . D IN i s a n a cronym f or D eut sche r I ndus trie
No rmen .
DOLBY SYSTE M A s ys tem f or r educ ing n o
ise o n t ape s a nd r eco rds , e tc. I t
o
pe ra te s b y c omp res sing a s igna l b efo re r eco rd ing a nd
e
xpand ing i to n r eplay .
DR
IVE UN
IT Loudspeake r u nit — i .e
. n ot t he c omp le te e nclo sure .
DYNAM
IC RANGE Total r ange o f signa l f rom t he h ighes t t o the l owes t found i n
a
ny g iven p rogramme ma te r
ial. T he t erm i s a lso u sed t o
i
ndica te t he r ange o f s igna l l evel t hat a p iece o f e quipment
c
an h and le.

5
4 ELECTRON
ICS TODAY - J
ANUARY 1
972
H
i
llT
E
RMS L
ike mo
st t
echno
log
ies
, t
he e
volu
tion o
fhi
-f
w
i
ih
as b
th i
rought
t av
ocabu
lary a
l
l i
t
s own
.
Mo
st o
fthe t
e
rms u
sed a
re s
imp
le e
nough — o
nce y
ou
k
now w
hat t
hey mean
. H
ere i
s al
i
st
ing o
f38o
fthem
.

E
IGENTONE Acous tic r oom r esonances p roduced b y p arallel surfaces .
F
ILTER Ac ircu it u sed t o a ttenua te s elec ted f requenc ie s
.
F
LUTTER P
itch v a r
ia t
ions a bove 1 0 H z.
FREQUENCY Rate o f o sci
lla t
ion — n umbe r o f c omp lete c ycles o f
o
scilla tion i n o ne s econd . O rigina lly e xpre ssed i n c ycles p er
s
econd — n ow i n H e rtz ( Hz) O ne H z e qua ls o ne c ycle p er
s
econd .
F
REQUENCY R
ESPONSE The r ange o f f requency t ha t c an b e h and led b y ap iece o f
e
qu ipment . T o b e m ean ing fu l this f igure mus t b e q ualified b y
s
tating t he d ecibe l l imit s o ver wh ich t he f requency r espons e
s
pec ifica tion a pp lies .
HAR MON
IC A mu l tiple o f af undamenta l f requency . T hus, t he s econd
h
armon ic i s afrequency t wice t ha t o f the f undamenta l.
HAR MON
IC D
ISTORT
ION D
is to rtion i n wh ich h a rmon ic s a r e a dded t o the o riginal
s
i
gna l.
H
ERTZ Unit o f f requency .
I
NTEGRATED C
IRCU
IT A c ircu it c omponen t i n wh ich t rans istor s
, d iode s
, r e
sistor s
,
e
tc., a r e f ormed o n a m icro scop ic c h
ip o f ma te r
ia l. A n
i
nteg rated c i
rcu it 1 /16" s quare may c ontain t he equ ivalent o f
f
orty o f f i
fty s epara te t ransis tors.
k
Hz One t housand c ycle s p er s e cond .
LOUDNESS CONTROL A s ystem b y w hich b ass a nd t r
eb le f requenc ies a re b oo sted at
l
ow l is
ten ing l eve ls t o c ompensa te f or a ssoc iated h earing
c
ha rac te rist
ic s. S ome h i-fi a utho r
ities d i s
like l oudnes s
c
ont rols o n t he g rounds t ha t t hey a re u nna tura l. One
wonde rs why t hey r e gard mu sic a s an atural p henomenon .
MONO S
ing le c hanne l.
OCTAVE F
requency i n
terva l o f t wo t o one .
PEAK
-TO-PEAK The magn itude o f a n e lect r
ical c ur rent o r v o
ltage m easured
b
e tween t he e xt reme p ositive a nd n ega t
ive e xcur s
ions .
P
OWER The r ate a t w hich e ne rgy i s c onve rted o r d issipa ted —
measured i n Wa tt s.
RANDOM NO
ISE Noise g enera ted i n e lect ron ic c ircu its b y r andom mo lecu lar
movement .
R
ESPONSE CURVE Graph o f f r
equency r esponse w ith f r
equency o n ah orizonta l
s
cale a nd s ignal l evel o n av ert
ica l ka le.
RMS Roo t Mean S quare — t he e ffec t
ive amp l itude o f a n AC
v
oltage w ave form . I t i se qual t o t he DC v oltage o r c urrent
t
hat wou ld p roduce t he s ame p owe r d iss
ipa t
ion i n a ny g iven
l
oad .
SOL
ID-STATE An e lec tronic c ircu it t ha t u ses t rans istors r athe r t han v a
lve s
.
TWEETER Loudspeake r used s ole ly f o r reproduc ing h igh f r
equenc ie s
.
WOOFER Loudspeake r used s ole ly f o r low f requenc ies.

ELECTRON
ICS TODAY -JANUARY 1
972 5
5
 B
rae
' I Na
ir B
rad & Now B
roi
l i
tIgo
r

B
rOe
l &K
j
cer P
oten
tiome
ter R
ange
: _50
. _d
B R
ect
if
ier RMS L
owe
r L
im. F
rog
.: _ 20 _ H
z Wr S
peed
: _315
.
..
.mm
ieec
. P
ape
r S
pee
el
: A _mm
/sec
.
'
V •.1 V , I • l
e • 00'
C
open
hag
en

M
easu
ring Ob
i•
RFC M1 I
1 n
RFPLAY
FREQUFNCY 3
RESPONSF AF u
tekki
ii
imm
t=E
i
TEAC A-350
CASSETTE N
OPMAL W
A
S
REC
_ORDER
CURVES
J
2LSPIALEI
E
CIR_
_
CLA U D __

1_
c
le abe
_l i
c
r
. _
1v
.
d i — T
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Of
i L B
fAS —
R
ec N
o.
:
D
a
te -.
2
4/11/7
1 -
10) a - TIT
S
ign
.: 0 I I •-• A 1
--- 1(
:)-
1
0 2
0 H
z 5
0 1
00 2
00 ' 5
00 0
00 2
000 5
000 1
0000 2
0000 4
0000 D A B C L
in
.
OP 124 M
ult
iply F
requency S
cale b
y Z
ero L
eve
l: (
1612
/2112) A B C L
in
.

T
EAC A
-350 D
OLBY C
d
eck contains the tape c
ompa rtment , a p
art
icula r
ly when s e
lecting t he r
ecord

e
l
ec
tro
nic
s
s
et of s
ix piano-type function k eys
, an mode. All keys
, with the exception of
i
ndex counter, at ape run i ndicator
, a t
he pause k ey
, are in
terlocked s o t
hat
TOD
r
ecord mode i ndicator and at ape e
ject t
he stop k ey has to be operated each
b
utton. t
ime b efore another function c an be

p
r
odu
ctt
e
st u
The d
sed i
e
n t
s
ign o
h
is reco
f t
rde
he c
r i
a
su
sset
te c
nusual
. I
arr
ie
tis
r s
e
lected
o
f p
ress
, t hus m
ing aw
inim
rong k
iz
ey
ing t
.
he chance

i
n t wo parts — c ompris
ing a me tal
T
he ri
ght hand side o
f the machine
c
arr
ier o nto wh ich t he c as
sette i s
c
ontains t
wo medium s
ized VU
p
laced, a
nd a large d ust c over.
meter
s; sl
ide controls f
or input and
TEAC's n
ew g enera
tion cas
set
te Normally these t wo components a re
o
utput l eve
ls; m icrophone o r li
ne
r
ecorde
r of
fers tr
uly hi
-fl c
omb ined, making i
t v
ir
tually
i
nput, tape b ias and Do lby mode
i
mpossible to c lean t he h eads a nd
p
erformance. s
witches and a p eak leve
l ind
icato
r.
d
ifficu lt t o c lear shou ld t he t ape g et
c
aught u p o n the pinch r o
ller. Anothe r
g
ood f ea ture o f the d ust c ove r ist he
l
arge v
iew ing window , measuring

T
HE T EAC A -350 i s the s econd 1
- 3/8" x 2 -3/4" p rovid ing ac lear view
c
asset te reco rde r t ha t we h ave o
f t he c a ssette. A c ounte r, with r eset
r
ev
iewed wh ich i n
co rpo rates t he b
ut ton , i s lo
cated o n t he f a
r l e
ft, just
Dolby n o
ise r educ tion s ystem a s an b
elow t he d ust c ove r. An o range
i
ntegral p art of t he r eco rde r. I ti sthe s
t
robe -type i nd icato r
, s how ing that t he
f
i
rst w ith h igh d ensity f err
ite h eads. t
ape i sa ctua l
ly r unning , i slocated j ust
Many mo re w il
l b e ma rke ted i n t he b
elow t he t r
ipmete r
. S ix p iano k eys
n
ea r f uture , f o
r t he r ecent a dvances p
rov ided t he follow ing f unctions ; f
rom
w
ith c hrom ium d iox ide a nd o the r n ew l
e
ft t o right :—
magne tic mate rials , g reatly i mprove a
) R eco rd , w ith a n i lum inated b ezel
t
he f r
equency r esponse o bta inab le. s
trip a bove i t
.
A
s w ith a ll TEAC e qu ipment , t he b
) F as t reve rse.
e
xterna l a ppearance o f t he TEAC c
) P lay .
A
-350 i s p leas
ing t o t he e ye. T he d
) F ast f orwa rd .
c
ont rol p ane l, wh ich i s mou lded i n a e
) S top .
b
lack p lastic, isp a rtially c ove red w ith f
) P ause .
b
rushed s tainless s tee
l p ane ls a nd is The s i
xth ( pause ) k ey i sp articula r
ly
f
i
tted i nto a n oiled t imbe r b ase w ith u
se ful. T his c an b e d epres sed f i
rst s o
h
igh e nd p anels. T he l e
ft s ide o f t he t
ha t t he re i s n o t ape movement ,

5
6
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rOe
l &K
i
zer B
rOe
l &K
ja
fr B
rOe
l aK
i
cor
— —
B
rue
l &K
j
cer P
oten
tiome
ter R
ange
:_ _50 _ d
B R
ect
if
ier RMS L
owe
r L
im. F
req 20 H
z Wr S
peed
: _ namm
/sec
. P
ape
r S
peed
:—1_ _mm/sec
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1
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l ma la m = a M N i mam a i m a m ma NE a lM a M
IN M
T
EAC A-350 = NI O p
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11 =1111
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11
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I
1 _1
1 _1
1 1
1 1
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M il • = M IN I N NE M N = MI M O M • W
il
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l
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1 _1
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I
= NM MINN I N1 /111••• • • - 1M I i
l gm= = M Ia n OM NI IM1 mil lM a
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A
'
SSETT
ERECORDER
The VU mete rs, which a re mounted o n r
ecorded , i tisp oss
ible t o reach p eak Dolby o n/o f f
.
as loping p ane l t o imp rove v i
sib i
lity, l
eve
l w ith t he VU me ter reading - 10 o n A w hite i ndica to r a bove t he VU
a
re we ll i lum inated a nd g raduated t o l
ow f requency t ransients. F our s l
ide me ters i si lu m inated w hen t he D o
lby
w
ithin ± -10% o f actual level. c
ont rols are mounted t o the l eft a nd s
y stem i ss elec ted.
T
he a dd it
ion o f ap eak l evel indicato r b
elow t he VU me ter
s a nd provide Three l a
rge j ack s ocke ts a re l ocated
p
rovide s a n a ccurate i ndication o f l
eve
l c ontro l of each c hanel i n t he on t he f ron t p ane l f or l e
ft a nd r i
ght
p
eak l evels. T hese a re more c ritical r
ecord a nd p layback mode . T he se c
hanne l m ic rophone i nput s, a nd a
w
ith c hrom ium d iox ide t apes , a s c
ont rols are very smooth i no pe ration , s
tereo h eadphone o utput , ( which i si n
s
tated i n o ur p revious i s
sue . We f ound a
nd p rovide mo re than a dequa te l evel p
a ral
lel w
ith t
he li
ne output.)
t
his indicato r h ard to see u nde r n orma l c
ontrol . T hree toggle s witche s a nd a S
tanda rd R
.C .A . t
ype i nput a nd
l
i
ghting c ond itions, u nles s y ou a re p
owe r on/o ff r
ocker switch are l ocated o
utput s ocke ts a re l oca ted o n a
d
irectly o ver i t
, because o f its s mall t
o t he r ight o f these c ont
ro ls. T he r
ece ssed p ane l a t t he b ack o f t he
s
i
ze a nd r elatively l ow l i
ght o utput . t
oggle s w
itchs s e
lect n orma l o r h igh r
eco rde r
, togethe r with a D IN
Depend ing o n t he type o f mus ic b e
ing b
ias
, l i
ne o r microphone i nput , a nd i
nput /output s ocke t.
Whilst mo st c assette r eco rder s uti
lize
t
ape t ens ion c ompa ra tor s t o stop t he
r
eco rde r a t t he e nd o f a t ape, t he
TEAC u tilize s a n ew a nd s uperior
s
ys tem c onsis t
ing o f ar ota ry magne t
a
nd a r eed s witch w ith t ime d elay
c
ircuit. S hou ld t he f eed s pool s top,
d
ue t o at ape b reak o r b ecause t he
t
ape h as f inished , t his mechan ism w i
ll
s
top t he r eco rder , afte r t wo t o t hree
s
econds , a nd r e
lea se t he pinch r ol
le r a
s
well as re set t
ing t he func t
ion s witche s
.

M E A S U R E D P E R F O R M A N C E

I
n many r
e
spects t he mea sured
p
erformance o f the T EAC A -350 is
e
xtremely g ood
, in other s i
ti sabove
a
verage.
One e xcept
ional c
haracte r
ist
ic isthe
v
ery low wow a nd flutter. This was
o
nly 0.06% r ms when checked u s
ing a
s
t
anda rd TEAC c assette. We f ound

5
7
T
EAC A
-350 D
OLBY
C
ASSETTERECORDER T
ape M
easu
red F
r
equency R
espon
se
Advoca
te Cro
lyn T ape 2
0Hz t
o 1
4kHz ±
3dB
t
hat this f i
gure v aried c onsiderably
BASF Cr02 2
0Hz t
o 1
2kHz ±
3dB
f
rom tape t o t
ape b ut ra
rely e xceeded
t
he 0
.13% cl
aimed by t
he TDK Super Dynam ic C60 2
5Hz t
o 9kHz ±
3dB
S
cotch High Energy Coba
lt C
60 2
0Hz t
o 8kHz ±
3dB
manufacturer. T hese l ow f igures a r
e
main
ly a tt
ributab le t o the l a
rge fly- TEAC C 60 c
asse
t te 2
5Hz t
o 5kHz ±
3dB
whee
l in the dr
ive mechan ism a nd the
u
se of a n outer
-ro to r type h ystere
sis-
s
ynchronous mo to r
.
During the measurement s and t he The ma in c ircuit
ry i s l ocated o n i
nstruc tions on the f
ront a
nd
s
ubject
ive tes
ts i t was n oted that the t
hree sepa rate printed c ircuit b oards, main tenance i nstruc tions o n the b ack .
l
e
ft a nd ri
ght c hanne ls w ere sl
ightly which are clear
ly l a
belled s o that e ach A f u
ll s et o f R .C.A . p atching l eads,
d
ifferent
. F
urther i
nvest
igat
ion c
hannel a nd i t
s r e
spec tive t r
i mme r a
nd a c lean ing k it c on sist
ing o f a
s
howed t ha
t t he bias set
tings for each potent
iomete rs can b e i dentif
ied . All bottle of c lean ing f luid a nd ap acke t of
c
hannel were c omp letely different
, as t
he t rans
is tors a re s i
licon a nd t he c
o tton s wab s a re also s upp lied .
s
hown b e
low . microphone p
reamp lifier h
as a The r ecorde r w a s ad e
light t o use and
f
requency r esponse o f 2 0-20kHz + 0 c
e r
ta inly s
hou ld make a
nyone
R
e
lative b
i
asse
tt
ingspr
ior que st
ion t
he a
dvan tage s o
f a
-
2dB . The d r
ive mo tor i sf i
tted w ith a
t
oconduct
ing m
easu
rements double grooved p ul
ley , wh ich c an b e c
onven tiona l r e e
l t o r ee
l r eco rder, with
B
ias s
witch R
ight Channe
l Le
ft channe
l i
nve r
ted t o prov ide t he s peed c hange i
t
s a ttendant t hread ing p rob lems a nd
s
et
ting O
dB (re
fergnce n
ece ssary f or 6 0Hz . T he ma in s p owe r r
ela t
ive i nconven ience .
Normal l
eve
l) +
2.6dB f
use, l ocated i n t he b ase o f t he This " Do lby ised" d eck h elps to place
H
igh +
1dB +
4dB mach ine, inco rpo rates amu ltipin p lug, c
a ssette r eco rde rs i n an ew p os
ition i n
which h as fi
ve p ositions. T he se provide t
he H igh F ide lity f ield. T hey a re n o
We h ave n ot b een a b
le p ositive ly t o v
oltage s et
ting s 2 40V , 2 20V , 2 00V , l
onge r toys.
e
stab lish whethe r t he b i
as s ettings 17V a nd 1 00V . The i nc
lus ion o f t he D olby s ys
tem
were c
hanged s
ubsequent t
o The high d ensity f e
rrite h eads f i
t ted w
ith in t
he mach ine o bviates t he
manufacture . Co rrec t
ly b i ased, we t
o t he t ape r e
co rde r carry a l i
fet
ime p
rob lems and i
nconven ience t
hat
obtained g ood f requency r esponses , g
ua rantee w ith r e
spec t t o w ea r a nd occur w ith a s epa rate D o
lby u nit
w
ith b oth s tanda rd a nd c hrom ium performance . T he r ecorde r i ssuppl ied w h
ich w e p e rsona lly d i s
like f rom a
d
iox ide t apes . w
ith a v ery b as
ic,,
illustrated,e ight p age e
rgonom ic p o
in t of vi ew.
The o ve rall p e rfo rmance o f t he i
nstruction manua l c omp lete w ith With as ugge s ted r etail s e
lling p r
ice o f
r
eco rde r wa s s ub ject ively t ested b y c
ircuit d iagram . T EAC a lso s upply a S318 .00 t his u nit i s g ood v a
lue f or
p
lay ing s pec ia lly p re-reco rded c assettes quick r eference c a rd w ith o pe rating money . •
a
nd b y r eco rd ing e xce rpts f r om t wo
r
eco rds; Wa rne r B rothe rs — J BL t est
r
eco rd, a nd t he CBS S imoh a nd
Gar funke l "Bridge O ve r T roub led M
EASURED P
ERFORMANCE TEAC A-350 S
TEREO CASSETTE
Wa te rs" . The t
apes were t
hen
D
ECK W
ITH DOLBY
, MODEL A
-350 S
ERIAL NO
. 4
346
compa red w ith t he r eco rd i n a n A -B
t
ype t est. When c hrom ium d iox ide R
eco
rd t
o R
eplay F
requency R
esponse
t
ape s were u
sed , t he d
ifference With TEAC C 60
between t he o r
ig ina l a nd t he t ape w as OVU 1
0VU
particu la rly h ard t o d etect , t he o nly 25Hz t
o 4ICHz +
.3dB 2
5Hz t
o 5
kHz ±
3dB
d
isce rnab le l oss b e
ing a t v ery h i gh With Advocate C
rolyn Cr0
2 C
60
f
requenc ies . The l
o
ss w as mo re QVU -
10VU
appa rent t o t he e a r when c onvent iona l +
2
2
0Hz t
o 8
kHz .
3 d
B 2
0Hz t
o 1
4kHz +
3dB
c
a sse tte s w ere u sed , a s t heir f requency
r
esponse r o
lls o ve r b efore 1 0kHz o n Wow a nd Flutter
t
his r e co rde r. I n many h ome s
, o r 0
.06% RMS
whe re b ackg round mus ic i sr equired , Total H armon ic Distort
ion R e 1kHz S
igna
l
t
he d
iffe rence would not b
e OVU -
10VU
1
. 4% 0
.4%
noticeab le .
F
o r t hese t ape c ompa risons t he S
igna l
-to -Noise Ratio U nweighted
D o
lby s ystem w as u sed a nd t he 55dB
ma rked r
educt ion i
n t ape noise C
ro ss T a
lk a t OVU
p
rov ided b
y t
he Dolby Noise 1
kHz 1
00Hz
Reduc tion S ys tem w as q u ite a pparent , 4
1dB 4
3dB
and c erta in ly a n ece ssary f unct ion t o I
nte rr
nodu lation Distortion
be u sed , i f o ne d esires t o u ti
lize t he W
ith 1 kHz a nd 970Hz S ignal @ OVU
max imum f requency p erfo rmance t hat -
41dB
chrom ium d iox ide t ape s c an p rovide . L
ine I nput Sensit
ivity f or OVU =8
6mV
T
he f r
equency r esponse o bta
inab le Microphone I nput. Sens
itivity f
or OVU 3
.6mV
f
rom t
his mach ine is l
a
rge ly L
ine O u
tput S ens
i t
ivity for OVU Signa
l Leve
l
dete rm ined b y t he t ype o f t ape b e
ing and M aximu m G a
in -
700mV
u
sed . T able Is hows t he e xtrao rdina rily D
i mensions
: 4-3/8" (
H) x16
-15
/16" (
WI x9
-7/8" (
D)
w
ide r ange o bta inab le ( at - 10VU ) with Weight
: 1-3 /4 lb
s (
5
.3kg)
Advoca te C rolyn a nd BASF Cr02 P
rice: S318
t
ape
s compared w
ith a number o
f t
he
o
ther t
op q
ual
ity t
ape c
asset
tes
.

