Radio today (Jan-Mar 1939)

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MAIL THIS COUPON Central Sightseeing Bureau, Inc. 55 West 42nd Street, New York Send full details as follows: Number of persons in party Length of visit Traveling by — □ Automobile □ Bus □ Air □ Boat □ Rail My name Company name Street address City State Smite ticks Your main worry is to be sure you can tackle servicing with the necessary skill, experience, and test equipment. Q. What are we going to do about the serviceman who under-sells the other fellows because he uses inferior parts? A. This is another instance of a problem which eventually solves itself. Such a serviceman should be allowed to take all the business he can get temporarily, hard as that may be, because he eventually runs himself out of business by virtue of his work not standing up. The quality is remembered long after price is forgotten. Reputation, in the long run, is your main stock in trade and the very best advertising you can do, particularly in a small community. So let the service gyp sell at lower prices by reason of cheap parts. His customers will eventually come to you to get satisfactory service. Do you remember when? It's only a few years ago that radio servicemen were complaining about the unnecessarily great number of tube types, which then totalled thirty-one. The date is October 17, 1931, according to a Sylvania price list which was discovered in our files. Thinking that the servicemen would be interested in the listing and the prices, Radio Today is reproducing the data: Old Type No. SX-112A SX-120 SX-171A SY-171C SX-182B SX-183 SV-199 SX-199 SX-200A SX-210A SX-210 SX-222 SY-224 SX-226 SY-227 SX-230 In 1931 there were only 4-prong and 5-prong tube bases to worry about. Even in 1939 more than 50 per cent of the replacement tubes sold are taken from this group of 31 tubes listed above and most of this volume is being done in only 10 different tube types. RSA news A television demonstration and a technical lecture will be two of the high spots at the biggest serviceman convention ever staged when RSA members meet in their Second Annual Convention June 16 and 17. The National Radio Parts Trade Show has set aside Friday and Saturday as days when technical attendants will be in the booths to answer servicemen's questions and show their wares. Arrangements are being made for reduced fares on railroads and bus lines from chapter cities. "Present and Future Possibilities of the Serviceman" was the subject of a recent talk by Sam Harper of the Clough-Brengle Company at the Allen 1931 1939 Old Type 1931 1939 Price Price No. Price Price $1.50 $1.00 SX-231 $1.60 $1.00 3.00 2.25 SX-232 2.30 1.75 .90 1.00 SV-233 2.75 1.50 2.75 1.00 SY-235 1.60 1.25 2.25 2.00 SY-236 2.75 1.25 2.00 2.00 SY-238 1.75 1.25 2.75. 1.50 SY-239 2.75 1.25 2.50 1.50 SX-240 3.00 1.00 4.00 2.25 SX-245 1.10 1.00 .75 .SO SY-247 1.55 1.50 7.00 2.75 SX-250 6.00 2.50 3.00 2.00 SX-280 1.00 80 1.60 1.25 SX-2S1 5.00 2.25 .SO .80 SY-4S5 1.75 2.00 1.00 .SO SY-551 1.60 1.25 1.60 1.00 "I wanna get it fixed, but I'm a plumber's helper, so you've got to give me 40 per cent off on the parts." town, Pa., chapter. Mr. R. Perron of the same company addressed Boston members on "Dynamic Testing." CHAPTER NEWS The Executive Board of the Flint, Michigan, chapter used initiative and objected to a free service call ad in classified telephone directory, and got immediate action. At the same meeting the members adopted a price schedule of suggested minimum service charges. A talk on "cut-throat" prices and appointment of a committee to investigate same were the highlights of a Bridgeport, Conn., meeting. Armstrong's system of frequency modulation was explained by George Devine of G-E to the Chicago chapter. Jobber visitors at Duluth, Minn., said that the tube business was corncoming back to servicemen and that leaks in parts business were very meager. The bill pending in the Tennessee Legislature for the licensing of radio servicemen was discussed at a Nashville, Tenn., meeting. In Pittsburgh, Pa., "Idle Time — What It Costs" was the subject of a talk by Bert Bregenzer. Compulsory price maintenance for members was causing friction in the Quincy, 111., group and was therefore eliminated. Methods of competing with merchants and chain stores offering tube discounts of 40 per cent were suggested in Steubenville, Ohio. A Board of Radio Regents was formed at Washington, D. C, to make "Member RSA" mean something concrete and reliable to the public. A credit reference bureau and an employment bureau were established and the Regents Board was instructed to study rules and penalties to insure an accurate check on members' business ethics. 86 R4DIO TOD4V