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Show ADVISE TO BROADCAST BROAD-CAST LISTENERS Here are ten good rules for broadcast broad-cast listeners: 1. Don't try to hear ordinary broadcasting from Australia in midsummer. mid-summer. 2. Don't be disappointed if an ac-casional ac-casional storm interferes with your radio evening. You can't find a pearl in every oyster nor receive a record-breaking concert every night. 3. If you want louder signals, use a longer aerial, more tubes, higher high-er plate voltage, more sensitive loudspeakers loud-speakers and more careful tickler and receiver adjustment. 4. A pleasant signal filling a moderate size room should be enough to give satisfaction. Musically, such a signal is ideal. It is wasteful to insist on tremendous signals which are generally less pleasant than moderate signals. 5. If local station drowns others out, a smaller aerial will help in tuning tun-ing him out, with a small condenser connected between aerial and ground. And if all measures to get rid of the local station fail, why not enjoy his concerts? He is working hard for you. Broadcast stations have to be |