• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Mohawk Business Machines Co.; Brooklyn

• Year
• 1954

• Category
• Sound/Video Recorder and/or Player

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 233807

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• Number of Tubes
• 3

• Valves / Tubes
• CK549DX CK6419 CK542DX

• Main principle
• Audio-Amplification

• Wave bands
• - without

• Details
• Cassette-Recorder or -Player

• Power type and voltage
• Line / Batteries (any type) / 1.35 & 9.2 & 30 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• - For headphones or amp.

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Midgetape - Mohawk Business Machines Co.;

• Shape
• Very small Portable or Pocket-Set (Handheld) < 8 inch.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 8.5 x 1.875 x 3.75 inch / 216 x 48 x 95 mm

• Notes

• Mohawk AC and Battery Operated Portable Tape Recorder Model Midgetape.
  Motor batteries will last 25 hours and amplifier batteries for 60 hours.
  The 0.25 inch tape is contained in a cartridge which eliminates threading and will record for one hour on the two tracks at 1⁷/₈ inch/sec speed.
  Automatic Volume Control
  Can be used as a dictating machine
  Info:
  A separate playback unit will be available to allow the tapes to be transcribed.
  This has a foot pedal and earphones
  The frequency response is 150 - 4000 cps
  Price in August 1954: USD 197.50 (Magnetic Film & Tape Recording August 1954 Page 11)

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 1.4 kg / 3 lb 1.3 oz (3.084 lb)

• Price in first year of sale
• 230.00 USD

• Mentioned in
• Radio und Fernsehen (DDR) (13/56)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Popular Electronics, april 1955, page 35

• Author
• Model page created by Egon Strampe. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 4 models, 4 with images and 3 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Mohawk Business Machines Co.; Brooklyn