Shepco All Purpose Receiver

Shepard Potter Co. Inc., Plattsburg, NY (ex Capitol Phonolier, after Thermiodyne, Algonquin Electric)

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  • Year
  • 1924
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 57857
    • Brand: Shepco

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 1
  • Main principle
  • TRF with regeneration
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast (MW) and Long Wave.
  • Power type and voltage
  • Storage and/or dry batteries
  • Loudspeaker
  • - For headphones or amp.
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Shepco All Purpose Receiver - Shepard Potter Co. Inc.,
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, Box - most often with Lid (NOT slant panel).
  • Notes

  • Two dials (primary tuning control knobs)

    Shepco 1-Tube "All Purpose" radio, manufactured in 1923 by Shepard-Potter Co. of Plattsburgh, New York. The predecessor to Thermiodyne, Shepard Potter was the brainchild of Leo Potter, and his little Shepco radio was distinguished by two pretty neat features. The first was its patented "flat bank wound coupler," which was capable of tuning from 150 to 3000 meters. The second was its unique panel, to which were wired, via binding posts rather than soldered connections, all of the radio's individual components. In this manner, the Shepco "All Purpose" radio was truly all-purpose. It could be used either as an entire radio or -- if wired into an external circuit -- either a tuner or a detector. The Shepco radio is pictured on page 166 of volume three of Douglas's Radio Manufacturers of the 1920's and, as early regens go, it is one of the more difficult sets to locate and tfore quite collectible.

  • Price in first year of sale
  • 21.00 $
  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Literature/Schematics (4)
  • September 1924 Popular Mechanics magazine advertisement page 175a

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