Skyscraper BKS

Skyscraper (Brand) Bond & Bond Ltd.;Auckland

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  • Year
  • 1938 ?
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 370378

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 8
  • Valves / Tubes
  • Main principle
  • Superhet with RF-stage
  • 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
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Skyscraper BKS - Skyscraper Brand Bond & Bond
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, Tombstone = decorative upright, not cathedral but can have rounded edges.
  • Notes

  • Skyscraper BKS 

    8-valve (including magic eye) all-wave superhet with RF stage tombstone receiver. This model appears to be a 6-volt vibrator farm radio, as the only other Radio (1936) Ltd examples found with "K" as the middle letter in the model code are vibrator units. Farm radios were often converted to mains once mains power reached country rural locations.

  • Author
  • Model page created by Brian Stevens. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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