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ARTICLE-1 The Wireless World. May-1935 
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Annual subscriptions...... ('25th year of publication')
U.K. and Canada, 1-pound, 1-shilling & 8-pence
Rest of the world, 1-pound, 3-shillings & 10-pence
EDITORIAL COMMENT (Getting stuck into manufacturers!)
Changes We Hope to See......
Although, during the past year or so, one or two set manufacturers have discontinued the idea of
producing a complete range of new receivers at the time of the Olympia Show each year, and
instead bring out their new models irregularly, the majority still keep to the policy of a new series of
sets at the commencement of the season. I would like to take the opportunity of reminding the
manufacturers of certain features which the public have been clamouring for in vain, for a long time.
First and foremost, we must mention the question of tuning dials! One after another new models
appear by manufacturers of high repute with little or no improvement as regards the visibility Of
tuning dials, over earlier models, which, in other respects, are regarded as obsolete!
Surely the time has come when really legible tuning dials, with station names clearly indicated, should
be introduced by all set producers.
External Loud Speakers
Next, we would like to remind manufacturers that the time is coming when the public will demand
that their set should have the speaker as a separate unit from the receiver. It might surprise some
manufacturers to know to what an extent the performance of their standard models can be improved,
by the removal of the speaker, and mounting it with a separate baffle. (Sep. box).
Help for the Set User
We have previously pointed out that manufacturers should take precautions to ensure his receivers
will be used by the public with the best possible ease. Very little effort is being made to meet this
requirement. Although the number of tuning controls has been reduced, tuning is, in some respect,
rather more critical than formerly, when extreme selectivity was unnecessary. Every set should have
operating instructions in some permanent position in the set so it is not likely to be removed from it.
Equipment protection. (G.R.S. No mention of safety though!)
Amongst the more important questions of design details, we would mention the need for fuses to be
fitted to every mains-receiver! If the house fuses alone are depended upon, these are often of too
much damage caused, and it is the experience of those servicing receivers, that far too frequently,
parts which are expensive to replace are damaged through this neglect!
