• Country
• Canada

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Northern Electric Co. Ltd.; Montreal, QC ; Belleville, ON

• Year
• 1925

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 192963

• Number of Tubes
• 2

• Valves / Tubes
• 215A 215A

• Main principle
• TRF with regeneration; 1 AF stage(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

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

• Loudspeaker
• - For headphones or amp.

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Victor/Northern R-20 Regenerative Receiver - Northern Electric Co. Ltd.;

• Notes
• On April 23rd, 1925 Northern Electric reached an agreement with the Victor Talking Machine Co. of Canada. They began a series of receivers to which NE apparently supplied the chassis and Victor the cabinet. Electronically these radios presented no particular challenge for NE as they were already producing Superheterodyne models (the R4). The first of these Victor/Northern models was the R-20 which was a regenerative detector and amplifier. This set used 2 R215-A peanut tubes and other NE parts. It was much like the R-12 set from 1923. Like the R-12 it was simple to operate having only three controls.

• Price in first year of sale
• 42.00 cdn

• Mentioned in
• The Early Development of Radio in Canada 1901-1930 (Page 51 and Page 59)

• Author
• Model page created by Alan Larsen. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 291 models, 246 with images and 254 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Northern Electric Co. Ltd.; Montreal, QC ; Belleville, ON