• Year
  • 1929
  • Category
  • Kit (Parts plus instruction) or building instructions only
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 235456

 Technical Specifications

  • Main principle
  • TRF with regeneration; Anode bend detection
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast (MW) and Long Wave.
  • Details
  • Record Player (not changer)
  • Power type and voltage
  • Storage and/or dry batteries
  • Loudspeaker
  • Magnetic loudspeaker (reed) generic.
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Orgola Radio Gramophone - Mullard Wireless, London see
  • Shape
  • Console, Lowboy (legs < 50 %).
  • Notes
  • Kit to convert Orgola or Orgola Senior into a radiogram. The Orgola Senior can use a Moving coil loudspeaker.

    Parts fot Complete Radiogram excluding Radio.

    • Orgola Radio Gramophone cabinet (W.T. Lock) £7.19. 6
    • Collaro Uniplate Motor B.28 (Collaro) £ 2 .1 .0
    • Super-Phonovox Pick-up (Igranic) £ 2 .2 .0
    • Megostat 500,000 Ohms (Igranic) £  - .6 . 0
    • P.M Model H Speaker (Mullard) £ 6 . 6 . 0

    Orgola TRF radio kit and panel sold separately. It's not clear if the Orgola AC panel fits the cut out in the cabinet.

    The Megostat 500,000 Ohms is a "real" volume control as the basic Orgola only has reaction control. The motor is of the "wind up" type (hand crank to wind a spring, but the pickup arm operates a cut out when the end of the record is reached.

  • Price in first year of sale
  • 18.75 GBP
  • Mentioned in
  • - - Manufacturers Literature (Radio for the Million Vol. 4 No.1 September 1929)
  • Author
  • Model page created by Michael Watterson. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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