Wide Range Scales for Fading Records by Electrical Means

The electrical means discussed in the following paper are two in number. Relatively small modifications of the response characteristics of the recording system may be obtained by the use of a combination of plate detection and grid detection in which the latter becomes active only for strong signals. Great modifications of the response characteristics are produced by circuit arrangements of the type used for "automatic volume control." Curves are given showing typical results. These show the possibility of obtaining greatly increased scale ranges and also of obtaining scales in which the recorder response is roughly proportional to the logarithm of the strength of the carrier wave. The response to side bands is stated to be small.