Harmonic condenser enginium

• HCE

• Harmonics: distortion of electrical current and voltage waveforms

• Condenser: apparatus for accumulating or increasing the intensity of an electric charge

• engine

• ingenium (Latin): Innate quality

Commentary

In 310.01-08, Joyce pokes fun at amateur radio, and its sometime use of cheap component parts — shoddy enough that they require additional equipment to be attached in order to function properly. To wit, the basic core (the "harmonic condenser enginium") requires a magazine battery, which in turn requires a tuneup with twintriodic pipelines, and a gain control.