• Year
  • 1932/1933
perfect model
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 34985

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 9
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: 1 - Capehart Corp.; Fort Wayne, IN
  • Shape
  • Console, Lowboy (legs < 50 %).
  • Notes
  • Capehart model 1 (Superhet)
    Most probably there are two different model 1: On page 201 of "Radio Collector's Guide 1921-1932" we find a superhet 1 for $ 169 as a lowboy cabinet for broadcast reception with AVC and a dynamic speaker, but no record player. In the "Grinder" (Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide, 2nd edition, page 144, there it is a lowboy radio with phono. For the dating: By the tubes, the model can not be before 1932 and McMahon did stop 1932. On page 16, Robert W. Baumbach shows some examples for Amperion changers, one is a model 1 Amperion for $ 650 which measures 32 1/4 x 45 x 20 3/4 inch, a console with Walnut and Satinwood cabinet, but no receiver. The Amperions were started March 1930.

    This model is for the radio model 1 and we call the other model Amperion 1.

  • Price in first year of sale
  • 169.00 $
  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb

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