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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY

Community Radio ... fun, yes, but also a learning experience. Flame
CCR is a training centre, approved and supported by the Institution of
Electronics. But what is the training gain? As well as the enjoyment of
Fig. 6. Method of mounting Source and Detector Unit on Feeder. playing music, and playing with computers and technology, people
also learn TO TALK.
Sitting in front of a microphone, only being able to imagine a listener
or two, with music providing a timescale, focuses the mind in a
challenging way. What to say, how to say it, on cue is surprisingly
difficult. Developing a patter with other people is a challenge - it is
said that “good radio is a conversation between two people overheard
on a bus”. Presenters have to get used to the sound of their own voice,
learn how to speak clearly in a flowing manner, and how to engage in
conversation with other people - in an ordered manner not talking over
each other (reading body language).

Based on our experience in bringing many new voices to air, we believe
that radio does offer a training gain, to all ages. And in addition to
being live, radio can also be recorded and professionally produced,
and repeatable as podcasts. Give it a try .... there are hundreds of
community radio stations across the UK looking for volunteers.
Contact us at flameccr@gmail.com and find out all about Flame,
listen to us or delve through our podcasts on flameradio.org.

Visit our website!

Fig. 7. Calibration Curve for Glass Level Fig. 8. Portable Level Detector employing a Gamma
Controller. Rag Source and Geiger-Müller Tube. Why not head down to our website and
read more news in our blog section?
weighing about 170 lb. Fig. 7 shows a calibration which can be moved up and down a cylinder. Sharp
curve for such an installation. In practice, the meter changes in the output meter reading indicate when the
or recorder scale can be read to ± .010 inch in most top surface of the contents is passed. The main appli- Updated daily with hand-picked articles
cases, which is more than adequate for normal require- cation for this instrument is for CO, cylinders where it
ments. from around the web...
obviates the need for weighing. It has, however,
In contrast to this accurate installed gauge is the possible applications for checking level or presence of
simple but effective portable gauge, illustrated in Fig. 8. contents in many types of sealed container or pipeline
Source and detector are mounted-on the arms of a yoke in the chemical industry. institutionofelectronics.ac.uk

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