Show THINGS THE RADIO NOVICE WILL NEED tools and materials ho he should kosp keep on hand advantages of keeping a log bool book we me are going coins to pause in explaining tile the theory of radio receivers und gut get down to practical things for today there are wany novices notices building their own sets or making additional parts who tire me in doubt us as to just what tools a nd ad d materials they will all becu naturally there tire tools and aul to tools some cost more inore than others then thero me are people und and people S komu need more inore tools toola lhnn others sonio folks folka tire enst naturally lynndy with alth tools und and others find that tools wont mout behave and lead the user into nil all sorts of complications the tools arid materials following are such as nrc are necessary and which will be useful tit nt till all times no prices are g given alven for the buyer will it have ave t to 0 look to his pocketbook for or guidance lit in this respect tools that will como come in haudy handy large medium and small screwdrivers pat oat three cornered and round file hack saw miter saw and box arid and arose cut saw a bruell benall plane it a vise a bit arid and auger pliers a square and yardstick or tape rule dividers and bur hammer niner preferably a small one hinte rials that will be convenient to have on liand hand are ns aa follow s sandpaper emery paper wire of all gauges gauge round and flat headed sareva a supply of brass nuts arid and washers title ino arid and scaling wax cardboard and fiber board tinfoil por celillo insulators latora binding posts and t terminals finals cheet copper and sheet brass and adhesive tape tape Is possibly the most useful article in the file whole layout for it will be found to have many uses it la Is in short a versatile piece of material lu lit the electricians kit hil those if our readers who are building sets bets rally may find that it Is good polley policy to keep nil all tile the odds odda and enan egida of wire tape copper etc that they may have it scenes deenis that uses for these sh bhart ort bits are always to be found just when it Is discovered that they have been thrown away so therefore hoard board all small pieces one thing we want to stress in building radio apparatus use care in your work and put a good finish on your sots not only does it greatly add t to 0 the appearance of the set but it also eliminates odd comers and stray ends of wire that catch dust or catch on surrounding objects and will hamper the efficiency of the set either by shorting the circuit or causing it to be dragged off a pedestal arid and thrown on the floor those who have vacuum tube sets know that usually a fall means some new tubes to those radio novices who desire to go skipping blithely through the ther other picking out a station here and a station there as fancy directs them we recommend a log book just any sort of book will do or rather any book willio wil will tIo do in which one can jot down records of the evenings broadcasting the reason for the log book la Is that it prevents a lot of unnecessary fussing with the dials when a certain station la is desired say gay for instance was going nicely but thit that thero there was a certain concert going on in new york at or or mayhe maybe up in boston let us make the problem even harder and suy say that there were two address in ono one evening both especially good and one of the addresses in new york wm was scheduled to start two minutes after the one in pittsburgh was over As soon as tile the one address Is over the enthusiast starts playing with hla his dials to catch now new york sometimes it takes two minutes and sometimes it takes a great deal more time to catch th tins desired sygnal and more often than not tile the lecture Is halt over before it Is tuned in correctly to assist the enthusiast to tune in quickly on any desired station Is the mission of the log book in ili this book should be entered the necessary data abom all stations that have been picked up liere hero should be noted down the exact position poseidon of the dials where the station was tuned in the best and other pertinent remarks all those these remarks should be entered of 0 course tile the first time a new broadcasting station Is picked up with the information forni atlon before him tile the enthusiast needs but a glance at hla his bool book to tell him hov lie he set hit his dials the last time he heard the oft li heard ettril remark to tile the effect that way was heard last night but cannot be heard tonight should be a thing of the past it if a log book Is about that Is providing ones set has range enough for the distance no directions are set pet down here for ranking making a log book as it Is thought that ench one of the radio folk will have his own ideas on the alie subject Ilo however wever space should be left to inscribe yen even tile the minutest data about signal ignal reception |