5
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ICS TODAY — J
ANUARY 1
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FTER HOURS 4
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N
EW S
TEREO R
ECORD C
HANGER
MAGNAVOX C
116 - C
117 C
117A3

8
-30 Current mode ls, 4 s peeds , auto-
matic o r manua l operation.
S
PEAKER Deluxe mode l with 1 2in t urntab le.
SONATA S
YSTEM Cueing d ev
ice, Cera m ic c artridge ,
D
ia mond S tylus $40.00
1
.6 c. f
t
. 8 o h ms
A
ll si
licone s o
lid-state H i Fl a
nd 1
5 o
h ms.
Deluxe mode l a s above w ith -
adjustable c
ounter balance , 2
S
tereo Amplifie
r Mode
l O
iled Teak F
or- sp
ind les, ca
librated stylus p ressure
NS
-1600D m
ica Veneer. control added $46.50
1
0 watts R
.M.S
. p er channe
l. Each Co mp
lete, ready for u
se Deluxe mode l as a bove w ith 1 2in.
c
hanne l has s
eparate b
ass/Treble 8
-30 s peaker on
ly D
iecast Heavywe ight Turntab le, 4 -
3TC Tweeter On ly $
$6
10
8
.
c
ontro ls. $
3
.65
. pole Sh ie
lded motor . Su itable f or
I
nputs f or magne t
ic or cera mic cart
ridge,
F
ully b
uilt Cab
inet o
nly $
35 .
6
.
0
05
. magne tic cartr
idge $56.50
c
rystal m ic
., radio, tape - t apeout stereo
h
eadphones . 8
-16 o h ms
. I
nstruction S
TEREO R
ECORD P
LAYER
booklet, ci
rcu it s
upp l
ied . T
i mber
c
abine t. Di mens ions: 1 4%" x 8 " x 4 "
.
P
r
ice $ 67
.50 . P
ack & P ost $ 1.50.
I
nterstate $ 2
.50 .

9
!
-

240V AC operat ion. Chro med t ubular

metal 9 " t one a rm w ith a d
jus table
counter b a
lance a nd les t - c era mic Model C
117 a
nd C117A3 c an be
car
tridge, s apphire s ty
lus . s
uppl
ied w ith Magnetic Cartr
idge a
nd
4
-speed mo tor a nd 6, 1" meta l turn- D
ia mond S
tylus a
t $10
.00 extra
.
t
able w ith mat . $7 .90 - post 50c . P
re-cut Mounting P
lat
for ms a
re ava
ilable
Mounting p latfor m 1 5" x 1 1" x 2 i" t
o su
it Changers Pr
ice $9.00
w
ith c ut
-out t o s uit above r ecord A
lso Fully Moulded Smoke Tinted
p
layer. $5 .50 - post 50c . P
erspec Covers Pr
ice $9.00

P
.A. AMPL
IFIERS
N
/ R
OTAT
ING D
I
STRESS E
MERGENCY THE NE W B
SR
Two H i-I mp i npu ts w ith i ndependen t
B
EAM RECORD P LAYER
v
olu me c
on trols. For m ix ing e ither Automa t
ic o r manua l ope ration . L ate st
m
ic rophone s o r P .U . b ass/treb le t one Red, Blue , Amber
mode rn s tyle s quare sec tion b rushed
c
ontro l
. - V
isab il
ity 3 a
lu miniu m tone a
rm - f
ully
Availab le w ith mu lt
i -tapped v oice c o
il mile. c
ounte r-balanced w ith calib rated s tylus
match ing s (
2
,3 .7,8 ,15 oh ms ) OR 12V D.C. opera
- p
ressure control - a nti-ska te b
ias
multi•tapped l i
ne match ings ( 66, 1 25, t
ion, Waterproof . c
o mpensa tor - s i
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icone d a mped c ue
ing
250, 5 00 o hm s). On o rdering p lea se Co mplete wit h d
evice - l i
ghtwe ight head s hell take s any
i
ndica te i mpedance ma tching r equired . heavy d uty- s uc
- t
ype magnet ic c artr
idge. 1 1" d ieca st
15 wa tts R .M .S. V-C ma tchings t
ion Cap . S
ize t
urntab le - d yr
.. mica
lly b a
lanced 4 p o
le
$49.50 31in
. d ia. x 5 1in
. moto r f
i
tted w
ith c
lick & n
oise
15 wa tts R
.M .S . L ine ma tchings $5.75 . \ m
oo'
s
upp ressor. r inish - S atin b lack w ith
$53.50 Pack and Post
. b
rushed a lu miniu m trim. Ava i
lab le w ith
30 wa tts R .M .S. L ine - VC - $ 59.50 35c. c
era mic c artr
idgP a nd dia mond s tylus
240 VAC o pe rat
ion . $54.75. O
r Magnetic c artridge a nd
F
ro m s tock we h ave a f ul
l range o f P.A .
d
ia mond s tylus $ 62.50.
a
cces sor ies availab le.
P
ack & P
ost $
1.50
.
Low l oss s hielded m ic., c able - $ 10 .00 BATTERY SAVERS
p
e r 1 00 y ds.
2
40 vac ope
ra tor a
pproved. Suitab
le for
Twin s peake r f l
ex - $ 4.50 p er 1 00 y d,
o
perat
ing b attery o pera
ted t rans
istor
MAGNAVOX
F
loo r mode l m ic, stand - $ 11 .75
Table mode l m ic.
, s tand - $ 3.50
r
adio
s, c
assette and t
ape r eco
rders, e
tc. W
IDE RANGE F REQUENCY
6 -9 V d
c .1 amp $9
.35
Goo se Necks - $ 4.00 RESPONSE TW
IN CONE
8" S pk., c e
iling mounts $ 6.75 6- 9V d c .3 amp $
14.35
8" P .A . s peake r a nd p rojection f l
are 4
'4 -6 -7Y, -9 - 12V amp SPEAKERS, 8o
r 1
6 o
hms
.
$
16 .25 Regu
lated and protec
ted $
26.50
. 3
0 - 1
6000 H
z.
600/15 l ine transfo r me rs - $ 3.00 Pack & P
ost 75c
.
6WR Mk
.V 1
2 watt
s RMS $ 9.90
Top q uality H i-I mp m ic., -$ 12 .95 8WR Mk
.V 1
6 " " $10.75
1
0WR Mk.1 V 1
6 " " $11.50
P
ANEL METERS 1
2 WR Mk
.1 V 1
6 " " $12.50
P
ack & Pos
t 65c
. S end S.A
.E. f
or Data
S
heet
.

ROLA
H
i FlSPEAKERS
C
lea r P
las
tic
, F
lush Mount
ing. ALS O ED GE M ETE RS 8-15 o
hms.
Ful
l r
ange ava
ilab
le. F
rom VU - S te
reo C6 0 $ 9
.80
50uA 1 0A - DC , 1 5 VDC, B
alance. S
end d
emo
riam C6 0X Tw
in Cone $
10 50
500 VDC , 300 VAC, VU and f
or p
rice li
st
, C 8MX Tw
in Cone $ 9
.00
5
. S
.A.E. 1
2U50 - 5
0 Wa
tts R
.M.S
. -$
34.50
.

ELECT R O NICS TO D A Y - JA N U AR Y 1
972
 P
RE
-PAK E
L
ECTRON
IC D
I
SPOSA
LS
A
lso at 718 Parra matta Road
,
Croydon
, N.S.W. 2132 . Tel
. 797 6144.
Br
isbane 8t Q
ld. Nor m Wilson
,
9
5-97 R
egent S
t
.. R
edfern
, N
.S.W
. 2
016
. T
el
. 6
9 5
922 67 Sandgate Road, A lb
ion, Br
isbane
,
H
our
s o
f B
usiness
. Mon
.-Wed
. & Fr
i. 8
.30am-5
.30pm
. T
hurs
. 8
.30am
-13pm
. 4010
. Te
l. 62 1351
.
S
at. 8
am-lpm. Open
ing fro m t
he 17th J
anuary
, 1972
.

What is Surp
lus? Many p eop
le a re sti
ll u nder the impress
ion t hat ' Surp
lus' or 'Disposa
ls' c omponents a nd e quipment are
War
-time a nd G overnmen t surplus ma terial
. We w ant to put your m inds a t r
est
. WE DO NOT S ELL GOVERNMENT SURPLUS
MATERIAL. O ur surplus are end o f runs a nd over
-bought manu facturers' stock
. In mos t c
ases the goods we offe
r are infac
t of
h
igh grade spec. and w or
th a lot more t han standard and comme rcial componen ts
, b ut because we purchase i n bu
lk we are
a
ble to br
ing these t o you at 'an
ti-in
flationary' pr
ices
. This w ay you s ave a lot o
f h ard
-earned c ash and stil
l p urchase high
g
rade c omponents t hat are tr
oub le free.

I
H
igh Grade Fi
bre Glass S
.T.C. R ectif
ier A s semb ly. S er
-
C
opper Lamina
te S
.
S
T
.C
Y20
. S
7
, i
o
lid S
n
co
t
rpo
a
r
te R
at
ec
ing S
tif
ier A
IL
ssemb
ICON A
ly. T ype
VALANCHE i
es M D
. 1 p h ase F ull W ave P
a
k 1 . 10 as
sor
ted BC-
1
1 &8 C118 PNP Tr
an-
P
r
inted Ci
rcui
t B oa
rd P
OWER D
r
ep
lacemen
IODES
t fo
.
r t h
P
r
e o
ov
l
ides a
der M e
n u
rcur
p-
y V
to-da
apou
te
r.
b
r
idge a
MD2 2
t .
00 v
5 a
. M
mp s
D3 3
. N 1
00
D1 1
v. M
00v.
D4 s
i
s
tors
. N
ew b u
t u n
-
2
3 l
b
s. of v
arious & use
ful X
enon f
i
l
led o r H i
gh V o
ltage r
ecti
fier 4
00v. M D5 5 00 v
. M D6 6 00v.
v
a
lves. Tech. s pec. M ax. P IV. 10KV. P eal, MOB 8 00v M 010 1 000 v. Prices : 3 5 c
, 4 0c, m
a
rked
. 1
0 fo
r $ 1
.50
s
izes
, s
i
ngle si
ded
. l
aA 45-average l aA 1 .0 B ase. U SA U X 4 4
5e, 50c, 5e, 6 0c
, 7 0e & 8 0c r espec t
ively. p
l
us 1 5
c p os
t. Guar
an
$
2.00 o
n
p
l
us $
N
o
1
rma
.00 p
l
ly $
os
t. N
35.00
. O
ew a
ur p
nd p a
r
ice $
cked.
10.00 O
rde
P
os
r
s a
t 2 5
ccep
c a
ted o
ny 3
n
ly f
. New .
or 3d i
fferent t ypes. t
e
ed qua
lity
.
p
lus 40c post
.

H
i
gh grade m et
al t u
bu
lar p a
per
P
ak 2. 1 0 F a
irch
ild I
.
B
.M . S
i
lver W
i
re I
.
C
.L. 4 p o
le c
a
pac
ito
rs. 2
md .
1m
td. 200
P
NP tr
ansist
ors. S
i
l
i- c
h
a nge
-over Re
lays
. Oper
- H
igh Speed v
o
lt work
ing. I
d
eal f o
r cros
s
c
o
n P l
ana
r. N ew
, g ua
r- a
t
ing v o
l
tage 2 4
v-48v
. 4 C
h
ange-
over R e
- o
v
er networks and t i
me d e
lay
s.
a
n
teed b ut u nma
r k
ed. p
o
le 4 0
c e a
. 6p o
le 50
c l
a
y
. 24v D.C
. Pr
e- S
i
ze 3" x1 " di
a. New and pa
ck-
1
0 fo
r $1.50 plus 15c e
a
. 1 2 po
le 60c e a
. 4 c
i
s
ion c
ompu
ter e
d
. 1 0 for $1
.00 pl
us 50c pos
t
p
o
st. p
o
le L
at
ch 5c e a
. C
omplete wi
th g
r
ade
. N
ew & 5
0 fo
r $ 4.00 plu
s $ 1
.25 p os
t.
t
'
a
ses A
l p
l
us 2 0
c pos
t 8
5
c e
a
ch. P
ost fr
ee
. 1
0
0 fo
r $ 1
.50 pl
us $2
.00 pos
t.

P
r '
MICROD ISIC T r
an sistor. N
ev
,
m
iniature p el
le t T ransistor, N PN P
o
st Off
i
ce T y
pe 3 0
00 Relay
s. I
n.2
5,
E
pi
taxa .
i S i
licon P lanar. All new T
y
pe 208 Power Tr
ans
ist
or inTO3 c a
se
. 1
0
0, 150
, 2 5
0, 50
0, 1 0
00
, 1 250
, 2 0
00, P
a
k. 3. N
ew top qu
al
ity
2
SC18 2 2 0V A l P owe r A mp. 4 0
c m
oun
ted o n l a
rge f i
nned Heat
-sink
. 3
0
00, 1 0
,000
, 5 0
,000 & 2 0
0+2 00,
e
ach. P ost 7 c. G
e
rman m a
de r e
s
isto
rs
T
r
ans
isto
r i s G.
E. ( P
NP) sim
ila
r t o 2
0
0 +750
, 2
00+10 0
0, 2
0
04 2 0
00, 1wa
tt 5%. 30 d
ife
rent
2
SC183 18V Al A mp. I F A mp. 3 5c e ach. P o
st 7 c
2
SCI84 I8V MW R I A mp.
, C ony. 3 5e ea. P o
st 7 c A
D
Z11. M a
x. lc
-15 a m
p. N om
inal 1 0 2
5
0-4400, 5
004
-1000
, 1
00
0+ 1 0
00. v
a
lue
s. 1
00 fo
r o n
ly
2
SC267 20V. Al P owe r A mp. H igh S peed S w
. a
mp
. V ce
o 3 7v V c
bo 4 0
v Vebo 2 0v
. 1
5
00+150 0 & 2 000+5 000 ohms C o
il $
1
.50 pl
us 20
c pos
t.
5
0c each
. Post 7c. 2
SC2 69 2 0V . H igh S peed r
e
si
sta
nces. A s
sor
ted con
t a
ct make-u
ps.
S
wi
tching
. 4 5e ea ch. Post 7 c
. S pecial P ak. One
F
r
equen
cy 9 0 Kh
z
. $ 2
.50 ea
. po
st f r
ee
I
f t h
e a bove f or $1.15 . P--
$
1
.00 ea
ch plus 10
c pos
t e a
ch u n
i
t.

s
uitable f o
r o utputs o f 1 UL
MERCURY WETTED CON
- a
mpe res ( D
irect f o
rw ard c ur-
T
EXAS S H UN S eries Logic I C
's. H i gh g rade r
ent) a t crest w o
rking v ol-
T
ACT R ELAY . M
ade b y n
ew c omponen ts
. F
ew o n
ly a v
ailable. We
ll
C
lare, U
.S
.A. O
pera
ting t
ages o f between 5 0 & 7 00v
.
P
ak
. 4.New
, hig
h-gra
de V
oltage 1 2v. C oil r e
sist
-
b
eow c ost. S N7400N-Quad 2 i n
pu t N and T
hese r ect
ifie
rs i ncorpo ra
te
G
ate
. $ 1
.25 . S N7403N--Quad 2 i nput P os
itive
w
i
re-w
ound re
sis
tors
. 3 a
nce 5 00 o hms. C ur
rent 50 N
and G ate. $ 1.00. S
N740 4N - Hex-inverte r
,
a
n a l
loyed s il
icon j u
nc t
ion
r
i
at
t to20w a
tt 50 fo
r m/a
. H
igh s
peed t
ype
. i
n as tud ended h erme tical
ly
$
1.00
. SN7406N -H ex-
inverte r B ufe r /Dr
ive r
, s
ealed c ase. T ype R S80 1 8 0
S
ingle p
ole C
hange-over
.
$
2
.00 pl
us 20
c p o
st C
omp lete w i
th 8 p i
n Base.
MO O
. S N7408N- Q uad 2 i nput P os
it ive a nd P
IV 1 20 a mp
s. $ 6
.00 p l
us
G
ate
, $ 1.00. S N7430N - 8 i n
put p o s
itive N and S
.T
.C. R
S8 Ser
ies 7
5c p ost
. R
58 12 1 2 0 P ly
P
art N o
. H GS 1 059
. $1.50 G
ate
, $ 1.00. A l
l 2 0c post.
e
a. p l
us 1 5c post
. H
IGH P OWER S
IL
ICON 1
20 a mps. $ 8.00 p l
us 7 5,
R
ECTIFIERS p
ost.

I
.
B
.M. E l
apsed T i
me I n
d
icato
r. C
omput
er F
EDERAL E
l
ectric
g
r
ade p re
cis
ion i n
str
ument. 4
0
-48v AC U
nde rdome Be
ll. I
.
B.M. COMPUTER BOARDS. Si
ze 4 " x2i"
.
R
EED S W
ITCHES b y HAM-
J
p
erat
ion. Reads u p to 9 99 ho
urs
, a n
d C
at. N
o. B
L2. P
a
c ked w i
th s em
i-conduc
tor
s, r es
ist
ors
, L
IN. S
i
ze 31. 4
" l ong
. Type
c
a
l
ibrated in1 0
ths an
d 1 0
0ths o
fa n h
our O
pe rates on 3 v D C c
apac
itor
s a n
d d i
odes. T
r
ans
istors ar
e D
RG2. Rating 2 40v at 1
o
r 5 v A C. Coil r e
-
S
i
ngl
e u n
its $5
.00 ea
. p l
us 25c p
os
t. Wi
th s
i
s tance 6 o hms. N
PN o r PNP germanium, ca
se s i
ze 1 0
5 a
mp. New 8 P acked. 80c
e
ach o
r 10 for $7.00. P
ost
2
4
0V p r
i
.-08v Sec
. t r
ans
former
, $8
.00 pl
us G
ong 3 "
. N ew & o
r 1018
. 4B o
ards w i
th mi
nimum o f 16 f
r
ee.
5
0
c p os
t. 2In
dica
tors pl
us tr
ansf
ormer
. P
acked . $ 2.50 e a. t
r
ansis
tors
, $1
.15 p l
us 20c po
st
.
p
lus 2 5
c p o
st.
$
1
3.00 pl
us $1.00 po
st. '
P
r N
EW !! D
IGIVAC T
UNGSOL R
EADOUT
s T
UBES. Vacuum f l
uo rescen t
. L
ow
M
IN
IATUR E JA
CK SOC
- P
ower-ope rates o n 1 .6v A C o r D C a t
4
5m/a. S ingle P lane c haracter f o
rm a-
K
E
TS. T r
ans
ist
or ty
pe
, H
ONEYWELL C OMPUTER P ANEL ( Exc
lusive to t
ion
. 2 /3
rd s below m anufac turer's price
p
r
ec
isio
n m ade
. Br
and H
IGH SPEED M AGNETIC C OUNTER. ( 4
" r P
r
e-P ah
l. S i
ze 1 2" x 04" . P acked with ap- L
ast few r ema ining. T ype D T 1705 r eads
n
ew
. 3 .
5mm. 1
0 fo
r 1
" x 1") 4 d i
git 0-9999. 500 ohm . co
il p
r
ox. 9 0 to 100 h i
gh-grade c omponents
, t r
an- 1t o 0w ith d e
cima l p oint. $ 3
.00 e ach
1
8
-24v ope
rat
ion o r 36v t ype
. 2 300 ohm. s
i
stors, re
ctif
iers
, d iodes, caps and r e
sisto
rs. p
lus 25 c p o
st. T
ype D T1707 d isp
lay s
$
1
.00 plus 1
5c p
o
st
. c
o
il. F
or b a
tch c oun
ting o r la
p t im
ing, Q
ty
. 1t o 4$2.50 ea. plus 50c post. Qt
y. 5t o o
r - 1w ith d ecima l p oint. $ 2.50
a
l
so do
zens o f ot
her u ses. 95c e a
, post 9$2.00 to. plus $1.00 p ost
. Q
ty
. 1 0 to 24 e
a. p l
us 2 5c p ost
. M EN I .
C. d r
ive r
t
r
ee $
1
.80 e a. pl
us $ 2.00 post. $
11.14
1 n o
. I 5c p ost ( 2
3 b elow c o s
t).

