• Year
  • 1926
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 57992

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 6
  • Main principle
  • TRF with regeneration; 3 AF stage(s)
  • Tuned circuits
  • 3 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • Storage and/or dry batteries
  • Loudspeaker
  • - This model requires external speaker(s).
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Silver Six [late] - Silver - Marshall; Chicago, IL
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, Box - most often with Lid (NOT slant panel).
  • Notes
  • Also sold by Lincoln Radio Corp. and Western Radio Mfg. Co.

    Designed and first introduced in 1925 by McMurdo Silver. The set was described in the November, 1925 Radio Broadcast magazine. Kits of the set were available for the radio builder. The kit was supplied with Silver Marshall combination UV/UX tube sockets.  

    The set was initially a five tube set with transformer coupled audio but an additional stage of audio was added when resistance coupled audio amplifiers were used.

  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb

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