Tinytone - Pocket Radio

Western Manufacturing Company, Western Manufacturing & Supply Co.; Kearney, NE

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  • Year
  • 1955
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 258547

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 1
  • Valves / Tubes
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • Dry Batteries
  • Loudspeaker
  • - only for Earphone!
  • Material
  • Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Tinytone - Pocket Radio - Western Manufacturing Company,
  • Shape
  • Very small Portable or Pocket-Set (Handheld) < 8 inch.
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 2.75 x 4.75 x 1.125 inch / 70 x 121 x 29 mm
  • Notes

  • "Built-in 1000 mile antenna! Super-regenerative duo-triode tube and transformer audio stages for sharp selectivity and sensitivity!" as stated by the ads. Uses 150 hour life flashlight batteries, quantity not stated.

    Sold by the Western Radio Co., an umbrella company of the Western Manufacturing Company, Kearney, Nebraska.

    First advertised in 1955.

    Designed by Paul Beshore, founder of Western Manufacturing Co. and Western Radio Co. See Western for more history.

  • Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
  • 0.5 lb (0 lb 8 oz) / 0.227 kg
  • Price in first year of sale
  • 19.95 USD
  • Mentioned in
  • -- Original prospect or advert (Popular Electronics, Nov. 1955, page 126.)
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • -- Original prospect or advert (Advert in "Popular Science" Jan. 1957.)
  • Author
  • Model page created by a member from A. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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