• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Fansteel Products (Pfanstiehl, Pfansteihl, Balkite, Balkeit); Chicago

• Year
• 1935/1936

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 251912

• • alternative name: Balkeit || First National
  • Brand: Overtone

• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus 2 Short Wave bands.

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

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 6.5 inch = 16.5 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 159B Globe Trotter - Fansteel Products Pfanstiehl,

• Shape
• Tablemodel, Tombstone = decorative upright, not cathedral but can have rounded edges.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 12 x 15.5 x 8.25 inch / 305 x 394 x 210 mm

• Price in first year of sale
• 51.50 $

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Folder: The Balkeit Globe Trotter 1936 Series.

• Author
• Model page created by Ernst Erb. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 131 models, 74 with images and 61 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Fansteel Products (Pfanstiehl, Pfansteihl, Balkite, Balkeit); Chicago