D
O Y OU N EED LOTS O F MICROFARADS? T hen t a
ke you
r p ick from t
hese
p
recision m3de Computer grade e '
ect
ro'y
tics
. M ade by ve
ry f amous m
anu-
f
acture r
s. A l
l p
l
us 2 5c po
st. 8
,
090 MFD 5/65V $
4.00
M
ISCELLANEOUS
. M i
nia
ture f l
a
shi
ng la
mps 5
0 - + 5 0 M
ID 350/385V 7
5c 10
.000 MID 2
5V 5
4.1
10
?
.
5v 12 f o
r 50
c pl
us 5c pos
t. 3p o
le Di
n 2
00 M ID 701/220V $
2
.00 1
0.000 MFD 3V 5
4.50
L
E
VER KEY SW
ITCHES
. l u
P
l
ugs. 3fo
r $1
.00 pos
t f r
ee
. M
cMurd
o 2
50 M ID 1
50/175 $
2
.25 1.000 MID 1
9V $
3.50
1
2p i
n P l
ug an
d So
cket
. 5 0c pa
ir p
l
us 10
c 2
,500 M ID 80V $
z
.sn 2
4,000 MID 1
3V $
3.00 a
s
sor
ted ty
pes fo
r $3
.00
3
.509 M ID 75V $
2
.59 2
5,000 MID by $
3.00 p
l
us 40
c p o
st
. E x
-u
nit
s.
p
o
st. T e
lephone D
i
als
. $1.2
5 e a
ch p
l
us 25
c 3
,600 M ID 75V $
2
.75 1
5,000 MID 1
2/15V $
3.50
p
o
st. 4
.000 M ID 75/90V $
3
.00 1
7.000 MID 1
4V $
3.00
5
.000 M ID 20V 5
1
.2$ 2
5.000 MID 6
V $
3.50
5
.500 M ID 45' 5
0V $
2 09 7
4.000 MID by 5 0

MA N UFACT U RERS . . . We w
i
ll purchase a
ll your s
urp
lus & redundant stocks of E
lectron
ic co mponents. P
lease phone or s
end
l
i
sts. C ash paid.
ANNOUNCEMENT . . . We h ave much p leasure in a
nnouncing the open
ing of our Q
ld. &B r
isbane A gency f
rom the 17
th Jan.
1972. All o
ur c urren
t stocks a
s adver
tised by us w
il
l now be ava
ilable to our r
eaders there f
rom 'RAD IO COMPONENTS ' (Ask
f
or Nor m Wi
lson) deta
ils a
s above
.
C
ASSETTE
S
.
loaded c
ar
tridge
s
B
yMa
rtin D
work
in

E
VERYONE t
a
lking a
bout v
ideocasse ttes f or g ene ral a ccep tance .
c
asse
tte
s — and i
n the wo
rld of B
ut e
ven h
e re t
he re a
re s
harp
t
he i
nfor mation and d
iffe rence s i n t he w ays f i
lm i sused , t o
e
n te rtainment a
rts-
indus tries t
his b
egin w ith a cco rding t o whe the r i ti s
means e ve ryone — a gree s t hat t hey o
pt ica l ly p
rojec ted , a
s w
ith
portend ar evo lut ion . B ut t here i sl i
tt
le c
onvent iona l r
eel-to -ree l mach ines
a
greement on anyth ing e
lse. A s d
irect ly o n t o s creens o r w alls — a
ma tte rs s t
and , t here a re s o many l
eading e xamp le b eing t he T echn ico lo r
compe t
ing c oncept s a nd a ttendant S
upe r-8mm s ys tem ; o r, whe the r t he
i
n compat ib ilities i n t e chno logy , s o f
i
lm i
s scanned , o
r "
read"
many v a riab le s a f fect ing d eve lopment e
lect ron ica lly, a nd t he s ound a nd
o
f proces ses , a
nd s
o many i
mage s c
onve rted f
or t
e
lev ision
imponde rab le s b
ecloud ing pub lic r
ece ive rs, i
n a manne r mod ify ing
a
cceptance , t hat i t i s d ifficu lt t o s
tandard p
ro fe ssiona l t
eleca sting
e
xe rcise p rudence w ithout a ctua lly t
echn ique s — h ere two l
eading
f
a vour ing o ne s ys tem o r a no the r. T he p
ro tagon is ts, b oth u sing 8m m f i
lms ,
choice o f t e chno logy , t oo, w i ll s urely a
re V idicord a nd N ordMende .
a
ffec t a nd b e a ffec ted b y t he n ature o f F
ilm i n c artridge s, t his t ime 8 .75mm
t
he mate rial t o b e r eco rded a nd w
ide , c arry ing t wo p icture c hanne ls
r
ep layed — r a
is ing p ro found ly s e r
ious a
nd two a
ud io t
racks , a
lso
que stions c once rn ing t he w ays o f c
ha racte rize s t he EVR (
E
lec t ron ic
l
iving t ha t t he n ew mach ine ry may V
ideo R eco rd ing ) s ystem d eve loped
make p ossible , o r, i n e ffect , may b
y C BS l abo ra to ries. B ut t he f ilm i s
a
c tua lly e nfo rce . T he s t akes a re h igh p
roduced by a u nique p
roce s s
,
enough t o e voke t he g reates t c once rn , c
omb in ing e lec tron ic b eam r eco rding
even a s h uge s ums o f money a re a
nd o ptica l p rint ing , f o
r r eplay u s
ing
ven tured b y e stab lished g iants o f t he a
n o scilla ting s po t
-scanne r a ttached t o
e
lectron ics and ente rta inmen t a s tanda rd t e
lev ision s et. T he EVR
i
ndus tries , a nd n ew c ompan ies a re s
ys tem h as h ad mo re p ub licity t han
f
ormed e xpress ly t o make t he c as se tte a
ny o the r, e spec ially i nB r
ita in a nd t he
r
evo lu tion h appen . U n
ited S ta tes — b ut a lso mo re a ctual
As with r
evo lut ions , the re are- demons tra tion , i n af orm p roduced b y
Mo to ro la f
o r e
duca tiona l and i
nco rpo rated i n at e
lev ision r eceive r
.
c
as se tte s a nd c as settes — a nd s ome
RCA i s p rom ising t ha t S elec taV ision
t
ha t a ren 't c as set te s a t a l . T he wo rd , industr ia l app lica tions . EVR
p
laye rs a nd c artr
idge s w il
l b e ava i
lab le
a
s u sed b y t he med ia p rophe ts , i s p
rog ramme s, i t i si mpo rtant t o n ote ,
b
y m id-1972 , b ut o nly p ilo t mode ls
i
ncreas ing ly be
ing u
nde rstood can be made from conven tiona l
mo tion p icture f i
lms — i n f act, h
ave b een i n o peration s o f ar, a nd
s
pec if ica lly t o mean c onta ine rs o f i
ndus try o bserve rs are d ubious a bout
r
e co rded v i
sua l a nd a ud io ma te r
ia ls f or probab ly t
he g
rea te st s
ource o
f
ma te rial; but t
he EVR f
ilms t
he p ro jected a rr
ival. H oweve r
, RCA i s
p
layback v
ia t
e
lev ision r
e ceive rs. a
lready p roduc ing r e
la ted l a
se r-using
Often , i t s erves a s ac ont ract ion f or t
hemselves, w he ther i n cartr
idge s o r
d
ev ice s f
or i
ndustry , such a s a
"v -ca sse ttes ," o r " video -cas se tte s," n
ot, cannot b e s hown o n st
anda rd o r
holog raph ic l ock-and -key s ystem f or
d
i stingu ish ing t he n ew s ys tem f rom o
ther pro
jec tors
, e
xist
ing o
r
p
lan t s ecur ity, a nd much .i n t h
is
t
he n
ow -fam i l
ia r (
but s
till not c
ontemp lated.
t
echno logy may he
lp t o a dvance
s
tandard ized!) magnet ic-tape A k
ind o f fi
lm , also in ca
r t
ridge s
, i s
S
elec taV ision .
magaz ine s f or s ound -reco rd ing a nd u
sed i n t
he S e
lec taV ision h o
log raphy
The se s ystems a ll u se " fi
lm ," b ut
r
ep roduc ing mach ines ; o r, f o r t hat p
rocess a nnounced b y RCA . T he
t
hey h ave l i
tt
le i n c om mon i nc oncep t
ma tte r, f rom t he v arious h o
lde rs, "
fi
lm" h owever, a c
tua lly ischem ical
ly
t
reated tr
anspa rent s tock, s
ignif
ican t
ly o
r p rac t
ice , a nd t he c asse ttes o r
p
ack s, magaz ines , c art ridge s, o r o the r c
ar tr
idge s e mp loyed i n a ny o ne o f
d
ev ice s f or l oad ing s hee ts o r r o
l ls o f i
nexpens ive, on w h
ich spl
it laser beams
"embos s" pat
terns o
f t
heir t
hem w ill n ot wo rk i n a ny o the r. I n
pho tog raph ic f i
lm , t ha t h ave g one b y
t
he c ase o f s ystems u s
ing magne t
ic
t
he n ame " cas se tte s" s ince t he d ays o f "
interference" w ith o ne a no ther, as
t
ape , t he f actor o f c ompa tibility i s
g
lass plates
. t
hey a re r ef
lected f rom t he ma teria
l,
s
uch as f i
lms, photographs , a
nd s
omewha t l e
ss h opele ss, although n ot
I
n f act, f i
lm, in what a re o ften
v
ideotape s
, that i sbe
ing h olog raphed. by much . A l
l t he s ystems s eek t o
d
eliberately ( i
f not very p recisely)
The r e
su lt
ing h olograms i n effect are exp lo it the inst
ant -reco rding,
d
ifferentiated a s "
cart
ridges
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ssential e lement of seve
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codes" w h
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by anothe r lase
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nd p layback s ystems . S uch s tanda rd s, t
hem? H ow will c
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f

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ASSETTE
S howeve r, a re a l ong w ay o ff, a s t he prog ramme s, a s w ell a sp e rfo rme r sa nd
s
eve ral s ystems — mo re t han a s co re, t
e chn ic ians , b e p aid f or t he ir wo rk , b y
.
.
loaded c
ar
tridge
s b
a
y o ne c
dvantage i
oun t —c
n t he r
ompe
ace f
te f
or a
or o
ccep
pen ing
tance .
f
e
wi
e
l
s o
l t
r c
he e
ont
a
inu
se o
ing r
f mak
oya ltie
ing c
s? And h
op ie s w
ow
ith
And , t o make ma t te r
s wo rse — o r home e quipmen t — o r l arge - sca le,
f
i
lms , i nclud ing RCA 's h olog raph ic com me rcial p
ira ting o
f c
a sset tes
mo re i ntere st
ing , a s o ne p refe rs —
t
ape s, o f s e vera l, u sua l
ly e xpens ive '
(already t he h orro r o f a ud io -tape
t
he re i sn o telling f or s ure t hat i tw ill
p
roce s s
ing a nd c onve rsion s teps . H ere b
e s ome f orm o f c as se tte o r c artridge , producers ) a
ffect orig ina l
t
he c ontende r w ith t he l ightes t, mo st prog ramm ing?
u
sing f i
lm , h olog ram s, o r magne tized
portab le a ppa ratus s o f ar i sl nstav ision , Dozens o f c ompan ie s, i n clud ing t he
t
apes , t ha t will w in o ut.
d
eve loped b y Ampex ( the T oshiba leade rs i
n b
roadca s t
ing , mo t
ion
For, a
l
ready t
he re are s ystems
t
rade n ame w ill b e u sed i nJ apan ), t he
cons idered wheneve r c
asse t te p
i cture s, book a
nd period ica l
c
ompany t hat ma rke ted t he f irst
t
e
lev is ion i sd iscus sed t ha t d o n o tr ely pu blishing, co m puters,
v
ideo tape r
e co rde r i
n 1
956 .
on s uch c ontaine r s o f ma te rial, b ut o n commun ica tions , a
nd i
nfo rma tion
P
ro fe ssiona l-standa rd equ ipment i
s
d
iscs r e semb ling g ramaphone r e cords : techno logy , a r e b usily a ccumu la ting
p
lanned f o
r e a r
ly r elease , w ith c heape r
f
o r e xamp le , t he T eldec V ideo D isc prog ramme ma te rials — e spec ia lly
v
er s
ions f
or amateurs a
nd t
he
c
oncept d eveloped i n B ritain a nd fi
lms — o r r ight s t o t he ir p roduc tion o r
home -ente rtainment t rade t o f ol
low .
Ge rmany j
ointly by Decca a
nd r
ep roduc t
ion , i n many c ase s w ithout
S
im ila rly , t he S ony V ideocas settes
Tele funken . T he V ideo D iscs c a rry hav ing c om m itted t hemse lve s t o a ny
s
ys tem i sb eing p resented f i
rs t f or t he
s
igna ls o f b oth s ound a nd i mage s i n par t
icu la r p layback p roce ss. Wha t w il
l
e
no rmous i n dus tria l a nd e ducat iona l
g
rooves c on side rab ly f ine r
, u p t o 1 50 be t he e ffec ts o f c as se tte s o r t he l i
ke
ma rke t s
, w ith more c ompact , l e
ss
p
e r m illime ter, t han t ho se o f p resent on t hea tre-go ing , t e
lev ision -view ing ,
e
xpens ive mode ls f o r p layback a nd "
long -play ing" r eco rds , wh ich u sua lly radio -
lis ten ing , spo r ts a
ttendance ,
r
eco rd ing i n t he h ome t o c ome a
h
ave f rom 1 0 t o 1 3 p er m i
llime te r. read ing , w riting , a nd t
he myr iad
y
ea r o r s o l a
te r. On t he o the r h and ,
P
l ay ing s
peed i
s e
ven mo re c
rea tive , p a rtic ipa tive , a nd r ecep tive
t
he AVCO C orpo ra tion 's s ubs idiary ,
s
pectacu la r
ly f aste r: f r om 1 500 t o activ itie s o f mode rn c ultu ra l l i
fe? E ven
Cartridge T elev ision , I nc., i sd irecting 1800 r
evolut ion s p
er m inute , a s i
n t he a rea s whe re c asse tte t e chno logy
i
t
s C artrivision ( or Adm iral) c olour c
ompa red w ith 3 3-1/3 , 4 5, o r t he a
lready has had con side rab le
r
eco rde r a nd p laye r o ut fit f i
rs t
ly t o o
lde r 7 8 r pm o f s ound r eco rding s. app lica tion , i ne duca tion a nd i ndus t ry,
home b uye rs, a lso o f fe ring a l i
ght The re a re c lai ms t hat d i scs wou ld the re i s much l es s t han u nan im ity o n
b
lack -and -wh ite c ame ra t o b e a vailab le make t
he c
heape s t a
nd mo st que s tions o
f po tent ia l grow th,
"
soon" . AVCO -Ca rt rivis ion a l
so c la
ims c
onven ient v
eh icle s for p
layback d
i rec t
ions o
f deve lopmen t, and
t
o !
-,
e p
roduc ing adapte rs f
or t
e
lev is ion , a nd s eve ra l c ompan ies, mo st even tua l s ign ificance i n t rans fo rm ing
c
onve rting s t anda rd t elev is ion s e
ts f or notab ly M. 0. A. , t
he huge w ays of t
e ach ing and l
ea rn ing ;
r
eco rd ing a nd p layback — w ith t he e
nte rta inmen t c omp lex , s ay t hey a re gathe ring , s
to ring , a
nd r
etriev ing
c
atch , o f c ourse , t ha t o n
ly i ts own wo rk ing o n disc s ys tems . i
nfo rma tion ; c on tro lling p roce sse s o f
c
as set tes w ill f i
t t he mach ine ry . A dvocate s o f t ape a sse rt, h oweve r, manu fac tur ing , a nd d oing b usines s i n
Of t he t ape s ystems , t he o ne c om ing t
ha t d
isc s
, r
equ iring e
labo ra te gene ral.
c
lo ses t t o e stab lish ing a measure o f p
roduct ion p
ro ce sse s, howeve r The q
ue s tions about c
a sse t te
g
ene ral a pp licab ility i st he P hilips -VCR i
n gen ious , effec tive ly r
ule out e
qu ipment , o
r "
ha rdwa re," a
nd
(
fo r V ideo C a sset te R eco rde r), f or t he home -made t elev ision , o ne o f t he p
rog ramm ing , o r " so ftwa re ," a ctua lly
r
eason t he P hil
ips h as b een a b
le t o s
alient p ossibilitie s o f c assette o r may b e i ncidenta l t o t ho se i n vo lving
c
onv ince a n umbe r o f c ompan ies, i n c
a rt r
idge t
echno logy . And s
uch t
he o the r d ecis ive d eve lopmen t i n
Europe a nd t he Ame ricas , t o a gree t o doub ts, i n turn , p oin t t o t he q ue stions commun ica t
ions o f t he p ast d ecade o r
make r eco rde rs a nd p laye rs t hat w il
l ob se rve rs, p ro fe s
siona ls, a nd wou ld -be s
o: c ab le t elev is ion , o r CATV . M any
a
ccep t VCR c asse t tes . P h
i lips' v ast size ent repreneur s a
re a
sking a
bout i
ndus try l eade rs c onside r c as se tte s a nd
a
nd p owe r i n t he e lec tron ics i ndus t ry p
layback te
lev is ion , w he the r c
ab le -TV t o b e i nteg ra lly r ela ted , a nd
i
s u ndoubted ly a d ec isive f acto r, b ut emp loy ing c
asse t te s o
r o
the r t
ha t t he t rue c on sume r ma rke t f or
t
he re a l
so may b e s ome b eginn ings exped ients . "
so ftwa re" l i
es i n w iring h ome s t o
h
e re o
f t
he movement t
owa rd F
irs t, a nd p erhap s f inally , w ha t w il
l c
ent ral c om mun ica tions c omp lexe s,
r
at iona liz ing s
tandards that be i n t he p rog ramme s? W ill t hey b e s o i
nco rpo ra t
ing l i
b ra r
ie s s to ring e very
c
ommun ica tions i
ndus t rialis ts and d
i ffe rent f rom availab le TV t hat k
ind o
f prog ramme ma te rial i
n
p
ro fes s
iona ls a rgue w ill h ave t o take peop le w ill w ant t o b uy a nd k eep c
as se tte s, a
vailab le f
or i
n stan t
hold, f or t he re t o b e r e alizat ion o f t he cop ies? O r, w i
ll t he se b e s o e xpen sive t
ransm is sion to i
n dividua l home
potent ialities o f i ndiv idua l r eco rding t
ha t mo st p eop le w ill h ave t o r ent r
ece ive rs. I n t his c oncep t
, r ela tive ly
f
ew c a sset te s, c a rry ing s pec ial ized o r
f
avo r
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BOZAK v
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F
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GOLD 5%
S
ILVER 10%
NO BAND 20%
S
IMPLE
BAS
S-REFLEX
CAB
INET
W
HERE space isa
t apremium L
oudspeake r enclosure
t
he only re
ally sa
tis
fac
tory d
esign isnorma lly a
way o
f p
roducing good h
igh
-
v
ery c omplex
f
idelity s ound i st o c omb ine a t ota l
ly
p
rocedure. B ut the
e
nclo sed 'i
n finite baffle' t
ype o f
s
implified approach
s
peake r w ith ah igh p owe red amp l
if ier.
The re i sn o w ay i n the wo r
ld t hat a
p
resented h e
re w il
l
b
as s r e flex e nclo sure c an c ompete p
rovide surpris
ing ly
b
ecause b as s r eflex e nclo sures h ave e
ffective r
esults
.
c
erta in c
ritica l d
imens ions b
elow
which t hey a re i ne f
fect ive .
But n ot e ve ryone l i
ves i nr ooms 1 0ft.
s
qua re , n
o r h
a s t
o f
i
t s peake r
e
nclo sures i n t he s pace n o
rma l
ly
c
ons ide red a dequate f or ap air of c hina
c
ats.
For t hose who se c hoice o f speake rs i s
not comp le tely d
ictated b
y
c
ons ide rations o f space , t he b ass reflex
d
esign h as s t
ill al ot g oing f or it
.
This t ype o f e nclosure w as f i
rst u sed
T
he s i
ze of the ven t isimpo rtant, for r
esonance a nd t hen d e
sign ing t he
c
omme rc ially b y t he U SA '
s J ensen
i
t i s ac ombination o f t his a nd t he enclo sure a nd v en t to suit.
c
ompany b ack i n 1 936 , a nd w as b ased
p
hys ical d imension s of t he e nclosure, No ma tter w hich d esign me thod i s
o
n r esea rch b y an umbe r o f wo rke rs
t
hat d eterm ines the b ehaviour o f the u
sed , t he me thod o f c ons truc tion w ill
i
nclud ing Vo ight , O lsen a nd T huras , a l
o
f whom i nt urn b ased t heir s tudies o n s
ystem a nd p rov ides t he s moo th, be t he s ame . P rima r
ily, t he a im i st o
t
he H e
lmho ltz r esonato r d iscove red i n e
xtended l ow f requency r espon se for p
roduce a r
ig
id , non-resonant
t
he 1 800s ( Fig . 1 ). which t his t ype o f e nclo sure i s enclo sure, a i
rtight e xcep t f or t he
The b a
sic b ass r eflex e nclosure r
enowned . l
o udspeake r cutout a nd v en t
.
c
ons is ts o f ab ox , a i
rtight e xcept f or a The p urpo se of t he vent i st o alow Various m aterials may b e u sed —
l
oudspeake r d rive u nit mounted o n t he out
-o f-phase r adiation f rom t he b ack f
r om concre te, t
o p
lywood o
r
f
ron t p ane l, a nd av ent ( o r tuned p ort) o
f t he c one to b e 're
flexed ' s o as to p
ineboa rd. T he t hickne ss o f m aterial
g
ene ra lly l o cated o n t he f ront p ane l b
ring i t i n p hase w ith t he f ront w
i l
l d epend u pon t he s i
ze o f t he
r
adia t
ion a t l
ow f r
equenc ies. e
nc lo sure. G ene rally, 1 /2" o r 5 /8"
b
elow t he s peake r.
The a ctua l l ocat ion o f the v ent i sn ot S
imp le bass
-reflex cabinets m ay be p
lywood w ill s uffice f or t he s maller
t
oo c ritica l b ecause t he w aveleng th o f d
esigned, ei
the r b y c a
lculat
ing t he enclo sure s, increa s
ing t o 1" t o 11 4" for
t
he f requenc ies a t wh ich t he v ent e
nclosure d
imens ions f
rom t he s
peaker the large st.
o
pe ra tes i sf ar l onge r t han t he o ve rall d
iame ter — o
r mo re s
at
isfactor
ily — by I
ti sl i
terally i mpo ss
ib le t o make t he
d
imens ions o f t he s peake r e nclo sure . d
eterm in
ing t he s peaker's f r
ee air enclo sure s t oo r i
gid; i f space a lows ,
u
se t he mo st ma ssive m aterial tha t y ou
have a vailable, o r can a fford .
U
nle ss r ea
lly h eavy ma terial i sused ,
-I
> r
ein fo rce a l
l d iagona ls ( excep t t he
f
>
F
ig. 1. f
r ont p anel) w ith 3 " b y 1 Y2" b racing
A He
l mho ltz resonator c
ons
ist
s of acav
ity -
and u se wooden b locks t o reinfo rce a l
E
s w
ith a single hole open t
o t
he outs
ide a
ir
.
j
oin s a nd c orne rs. All j o
int s s hould b e
A
ir b
lo w
ing across t
he hole w
ill c
ause a
s
ound t
o be generated a
t afrequency
s
e curely g lued a nd s c
rewed .
d
ependent o
n t he vo
lu me of t
he cav
ity
. R
ubbe r o r c ork g aske ts s hou ld b e
The bass-ref
lex enclosure i
sin r
eal
ity a u
sed t os eal a ny r emovab le p anels.
Hel mholtz resonator i
n which t
he
The c omp le ted c abine t s hould t hen
a
coustical capacitance o
f the enc
losed a
ir
be c hecked f or a irt
ightne ss a nd i f
r
esonates with a mass ofair e
nclosed
w
ithin the c onf
ines of t
he port open
ing
. s
atisfac tory , t hen l i
ned o n a t lea st

6
8 E
LECTRON
ICS TODAY — J
ANUARY 1
972
F
ig. 2. The f
ree
-air resonance of as peaker isdeterm ined by
measuring t
he voltage across t
h'
e speaker's vo
ice c oi
l whils
t itis
e
nergised over a swept fr
equency r ange. The speaker mu st be
s
uspended away f ro m w a
lls o
r other ref
lecting surfaces
.

