• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Tri-City Radio Supply Co. (Tresco); Davenport, Iowa

• Year
• 1922

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 193595

• Number of Tubes
• 1

• Valves / Tubes
• UV200

• Main principle
• TRF with regeneration

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Storage and/or dry batteries

• Loudspeaker
• - For headphones or amp.

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Tuner and Detector Unit - Tri-City Radio Supply Co.

• Shape
• Tablemodel, Box - most often with Lid (NOT slant panel).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 12 x 14 x 8.5 inch / 305 x 356 x 216 mm

• Notes
• The TRESCO Tuner and Detector Unit is a regenerative receiver. It was sold separately but was also part of the TRESCO Sectional Universal. There were four separate pieces that comprised the Sectional Universal. The Tuner Detector Unit, the Two-Step audio Amplifier unit, the "A" Battery Box unit and the Loud Speaker Unit which is made to fit the Westinghouse Vocarola speaker. A top and base were also available for either 2, 3 or 4 units. The Tuner and Detector unit was sold for $55 finished in mahogany or $50 finished in French Gray oak.

• Price in first year of sale
• 55.00 $

• Mentioned in
• 1922 Waveland Radio Co. catalog

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• July 1922 Radio News advertisement

• Author
• Model page created by Alan Larsen. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 80 models, 53 with images and 2 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Tri-City Radio Supply Co. (Tresco); Davenport, Iowa