ODDS AND ENDS

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 58, Issue 179, 30 August 1929, Page 14

ODDS AND ENDS

The plates of an accumulator should not be exposed to tlie air. ❖ * If your programme is interfered with "by your neighbour wlien adjustin,g his set, be sure not ta share _ a common earth with lnm, but get a different earth, as tliis often makes a great improvement in such cases. * ❖ * If you use an H.T. mains nnit you fliould always_ switcli this off when you switch tlie set ofF. and not rely 011 the on-off switch of the set to break both eircuits. * * * BTitterv leads should always he re- £ arded as potentiallv dangerous, and should tlierefore he of sound wire and of adequate si/e and strength. & V Altbough condenser-controlled reaction is delightfully smootli, many people believe that magnetic reaction v ill come into favour again owing to the superior "snappiness" which is obfainable by th;s method on distant stations. * * * If the aerial lead-in wire is affixed to the external aerial bv means of aiwisted joint tbis shoukl be soldered, .-r bad contact will develOp quirkly, * * * Even soldered joints deteriorate rnpidly in the open air, so unless yours iire large and generous blobs of solder, it is a aood plan to examine them ocriisionnllv so as to make sure that tliey are sound. 1 ,