DO '
I
OU T
HINK YOU COULD G
IVE U
S SOME I
DEA
OF HON YOU CAME 1
0 I
NVENT S
TEREO. .

t
hree f acing s urface s w ith t wo -
inch A
s e xplained a bove, a b ass-reflex The p os
ition o f the v ent is a
l
so
t
hick F ib reglass o r l nne rbond . T he c
abine t c an b e d e
signed u sing t he r
e
lative
ly u n
impo rtant
, a l
though it
l
i
ning mate r
ial shou ld b e gl ued inp lace s
peake r d iame te
r a s a b as
is f o
r t he s
hould not be located clo
se r t
han 2
"
u
sing ac ontac t adhe sive. e
nclosure d imen sion s. The dimen s
ions t
o the ma
in speaker open
ing .
I
fm id-range a nd t weeter d r
ive u nits f
or an umbe r o
f enc losures of th
is t ype Whi
lst t his d es
ign a pp roach w i
ll
a
re to be incorpo rated , the se should b e a
re given i n Table 1 .T hese enclo sures r
esult i n a s peake r enclo sure w ith
b
oxed i
n w
ith s
epa rate ai
rtight a
re b ased o n t he n om inal s peake r g
ene ra
lly e xce
llent p erformance - a
e
nclosure s
. T hese secondary e nclo sures d
iame ter - e .
g., t he diameter t hat is more elegant a
pp roach ist hat based on
s
hould b e ass ma
ll asp ossible a nd t heir q
uo ted b y t he manufac ture r
. T he t
he k nown ( or c alcu
la ted) f ree a i
r
c
ubic c apacity t aken i nto a ccount a
ctual c one diame ter wil
l be l e
ss t han r
esonance o f t
he speaker.
when c alculating t he t otal e nclosure t
his p
robably b y a n inch or s o
. T he
This fi
gure i sg enerally quoted i nt he
v
olume . a
rea of t he vent i ss hown i n T able 1
manufacture r's l i
terature. B ut i t is
The posit
ion ing o f the aux il
iary drive a
nd t his i sca
lcula ted f rom the a ctual
q
uite easy t o d etermine - i fo ne h as
u
nits isnot cr
itical b
ut k eep t hem at measured s peaker c one diamete r
.
(
or can b orrow ) as uitab
le o sc
illato r
l
e
a st 3" from o ther s peake rs a nd the The s hape o f t he v ent i s n ot a
nd ac v oltme ter
. A l
l t hat isn ecessary
w
alls o
f the e nc
lo sure. i
mpo rtant; it may b e ci
rcula r, square i
st o connec t the speake r as shown i n
The f ront p ane l o f t he s peaker o
r rectangula r (a
s l ong as the r a
tio of F
ig. 2a nd w ith t he speaker suspended
e
nclosure s hou ld b e p ainted ma tt l
ength to height d oes not exceed f i
ve) f
rom ac ord (and w e
ll a way from w a
lls
b
lack and t hen c overed w ith a n o pen o
r e ven d ivided i n
to t wo o r three o
r other r ef
lec t
ing s urfaces),t o s weep
w
eave gri
lle cloth ( th
is can b eo bta
ined s
eparate vent s who se to
tal a rea equals t
he o sc
illator f requency v ery s low ly
f
rom many s pecial
is t h
i-fi dealers). t
hat of the sing
le c orrect
ly s ized vent. f
rom 1 0 H z t o a bout 1 50Hz . T he

ACOUSTIC
MATERIAL
Nom ina
l H
eight W
idth D
epth V
ent A
rea Vo
lu me
Speaker
D
ia meter '
A' '
B' '
C '
D' '
E' '
F
' I
cub
ic f
eet
)

8
" 2
4" 1
8" 1" 7- 3
" A
rea o
f '
D' 2
.75

1
0" 2
8" 2
2" 1
2" 9
.5" 3
" '
,Area o
f '
D' 4
.27

1
2" 3
1" 2
4" 1
3" 1
1" 3
.5" '
/
2Area o
f '
D' 5
.6

1
5" 3
4" 2
6" 1
4" 1
3.5" 4
" 9
/16 A
rea '
D' 7
.17

1
8- 4
0" 2
7" 1
4" 1
6" 4
.5" 5
/8 A
rea o
f '
D' 8
.25

T
ab le I- th
is t
able and t
he a
ssociated dra w
ing sho w
s h ow t o
d
esign a r
ef
lex cabinet i
fno data other t
han speaker dia meter i
sknown
.

ELECT R O NICS TO D A Y — JA N U A R Y 1
972 6
9

•
 S
IMPLE
BASS-REFLEX
CABINET
e
nc lo sure s. D o not make a
ny
d
imen siona l a
lowance f
or t
he
F
ibre gla ss or Inne rbond l iner.
As T able H I i ndicate s, m any o f t he
e
nc lo sure s a r
e f i
tted w ith t uned d uc ts
,
r
athe r t han j ust p lain v ents. T hese
d
uct s c an b e m ade f rom s t
anda rd
c
ardboa rd ma iling t ube s —o b tainab le
f
rom m any o ffice s upp ly c ompan ie s
o
r m ay r eadily b e m ade b y w ind ing
g
lue -coa ted b
rown p
ape r t
ightly
a
round a p re-waxed f orme r o f t he
T
able I — T
ypica
l f
r
ee-a
ir r
esonance
s o
fvar
ious s
i
ze s
peaker
s. c
or rec td iame te r
. T he w a
ll thickne ss of
t
he d uc t s hou ld b e b etween 1 /8" a nd
1
/ 4" . ( No te t hat a t t he e xtreme s of
f
requency a nd v olume s hown i nT able
I
l — n o d uc t o r v ent i su sed — t he
v
oltage i nd
ica ted by the me te
rw i
ll ri
se c
an b e d eterm ined f rom t he d ata e
nc losure i s
, i n e ffec t
, a n i n
finite
s
teeply a t t
he f ree a
i
r r e
sonance p o
int. s
hown i nT able I I. b
af fle).
The f requency a t wh ich t h
is occurs T
he i mpo rtan t factors are the f r
ee a i
r As w ith t he f i
r st d es
ign a pproach
d
epends u pon t he d esign o f t he r
esonance , t he i n
te rnal volume o f t he d
esc ribed i n t h
is a rticle t he p osition o f
s
peake r — t ypical fi
gures f or v
arious e
nclosure , a nd t he size o f t he v ent. t
he d uct, o r ven t, isn otc r
itical.
s
i
ze s peakers are shown i nT able I
. T
he s
hape s
hou ld b
e v
aguely That's b asically i t. T here a re o the r
,
r
ectangu lar, b ut p roviding t he w idth f
ar mo re c omp lex , w ay s tod e
sign b ass
(
The free air re
sonance o f as peaker a
nd h eight a re a t l e
ast t wice t he r
ef
lex e nclosure s a nd m any o f t hese
c
hange s sl
ight
ly a s t
he speake r ages — d
iame ter o f the speake r, and t he depth methods m ay w e
ll r esult i n ma rgina lly
t
he greatest change takes p
lace w ithin i
sa tlea
s t one t h
ird t he width , then t he i
mp roved p erfo rmance — e spec ially i f
t
he f i
rst few h undred h ours — s ome e
nclosure may b e s haped t o f it on a t
he d uc t i s s ubsequent ly t uned t o
c
onstructor s '
run-
in' their speake r
s in s
helf
, agains t aw a
ll o rasr equired . o
b tain t
he f la
t test p os
sible b ass
s
ound p
roof e
nclosures b
efore The i nterna l dimens ions s hown a re r
esponse . B ut t he me thod o utlined i n
measur
ing t he f
ree a
ir re
sonance .
) f
a
irly c r
itical, and t he n ecessary t
h
is a rticle w il
l p rov ide a b asis f or
a
lowance mus t b e made f o r pane l p
roduc ing e nclo sure s w ith a t lea s
t t he
Once the f
r
ee a
ir r
esonance h
as b
een t
hi cknes s
, s
t
if feners, c
rossove r p
er formance o f mo st p rofe s s
iona l
e
s
tablished
, the e
nclosure d
imens
ions n
etwo rks , and o
ther i
n
terna l d
esign s
. •

F
ree
-air Vo
lume i
nCub
ic F
eet
r
e
sonance 2
.0 2
.5 3
.0 3
.5 4
.0 5
.0 6
.0 8
.0

2
5Hz (
Al 5 (
A) 3
.75" (
A) 2
.75" (
B
) 6
" (
B
) 5
" (
3
) 3
.25" (
C
) 8
.75" (
C
) 5
.5"

3
0Hr (
Al 3
" (
B
) 5
.75" (
B
) 4
.5" (
B
) 3
.5" (
C
) 9
.25" (
C
) 6
.5" (
C
) 4
.75" 1 s
q
. i
n
s.

4
0Hz (
B
) 3
.5" (
C
) 7
.75" (
C
) 5
.75" (
C
) 4
.5" (
C
) 3
.25" 1
3 s
q
. i
n
s. 1
8 s
q
. i
n
s. 2
8 s
q
. i
n
s.

5
0Hz (
C
) 5
.5" (
C
) 3
.5" 1
3 s
q
. i
n
s. 1
6 s
q
. i
n
s. 1
8 s
q
. i
n
s. 2
9 s
q
. i
n
s. 3
9 s
q
. i
n
s. 6
2 s
q
. i
n
s.

6
0Hz 1 s
q
. i
n
s. 1
6 s
q
. i
n
s. 2
0 s
q
. i
n
s. 2
9 s
q
. i
n
s. 3
5 s
q
. i
n
s. 5
0 s
q
. i
n
s. 7
5 s
q
. i
n
s. C
losed

7
0Hz 1
8 s
q
. i
n
s. 2
6 s
q
. i
n
s. 3
5 s
q
. i
n
s. 4
6 s
q
. i
n
s. 5
8 s
q
. i
n
s. 9
0 s
q
. i
n
s. C
losed C
losed
_
8
0Hz 2
8 s
q
. i
n
s. 4
1 s
q
. i
n
s. 6
0 s
q
. i
n
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UBE
S
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e
ssential simp licity a nd p otentially l ow
c
ost o f d ark -trace d ev ice s r emain a n
a
ttraction a nd h ave b een t he st
i mu lus
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materials, of wh ich s oda lite h as turned
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b
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r p e
rfo rmance i n s eve ra
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The cathode ray tube i
sthe b as
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fn ot most
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sp lay
t
han t ube s w ith p ota ss
ium c hlo r
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systems and seems li
kely to remain so f
or some t ime t
oc ome . T he ve
rsatili
ty of
s
creens : i n p a r
ticu lar, t hey h ave a
t
he device has been g
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ly e xtended over t
he y earsby the d evelopment o f
much f as
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T
HE p rinciple o f t he d ark -trace was fi
rst d escribed i n 1 940 b y A . H .
n
ece s
sity f or vi
ewing the displays in a
t
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s s imp le . Whe re t he Rosenthal a nd a d evice b ased o n h is
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arkened e nv
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ices
e
l ectron b eam h its t he s creen i
deas wa s s ub sequent ly d eve loped
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uring t he w ar f or m il
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i
nstead o f l um inescence a s w ith a n d
isplays. K nown a s t he s kia tron o r
which t he memo ry i s a chieved b y
o
rdina ry p hospho r s creen. T he d ark s
cotopho r-tube i t h ad a s creen o f
s
toring a p attern o f c harge a nd the
a
rea u sua l
ly h as a c o
lour wh ich i s p
otassium c hlo r
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s
creen u ses ac onven tiona l p hospho r
.
c
ha rac te rist
ic o f the p a
rticular s creen t
aking minute s t
o fade, i
t w as
The c ho
ice i s largely, a lthough n ot
ma te
ria l s o that t he d isplay h as the c
onven ient f
or d
isplay ing sl
ow ly
e
ntirely, one o f c os
t; t he DVST a nd
a
ppea rance o f ac o
loured d raw ing o n c
hang ing r adar p at terns . Mo reove r a n
a
ssociated electron ics are c omp lex and
white p ape r, with a n o verall brightnes s i
mage o f t he t ube f ace c ou ld b e
e
xpens ive i
n c
ompa r
ison w
ith
d
ete rm ined b y t he l evel to wh ich t he p
rojected o nto a l arge d isp lay a rea .
d
a rk-t
race device s
. T here a re, howe ver
,
t
ube f a ce i si lum ina ted e xterna lly. It A
lthough i t satisfied a n eed i n t he
o
ther m
inor d
ifference s in
h
appen s t hat t he l i
ght wh ich i s u
rgency o f w a r
, t he s k
ia tron t ube h as
p
e rformance wh ich may d e termine the
absorbed i n t he d arkened a reas a l
so now l a
rgely b een s upe r seded b y mo re
c
ho ice for apart
icu lar a ppl
ication .
c
ause s t hese a reas t o f ade ( bleach ). v
ersat
ile t ype s of d i splay . T he g rea test
The g reate r t he l i
ght l eve
l t he f as
ter d
rawback o f t he s k
ia tron t ube i st hat A
s a n examp le o f t he use o f s oda l
ite
t
he f ading . t
he p roper t
ie s of t he s c reen g radua l
ly t
ube s i n the o ptical e rase f o
rm , t he
The c oncept o f t he d ark-trace t ube c
hange w ith u se, s o t hat t he d ark -trace i
lust ration s
hows a d isplay o
f
a
i
r-tra ffic r ada r d ata o n a s oda l
ite
t
ube , t aken a t RRE , M a
lve rn w ith a
R
adar d
isp
lay o
n as
oda
lite t
ube a
t t
he Roya
l Radar E
stab
lish ment
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ube c ons t
ruc ted b y F errant i L td.
A
irc ra ft t
racks c
an be s
een
s
upe rimpo sed o
n a map o f t he
c
oas tline o f e astern a nd s outhe rn
England . T he a e
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r
ota t
ing a t a bout 4 r ev/m in a nd t he
i
lum ina t
ion o f t he t ube f a ce w as
a
djus ted t o g i
ve f ading " ta
i ls" o n
a
ircra ft e
choe s, p
roviding v
ital
d
irec tiona l info rma tion .
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poss
ib le a
pp lication s f
or sodal
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t
ube s, i nvo
lving r e
la tively s low c hange s
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nd isp layed d ata.
O
f the n on -radar a pplications o ne o f
t
he mo st p rom ising i sinr emo te acce ss
d
ata di splay t e
rm ina ls. Ap age o f p r
int
c
an f
or e
xamp le, be s
canned
e
lectron ically a nd t he e lectr
ica l d ata
t
ransm itted b y telephone l i
ne t o the
r
emo te d i splay, whe re , because o f the
b
uilt-
in s torage i tc an b e di
sp layed a s
l
ong a s t he u se r requ ires. T his make s
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conom ic u se o f telephone l i
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he d
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t
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tain less s t
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o
ne -piec e p ush-
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o b e d etached q uickly f or se
rvicing o r Whea tstone b ridge .
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lect rical a nalogue o utpu t s i
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lli
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tics, and
t
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,
u
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-
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rafford Road, Read
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a
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s
upp lied w ith s tanda rd c hip c apac itors
moun ted i n p re-fo rmed p ackages . F or
p
roduc tion q uant itie s
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s
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NSW . 2 100.
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LED r eadou t.
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ffect t he a ccuracy o f a n ew r ange o f s
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chn iques /
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A s ub-mim a
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l u
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h e t
ransduc e
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, 10m ill
i-ohms .
p
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tch h
as been d
esigned wh
ich a re also s aid t o respond w el
l to step Engagemen t a nd d isengagemen t force s a r
e
s
pecif
ical
ly t o p rov
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nputs. not mo re t han 8o z. p erc on tac t
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f
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sed to The s ix mode l s c ove r the r ange of 0t o Ful
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i
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itiate el
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ghts, and t
imers
, and i
n f
l
uidic
, p
si can be supp lied . All mode l sm easure le
ss 3
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ing t
he S
3000 mode
l 5
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nd t
he $
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ICS TODAY — J
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1
 A
UDIO N
EWS
MALLORY D
URATAPE C
ASSETTES c
onvey s ound t o t he tropicalized mic rophone e l
emen t, prov iding
e
xcellent s peech i ntel
ligibi
lity a nd i mp roved o verall s tabil
ity.
T
elescopic a djustmen t a nd r o
tation o f the a cous t
ic t ube allow f or
c
orrect p ositioning n ear t he mouth , or f or p a
rk ing o n any s ize of
h
ead.
Both e a rphone a nd m icrophone t ransduce rs a r
e w ell-proven
Amplivox p roduc ts of m i
litary type design p roviding f orrugged a nd
r
e
liable p erfo rmance . T he who le a ssemb ly w ithou t c able , b ut
c
omp lete w ith a n ew t ype o f in
tegral sl
iding h eadband , w eighs l e
ss
t
han 2 o unces ,o r withou t headband , for fi
tting o n spectacle f r
ames ,
l
e
ss t han I o unce. E ach "M ini
lite" headse t iss upplied w ith as l
im
b c
arrying p ouch f or personal usea nd safes torage.

Sit i
lLIk 1
1
4, F
urthe
r D
eta
ils may b
e o
bta
ined fr
om: — RACAL ELECTRON
ICS
P
TY. LTD
., 7
4 Ta
lave
ra R
oad, No
rth R
yde
,N .S
.W. 2
113

The a nnounc emen t o f Ma llo ry D ura tape b lank c assettes, an ew

p
roduc t o f Ma llory B atteries ( Aus tra lasia) P ty . L td .
, w as m ade
r
ecen tly b y M r
. J.D avid E hlers, Manag ing D irecto ro ft heC omapny .
T
HREE
-HOUR C
ASSETTES
The n ew r ange o f Ma llory D uratape m ed ium p r
iced c asse
ttes a re We u nderstand from a r e
liable s ource tha t the J
apanese TDK
a
vailab le i n the p opu lar C-30 ( to run 3 0 m inu tes r eco rding t ime )
, c
ompany m ay soon be re
leasing aC -180 c assette
. Iti
sbe
lieved t
hat
C
-60 a nd C -90 r eco rding l e
ng ths
. Ma llory a l
so i ntroduce s at t h
is TDK are taking advantage of t
h ei
r e xperience gained i
nproduc
ing
t
ime a c assette s i
ze m agnetic h ead c leane r, C .H .C. T hese Ma llory t
he
ir n ew C -120 c a
ssette
s wh ich h ave e xcel
lent an
ti-
jamm ing
Dura tape p roduc ts a re i n
troduced i n af orm o f p ackag ing d e s
igned c
harac
te r
ist
ic s
.
p
rima ri
ly f or ma ss me rchand ising and i mpu l
se s a
les .
Mallo ry D uratape, i ntroduced a pprox . n ine month s a go, h as m et
w
ith wo r
ld w ide accep tance i nC anada a nd mo st o f E u
rope a s w el
l
a
s t he U.S .A . M r
. E hlers s a
id t hat Ma l
lory D ura tape i so ne o f a V
IDEO D
ISCS I
N C
OLOUR
n
umbe r of c onsume r-o r
iented p roduc ts s chedu led f or introduc tion The TELDEC d isc (av i deo equivalent of the long p laying record )
i
n A ustralia b y M allo ry B atteries ( Aus trala s
ia) P ty. L td . Ma l
lory d
esc r
ibed i n our A pril is
sue , has now been p roduced a s aful colour
B
at teries ( Aus tra
lasia ) P ty. Ltd . is awho lly-owned s ubsidiary o f P
. r
ep roduc ing system .
R
. Ma llory & C o
. I nc., l o
cated i nI ndianapol i s
, I ndiana ,U .S.A . with The n ew s ystem , recen tly shown i n Berl
in, has u ndergone s everal
a
ffiliates in t h
irteen n ation s
, a nd sales a nd d istr
ibu tion p rogramme s o
the r changes s ince o ur p reviousr eport
.T he di
sc s ize i
sn ow 8 '
4" i n
t
hroughou t m any c ount ries
. d
iame te r a nd t h
is p rovide s five minutes playing t ime. T he m achine
n
ow f eatu res an a utoma tic record changer.T hise xtracts the record s
f
rom t heir sleeve s, play s t hem in t he re
qu i
red s equence , and t hen
r
epacks t hem.T he d isc-chang ing time iscl
aimed b y t h
e m aker s tob e
AN
EW F
EATHERL
IGHT H
EADSET l
e
ss t han h alf as econd .
A
s w ith p ractically e very o ther home v ideo system , both d e
livery
d
ates a nd p r
ice s a re v ague . O r
iginal
ly s chedu led f o
r l ate '7 2
,
d
eliveries a re n ow s ta
ted t o commenc e in m id ' 73 a nd prices a r
e
n
ow q uo ted a t nea r
ly d oub le the or
iginal es
tima tes o f $120 ( s
ingle
p
lay,b lack a nd w hite m ach ine).

R
ECT
ILINEAR L
OUDSPEAKERS
Leroya I ndustr
ies a nnounce t hei
r a ppoin
tmen t as A us
tra
lian
d
istr
ibutors fo
r R ect
ilinear loudspeakers
.
These s
peakersh ave af i
ve yearp ar
tsa nd l
abour wa
rranty
.
S
ix models are a
vailable,ranging inp r
ice f
rom $150 to$545
.

