4-Valve Screen Grid Console "Four" 211

Batyphone, C.S. Baty & Co.; Perth (WA)

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  • Year
  • 1933/1934
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 255540

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 4
  • Main principle
  • TRF (Tuned-Radio-Frequency but use of regeneration unknown); Screengrid 1926-1935
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • Storage and/or dry batteries / 2 & 2 x 60 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • -Loudspeaker incorporated, but system not known.
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: 4-Valve Screen Grid Console "Four" 211 - Batyphone, C.S. Baty & Co.;
  • Shape
  • Console with any shape - in general
  • Notes

  • New method of "trimming", permitting adjustment by means of a single knob. Bradly potentiometer as volume control. Components mounted on aluminium chassis. Lissen speaker, Amplion O1 dynamic speaker at extra cost. Available with eliminator.

    Also called "Batyphone Four".

    Price: £23/10.

  • Price in first year of sale
  • 23.50 Aus£
  • Mentioned in
  • Sunday Times (Perth), 16 Apr 1933
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • Rennie: Encyclopedia of WA Wirelesses (2012)

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