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The Institute of Radio Engineers serves those interested in radio and allied electronics and electrical-communication fields through the presentation and publication of technical material. Membership has grown from a few dozen in 1912 to approximately 23,000. There are several grades of membership, depending on the qualifications of the applicant. THE PROCEEDINGS is sent to members of record on the date of publication. The PROCEEDINGS has been published without interruption from 1913, when the first issue appeared. Over 3200 technical contributions have been included in its pages, portraying a currently written history of developments in both theory and practice. The contents of every paper published in the PROCEEDINGS are the responsibility of the author and are not binding on the Institute or its members. Text material appearing in the PROCEEDINGS may ba reprinted or abstracted in other publications on the express condition that specific reference shall be made to its original appearance in the PROCEEDINGS. Illustrations of any variety may not be reproduced, however, without specific permission from the Institute. The first issue of the PROCEEDINGS was published in 1913. Volumes 1, 2, and 3 comprise four issues each. Volume 4 through volume 14 contain six numbers each, and each succeeding volume is made up of twelve issues. In 1939, the name of the PROCEEDINGS of The Institute of Radio Engineers was changed to the PROCEEDINGS OF THE I.R.E. and the Size of the magazine was enlarged from six by nine inches to eight and one-half by eleven inches.