D
OLBY LABORATOR
IES A
NNOUNCES
N
EW L
ICENSEES
Two mo re m a
jo r audio m anuf acturers in J apan h ave c oncluded
A ma jo r a dvance i n m icro-m in ia
tu re h eadse ts is a nnounced b y l
icen s
ing a rrangemen ts for use o f the D o
lby S ystem , according to
Amplivox C ommun ication s Ltd . o f Wemb ley , E ngland . Robe rt B erkov itz, Head o f Adve r
tising and I nforma tion for D olby
Amp livox C ommun ica t
ion s h ave p roduced a f ully a djustable Labo ratories. B erkovi
tz m ade t he a nnouncement o n T hursday,
e
arphone h ousing, e nabling t he u ser t o r eceive i n com ing s i
gnals Octobe r 2 8, w hen he g ave a le
ctu re/demon st ra
tion o n t he D o
lby
w
ithou t d iscomfo rt a nd i r
rita t
ion o f earplug t ype d e
signs. Fully System , e n t
itled "Mus ic a nd S i
lence" d uring t he I nternational
a
djus
tab le i n all d i
rec t
ion s f or c orrec
t l oca t
ion a nd o ptimum Aud io Festivala nd Fai
ri nLondon .
p
erformance , w i
th 1 80 0 r o
tation t o enable u se o n t he righ
t o r le
ft The n
ew ly si
gned l
i
censees, P
IONEER ELECTRON IC
h
and s ide o f the h ead, t he earphone 's sof t ear-piece h as minimum CORPORAT ION a nd TOKYO S HIBAURA E LECTR IC COMPANY
c
ontac t with t he bow l oft he e ar. When d esired t he ea rphone c an be (
TOSH IBA ), b ring t o n ear
ly 4 0 t he n umbe r o f h ardwa re
s
l
ight
ly moved a way f rom t he e a
r t o a void p hysical c ontact manuf actu rers n ow m arket
ing o r p l
anning t o i n
troduce D o
lby
a
l
toge the ra nd act as am iniatu re s peake rin" f
ree -fi
eld" . B
-Sys tem p roduc ts. Among p re
-reco rded cassette m anufacturers,
The m icrophone u t
ilizes a s pecial
ly d es
igned a cou s
tic tube t o N
IPPON COLUMB IA (Japan)a nd RCA ( U
.K .
)

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 J
OIN T
HE T
APE
R
EVOLUT
ION
h
ave b
t
he D o
een the l
lby B f o
ates
rma
t t
t
.O
o dec
the
ide t
r m ajo
hat t
r c
he i
ompan
r ca
ie
sse
s w
tte r
ho n
eleases w
ow i
il
sue a
l be i
l the
ir
n
'
TD
IC
-SD'IS H
ERE
! (
*SUPER DYNAM
IC)
c
assettes encoded w ith t h
e D olby B c haracteristic include AMPEX
STEREO TAPES ( U.S.A.) CBS /COLUMB IA RECORDS ( U.S.A .)
, P
rofess
ional quality r
ecording tape p
raised t
he world over.
a
nd DECCA /LONDON ( U
.K .). S oon , M r
. B e rkovitz s t
ated , t wo T
ape reco
rde rs a
re .. "drama t
ically improved"
more m ajor recording c ompan ie s in the U .S. w ill j
oin t he othe r
s so says Consu mer Guide
, U.S.A.
t
hat a lmost 9 0% o f the n ew c a
sse t
te o utpu t i n Ame rica w ill be "
Signif
icantly d
ifferent per
formance f rom other t
apes that
we h
ave t
ested" says Elect
ronics Today, Sydney.
Do
lby e ncoded .
A
t t he L ondon A udio F ai
r an umbe r o f new D o
lby p roduc ts w ere THE TDK S
TORY I
n 1
932
, TDK
's f
ounde
rs i
nvented a n
ew c
l
ass o
f
o
n s how , inc
luding c a
ssette r ecorde rs from S an sui
, o pen-ree l tape materials
, f
err l
ies, t
hat beca me t
he b as
is o f t
he ent
ire magnet ic r
ecord-
d
eck s from F er
rog raph a nd R evox , a nd n oise r eduction u nit
s b y i
ng Industry. Today TD K i s a
n I nternat ional Co mpany w ith more
t
han 5 ,000 emp loyees in Japan, U.S .A .
, West Ger many a nd Tai wan
,
H
ighga te A coustics a nd K ellar. C assette d ecks i n
troduced a t la
st
maintaining TDK 's l
eadership i
n aud
io , video a nd co mputor g
rade tapes
.
y
ear's fa
ir by B ell &H owell, Harman -Ka rdon ,a nd R ank-Wha rfcdale
we
re a l
so demons trated. T he D ecca R ecord C ompany a nd P recision '
SD' SUPER DYNA M
IC CASSETTE TAPE The t
ape that turned
T
ape s gave vis
itors t o th
eir stands t he o ppo rtun ity to hea r some o f t
he Cassette i
nto a Hign Fidel
ity Med iu m
.
t
he w ide r ange o f D olby c assettes n ow a vailab le o n t h
e B r
itish Ga m ma Ferric Ox ide, a n e xc
lusive TD K h igh resolut
ion , h igh
market. e
ffic
iency magnet ic for mu
lation, has made i t poss
ible to a chieve
f
idel
ity in the cassette mediu m that cou ld p
revious
ly b e obtained
o
nly w ith ree
l t o ree
l decks.
The surface of SD t apes isa lmost mirror s mooth, which c omb ined
The fo
llo w
ing co mpanies now h ave ava
ilable or w
ill s
oon w
ith s pec
ial binders a nd lubricants has al
l but e
l
lim inated head wear .
i
ntroduce Dolby S
yste m products f
or c
onsu mers
: The tape offers the fol
lo wing features:
F
requency r esponse f rom 2 0-30 ,000 HZ • I ncreased o utput level
Advent U.S.A. •Mini mu m d is
tort ion • E xpanded d yna mic range • L owes t noise,
AGS Canada b
e s
t s ignal
-to-no ise r at
io • H igh r e
liabi
lity jam p roof c as
set te
Allied Rad io Shack U.S.A.
Allison Aud io U.S.A. c
ons t
ruction •P olyester Base
.
Ampex U.S.A.
Ampex S tereo Tapes U.S.A./Canada
/Be
lgiu m '
SD' SUPER DYNA M IC REEL TAPE Eng ineered for t
he next
Bell & Howe l
l U.K. g
enerat
ion of tape recorders
, TD K Super Dyna mic t
ape on open
Ben ja min U.S.A.
Japan r
eels i
s c le o
apab f drama t
ical
ly improv
ing the performance o
f old
B
igston
C
ine ma Tape P roduct ions U.S.A. r
ecorders o
f modes
t q
ual
ity
. W
ith r
easonab
ly g
ood h
ome e
quipmen
t,
Colu mb ia Records U.S.A. i
tcan p
roduce p
rofess
iona
l, s
tud
io qua
lity r
esu
lts 20 -30
,000 HZ
.
Concord U.S.A.
Crown Rad io Jap a
n
Decca
Decca Mus icas settes U.K.
Dubb ing s E lectron ics U.S.A.
Europa - Film Sweden
Ferrograph U.K.
F
isher U.S.A.
Harman -Kardon U.S.A.
Highgate ( Alpha ) U.K.
His Master 's Vo ice N.Z.
Hispavox Spain
Hitach i Japan
Iberofon Spain
Janszen U.S.A.
Kenwood /Tr io Jap a
n
Key
King Records J
apan
Lafayette U
.S .A.
L enco Switzer
land
London Records U
.S .A./Canada
Mitsub ish i J
apan
Mood Mus ic France
Mus ical Her itage Soc iety U
.S .A.
N
.Z . (
left) Ordinary magnet ic p
art
icles, magni
- S
ize ava
ilab
le:
Mus ic Carr iers
Nakam ich i Resea rch J
apan f
ied (right) SD— t ape microf
ine p ar
tic
les 7
" 1 200' &1 800'
Nippon Co lu mb ia J
apan o
f Ga m ma Ferric Oxide e xc
lusive t o 10" NAB 3 600'
P honod isc TDK , also magnif
ied . C60, C90, C
120 ,
Planet Resea rch J
apan
Plastic P roducts U
.S .A. C180.
Preferred Sounds U
.S .A.
P ye Records/Prec ision Tapes U
.K .
OTHER TDK TAPES AVA
ILABLE
RCA L td . U
.K . D
I G I—Pack Co mputor Cassettes • End
less t
ape cassettes (
3 m ins,
RCA I ta liana I
taly 6m ins, 3 0 sec
. and 90 sec.) • Video and Co mputor t apes • Bu
lk
Rank Wha rfeda le U
.K . packs
. A l
l tapes a
re P
olyester based
.
Revox Switzerland
Roger A mhoff Lydstud io N
orway SOLE AUSTRAL IAN AGENTS
Sansu i J
apan CONVOY I MPORTS , 1 Maclean St
., Woolloomooloo, Sydney , 2011.
Silver J
apan

r
Phone 357 2
444
Singer /KLH U
.S.A.
Sonab Sweden
Sono -Press ( Eurodisc ) Germany =I
I Mi
l MI ME M
IN I = MO MI
Jap a
n M M
Standard Rad io
Tape Dup licat ing Met rosound P
lease s
end me f
urther i
nfor mat
ion o
n "T D K —S D"
Teac J
apan
Germany Super Dyna m
ic t
ape
.
Teleton
Telex U.S.A.
U.K. I N
a me
Trident Tape S ervices
Ulvex Sweden
U.S.A. • Occupat
ion
Vox Cas settes
Wo llensa lt/3 M U.S.A. . Address
Colu mb ia Records Canada
MCA U.S.A./Canada
P
ioneer Japan
Sanyo Japan
Tokyo Sh ibaura ( Tosh iba) Japan P
ostcode . .

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 When a
l
y
ou w
antissof
t
r
oman
tic mus
ic

t
hat
's a
l
l y
ou g
et w
ith B
ASF L
H-W
A r
eco
rding t
ape —no
thing e
lse
.
T
he fact t
hatt ape "Hhiss" isany
thing but Whatever mus
ic you decide i
s most persuasive
,
s
eductive iso ne o
f the reasons why we h ave BASF L H
-hi
fi wi
ll g
ive itg
rea
ter clar
ity, more
v
ir
tually e
l
im inated itfrom BASF LH-hif
i r
eal
ism a nd l
ess d
istor
tion
. The rest i
su p t
o you.
r
ecording tape. The gradual nar
rowing of track
BASF Compact Casset
tes a
re a
vai
lab
le i
n t
he
w
idths and lowering of tape s
peed o n domes t
ic
f
o
llowing p
lay
ing times
:
t
ape recorders, p
laces , above a
l
l, g
reat d emands
C30 = 2 x 1 5 m inu
tes = 3
0 minutes
.
o
n tape t
o h ead contact and magnetic un
iform ity
.
C60 = 2 x 3
0 m
inu
tes = 6
0 m
inu
tes
.
A na
tura l c onsequence o f th
is d evelopmen t
a
ppeared t o be b ackground n o
ise wh ich C90 = 2 x 4
5 m
inu
tes = 9
0 m
inu
tes
.
b
ecame mbre a udible during s ound C
120 = 2 x 6
0 m
inu
tes = 1
20 m
inu
tes
.
r
eproduc tion. To c ounter th
is, BASF e ngineers
h
ave introduced l ow n o
ise e qualisations and BASF Compac t Casset
tes ava
ilab
le everywhere
e
l
imina ted t he background n oise, increased i
n your c
hoice of ei
ther "Trans
," "Snap" or
s
ensit
ivity a nd a chieved drama tic i mprove ment "P
last
ic Pack
."
i
nsigna l-
to -noise r a
tio of as much a s 8dB over
o
ther q ual
ity tapes .

