c o m m unica t ion circui t s
Determining the transmission characteristics of communications apparatus is, like all other problems in measurement, nothing more than the judicious application of certain standardized definitions. A possible difference may be claimed in the fact that these quantities are defined, for convenience, as the logarithm of a ratio where almost every one else would be content to talk about the simple arithmetical ratio. But to claim special privilege on that score would be a most puerile form of...
notes on power Measurement in communication Circuits
ANOTHER communication meas-j urement problem makes its appearance when it is desired to determine experimentally how much power a given power source is capable of delivering to a specified load or sink. So long as the source itself is available for test, it is merely necessary to set up the equipment and make the measurements. If, however, the source is not available, some means must be found of simulating it. At least two methods for doing the job are available, and we propose to describe...
How and Why the Talkies
By HORATIO W. LAMSON, Engineering Department In the December issue of the EX-I'EHIMENTER we outlined the general problems of the talking movies and discussed in some detail the wax disc method of recording and reproducing synchronized sound. We now propose to consider the optical method whereby a photographic record, corresponding to the fluctuating sound impulses, is obtained upon a film in the studio and subsequently reproduced as sound in the theater. There are two fundamental forms which...
Miscellany
WI TH this number, the first of Volume IV, the General Radio Experimenter appears in a new format. The new page is only one-half as large as the old one 6 inches by 9 inches instead of 9 inches by 12 inches , but doubling the number of pages makes it possible to include as much Besides making it easier to handle, the smaller size brings the Experimenter more nearly into uniformity with other publications which the reader keeps for reference. No other radical changes either in the editorial or...
EXPERIMENTER Apq
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A New Frequency Standard
THE TWO-STAGE MULTIVIBRATOR AND TIMING AMPLIFIER FOR THE NEW FREQUENCY. DETF.R MI. NATION EQUIPMENT I FREQUENCY, like other physical quantities, is i measured by comparing the unknown with a standard whose value has been established either absolutely or arbitrarily by general agreement. We measure length with a yardstick, which has been compared by means of many intermediate measurements with the length of a certain bar recognized as the international standard. Similarly, we may measure...
Improving the Precision of setting in a TunedCircuit Wave m ete r
THE difficulty in observing accurately the true resonance setting of the variable condenser in a tuned-circuit wavemeter is known to any one who has attempted to make precision measurements by looking for the current maximum. The peak of the resonance curve is so flat that the precision of setting the condenser is often far less than the inherent accuracy of a high-grade tuned-circuit wavemeter. These difficulties have led to the development of the incremental capacity method for indicating...
y LowFrequency Oscillator
RECENTLY the increased attention paid to the operation of - broadcast circuits at the lowest audible frequencies has created a demand for measuring equipment to cover this range. With this in view the General Radio Company has extended the frequency range of its Type 377 Low-Frequency Oscillator to include all frequencies lying between 25 cycles and 70,000 cycles. At the same time that this change was contemplated it was thought desirable to design the new oscillator for use with one particular...
piezoElectric oscillators
OUARTZ plates for use as standards of frequency in piezoelectric oscillators must be kept under temperature control if constancy of frequency is to be expected. It is impossible to make a general statement about the frequency of such an oscillator as a function of the temperature of the plate, because the frequency-temperature coefficient varies considerably with the way the plate is cut. Even among plates of the same cut taken from the same mother crystal, the coefficients are not alike. It...