950, BJ10950 1936 Model

Radolek Co., Chicago

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  • Year
  • 1936
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 122921

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 7
  • Main principle
  • Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 456 kHz
  • Tuned circuits
  • 13 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast plus 2 Short Wave bands.
  • Power type and voltage
  • Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios) / 6 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: 950, BJ10950 [1936 Model] - Radolek Co., Chicago
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, high profile (upright - NOT Cathedral nor decorative).
  • Notes

  • A More Powerful Farm Receiver
    More tubes—greater power—better tone. The "top" in Battery Receivers.
    Tunes 3 Bands 17 to 565 meters. Brings you better Foreign Reception,
    Police Calls, Long Range Standard Broadcast and superior all-around performance. Gets all its power from a single 6 volt battery. No " B" or " C" Batteries are used. Answers the need for super-efficient radio performance in rural districts. Wonderfully economical in operation, offering A.C. set performance and convenience. Easy to install. Just connect it to any 6 volt storage battery. No resistors, no converters, no bother. Here is the best, most satisfactory Battery Receiver available—far superior to any peviously offered. In 1935 Radolek pioneered the first low drain 6 Volt Battery Receiver and now is the first to present this Seven Tube 6 Volt Battery Set—the successful result of long engineering effort to build the finest Six Volt Battery Receiver. 7 actual High Efficiency Tubes are used plus a Plug-In Type Vibrator equal to what is sometimes referred to as an 8 tube assembly.

    Complete with 7 Sylvania Tubes. Fitted with an 8 inch Orthovox Permanent Magnet Dynamic Speaker. No Battery included.

    Not to be confused with the earlier 4-tube radios: Radolek 950 [1933 Model] or the Radolek 10950 Universal [1935 Model].

    Notes:

    Stein's "Tabletop Radios, Volume 1", 2002, page 218, "2003 Master Index" lists Model "BJ10950" with Description "950, DC", Year "1936", "Vol. 2".

    Stein's "Cathedral & Tombstone Radios", 2008, page 206, lists 6 tubes instead of 7.

  • Price in first year of sale
  • 32.75 USD
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • Radolek Catalog (1936 catalog page 163 "now is the first to present this Seven Tube 6 Volt Battery Set")

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