B
ASF H
AS T
HE Q
UAL
ITY-YOU M
AKE T
HE M
USIC -BAS
F F
OR E
NDLESS P
LEASURE

Austra
lian D
istr
ibutors
:
Maurice Chapman & Company P ty. L
td.
,

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RECORD
REV
Chr
INGS
..
.
IE WERS
: J
ohn C
lare
,
istopher Wagstaff
C
LASS
ICA
L
DEL IUS — SEA DR IFT — HASSAN r
esume a nd f a de g radua lly a s t h e s etting con sider ing t hat F ranck 's mus ic i s h ardly
Bruce Boyce , Les
lie Fry (bar
itones) e
nd s i n ac omp lex o fe mo t
ion . the mo st p opu la r f are t hese d ay s. T here a re
Royal P h
ilhar monic Orch. & BBC Beecham h ere g ave o ne o f h is g reatest ad ozen o r s o o the r r eco rdings c ur ren tly
Chorus, B eecha m (
cond.) CBS 6 1224 p
erformances a nd i twou ld b e h ard t ob etter l
i
s ted i n t he S chwann a nd G ramophone
(mono) . t
his i n a n ewe r r eco rd ing . H is b aritone c
a talogues , a nd s i
nce Ic an h ard ly t hink o f
DEL IUS — A MASS OF L IFE S o
loists
, s
olo i
s t B ruce B oyce a nd t h e c hoi r d irec ted one v er sion w hich i s a nyth ing l e
s s t han
London P hi
lhar monic Choir, Royal b
y L e slie Woodga te w e re a lso v ery much good , t h
is n ew e f
for t s e
em s t o r eflec t t he
Phi
l. Orch. Sir Tho mas Beecha m c
augh t u p i n th e s pirit o f t he w ork . C BS i s u
sua l a bsu rd m arket ing p rac t
ices mo st
(
cond .
) CBS 2BR 2 20303 ( mono). t
he refo re t o b e c ong ratu la ted f or g iving u s r
e co rding c ompan ies h ave t oday . B e t hat a s
b
ack t his p erfo rmance a nd i ti sap ity t hat it i
t m ay S tokow sk i i s a t l east n ever
d
id n o t s ee f it t o r elea se t h
is r eco rd i n unin te re sting a
nd w
hen he c
onduc ts
The n otion t hat D elius w as e ssen tia l
ly a
Au st
ra lia . B ut n o d oub t c erta in s hops w il
l s
ometh ing f rom t he b as ic r eper toi re t he
min ia tu rist i s q uite j ustified , mo st o f h i
s
b
e k eep ing i mpo rt c op ie s i n s tock . T he r
esu lts a r e usua lly a t least s timu la t
ing . G ive
e
xtended w o rk s h av ing u nrelieved s tretches
r
eco rd ing i sr ema rkab ly g ood a l
though Ia m S
tokow sk i a n o ld w ar-ho r se a nd o ne i s
o
r e lse o ne s eem s t o b e h ear ing as t
ring o f
t
old b y s ome t hat c erta in c op ie s r e veal a bound t o l earn a t hing o r t wo a bou t t he
minia tures . B ut D el
ius s ucces sfu l
ly c ap tured
v
ery s l
i ght w ow . On t he r e ver se o f t his d i
sc wo rk. We ll, y es , this p e
rformance i si nf a ct
a
n a
lmo st e
pic u
tte rance i
n P aris
i
sD elius ' very p lea san t i nciden ta l mus ic to i
nteres ting . C ertainly t here a re v ery f ew
(
1899 -1900 ), S ea D r
ift ( 1903) , a nd A M ass
Hassan i n ag ood e nough p erfo rmance . Mo s
t c
onduc to rs t oday w ho p ay a s much
o
f L i fe ( 1904 -05) . N one o f t hese w orks i s
o
f t he n umber s o n t h
i s s ide a re a l
so a
tten t
ion t o d etail a nd i nne r v oices . H aving
f
am il
ia rly k nown t o p re sen t d ay l i
stene rs,
o
therw ise u nava ilab le . b
een a t urn o f t he c en tu ry o rgan ist
p
er fo rmances b eing f ew , a nd i ti sa n e ven
L
ess s ucces sfu l t h an S ea D r
if t a nd p erhap s S
tokow sk i wou ld r athe r n atura lly b r
ing o u
t
mo re s hock ing s tate o fa ffai rs w hen n one o f t
h e " roman tic o rgan" a spec t s o f t h
is s core.
s
how ing d ated s po ts i s D el
ius ' s et
ting o f
t
hese w orks i s c urren tly a v ailab le i n
s
e
lec tions f rom N ietzche 's Z arathus tra, A P
hra sing i s rathe r f ine i fa t t ime s at r
ifle
u
p- to -da te r ecord ings . T he o rdina ry l i
stene r
Ma ss o f L ife. A t t he r i
sk o f s e em ing e
xaggera ted ( no t a lway s i n app ropr ia te i n
h
as h ad t o w ait f or t hes e r e
i ssues t o g et t o
u
ng ra tefu l a nd e spec ially s inc e C BS h as t
his w ork ). T he re a r e u ndoub ted ly s ome
k
now A M asso fL ifea nd S ea D r
ift ,w hile n o
t
aken t he t roub le t o r elea se t hese r ecords v
ery f
ine momen ts, e
spec ia lly t
hose
c
ur ren t
ly a vailab le r eco rding e xists o f P aris.
l
oca l
ly I mus t s t
a te t h at t h
e r eco rding o n f
lute /oboe t r
ills a t 4 85 -90 . N ever the les s I
S
ea D rif t i sD elius' m aste rp iece a nd a lmo st
t
h ese .d isc s w ere n eve r g ood t o b egin w ith f
ind i tv ery h ard t o s ay w hy Ic anno te njoy
c
erta in ly a mong t h e mo st e loquen t s ettings
a
nd t h e r efurb ish ing i mp roves t hing s v ery t
his p er fo rmance a s much a s t he r ecen t
i
n t he l i
t erature . T aking o ne o f Wh itman 's l
i
ttle i ndeed . S ound i sc on stricted a nd t he Karajan ( HMV ) o r t h e Ma rtinon ( ERATO )
.
mo st s ucce ssfu l p oems , D elius i su ncann ily wealth o f o rches tra l d eta il i n t his s core i s The re a lmo st s eem s t o b e a l ack o f
r
espon sive t o a ll i t
s n uances — t he v arious not v ery much a ppa ren t. N or Ir eg re t t os ay
, c
onv iction t o t his p er formance w hich b elies
l
evel s o f r em in iscence , t h e j ux tapo sition so f i
sB eecham 's p erformance o ne o f h is b est
. S
tokow sk i's a dm iring n ote s o n t he r eco rd
c
hildhood a nd m atu rer e xper ience s, o f t he The o pen ing i sn ot r ous ing e nough a nd t he j
acke t
. C ertain ly t h
is i s a l ess f i
e ry
n
atu ral a nd h uman . A nd h ow w ell D elius "Gros se r M ittag" s ection s eem s r ather p
erfo rmance t han K a
rajan 's. A lso , t he
u
nde r stands t he Wh i tmane sque a mb igu ity o f s
lugg ish . E lsewhe re t h
ing s g o w e ll e nough H
ilve rsum R ad io m ay w e
l l b e o ne o f
p
oin t o f v iew ( lover , b ro the r, f r
iend , w ha t but a l i sd efini tely n ot•the b es t. I na smuch Holland 's b est b ut i ti sn o C oncer tgebouw .
d
oe s i tm atte r) a nd h is mu sica l p or traya lo f a
s HMV h a s a nnounc ed a n ew r e
co rding T
he a l-impo r tan t E nglish h o rn h a s, f or
l
oss i sr igh t
ly b oth p e rsona l a nd o fg reate r unde r C harles G roves i tw ould p e rhaps b e i
nstance , ar a
the r w ooden q uality t o i ta nd
s
i
gn i ficance . W ith t h
is p iece D el
iu s r ema in s well t o w ait ab it a lthough i na l f airnes s t o i
s o ften j u st a ccura te. A nd w hy mus t
t
he mo st s ucce ssful c ompo se r t o s e
t CBS Ia m a lmo st t emp ted t ot h
ink t his n ew S
tokow sk i i nsist a t t imes o n av ery v ibra to
Whi tman , n o t a n e asy t ask a s a nyone w ho r
elea se s hould h ave h appened a l ong t ime s
t
ring e nsemb le?
h
as t r
ied h i
s h and a t itc an t e
s t
ify . B ut i ti s a
go . —J .A.A . Reco rd ing a nd s urfac es o n t his r eco rd a re
e
spec ially i n t he e voca tion o f t h e s ea t hat s
uperb . —J .A .A .
make s t his s et
ting s o m emo rab le. I n u sing
RAVEL — F anfare fro m L
'Eventai
l
t
his p oem , D eliu s c hose t o om it Wh itman 's
d
e J eanne FRANCK — S y mphony in S
IBEL IUS — Ku llervo Sy mphony , Op
.
o
pen ing a nd c l
osing s ec tions ( no t t he
Dm inor. S
tokowsk i
, H i
lversu m R
ad io 7
. Kuo le ma — Scene with C ranes ,
s
tronges t p or t
ion s o f t he p oem , o ne mus t
P
hilhar monic Orchestra DECCA P hase Op. 44. Swanwh ite, Op. 54 — I nciden-
a
dm it ) p ref erring t o s ug ge st t he " crad le
Four P FS
-4218. t
al Music : nos
. 2
-4, 6. So
lois ts
, He ls
inki
e
nd les sly r ock ing" w ith a s waying mo t
ion
University Male Voice Choir, E .
t
ha t estab lishe s Whitman 's i
ntended This record o pen s w ith ab ri
lliant fanfa re
w
ritten b y R avel f or ac ompos ite b al
let Pohjola (dir
.) Bournemouth S y mphony
a
tmosphe re n atu rally a nd w ithou t d irec t
L
'Even tai
l d e Jeanne. At i
ny m asterpiece o f Orchestra, Paavo Berg
lund ( conductor ).
s
tatemen t, ad ev ice o f c ou rse , e asier t o u se
i
n mu sic t h an i n wo rds . T h
i s s way ing . o
rchestration t his fa nf are certainly i s
, and HMV SLS -807 (2 r
ecords).
m otion p ervades t he e ntire s e
tting , a nd i s S
tokowsk i isvery much i nhiselemen th ere.
not o nly a pprop riate t o t he p atte rn o f Ia m n ot i n ap osi tion t o s ay w hether A
t t h
e prem iere of his E ighth S ymphony ,
r
eca ll, b ut a lso c alls t o m ind t hos e o ther S
tokow ski has added o rr etouched a nything Mahler is s a
id t o h ave t o
ld S ibel
ius
, " A
mu sica l n arra tives o f l oss —T ristan , P ellea s b
ut h i
s p erformance h ere isa l
l too b r
ief. If s
ymphony mu st be like t he w orld, it must
w
i th t h eir e vo ca tion o f t he s ea a s a t
he r e
st o f t he bal
le t i sa nything l i
ke t his
, embrace e verything." S ibel ius i n 1 910
p
rimo rd ia l a
nd d eso la te p resence . S o p
erhap s ac omp lete r ecording s hould h ave a
l
ready p os
ses s
ed v ery d ifferent i d
eas as to
a
c cu ra te i nf act i sD e
liu s' o bser vation o ft his b
een m ade. T he cove r n o
tes lis
t t he res
t o f what as ymphony s hou ld b e. T he T hird
common emo tiona l e xper ienc e o f t he s ea t
he n umbe rs
, e ach c ompo sed b y s ome S
ymphony ( 1907) w as a l
ready b ehind him
that o ne c anno t h elp b u t n ote h ow r ight ly c
ontempo rary o f R ave l's: Poulenec , A uric, a
nd h e was w orking o nh isF ourth, tobeh i
s
t
h e s way ing c eases a t " 0 r i
sing s tars!" , M
ilhaud , F erroud, D elannoy , S chm it
t a nd f
inest a chievemen t a nd c er
tainly v ery
r
esum ing s ho r t
ly a fter a nd c l
imax ing a t " 0 Roussel
. d
ifferent f
rom M ahler
'sE ighth .
darkne ss! 0 i n v ain !", t hen s i
lence a nd t he I
n the p ast year or s o, at le
ast three n ew Admirat
ion f
or S
ibelius' s
ymphon ic
baritone 's " I a m v ery s i
ck a nd s orrowfu l". r
ecording s o f the F ranck S ymphony h ave a
chievemen t a nd t he u niquene ss of h is
One a lmo st d oe s n ot n otic e t he r ock ing b
een r e
leased , w h
ich s eems a b i
t s t
range , "
sound" a
s c
ompa red t
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LASS
ICAL
n
everthe less r a
ther r ema rkable a nd a vid B
oulez or Xenakis who can also be mu
sical
.
S
ibeliun s wil
l d efinitely w ant ac opy o fthis For t
hose w ho d o no
t ag
ree with me,here
work. P erformances f rom a l conce rned a re i
s avery good p erformance indeed fr
om a
a
lways o n a h igh l eve l
, r eco rding i s c
onductor w ho s eems to b e
lieve in th
is
pos t-Wagner ian w ri t
ing h as t ended t o
e
xcellen t
, a nd s u
rf aces o n my c opy a re wo
rk. R eco
rdings i svery good, excep
t for
n
eg lec t a
ltog ether any d
iscus sion of
g
ood . s
ome d i
stort
ion t owards the end of each
i
nfluence s o n h is wo rk . Wh ile a n a lmos t
T
he K u
llervo i s
, h owever , n ot t he o nly s
i
de. —J.A.A.
g
rudg ing c onces s
ion t o t he p resence o f
c
ause f or joy i n this al bum . We a re also
Tcha ikov sk ian e lemen ts i sm ade w ith r ega rd
t
o t he F irst S ymphony , a ny t alk a bou t g
iven t he o n
ly r ecord ings o f the S cene w ith "0 SACRU M CONV IV IU M" — Modern
Wagner ian s ounds i n s ay , t he F ou rth C
ranes f r
om K uolema a nd f our e xcerpts F
rench C hurch Mus ic. J
ean L ang
lais —
Symphony h asg ene rally b een a voided . f
rom Swanwh ite. No c au se f or c omp laint "Messe S olennel
le" ; Maurice Durufle —
Th is r e co rding d oe ss et t hing si nt heirr ight h
ere e xc ept t hat too l i
ttle o f Swanwh ite i
s Quatre Motets ; Gabriel Faure —
p
e rspec tive . B egun d uring h is s tuden t d ays i
ncluded . Wh ile n one o f t h
ese pi eces ist op "Messe B asse"; Francis Poulenc —
i
n V ienna , t h
e K ul
lervo S ymphony e nab les l
evel Sibelius, there a r
e ve ry lovely momen ts "Litanies a laVierge Noire" — C ho
ir
u
s t o h ear t he v ariou s l ine s a l ong wh ich t he a
nd t he w r
iting f or t wo c l
arine ts i n the o
f S t
. John 's Co
llege, Ca mbridge
;
c
ompo se r m ight h ave d eve loped . One , f o
r S
cene w ith C rane s i svery h aunt ing i ndeed. S
tephen C leobury , o
rgan; Andrew
i
nstanc e, r ecogn izes B ruckne r i n t h e l e
ng th And n ow w il
l HMV o r a nybody g ive us a B
runt , so
lo t r
eble; George Guest,
o
f t h eme s a nd p eda l b as ses , t he w riting f o
r c
omp lete r e
co rding o f the T empes t mus ic? d
irector. A rgo ZRG -662 .
horns i n t he s econd movement , a nd t he —J .A.A .
t
rans it ion s i ne spec ia l
ly t he f i
rst movement . The d i versi ty o f s t yle i n modern F rench
More o bviou sly, t he f o rm o f t he s ymphony PANUFN I K — Un iversa
l Prayer
. Solo
- c
hurch mu sic b ecomes v iv
id ly a ppa ren t w ith
(
f
ive movement s, c ho ra l s e ction s) l i
nk s t h
is i
s
ts, Lou
is H alsey Singers, N
icholas t
his n ew r elea se. A ll t he wo rks h ave t h eir
wo rk t o l a
te G erman r oman tic w riting, Kynas
ton ( organ) L eopold Stokowski own i nd ividua li ty a nd a re f ascina ting ly
a
lthough i t mu st b e r emembe red t h
at (
conductor). Un icorn RHS-305 . d
issim ilar — t he l yr
ica l a pp roach t o t he
Ku l lervo does p
recede Mahle r'
s wo rds o f t he m as s b y F au re; t he moda l
Resu rrec t
ion , s
o that wha teve r i
t
s P
anufn ik's Univer sal P r ayer i s mo st t
ona l
i t
ie s a nd c ont rapun ta l t ex ture o f f ou r
r
ela tionsh ip t o t heG erman s t
ream , t h e form c
erta in ly n ot " one o f t he mos t o r
igina l mo te ts b y D uruf le; t he f requen t mood
o
f t his wo rk mu st s ti
ll h ave b een s ome th ing mus ica l c reations o f t he m iddle Twen tieth change s i nP ou lenc 's " L
itan ies" ; t he mys tic
o
f an ove l ty t o mo s t a ud iences o f t he t ime. C
en tu ry" n or i s i t " an e n tirely n ew colour ing o f t he M essiaen , a nd t he i nten se
d
eve lopmen t o f mu sic" w ha teve rS tokow ski dissonance s a dm is t c on trapun tal t e xtu res o f
But wh ile s ome a spec ts o f t his s ymphony
s
eems t os etS ibe liusa ss tar ting o fff rom l a
te may s ay o n t he c ove r oft h
is r eco rd . t
h e L ang lais Ma ss. I t m igh t b e a rgued t h a
t
German r omant ic ism , i t mu st b e a dm it ted For s omeone r e
spon sib le f or n ume rous the F aure Ma ss i s o ut o f p lac e o n a
t
h at a lready v e ry l itt
le i n t his wo rk s ounds p
rem ieres o f t ruly o rigina l wo rk s ( Ives, reco rd ing d evo ted t o Mode rn F rench mus ic
German , a nd t hat i si n g r eat p art d ue t o a S
ymphone No . 4 , V are se A rcana , f or bu t t his i sre al
ly i mma teria l.
e
xamp le ) S tokow ski c an b e s trange ly a nd The wo rk wh ich s tands a pa rt i no rig ina l
i ty
g
rea ter i nfluence o n S ib el
iu s t han a ny thing
i
ri tating ly n a
ive a t time s w hen h ed oes t alk i
st he "Me s se S olenne lle" b y J ean L ang lais
i
n t he Wagne r
ian v ein , t h at o fT cha ikov sky .
a
bou t s ome o f t h e mus ic h e c onduc ts. N or — ar emarkab le p iece o f w r
it ing ; i nten se,
By v irtue o fh ind sigh t w e r e a
lize t hati tw as
a
re P anufn ik's own n otes a nd g raph o f t he excit ing a nd f o rcefu l. I t d ese rve s t he
Tcha ikov sky w ho v eered S ibe liu sa way f rom
g
eome t r
ic al s ymme try o f h is w ork mo re m arve llous r ende r ing g iven t o i th ere . F rom
t
h e p o st-roman tic G erman e lemen t s. I tw as
i
nvi t
ing . I f t hese a re n ot n aive , o ne i s t
he o
pen ing s
u spen se -laden o
rgan
Tcha ikov sky w hich i mp res sed S ibe liu s w ith
s
trong ly t emp ted t o t hink t hem p reten tiou s
. d
is sonance s t o t he c rown ing g l o
ry o f t he
t
h e f act t hat s ymphon ie s c ould , i n f act
, b e
U
l tima tely o f c ou rs e i ti s the mus ic t hat I
rompe tterea ls' p eeling a bove t he c ho iro ne
written w ithou t W agner ian c hromat icism
mus t s tand u p t o t he t e
st a nd w hateve r j
us t b ecome s i mmer sed i n t h e w o rk.
a
nd i n mo re c las s
ica l l ines. T he F i r
st
P
anufn ik '
s r um ina tion s a s t o t he wo rk's M ent ion s hou ld b e m ade h ere o f t he
S
ymphony i sf inal p roof o f t h
is. B u t o nce
b
eing n ei
the r t we lve- tone n or a leato ry b ut o
rgan ist , S
tephen C
leobu ry . H
is
a
ga in i ti so nly t oo e asy t o empha s
ize t he
b
a sed s
tr
ic tly upon o ne t riad o nly, unde rstand ing o
f t he wo rk a nd t
he
a
n tec edent s in t his wo rk . T he re i sv ery l i
t t
le
e
veryth ing s ounds v ery much o ld h a t tom e
. a
pp lica tion o f a f i
ne t echn ique t o ge the r
h
e re t ha t i sa n p ersona la sT cha ikov sky . N or
Certa inly t h
is wo rk i sc arefu lly o rgan ised ,o r w
i th c on t rol o fs uitab le r egist ra t
ion s c heme s
i
s t his w o rk a "wo rld" o r e l
se i ti s the
one i st emp ted t o s ay t oo r ig
id ly p erhaps , g
ive t he wo rk as trong i ndiv idua l
i ty.
c
onf ined wo rld o f t he K aleva la. One h as to
w
i thou t a
ny musica l c
ompen sations . T
he q ua l
ity o f s i
ng ing i s j ust a s f ine.
a
dm i t t h at much o ft he w ri t
ing h e re a l
ready
r
efl ect sS ibe lius' own v oice ,f ori nstance , the P
anufn ik '
s e arl
ier s ymphon ies, t he R us t
ica En trie s a re f irm a nd b alance o f v oic es
i
lu sion o f movement n o ts o much b y m eans a
nd S ac ra m ay h ave b een c onven tiona l b ut (
inc lud ing t he a lto l i
ne !) i sc l
ea r. O ne c an
o
f c oun terpo in t a sb y a lte rna ting d ynam ics one f e
lt a t l e
ast t he m an w as t r
ying t ow rite a
lmo st f eel t he t ension i n t h e
i r v oice s a s
a
nd s peed ( Haro ld T rusco tt). Wha teve r mu sic n ot m athemat ic s, a nd Ih ave n othing t
h ey c onvey t his g enera l fe eling o fi nten sity .
momen ts o f p oo r q uality t h
is wo rk h as,i tis a
g ains t v ery m a themat ic al c ompo sers l ike C
e rta in ly t he irv oice sd on otb l end a sw ella s
t
h eir n eighbou rs a t K ing 's, b ut t hey a re
p
robab ly n ot m ean t t o
. I n a ny c a se t he
c
on trapun tal l ine s a re t ran spa ren t
ly c l
ea r
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RECORD
I NGS
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.. J
AZZ REV IE WERS : J
ohn C
lare
,
Graha me Be
ll,
B
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ill
ia ms
.

S
to le My R iff. H e j ust r oll
s l ow n otes o ver Lamma r W righ t i s o n c orne t; T hamon
e
ach o
ther , a
lmo st of
fhanded ly ,

t
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tro
ng
Hayes, t rombone ; H erman Wa lde r, clar
ine t
f
ore shadow ing L ester Y oung , as t hough f or a
nd t enor; B enn ie Mo ten, p iano a nd l eade r
;
a momen t h e h a s c ontemp lated d ropp ing S
am T all
, B anjo ; a nd W illie H all
, d rums .

O
r
che
str
a1 9
35-4
1 r
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h
gh
e c
t o
r
u
ack
t oft
s o
h
ut o
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ve
une i
r t h
n
to a
e t
no
op o
ther k
f th e b
ey . T
and j
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ust
T
a
his i
nd t
st
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r
sonne
e j o
l o
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cord ings
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aFo
r
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rest
e
ffec tive w i th t he p owe rhouse o rche strated Den t replaces S am T all on b an jo .
D
ix ieland o f th e J immy D orsey O rches tra. The t wo c ornet s tyle r em inds o ne o f the
I
n f act, that i sh i s best a ccompan imen t o n O
liver b and a nd t he o ccas iona l c omedy
t
he r ecording . D orsey b ack s him a gain o n a n e
ffec ts f rom t he r eeds b r
ings J elly R ol
l t o
emba rrassing t hing c alled H urdy C urdy Man mind . P robab ly t he b est s olo c omes f r om
a
nd o n t he s econd v ersion o f Sw ing T ha t Mo ten h imse lf w i
th o ne o f t he f inest
Mus ic. T his r a
ttles a long i n am a
rve llously e
xamp les o f r agtime p iano o n K ater S treet
o
ld f ashioned D own O n T he L evee s o
rt o f Rag.
way , b ut L ouis' tr umpe t i sa gain t ime less
. Moten f inally g ave u p t he p iano c ha ir to
Mos tly t errible t unes; g rea t A rms trong . t
he y oung W illiam " Coun t" B asie a nd w hen
LOU IS AR MSTRONG — The L ou
is Reco rded s ound i se xce llen t e xcep t f or a Mo ten d ied, B asie t ook o ver t he b and w hich
Armstrong O rchestra 1935-41 Vo l 2. c
oup le o f t rack s o n t h
e f i
rst s i
de o n w hich h
a sb een r eco rd ing a nd t ouring e ve r si
nce .
Swaggie Mono 7 02. Putting Al
l My t
here i s ab it o f g urgling d istortion . V e ry Thi
s a lbum i nclude s t he e ntire p ublished
Eggs I
n One B asket, ICo me Fro m A p
ronounced p re-echo . —J .C. o
u tpu t o f o ne o f t he mo st i nte resting b ands
Musical Fami
ly , So mebody Stole My i
n t he h isto ry o f j azz a nd i t is mo st
B
reak , Swing That Music, Thankfu l, s
atisfying t ob e able t og ob ack a lmos t half a
BENN IE MOTEN B enn ie Moten 's
Mahogany Ha ll S
to mp , Dipper mouth c
en tury t o w hat w as t h
e b eg inn ing o f t he
Kansas City Orchestra 1 923-5
B
lues etc. B
a s
ie b and.
Swaggie 51278 Mono . Elephant 's
But t his i sn ot r eally mus ic t o b e t a
lked
Wobb le, Crawdad Blues , South , Vine
a
bou t, i ti s mu s
ic t o l i
s
ten t o
. S ur face n oise
Th
i s v olume i n S wagg ie's c h rono log ica l S
treet Blues, Tulsa Blues, Goofy
a
nd d istor t
ion i si nev itable b ecaus e of t he
s
tudy o f L ouis A rms trong ' s s w
ing y ea rs Dust, Baby Dear , S
he 's Sweeter
r
arity o f t he o rigina l r eco rds f rom wh ich
s
eem s to m e to b e s upe rio r t oV olume O ne, Than S ugar, S
outh S treet Blues,
t
his a lbum w as t aken . S ome o f t hem w ere
which w e've a lready r eviewed , f rom t he S
ister Honky Tonk , A s ILike It,
f
ar from p erf ect c opies . —G .B .
p
oin t o f v i
ew o f L ou is' p lay ing a nd Things Seem S o Blue To Me , 18th
s
omet ime , o ft he orches tra l suppo rt. S
treet Strut, Kater Street R ag
.
AR MAND HUG — ' Ar mand Hug P
iano
S
ome o f t he t unes h ave l ong b een
This i so ne o f t h e b est e xamp les Ih ave S
olos
' Swagg
ie, S
tereo 5 1281.
f
orgo tten , a nd I w onde r i f —a nd h ow —
t
hey c ould e ver h ave b een v e ry p opu la r. Y et h
ea rd o f t he b eg inn ings o f o rgan ised a nd
Some d ay, s ome n ut i sg oing t o i sue a n
i
nh i s imp rovisa t
ion s o ne ven t he v ery w orst a
rranged N eg ro j a zz. I n i t
s d ay t his b and
a
lbum c a
lled A rmand P l ays A rmand . O r
t
une s,A rms trong c ome s u p e ach t ime w ith wou ld b e r e ga rded a s ad ance b and a nd o ne
maybe A rmand D ig s A rmand o r A rmand
a
t l eas
t o ne b rillian t i dea w hich i s c
an s ee t hes e v i
r ile y oung N egro s c hang ing
Meet s A rmand . O r, b ottom o f t he b arrel,
a
pp ropr iate t o t h
e p articu lar o pus , a nd n ot f
rom t heir l oo se wo rking c lothes i nto
Armands : Ain 't T hey Swee t?
j
ust t o t he c ho rds. S ome times i t
's h ard t o awkwa rd s ta rched c ol
la rs a nd s h
i rts a nd
Th
i s f atuity i sp romp ted b y t h e i sue o n
k
now h ow h e cou ld h ave b een b othe red , y et donn ing b l ack d inne r s uit
s w hich a lways
Swagg ie o f as e
t o fp iano s olos A rmand H ug
t
he r esults are always w orthwh ile. l
ook t oo s ma ll b ecause o f t heir b ulging
r
eco rded i nt he N ew O r
lean s H isto ry o fJ azz
Louis u sed t hree s ligh t
ly d ifferen t s ounds musc les. I ti sa lso mo re than l ikely t hat th ey
Museum o n J anua ry 1 0, 1971.
a
nd a pproaches a t d iffe rent s tages o f h i
s wou ld n eve r l eave t he s tage i n b etween
H
isto ric s i
te , h isto ric r eco rd. T hi s i st he
c
areer , e ach o ne i mmed ia tely r ecogn izab le d
ances e xcep t w hen i t w as t ime f or t he
f
i
r s
t t ime a n A ust ral
ian c ompany ( and
a
s h is o wn. H is l a
st s ound , j u
st b efo re h i
s s
upper , w hich t h ey wou ld i nevitab ly e at i n
Swagg ie i s b ased i n M elbou rne , a s y ou
p
lay ing f e
ll r i
gh t o ff i n o ld a ge , w as t he t
he k itchen . I t wou ld n ever e nte r th eirh eads
doub tless k now ) h as r ecorded a n Amer ican
mo st r aw a nd emo tiona l, h is e arly c orne t t
h at t hey w e re m ak ing h is
to ry o r d oing
j
azz a rtist i n Amer ica . (Ia dd " in Amer ica"
s
tyle t he mo st i nvent ive a nd t echn ically a
nyth ing i mpo rtan t o the r t han g oing o ut t o
i
n c ase s ome s mar tie r efers t o t he r ecords
f
lorid , and t h
e s ty
le r eco rded h ere w as h is do ag ig t h e s ame a sa ny o the r d ance b and .
made h e re b y M ax K am insky , R ex S tewa rt
mo st c on tained a nd p erhaps mo s
t s ub tle This a l bum i
s a ssemb led f
rom o ld a
nd E dd ie S hu) .
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pproach . Y ou r ea
lly n eed t his r eco rd ing i f p
re -elec tric 7 8s a nd o nce y ou g et u sed t o A
rmand H ug i s
, Ia ssume , t he grea test s o
lo
you a re t o h ave t he c omp lete A rms trong t
h e a r cha ic s ound y ou r eal
ise w ha t gr eat j
azz p ian ist l iv
ing i n N ew O rleans . B ecaus e
p
ictu re. b
eau ty t h ere i si nt hisp ure c l
assic j azz. h
e k new w ha t i tw ou ld m ean t o m i ss N ew
I
n t he c oda t o IC ome F rom A Mus ica l Mo st o f t h e t unes a re I nsed o n o ne o r Or
leans , h e h as neve r left t heC re scen tC ity .
Fam ily h e l et
s s ome p erf ectly r ounded l ow a
no the r o f t h e 1 2 b ar t heme s w hich h ave Mr. R ay M arg inson , t he V ice -Princ ipa l o f
notes s l
ide o u t l ike p iston s l e
av ing a b
ecome t rad i tiona l. T his i s i nteresting Melbourne U niversity , m et M r. H ug r ecen t
ly
cyl
inde r
. T hese n ote s s e em t o d efine t he b
ecause i tw as t hi sb and w hich g ave b irth t o o
n s ome q uasi-academ ic t our w h
ich t ook
i
nter ior s pace o f t he i nstrument . T he re t
he C oun t B a sie O rches tra — a b and w hich h
im t o t he l and o f d reams . H e r epo rted t h e
fo
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h
i
s own. Australian s ound . Ig uess t h e A ustra lian
u
se o f t wo c larine ts i n M elbourne b ack i n
s
ound i s p ure c oinc idence a
l
though I
Armand m eets A rmand ( t
o get us back t
o t
he m id f or t
ie s. T he r esu lt w as o ne o f t he
wouldn 't b e s urprised i fi tw e re a l inge ring
w
he re we came i n
) onS weet Purple R o
se of d
istinc tive A ustra lian j azz s ound s o f t he
i
ndirec t r esul t o f Bell' s fi
rst E u ropean t our s
C
airo. 1Can B eat What Y ou're Doin toM e
, g
olden d ays o ft he r eviv al.
o
f 1 947 -48 . D im K isbe r o n c larine t sounds
M
ama 's Gone Goodbye a nd C ome B ack t
o Kesbe r a nd Mo rks s trut t heir t wo c larine t
q
uite a ntipodean . N ew H o
l land o r O ld
M
e M andy. T hese ar
e al c ompo s
itions o
f s
tuf f o n L ou isiana , t ha t d e l
igh tfu l t une
Australia?
which g ot e qua lly d efin itive i nte rp re ta t
ions
A
rmand P iron,o ne ofthee ar
ly band l e
ade
rs T
his review i snot m eant t o be an e
ssay in
o
f N ew O rlean s
. D e
lightful tunes, al of b
y B ix B eide rbeck a nd C oun t B asie . F irst
j
i
ngo ism , Ia s
sure y ou, but Imus t mention
t
hem , b
ut Ig uess Mama's G one Goodbye i s c
ho ru s t hey p lay i nu nison . T hey c ha se e ach
t
he o
ccasional r
es emblance o
f E dd
ie o
the r i n l ow r egiste r t hroughou t t he s econd
t
he only o
ne w e've a
l heard. H
amm 's tuba playing t o t
hat o fB ob Wr
ight
c
ho ru s. T hey g o b ack i nu nison f o
r t he t hird
i
n t he o ld S outhern J azz G roup f rom c
ho rus , t aking a lterna te b reak s a fte r e very
P
iron composed ahost ofgr
eat t
une
s and
A
de laide. I t
's excellent t uba, anyway , and t
wo b a
r s. A k ey c hange a nd a n a brup t
h
i
s R ed Man B lue
s w a
s one of t
he most
o
n Wi
llie t
he Weeper, b
ehind P
im
e
xci
ting numbers in th
e repe
rto
ire of t
he e
nd ing m ake i ta l
la dd u p t o ad eligh tfu la nd
Hogervo rses g lancing , d anc ing b an
jo, i t s
t
imu la t
ing t r
ack .
G
eof fBu
llOlymp ia B
and.
b
ounce s a l
ong l i
ke B i
ll B enford's on t h
e On t he w ho le, t his i s ad eligh tfu l a nd
The la
bel a
lso at
tributes to P
iron. IW ish I 1
928 J elly R ol
l Mo rton R ed H ot Pepper s
t
i mu la t
ing r eco rd . I fV olumes I a nd 2 o f
C
ould S h
immy L ike M y Si
ster Kate. So d o s
e
s s
ion . t
he R eun ion J azz B and a re a va i
lab le, j u
s t
a
l l abels
, b ut t he t une w a
s a c
tua l
ly T
hisrecord h
as amos
t inte
resting s
e
lect
ion t
oss t h em my w ay w ou ld y ou , W &G ? A nd
c
omposed b y L ouis A rmstrong, w ho s o
ld o
f tunes
, o ne of wh
ich, L i
l A rms
trong's i
ft hey a ren 't p ray r emedy t he s itua tion p o
s t
t
he copyrigh
t t o Piron in the early d ays. E
veryth
ing'sW rong
, A
int
't N o
thing' R
ight
. I h
aste. -B .W .
(Why did Louis never record it
? Wou ldn 't
h
isvocalo n i
thave been something?)

