RAOICATOR
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equipped with a Radicator. which indicates the battery
voltage and facilitates tuning.
To check the battery voltage. switch on the receiver and set its control so that
no station is being received. The easiest way of doing this is to depress the
medium-wave and short-wave buttons at the same time. The Radicator pointer
will go to the green section of the scale If the battery is OK If the pointer
goes only to the red scale section. the battery is spent andshould be replaced.
The set may still be able to work but it will not be capableof full performance.
and there Is a danqer that the dry cells may give off liquid. which may damage
the receiver.
To tune in a station, rotate the tuning control until the station you want to
listen to makes the Radicator pointer go as far to the right on the scale as
possible. When receiving on the built-In aerials of the receiver it is important
that you rotate the
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eceiver and move it about until you find the position of
the receiver that Will bring the Radicator pointer as far to the right as possible.
Rotating the receiver and moving it about is especially important when you
want to listen to a weak station indoors as reception may vary considerably
between places only a few yards apart. due to water pipes. concrete reinforce-
ment. etc.
For direction finding (see section TAKING BEARINGS). the Radicator is used
as follows: While listening to the station whose direction you want to find.
tune for maximum Radicator indication (as far to the right as possible) and
then turn the receiver for minimum Radicator indication. - TheRadicatormakes
accurate direction finding easy.
RECEPTIONIN THE AM BA'NOS(Long. Medium. and Short Waves)
The receiver has a bullt-ln ferrite aerial which operates on long waves and
medium waves. On short waves. the riqht-hand one of the two FM whips func-
tions as AM aerial. For full sensitivity in the short-wave band the right·hand
whip should be pulled up to full length - without. however. laying it down flat.
Where reception is desired under poor conditions. for instance in a closed
motor-car or in a ferro-concrete building. best results will be obtained by con-
necting an external aerial to the receiver and cutting out the built-in ferrite
aerial on LW and MW by depressing the aerial button (the aerial button does
not deactivate the built-in whip on short waves).
If r.eceptionis poor indoors and no outdoor aerial is available. best results will
be obtained by placing the receiver near a window.
The ferrite aerial is mounted longitudinally in the receiver. and as It possesses
a certain amount of directivity the receiver should be rotated slowly back and
forth until best reception is obtained. Likewise. an undesired station can be
suppressed by similarly rotating the receiver for minimum signal from the
station in question. This may possibly reduce the signal from the desired sta-
tion as well. but since the angle over which the desired station is strong is
much greater than that in which the undesired station is suppressed. consider-
able improvement is possible with the procedure described.
When tuning to stations in the AM bands only the AM dial pointer will move.
TAKING BEARINGS
The directional properties of the receiver can be utilized for taking bearings.
The procedure is as follows: Tune in a station whose location you know. for
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