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Show Rsdio Profession Ycung Man's Gams Veteran Says Opportunity Lies in invention for Electrical Graduate. Cy CHARLES FRISKMAN' The rapid develop nent of the radio art lias created a vast Mold for further productive research. Xo'.v and useful improvements have been constantly appearing, and there has been a growing grow-ing tendency among radio manufacturers manufac-turers to simplify the opei-ntiou and increase the eiiiciency of their radio receivers. Pehind Ihe scenes, as it were, are the radio technicians, the. radio engi-ueers engi-ueers and the laboratory stairs who are directly responsible for the marketed mar-keted product. The fruits of their efforts, ef-forts, combined with Hie eliicicncy of systematic production, are the main factors which allow one to purchase a good receiver at a reasonable price. All hough there are many good receivers, re-ceivers, there are also some which are very poor indeed, both electrically and mechanically. The receiver itself is evidence of good or had engineering practice. Nor Is this mute evidence in any way. l.y Its performance you shall know it, and -as you listen in you can readily tell whether it oscillates uncontrollably, distorts the music horribly, hor-ribly, or is so extremeiy insensitive and tunes so broadly that it is. wrong to call it it product of engineering skill and design. Poor Designs Pass. The day of the poorly designed set is quickly passing, and those types which have Riven cause for concern, such as those which radiate powerfully power-fully and produce inexcusable noises, are losing popularity. Xo longer will the public have to contend with radio receivers which do not wan-ant being called such. For this, we have the progressive radio laboratory staffs to thank. Radio engineering Is becoming more and more one of the most important professions. Its scope is already so large (hut no one engineer can hope to learn everything on the subject. Engineers, En-gineers, to keep up with the times, have found it necessary to specialize,. And in specialization is sounded the keynote for their individual and collective success. suc-cess. The young and ambitious man de-' sirous of studying radio engineering as a profession must first -study electrical elec-trical engineering. It is most essential essen-tial that he do this, . for without the sound and basic fundamentals of electricity elec-tricity there can be no competency as a radio engineer. A Necessary Course. In fact, of the few college courses that are now available in which to learn radio engineering, none will accept ac-cept as students those who do no: 1 hold a degree in electrical engineering j or a similar equivalent. Without ei"c i trical engineering there could he iw ! radio engineering. The sound train ! ing which an electrical engineering j course leaches will be found verv uec essary to the aspiring radio engineer "What particular phase of radio en i gincering shall I study?" is a ditlicu'l ; question to answer directly. It all tie- pemls tlpon the ii dividual who asks if. ! If one is adept at mathematics, he , should invariably make ' good in prac tica'iy any phase o." the art. The de . signing of audio and radio frequency transfers, variable condensers and in- ' duclances. etc.. will be found rela- J tive-ly simple work. (in the oilier i hand, one may be imbued with a good I knowledge of chemistry, in which case ; the development and perfection of per- j tneable alloys for transformer cores j and other apparatus will present an I attractive field. An individual having a good musical ear stands a goad chance lo use his developed aural facilities for the perfection per-fection of good quality reproducing loud speakers. This is one :jf the most needed inventions a b'.f.d speaker which will reproduce the voice and music without distortion. Young Men in Radio. Kadio is really a young man's game. It is a young Industry and naturally a lot of young blood has been attracted attract-ed to it ill ready. In fact, as far as the engineering and invention of radio, together with the sales, Is concerned, the younger generation wall; tiff with all the honors. hon-ors. However, radio is too young as n business to place entirely in the hands of the newcomers in the industry. indus-try. As far as the executive and managerial man-agerial ends are concerned, the older business man must still be relied upon. In fact, in such jobs as financing only the mature, veteran business man with years of experience Is suited for the Work. It does not mean that the younger generation has not succeeded in fulfilling ful-filling with spirit and ability those various posts. However, older men are preferable in those capacities, :io! necessarily for the prestige of the organization, or-ganization, but for more efficient management man-agement and supervision. Assistants have been chosen from the ranks ol young and old, and experience as well as ability always guides in the selections, selec-tions, the more experienced men holding the positions of greater importance. im-portance. The great amount of 'competition which is now being experienced in the radio industry will ultimately result and very 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 stabilization. stabili-zation. That same occurence will affect af-fect the radio industry, as stabilization stabiliza-tion is almost upon us now. |