f
au
T
l
h
is i
t. A
l
s ac
l t h
ha
e t
rm ing r
unes ar
eco
e p
rd
l
, bu
ayed a
t i
tpr
th
ac
as o
t
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ne
l
p
r- 11(I
n
fosh
t
he s ame t empo . T he o n
ly suggestion o t
s
peed i s in t h
e l a
st c horus of IC an B ear AMPLIFIERS
.
What Y ou're D oing to M e. I
f af ew o ther
t
racks had b een t aken at th
is or a
ta n e ven C
lose
rtoP
erfec
tion
f
aster tempo , w e w ould have had a much
more interesting record. Even so, we o we a
d
eb t of thank s to Swaggie fo
r gett
ing d own Available f
ro m Se
lected
s
o much H ug. El
l Ell Dealers in Br
isbane,
Sydney , Me
lbourne,
But w ha
t apity Swagg
ie d
idn
't ge
t Joe • • • • Adelaide, Canberra and
S
ul
livan to do aso
lo a
lbum b
efore h
e d
i
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th .
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n dustr
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. L
TD. 2
66 H
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d
o a s olo album? Time'
s running o u
t,
f
r
iends
. -B .W.

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 RECORD
RE V
J
I NGS
.
.
IE WER
ohn C
lare
.
. MP T
RENDS
w
ay t hey would es
tab lish a c
athedra
l-quie
t
w
ith the o
rgan and then have t
he bras
sc r
ash
t
h
rough , s
hat
te r
ing g
l a
ss.
Obv
iously t hey could n ot g o on d o
ing
t
h
ings inexactly t
he s ame w ay
, and o n t
hi
s
r
eco
rding they
've gone fo
r a much fu
lle
r,
e
nve
loping s
ound
, n
ot o
nly i
n t
he
a
rrangements, but i
n t
he way t
he recording
h
as b een produced. This i
s f
ine o n " Go
Down G amblin" and "
Redemption" w hich
r
ock q ui
te furious
ly (
Gambl
in' has D avid
C
lay ton T homa s
' fi
rst gu
ita r solo o n reco rd:
g
ood f eeling: n ot over-f
low ing w ith i deas)
b
ut o n ac ouple o f t
he mo re leisurely t h
ings ,
l
i
ke t
he r
a
the r t r
ite "Cowboys A nd
I
ndians". i t veers dange rous ly n ear t hat
h
uge , bland a nd r emotely b i
llow ing s ound
y
ou g e
t o n t he sound t rack o f We ste rn
Movies as the w aggons rol
l o ver t he prairie s
,
LEAF HOUN D — ' Leaf Hound '
RAY CHARLES — Vo lcanic Action Of s
wep t b y t he s hadow s o f monumen tal
Te
lefunken
, Stereo SLE 14604 — P.
My S oul. EM I Stereo S PBA 3 021. See s
a
il
ing c umu lo n imbus, a nd w atched n o
Drowned My Life I
n Fear
, Stray,
You T hen , What Am IL iv
ing F or? d
oub t b y I ndians. S o i t
'
s d e l
ibe ra
te o n
S
tagnant P
ool, Sad Road To The Sea,
The L ong a nd Wind ing Road , The '
Cowboys ' but itoccurs el
sewhe re too
Work My Body, Sawdust Caesar
, A
Three B e
lls, Witchita Line man, It
's not a l
l like that, b ut o veral
l It hink t he M
inute To Go.
So me
th ing, IMay B e Wrong, Down I n sound i sless d i
s t
inc t
ive t han i tused t o b e
,
The V a
lley e tc
. despite, or p erhaps b ecause o f the f act t hat I must confess tha t Ih ad n ever h eard o f
t
he re a re mo re n ice, l es
s o bvious, mus ica l L
eaf H ound. T here isn o informa t
ion o n t he
t
hing s h appen ing: i n t he i ns
trumen tal r
ecord s l
eeve, b ut t hey h ave a h eavy
Ray, Oh R ay , h ow s i
len tly y ou l i
e. Wou ld
passage b efore t he l a
st v ocal c ho rus o f Ame rican s
ound , though t he si
nging sugge sts
t
hat t here w ere s onic v olcan ic a ct
ion o f
Gamb l
in', ap lunge r-mu ted t rumpe t p lays a t
hat t hey could b e E nglish. Ii magine t h
at
y
our s oul! s
lightly more o rnamen ted v ersion o f w ha t t
his isthe
ir fi
rst recording .
Id on
' t k now what i ti s
. R ay C harles h as
t
he r est of the b rass a re doing . Listen f or i t
, L
eaf Hound i s an arche typal h eavy r ock
l
ost n o
th ing t echn ical
ly , b ut there isl i
tt
le o f i
t
' s an ice effec t
, a nd i tshow s they've h ea rd b
and , something l ike G rand F unk, b ut no t
t
he o ld exc i
temen t on h is r e
cen t r e
co rding s
C
la rk T er
ry o nce o r t wice. T ha t s ound a
s g ood. A s each t une emp loys r epeating
— t hough Ib e
lieve h e i ss t
ill ak nockou t i n s
omewhe re b etween a n O r
ien tal g ong a nd a r
i
ffs, and usually the s ame c hords, itsounds
p
erson . t
rain h ooting t h
rough at unne l at the e nd o f abit s amey. b ut t he h eaviness, simplicity
The arrangemen ts a re p retty t err
ible , b ut
Cowboys a nd I ndians i s a c
tua lly D ave a
nd e nergy of i tal
l make t his agrea t party
t
hen s o t hey o ften w e re o n ' The G enius O f
Bargeron p laying o ne n ote o n t he T uba r
ecord. Sound i svery sha rp. J
.C.
Ray C ha r
le s
' a nd h e o vercame i tall the re.
while si
nging another note i
nh is t
hroat
. It's
Maybe R ay s hou ld get b ack t o the blues.
h
a rd enough t o do this in un
ison t o what
T
he re are ac oup le o f soaring moment s o n CURT IS KNI GHT — G ive You Plenty
you a re d oing, let alone i n the w e
ird
S
ome thing a nd T he L ong And W ind ing Lovin' RC A Stereo SL
-101955 . No
h
armony B ageron has g o
t here. Don '
t l e
t
Road , but g enera l
ly i t
's ju st OK . T hat's n ot Point Of V
iew , Help Me If You Can,
a
nybody t e
ll y ou tha
t t hes
e g uys are n o
t
e
nough f rom R ay . G
ive You P lenty Lovin' Goodbye C rue
l
f
i
rs t r
ate musicians
. Lis
ten to the trombone
P
roduc tion a nd s ound q uali
ty i s very World, Lena, Why Are We Here On
s
kitter
ing a round i n t r
umpe t regis
ter o n
'
comme rcial'. A nd t hat's it
, really. —J .C
.
Redemp tion. Earth, H
i Low , Down I n The V
illage
e
tc.
Most o f t he songs a r
e o r
iginals, b ut Id on't
t
hink t hat a ny o f them a re p articu la r
ly Curtis K n igh t w as a t o ne t ime i n ab and
BLOOD SWE AT AN D TEARS memo rab le, a s s ome o f t he
ir e a rly s ong s w
i th h is clo se friend J imi H end r
ix. a nd i tis
BS&T 4 , Stereo. Go Down Ga mb l
in', were. T hey a re mo st
ly v e
ry p lea sant s
aid t h
at h i
s i deas a s w ell a s H endr ix 's
Cowboys a nd Ind ians, John The howeve r
, a nd wo rth h earing r epea ted ly i f he
lped f orm w ha t c ame t o b e k nown a s
Baptist
, R ede mpt ion, Lisa
, High on on
ly f or t he a rrangemen t. "Mama G ets p
sychede l
ic r ock .
a Mounta in, Valent ine
's D ay
, Take H
igh" i s ag as. It
's a t ongue i n t he c heek This reco rding s
how s o
ff many
Me I n Your A r ms, For My L ady
, p
seudo -blue s w ith a l ong i mprov ised d ixie- Hendr ix -
like i deas, a nd i ti s ap ity t ha t t he
Ma ma Ge ts High , A L ook To My l
and t ag. s
ound i s o ften muff led f or t here i s some ,
Heart. A
ll i n a l
l, a b eau t
ifully p layed a nd v
ery g ood s tuff h ere. On No P o
int O fV iew ,
wel
l-reco rded a lbum , b ut Imus t c onf ess to Knight p lays a v ery h ard , s winging c ho rus
l
i
king t
he p
revious o ne b etter . T he on g uitar. H is sound i ssha rp a nd c l
ean , a nd
One o f t he thing s Ii mmed iately l iked Australian p res s
ing c ompare sq u
ite w ell w ith f
airly l eaps o ut o f t he s peake r s
, in c on tras t
a
bou t Blood Swea t a nd T ear s w as t hat t
he Ame rican. A s l
ight a i
rynes s, l ack o f t
o t he s l
igh t mudd ines s o f t he r est o f t he
a
l
though t hey u sed r e
sonance a nd s tereo s
ubstance i n t he voice shows t hat s ome th ing b
and . E lsewhe re h is g uitar i sn ot reco rded s o
a
nd dis
tancing gimm icks on thei
r r ecording s
, h
as b een l ost. Howeve r some th ing h as a lso well, b ut h e g ets o f
f s o me v ery f ine s tuf f.
t
hey seemed t o k now t hat brass, ifb right b
een g ained ; n ame ly surface n oi
se . I fitw ere On G ive You P l
enty L ovin' h e u ses
a
nd i mmed iate, c ould b e av ery e xciting n
ot f or t h
is, CBS wou ld b e just a bou t my f
eedback , f uzz, a nd v e ry o cc asiona lly t he w a
f
ocal poin
t r ather t han just ab ackground f
avourite c ompany : mo s
t o ftheir r eco rdings wa p edal t o p roduce s ome e xtreme ly
p
unctuation. I l iked t he s ound o f t wo a
re surf acey t o begin with, and t hey t ake o n s
atisfying s ounds a nd i dea s
. S o w e
lld oes h e
t
rumpets, a t t imes s harp a nd d elicate, alot more s u
rface w ithin a few mon ths . — c
on trol d i
s to rt
ion a nd d u ra t
ion o f n o tes
r
eminding m e abit ofA ndy K irk. Il i
ked t he J
.C. t
ha t h e o ften s eems t o b e p laying a w ind

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EW r
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S
ic a
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ound h
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a
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nd
f
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w
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onf e
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ly
t

i
nst rumen t — i n f ac
t h e c r
ea tes a s imilar H
il
l's v o
ice q ual
ity s eems t o have b een a
tten tion t o u nde rground t ype l yr
ics. A
ef ec t toA rch ie Shepp h ere a nd t here
. c
hanged f o
r t he wo rse
. Id on't li
ke this a
t s
tream o f 'age sa nd w i
se t hough tsg oes b y
,
T he d rumm ing o n t his t r
ack i sv ery busy a
l, b ut t hen I d o n ot like E nge
lbert s
oon f orgo tten. S o w ith N irvana . No r are
a
nd v ery sharp , the o rgan p roduc es a fie
rce Humpe rd
inck e ither
,s oi fth
at'syou r c
up of t
he t une s v ery g ood . Wha t Ir eally l i
ke are
s
quaw l
ing s ound . I t i s n ot o nly v ery c
hary ou won '
t w ant to ta
ke my w ord for i
t
. t
h e instrumen tali nte r
lude s.
e
xc iting , b u t textu rally i t i s d eeply —J.C
. They g et af i
ne s urging r ock g oing w ith a
s
atisfy ing. T he o nly w eak e lemen t to my p
iano r attling a way e ight t o t he b ar at the
e
arsi st he bas s
,w h
ich i st oo o rthodox i nt he THE MOODY BLUES ' Every Good s
ame t ime a nd o ne o f t wo g u
ita rs f l
ying
c
on text. Boy D eserves Favour' T hresho ld, a
long a t leisurely s peed o ve r the t op. Wha t
's
No t all t
he t racksa r
e u p to t he standard o f S
tereo THS 5 P rocession , T he Story In s
o d ifferen t a bou t t hat? No thing ,n othing at
P
len ty L ovin'. T he d ulle r track s a r
e d oubly Your E yes, Our Guessing G a me, Emily's a
l, e xcep t t h at t hey d o i tw ith l yricism a nd
s
o a s ar esult o f p oo r r e
co rd ing q uali
ty. Song, After You C a me, One More T i me f
eeling . If ir
st l i
stened t ot hisr eco rd t hrough
Knigh t's s i
ng ing i sg ood e nough g eneral
ly, To Live, Nice To Be H ere, You C an e
arphone s a f
te r h aving s pen t t wo d ays b ody
s
ome t
imes r athe r u nexc iting . H e has some Never Go Ho me , My S ong . s
urfing i n a lmo st t he b es t s e as o f my
o
f Hendrix' s a
rrogan t and s
atyr
ical e
xper ience . Iw as f ull o f s wee t f a
tigue a nd
Io nce v isited a f r
iend w ho w a s p lay ing a
a
pp roach , b ut i tdoesn 't q uite c ome o ff as t
h e mus ic f i
lled my h ead w i
th i mages o f
P
rocu l H a rum r eco rd,a nd Ir ema rked t hat i t
b
eing s oh ardb itten a sH endrix . s
e emed t o b e p re tty p reten t
iou s s tuf f. H e r
olling w aves, t he s olo g uitar l i
ke s pray
T hree o r f ou r tr
ack s o n this r ecord a r
e a s r
eplied , " I s uppose I wou ld f ind i t f
lying o f f into t he w ind . And t he f e
eling of
g
ood a s anyth ing I 've h ea rd i n r ock mus ic t
he v ulup tuous a bras ive slide d own t he w ave
p
re ten t
ious i f It ook i ts erious ly. Ij u st l ike
f
or s ome l i
ttle wh ile b ut i t mu st b e s a
id t
he s ound t hey m ake ." f
ace c ame b ack i nto my b ody . T owa rds the
t
hat t h e poo r record ing q ua l
ity c omes n ear This i s t he w ay t o a pp roach t he Moody e
nd o f s ide o ne t h e mus ic, n ow l ed b y a
t
os poiling t h
ea lbum . —J .C. B
lue s
. A par t f rom t heir e l
ec tric g uita rs, a s
axophone , i ncrea sed i n i nten sity a nd t he
p
iano , o rgan a nd f lute, t h e Mood ie s m ake wave s began t o c has e each o the r i n ag reat
c
i
rc le.
u
se o f aMe llotron , wh ich i sak ind o fc ousin
t
o t he Moog S yn thes ize r
. I tc e rtain ly m ake s Forget t he s ong s — i t
'
s t err
ib ly h ard t o
some p re tty s ound s. S ome time s i t d oe s w
rite a g ood s ong — t he in strumen tal parts
sound l ike a f ull o rche s
t ra, b ut t h e s l
igh t a
re f u
ll o f b eau tifu l mo t
ion . S ound i sg ood.
—J .C.
lack i nd efini t
ion a nd a t
tack l end s i t amo re
e
the real e ffect. S omet imes i t
' s a ll al i
ttle
suffocat ing l ike a s tage v ersion o f h eaven TONY W ILL I A MS —'Ego ' P olydor,
with c otton woo l c louds , t in
ted m is ts a nd S
tereo 2425 0 70. C
lap City , There
l
ots o ft alcum p owder . Co mes A Ti me, P
iskow 's Fil
igree,
I
t
's as oo thing wo r
ld t he Mood ie s h ave C
irca 45, Two Wor lds, S o me Hip
c
r eated , a nd p o rten tou s l yrics d ea l
ing w ith Dru m Sh
it , Loneso me Wells, Mo m a nd
'
c reation ! D es
truc tion ! D eso lation !' e me rge Dad, t
he U rchins of Shermese . Ron
i
n t he contex t l
ike i
d
le s ur rea listic Car
ter, bass and ce
llo; Khalid Y asin,
d
i ver s
ions . No thing i sre a
l. o
rgan; Ted Dunbar , g
uitar; Don A lias,
Some o f t he s ong s he re a re v ery d erivat ive p
ercussion; Warren Sm ith, p ercussion.
o
f t he B ea tles. T he o ther s a re v e ry, v ery
o
rd ina ry. T he s ound i st h
e s ame a si ta lways Unfortuna tely i t seems t hat t he f urther
h
as b een, b ut i nt e
rm s o fm ate rial t his i sn ot away i n t ime f rom M ile s D avis t hat T ony
V
INCE H ILL — T he Singer a
nd T he Williams g e ts, t he l e
ss p oten t d oe sh is mus ic
ag ood Moody B lue sa lbum .
Songs
. EM I Stereo OCSD 7 678. Day- become .
In t e
rms o f rep roduc tion , t he r eco rding i s
d
rea m, The Green F ie
ld, Out Of T he I'
ve l iked h is othe r r eco rd s fo r t heir s hee r
s
uperb b y l ocalp res sing s tanda rds.T he re a r e
Darkness I
nto T he Light, Ho me To v
i olen t f o
rc e, t hough I 'd f ound t he mus ic a
s
ome s ound e ffec t s a t t he b eginn ing w hich
Your Loving A r ms
, Waterloo Sunset, t
r
if le t oo o rgan ised , t oo r i
gid a lmo st, i n
wou ld b e i d
ea l tos how o ffy our e quipmen t:
Danny B oy, Al
l My L ove
's Laughter, compar ison t o t he mus ic h e h ad b een
t
hunde r a nd l and sl
ides , a nd t hen r a
in , r i
gh t
Sp
inning Whee l etc. t
h ere i ny our l i
ving r oom ,v ery r eals ound ing p
l aying w ith M i
le s
. T alk o f i n con tinence ,
r
ain. B etter c ove r t he f urni ture b efo re y ou i
n ciden tally , i n r e
la t
ion t o t his mu sic i s
I
fy ou r t astes tend t owa rds t he m idd le o f quite a bsu rd , a nd i nd ica te s av e ry l azy e ar.
p
lay t h
is o ne. —
t
h e r oad , I wou ld l ike t o b e a ble t o
Harmon ica lly t he mus ic h as b een a l i
tt
le
r
ecommend t h
is a lbum b y E nglishman
NIRVANA — L ocal Anaes
the
tic
. s
trange , a nd t he s ound i sv ery h eavy ,b ut in
V
ince H ill, b ecause h e i sr eally a v ery g ood f
o rm i tw as n eve r very c omp licated o r very
Vert
igo, Stereo 6
360031. Modus
s
inger. H oweve r, Ic an't r ea
lly wo rk u p
Operandi
, Ho me. f
ree .
much e nthus iasm;V ince h a
rd ly d oes him self
On t his r eco rding W ill
iam s i ss how ing s i
gn s
c
red i
th ere . The re i s o ne t hing a bou t g roup s o n t he o
f n ot k now ing w hat t o d o
. H e m ay b e a
The s ong s a re gene rally p ret ty l ame a nd Vertigo l abel: t h ey a re a l
l t rying t o d o l
eader , Id on 't k now , b ut h e isn ot al eade r
V
ince s ounds a sthough h e isr eally t r
ying t o s
ome th ing d istinctive . E ffo rt, and p erhap sa i
n t h
e s ens e t hat M iles i s al eader a ble n o
t
s
ing i na s c omme rcial a manne r a s pos sible. c
erta in a moun t ofp reten t
ion , h asg one i nto only t o g et m en t oge the r a nd m ake t hem
Ia m a fraid I am a lways p ut o ff b y t he e
ve ryth ing f rom t h
e c over o n i n. On t he p
lay w ell, b ut t o l ead t hem t hrough n ew
f
eeling t hat ar ecord h asb een p roduc ed w i
th outside o f this fold ing s leeve i s ap ho to o fa c
oncep ts
.
t
h e s o
le a im o f mak ing a b it o f money . l
arge r oom d evoid o ff u
rn itu re and p ain ted a Here w e f ind t he s ound l igh te r a nd y et
Every r e co rd ism ade i nt heh ope o fm ak ing s
i
lve ry w hi
te . B y t he g las s d oo r
s ay oung mo re c onvent iona l
ly p sychede lic . T he re i s
s
ome money , b u
t when t hat mo tive p ushe s woman s i
ts i n ar ocking c hair wh ile a l i
ttle mo re i mp rov isa tion , mo re , b u t n ot much ,
out a l j oy i n the mus ic f o r i t
s o wn s ake, g
irl p lay s w ith h er h air. T hey t oo a re c
ollec tive f reedom o n thi sr eco rd ing ,b ut the
you a re l ef
t w ith a p retty s oule ss piec e o f p
ain ted w hite. T hrough t h e d oor —l ike a r
esu lts a re s uch t hat t he c a reles s l i
stene rw il
l
merchand ise. c
oloured i nse t — al ovely f r
agmen t o f r ural p
robab ly c onc lude t ha t t he re i sl ess
. S ome
One o f t he wo r
st t rack s isS p
inn ing Whee l, English w inte r: leafless t ree s
, b r
ill
ian t g rass, o
f t he g uita r s o
lo s b y D unba r a r e i nq uite a
b
u t o nly b ecaus e Ih ad e xpec ted M r. H ill to ablue d oor. O utside t he f ar w indow s t
and s c
onven t
iona l mode rn j a zz mou ld , and t hey
do itq uite w el
l. S omebody h a
s m ade av e
ry am an i n black w ith h is b ack t o u s. I nside a
re v ery e njoyab le. E njoyab le too i s Young 's
b
a s
ic m istake i n d eciding t o d o t he s ong t
he f old, t he s ame r oom m inus i t
s a
tmo sphe ric s ound , b u t h e d oesn' t g e
t
o
ver a n e ven , st
raigh t a head f ou r to th eb ar o
ccupant s.T he m an n ow l ook si n
. e
nough g oing f or my t as te. W illiams ' s ongs
j
azz f e eling . T he s ong j us
t d o es n ot wo rk Irathe rli
ke t he cove r,a nd Ir athe r l ike t he a
re n o t u p t o much .
w
i thou t a h
eav i
ly accen ted r
ock music. T hough t here a re o nly t wo t i
tles, Gene rally , t he r e
co rd ing i sb es t p l
ayed a s
b
ea t ...' Spinning Whee l (sock !) G otT o Go e
ach s ide hass everals ong s . On s ide o ne t hey a
n i nterm i tten t
ly i ntrigu ing , almos t a lways
Round ' .. t hat drum s ock i s p art o f t he s
egue i nto e ach o the r; o n s ide t wo t hey a re p
leasan t a
nd r
hy thm ic backg round .
s
ong . T he a rrangement h ere, a s o n a ll t he s
epa ra ted i nto t racks. On s ide o ne t hey P
roduc tion a nd r eco rded s ound i sideal f or
f
aster t une s, i s b rash s t udio j a
zz. T he emp loy a f ormu la o f o ne r ock ing t rack t
he mu sic. —J .C.

