Anode Table Receiver
Anode Wireless & Scientific Instruments Ltd.; London
- Country
- Great Britain (UK)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Anode Wireless & Scientific Instruments Ltd.; London
- Year
- 1922 ?
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 371368
- Number of Tubes
- 4
- Valves / Tubes
- Main principle
- TRF (Tuned-Radio-Frequency but use of regeneration unknown)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast only (MW).
- Power type and voltage
- Storage and/or dry batteries
- Loudspeaker
- -Loudspeaker incorporated, but system not known.
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: Anode Table Receiver - Anode Wireless & Scientific
- Shape
- Miscellaneous shapes - described under notes.
- Notes
-
A distinctive early British broadcast receiver introduced at the All‑British Wireless Exhibition in October 1922. The Anode Table Receiver was designed as a piece of domestic furniture, with the entire wireless set enclosed inside a polished wooden table. A falling side panel provided access to the controls and components, and — unusually for 1922 — the cabinet incorporated a built‑in loudspeaker, making the set a self‑contained unit without the need for a separate horn or cone speaker.
Alongside the table model, the company exhibited its “Unit System”, a modular construction based on the firm’s patented variometer and precision mica‑dielectric condensers. The system comprised:
- Unit 1: Patent Anode Variometer Tuner (350–500 m)
- Unit 2: High‑frequency amplifier (one valve)
- Unit 3: Detector unit with rheostat and potentiometer
- Unit 4a: Low‑frequency amplifier (two valves)
- Unit 5: Telephone transformer for low‑resistance headphones
Users could assemble a receiver progressively, beginning with tuner and detector units and adding amplifiers for greater volume. The integrated loudspeaker in the table model represented an early attempt to produce a “living‑room friendly” wireless set, anticipating later radiogram designs.
- Mentioned in
- Wireless World (The), London (WW, 79) (& Radio Review Oct 14, 1922, p. 55.)
- Author
- Model page created by Gary Cowans. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
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Here you find 1 models, 1 with images and 0 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from Anode Wireless & Scientific Instruments Ltd.; London