• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• A-C Dayton Co., A-C Electrical; Dayton (OH)

• Year
• 1924/1925

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 161202

• • alternative name: AC Dayton

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• UV201A UV201A UV201A UV201A UV201A

• Main principle
• TRF without regeneration

• Tuned circuits
• 3 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Storage and/or dry batteries / 90 & 22.5 & 6 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• - This model requires external speaker(s).

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: XL-5 Balanced Radiocast Receiver [Table model] - A-C Dayton Co., A-C Electrical

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 650 x 200 x 235 mm / 25.6 x 7.9 x 9.3 inch

• Notes

• Three dials (primary tuning control knobs). Maybe similar with the Polydyne.

  Introduced in Sept.1924

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 8.4 kg / 18 lb 8 oz (18.502 lb)

• Price in first year of sale
• 115.00 $

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Radio Manufacturers of the 1920s, Vol 1 (p.3)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Radio Broadcast, Feb. 1925, p. 754

• Author
• Model page created by Konrad Birkner † 12.08.2014. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 46 models, 26 with images and 29 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from A-C Dayton Co., A-C Electrical; Dayton (OH)