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-5/25/50/250/500/2500V (
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& C o
. L td., England, 1971 . 144 page
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4 "x 5
/ 2 "
/
1 , ha
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50u A/2
;5 m A/250 m A
, Res
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scale
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MODEL C T330 MULT IMETER , 20,000/0PV, DC Vo 10.
l
i
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s t 1 30 0
-6/6/30/120/600/1 .2 K/ ,
3
K
/
6 K V
o
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S
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/6/30/120/600/1 .2 K Vo
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. DC/A mps :
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"The S econd Wo rld W ar renewed i n
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a
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.2 u f.
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p
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4
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/8 x 11/4I
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0A.
RESIST ANCE: 0
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i
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ENS
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M O VE MENT, SPEC IFIC AT I ONS : 6/20/120/300/600/1200
Chap ter 7p rovides a f urthe r t reatmen t o f i nfrared a pplication si n V olts A. C. ( 10 K/ O P V), Volts D. C:
a
stronomy , s pace t echno logy , e cology , f i
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llu tion , 3
/12/60/120/300/600/1200 (
100 K/OPV )
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c
r
im ino logy a nd t he study o fo i
l p ain t
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.
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S
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2 n x 23/I
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3 TR ANS IST OR , 3
c
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.
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Answe rs t o q uestion s a re p rov ided i n an a ppend ix, a nd a n i n dex 13 Transistors , 1 D iode, 1 Ther m istor. Range : Up t o
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ANUARY 1
972
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 L
ETTERS
F
ROM
O
UR READERS

f
or ac omp
lete hi
-fi s
ystem
. A r
tic
les C
LEAN
ING T
APE
MANUFACTUR
ING E
T P
ROJECTS
l
i
ke y ours a
re s
tupid and d
amage the Iwould li
ke to comment o n I.C
.L.
's
I
s itp
erm
issab
le to manufacture f
or i
ndus
try . Of c
ourse you won't pr
int l
ette
r ( ELECTRON ICS TODAY —
p
ubl
ic s
a
le any i
tems t
hat you pr
int a
s December 1
971) conce
rning h
is
t
h
is l
e
tte
r.
p
roject
s in ELECTRON ICS TODAY? F
.S. S
ydney
, NSW
. s
uggest
ion t
hat t
ape cas
sette
Would I b e c
ontraven
ing any manufacturers use c
leaning tape as a
• Who won 't? O ur c orrespondent has
c
opyright o
r p
atent l
aws?
g
enerated mo re indigna t
ion t han h e l
eader
.
R
.J.S
. Kens
ington P
k., S
.A. T
here a
re af ew problems i
nt h
is. The
c
an con tain
. H e has fa
iled even t
o read
• E
veryth
ing p
rinted i
n most important of these i
sthat many
t
he ar
ticle. We d id n ot state t
hat 'i
t i
s
ELECTRONICS TODAY i
s
, o
f cour
se, c
asset
te players cont
inue to run when
i
mpossib le to b uy a cceptable h
i-fi f
or
s
ub ject t o c opyright a nd p erm ission t
he end of the c
assette t
ape i
sreached.
l
es
s t han $ 150', a nywhe re in t he
mus t b e o btained f rom t he E d
itor a
rt
icle
. Maybe w e should h ave done - T
he caps
tan t hen continues to turn
b
e fore r eproduct ion. because you c
an 't o
ur a
nd c
an wear through the l
eader u
nless
Such p erm ission i sn orma lly g ranted correspondent's equ ip ment t
h
is has so me spec
ial propert
ies that
p
rov ided E LECTRON ICS TODAY i s notwithstand ing . c
leaning tapesd oes no
t h ave
c
red ited i n t he r eproduced a r
ticle. What o ur c orresponden t mean s by O
ther d isadvantages r e
late to tape
Much t
he same applies t
o '
prejudice', 'shee r misin forma tion' and l
ay-up, avai
lable space (c
leaning t
ape i
s
cons tructiona l p rojects, e xcept t hat '
lack o f resea rch' i s tha t w e did not q
uite th
ick ), a
nd also s
trength.
whils t we g enerally d o n ot t ake o ut ca
ll and s ee h im w hen p repa ring the R
. D
. B eecro
ft, NSW.
patent r ights o n any o f our p ro jects we a
rticle
. We d id n ot d o s o b ecause the
c
annot g uarantee t hat n one h as b een product re
fe rred to is a c heap
t
aken o ut e lsewhere .
T
IME S
HAR
ING?
i
mported r eco rd playe r w ith n ot t
he
Any company wishing t
o Irefer to y our advt. o n page 7 o f the
sl
ightest justification t o t he c laim of
manufacture e
quipment based o n D
ecembe r i s
sue. A s as erv
ice t o y ou r
'
h
i-t
i' performance .
ELECTRON ICS TODAY p
rojects r
eaders y ou m ight c onside r s toring
We l e
ave t he c l
aim t hat o ur a r
tic
le
shou ld f i
rst d iscus s the mat te r w ith d
ata o n s uch y oung l adies i n a
h
as ' damaged t he i ndus try' f or the
our E nginee ring Manage r — a nd t hen c
ompute r a nd t hen c harge f ees t o
i
ndustry and o ur reade rs to d ecide.
with ap atent a t
torney . t
hose mak ing e nquiry o f i t
. In r eturn
f
or this br
ill
iant i dea wou ld y ou l e
t me
E
IGENTONES h
ave t
he n
ame , '
phone n umbe r,
C
ONGRATULAT
IONS Ihave h eard t
hat for good sound i
nterests
, v ital statis
tic s
, e tc.
, o f t he
r
eproduc t
ion t he dimensions o f a l
ady i nque st
ion .
Iwou ld li
ke to c ongratulate y ou and
l
i
sten
ing r oom are q
uite c
rit
ical —and M.R.G ., Too rak, V ic.
your s taf
f o n t he e xcellent a rticle
'
Hi-F i — aB uyer
's g u
ide ' publ
ished i n t
hat furthermore t
he le
ngth of aroom •Wha
t c
an M
.R.G
. mean b
y '
e
tc' —?
w
ill d e
term ine t
he lowest fr
equency
your p rev
ious i s
sue . T here w as more
c
ommon s ense a dv
ice a nd u seful t
hat c
an b
e r
eproduced
.
G
.L. Durban
t
echn ical in
fo rmation p acked i nto t he
a
rticle's s
ix pages than Ih ave found i n S
outh Afr
ica
mo st fu
ll l
ength b ooks. • T his i s r
ight. I t is necessary t o
T
.S. Adelaide , S.A. a
void r ooms who se d imensions a re
• T
hank y
ou, b
ut s
ee b
e
low
! e
qual, o r s imple mu lt
iples o f e ach
o
ther, o
r h
ave a c
om mon R
EADERS
' L
ETTERS
d
enom inator. I n such cases, so-cal
led I
ti sour pol
icy t o rep
ly t o al
l r eade rs
'
e
igentone s s
upe ri mpose u pon o ne l
e
t ters — b ut n ot necessari
ly v ia t hese
A
NGRY D
EALER a
nothe r and l e
ave g aps in part
s o f the c
olumns . P
lea se ensure t hat you w rite
f
requency r ange. y
our f u
ll n ame a nd a ddress o n y our
Iprotest mos t s trongly a bout t he
T
he l owest f r
equency t hat c an b e l
e
t ter. We h ave a n u mbe r of l e
tters —
obvious p
rejudice a
nd s
hee r
r
eproduced i n ar oom i s afunc t
ion o f mo st
ly f rom o ur y ounge r re ade rs in
m
isinfo rmation c ontained i
n y our
t
he l ongest dimen s
ion o f t hat room . which n ot even t he writer's i
nitials are
s
o
-ca l
led ' Hi-Fi — b uyer's g uide", i n
The proof r
equ i
res d
etai
led i
ncluded .
y
our l a
st is
sue.
mathema t
ical a nalysis
. I n s implified We try to r ep
ly t o letters a
s q uick ly
You h
ave quite o
bv iously not
f
orm t he f
ormu la becomes a
s p os
sible — h oweve r o n o cca s
ions
r
esearched y
our s
ubject — y our
s
tatement t hat i ti si mpos s
ib le to buy t
he re may b e some d e
lay . But p lease
f
r
nin = 3
40
a
ccep table h i
-fi f or le
ss t han S 150 i s a don't think t hat y our l e
tter h as b een
i
gno red.
u
nt rue — y ou k now p e
rfect ly well that
my c ompany s e
lls a n exce llent st
ereo where f
rn
in isthe l
owes
t r
eproducab
le
s
ystem f or u nde r S 100 . Nobody i n f
requency, a
nd a isthe l
onges
t room
t
heir right mind wou ld p ay o ver $250 d
imension in f
t
.

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LECTRON
ICS TODAY —JANUARY 1
972
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IPS
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O
PPORTUNIT
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L
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ICROPHONE

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.O. BOX 36
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.

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O
MP
UTE
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E
RA
TO
R
e u
sed as avery ef
fective
m
icrophone fo
r inte
rcom's, i
fitiscoup
led t
o an ampl
ifier
v
i
a the c
i
rcu
it shown here
.
Output iss
uff
icient t
o d
r
ive p
ract
ica
lly a
ny t
r
ans
isto
r (
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r
v
a
lve) aud
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APPL ICAT IONS ARE I NV ITED FROM EXPER IENCED Computer
Opera tor
s t o fi
l
l av acancy with an I
n
ternat
ional Company who se
b
a se islocated in t
he city
.
Applicant s shou
ld h ave had pract
ica
l e
nper
ience I
n the opera
tion o
f
N
.C .R. 315 o r IBM 3 60/30.
The s uccessful appl
icant s shou
ld be p
repared t
o do shift work i
f
TRANSFOR MER I
NDUCTOR T
ESTER n
ece ssary
.
Good work
ing condit
ions w
ith superannua
tion b
ene f
its a
re a
vai
lable
a
nd the salary w
il
l b e com mensurate w
ith ab
ility.For i
nterview
CAPAC
I IOR p
lea
se Phone:
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S. t
ext)

P
ersonne
l Manager,
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ILEVER AUSTRAL IA P TY
. L
TD.
,
20
-551 ext
. 246
.

E
L
CT
RON
ICT
E
C
HN
IC
IA
N
An in
terest
ing posit
ion i savai
lable with W
. H. Pal
ing Pty. L td
. to
s
erv
ice elect
ronic organs
. B as
ic prac
tical e
xper
ience in el
ec tronic
s,
r
adio or s
imila
r sphere e
ssential
, knowledge o
f el
ectron
ic o rgans an
a
dvantage.
Own veh
icle n
ecessa
ry. Th
is isan e
xce
llent o
ppo
rtun
ity f
or t
he r
i
ght
DEAD OPEN SHORTE D
OK
SHORT C
IRCU IT TURN man i
n afas
t deve
loping f
ie
ld.
Wr
ite o
r phone fo
r appo
int ment t
o:

The O
rgan Manager
,
W. H
. PALING P TY. LTD
.,
3
38 George S
tree
t, SYDNEY .
P
h. 25
-2331.

Transformers a
nd induc
tors can be c
hecked f
or o
pen F
o r mo re information on the Careers
c
i
rcuits
, s ho
r t c
i
rcu
its
, shorted t
urns
, e
tc.
, by t
h
is v
ery Oppo r
tunity C o
lumns o f Elec
tronics
s
imple method.
Today ( Advert
ising rate 76c per li
ne)
The inductance to be checked i s connected a cro
ss the
Y
-
input t erminals of a CRO a nd t he t ime
-base o utput
c
on tact
: —Sydney , H oward Jenk
ins o r
c
oupled to the Y•input v
ia as mal
l c apacitor
. T he ret
race T
erry M arsden, 2 6 2296; Melbourne,
e
dge of the timebate r
amp wil
l set the inductance ring
ing, C
larrie Levy
, 5 1 9776.
a
nd adecaying osc
illa
tion w
il
l resu
lt.
Various c ond itions are s hown i n t he accompany ing
i
lustra t
ions — t hese h
ave been p hotog raphed d i
rectly from COPYR
I GHT — ALL R
I GHTS R
ESERVED
Devices or c ircu
its il ustrated or descr
ibed i n ELE CT R O NI CS
a
n osc il
loscope . From left t
o ri
ght, the p hotographs show — TO D A Y may be t he sub ject of patent protection. I
nfor mation
i
s g iven without p re judice t o patent r ights and without
n
o fau lt — a d ead short — an open circuit — as horted turn
. responsibility f
or a
ny c
ircu mstances a
ris
ing f
ro m i
ts
The c apacitor s hould be b
etween 1 00pF a nd 1 000pF f o
r application.

i
nduc tances d own t o 2 mH . I t should b e d ecreased f o
r ELEC T R O NI CS TO D A Y'S product t
ests a
re —unless o
ther wise
s
t
ated-per
for med by our i ndependent t esting consultants,
i
nduc tances l owe r than 2 mH . Mean ingful results can be whose na me w ill be supplied on r equest. No p roduct test,
o
btained f or inductance s a
s low a s 50 uH . Ti mebase speed o
r p
t
art t
he wr
hereof , may be r
itten author isat
ion o
eproduced f
f the Ed
or any purpose w
itor.
ithout

s
hould b e i
ncreased as i
nductance isd ecreased.

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ICS TO D AY — JA N U AR Y 1
972
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 TE C H T
IPS
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O
PPORTUNIT
IES B
OOST
ING V
R T
UBES

EMPLOYERS — S eeking Staf? Electronics

I
T
oday isr e
ad b y the v
ery people you seek!
(
and our copy deadline ison
ly 1 0 days).
Managers, E
ngineers, T
echnic
ians, Draugh ts
-
men, Sa
lesmen , etc. •Y ou al
ready h ave a I
n some a pp
licat
ions, VR t
ubes prove re
luctant s
tar
te rs
.
g
ood j o
b b u
t seek a b e
tter one. Here they T
his c
an often be ove
rcome by w
rapping ac o
il o
f i
nsu
la ted
w
ire around the tube and t
hen connected itto the high
a
re.
v
oltage a
c s
ide o
f t
he supply
.
T
his c
ircu
it i
sp a
rticula
rly u
sefu
l when a n
umbe
r o
f VR
a
re t
o b
e o
pera
ted i
npa
ral
lel
.

D
E
S
IG
NDR
A
UGH
TSM
AN D
IODE C
HECKER

App
lica
tions a
re i
nv
ited f
ro m r
e
liab
le d
raughts men o
f 1
st y
ear
d
esign
ing s tandard with an electr
ical/ mechanica
l b ackground and
e
xperience in s
heet meta
l work, plast
ic mou ld
ing, die c
ast
ing.
The succe
ssful app
licant wou
ld p referably have had experience a
l
so
i
n d
o mes
tic a
i
r-cond
ition
ing
, c
ool
ing e
quip ment a
nd o
the
r d
o me
stic
a
ppl
iances
.
P
lea
se phone f
or a
ppo
int ment.
The Personnel Off
icer,
PYE IN DUSTR IES LTD .
53 Carr
ing ton Road,
MARR ICKV ILLE ,
55-0411. A s
imp
le u
nit f
or c
heck
ing d
iode c
ond
ition i
s s
hown
a
bove.
The diode t
o b
e c
hecked i
sconnec
ted a
cro
ss t
he p
oint
s
s
hown a
s Aa nd K (observ
ing the p
olar
ity i
ndicated)
. Ift
he

T
E
C
HN
IC
ALA
S
IS
TA
NT
d
iode i
sfunc
tioning co
rrectly
, both lamps w
ill li
ght
; ift
he
d
iode i
sshorted
, lamp L 2 wil
l li
ght; ift
he diode i so
pen
c
i
rcu
it, L
amp L
1 w
il
l l
i
ght
.

App
licat
ions a
re i
nv
ited f
or t
he p
osit
ion o
f T
echn
ica
l A
ssis
tant i
n T
RANS
ISTOR P
RODUCT D
ETECTOR
t
he R
esea
rch a
nd Deve
lop ment D
ivis
ion o
f a l
a
rge f
ood
manufac tur
ing company . HA
.10
1,
Applicants shou
ld be 18 to 2
0 years of a
ge, p
osses o
r jus
t co mpleted
t
he H igher S choo
l C ertif
icate and w ish to a dvance to t e
rtiary 9V
qua
lifications i
n che m
istry, food technology or other approp r
iate A
EGIS
S
T45C
a
reas
.
The company p
osses
s ap
rog
res
sive e
duca
tiona
l p
olicy a
long w
ith 0
FROM IF
0
e
xce
llent wage
s and cond
itions
. 1
455kHz
)
App
licat
ions in wr
iting s
ett
ing o
ut e
duca
tiona
l b
ackg
round c
our
se
t
o b
e u
nde
rtaken s
hou
ld b
e a
ddresed t
o: 2
200F

The P
ersonnel O
fficer
,
WHITE WINGS L IMITED ,
P
.O . B
ox 63,
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UME
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IC
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THE C
.S.R
. CO
. L
TD. A
EGIS
P
yr mont Re
finery S
T45C
Bowman St
reet
, PYR MONT
.
A s
ecure and i
n
terest
ing p os
ition i
s offered t
o an Instru ment
T
echn
ician fo
r dut
ies invo
lving maintenance and i
nsta
lla
tion o f An e
xce
llen
t p
roduc
t d
etector c
an b
e a
s
semb
led f
rom
i
ndustrial i
ns
t ru ments c
ontro
lling t
he p
rocess o
f sugar r
ef
ining.
I
t is d es
ired t hat the success
ful app
licant wil
l b e fami
liar with l
oca
lly a
va
ilab
le I
F t
r
ans
forme
rs a
nd a f
ew o
the
r
pneu matic controls and f
low meter
ing and have so me k
now ledge o
f c
omponent s.
e
lec
tron
ic s
. The circu
it shown h ere i s s
imple t o cons
truct, a
nd
Good c ondit
ions
. A
ssurance S
che me a
vai
lab
le. Wo
rk c
loth
ing
n
on-cr
itica
l i n ope
rat
ion. S evera
l volts of RF should b
e
s
upp
lied
. P
ark
ing a
vai
lab
le.
a
vai
lable at the e mmiter of 0 1. The B FO may b e a
ny
App
ly:
c
onventional ci
rcuit provid
ing t he requ
ired st
abi
lity a
nd
P
ERSONNEL OFF
ICER
o
utput
.

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ANUARY 1
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EADER I
N
FORMAT
ION S
ERV
ICE
F
or f
ur
ther i
n
forma
tion o
n A
dver
tisers l
i
sted b
elow co mplete t
he coupon/s s
ta
ting
i
n
forma
tion r
equired i nc
lud
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