| Show radio profession young mans game veteran says opportunity lies in invention for electrical graduate by CHARLES FRESHMAN the rapid development 0 the radio art ahna created a ast field for further productive research bew and useful improvements have been constant appearing ana has been a growing tendency among radio turcas to simplify the operation and ln crisc the efu clency of their raol rec elvera behind the scene 1 as jt were arc the radio technicians the radio angl and the laboratory staffs who are directly responsible for the mur feted product the fruits of their if forts combined with the efficiency of production are the main factora which allow one to purchase ft good receiver at a reasonable price there are many good re are also some which ans vers poor indeed bogli electrically and mechanically alie receiver itself Is evidence of frood or bad engineering practice bior Is this anute evidence in adv wiy 11 its performance you shall know it and as you listen in vou can readily tell whether it oscillates distorts the music hor albl or Is so extremely insensitive and tunes BO bradly that it Is wrong to call ft i product of engineering and design poor designs pass the daiy diy of the poorly designed set la quickly pissing and those types which have given baue for concern such as thoe which radiate powerfully and produce inexcusable noises are losing popularity ho longer will the public have to contend with radio rec elvere which do not warrant being called such for this we have th radio laboratory staffs to bablo engineering Is becoming more and artore one of the moat important professions its scope li so large that no one engineer cin hope to learn everything on the subject in gl to keep up with the found it to and in 1 specialization Js sounded the keynote for their individual and collective sue cess the young and ambitious min de idrous of studying radio as a profession must first study dec engineering it Is most essen elal that ie do this for without the sound and basic fundamentals of elec can be no competency ai a radio engineer A necessary course in fac of alie few college courses that are nov available lu which to learn radio engineering pone will ac copt as students those who do not hold a degree in electrical engineering or a similar equivalent without electrical engineering could be no radio engineering the sound train ing which in electrical engineering course teaches will be found very noe to the aspiring radio engineer aliat particular phase of radio en shall I 1 Is a difficult question to answer directly it all de upon the individual who asks if if one la adept at mathematics lie should invariably make good in an phae of the ir the dc signing of audio and anio transfers variable condensers and in etc will be found rela simple work oa the other handy one may be imbued with a good knowledge of chemistry in casa the development and perfection of per alloys for transformer cores and kotlier apparatus will present an attractive field an having a good musical ear tanda a good chance to use his developed aural faculties fac ultes for tre per of good quality loud speakers this Is one of alio most needed inventions a lou 1 speaker which will reproduce the voice and music without distortion young men in radio cadlo Is really i oung mans game it Is a boung industry and naturally a lot of young blood has been attracted to it already in fact as far as the engineering and mention of radio together with the sales Is concerned the wilk off with all the honors however radio Is too young as a business to place entirely in alm hands of the mw comers in the indus try s far as the executive and man ends arc concerned the older business man must still be relied upon in fact in such jobs as onla the mature veteran business man with years of experience Is suited for the work it docs not mean that the younger generation has not succeeded in ful filling with spirit and ability those various posts however older men are preferable in those capacities no necessarily for the prestige of the or but for more efficient roan and supervision assistants have been chosen from the ranks ol 01 young and old and experience as well ns ability always guides in the selections the more experienced men li the positions of greater im the great amount of competition which Is now being experienced in the ado industry will ultimately result and veri quickly too in a boiling down process in which it will be a survival of the fittest the very same circumstances were portrayed in the automobile industry before its that same occurrence occur ence will at feet the radio industry as alon Is almost upon us now |
