• Year
  • 1934
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 45100
    • alternative name: International All Wave || International Industries || International Kadette || IRC

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 3
  • Main principle
  • TRF without regeneration
  • Tuned circuits
  • 2 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • AC/DC-set / 105-125 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Magnetic loudspeaker (reed) generic.
  • Material
  • Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Kadette Jewel 40 - International Radio Corp
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 7.625 x 5.5 x 4.375 inch / 194 x 140 x 111 mm
  • Notes
  • 300 Ohm resistance line cord.

    The Shapleigh Hardware Company 1936 catalog, page 2000, describes the model 40 Kadette Jewel radio as having a brown bakelite cabinet with two-tone grille. This is a solid color tan grill with no marbling that gives a two-tone appearance to the radio. This was the cheapest basic version of the radio. Measurements in the Shapleigh catalog did not include knobs.

    Colors and material per Shapleigh's 1936 catalog:                       

    Model 40: brown bakelite with two-tone grill.

    Model 41: walnut bakelite with agate grill.

    Model 42: mahogany plaskon with tortoise grill.

    Model 43: ivory plaskon with alabaster grill.

    Model 44: chinese red plaskon with coral grill.

    Model 45: black onyx plaskon with jade grill.

    Model 46: orchid plaskon with moonstone grill. (Today's collectors call this lavender)

    Additional colors and materials per August 1935 Radio Journal ad, page 12:

    Model 47: black pearl plaskon with silver grill.

    Model 48: marble plaskon with black onyx grill.

  • Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
  • 3.75 lb (3 lb 12 oz) / 1.703 kg
  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 6 = 1935 and before

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