Powertone 5 Band Communications Receiver

Try-Mo (Powertone) Radio Co., Inc.; NY

  • Year
  • 1936
  • Category
  • Commercial Receiver (may include amateur bands)
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 258599

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 4
  • Main principle
  • TRF (Tuned-Radio-Frequency but use of regeneration unknown)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast plus more than 2 Short Wave bands.
  • Power type and voltage
  • AC/DC-set
  • Loudspeaker
  • Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)
  • Material
  • Metal case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Powertone 5 Band Communications Receiver - Try-Mo Powertone Radio Co.,
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, Box - most often with Lid (NOT slant panel).
  • Notes
  • Covered 15 to 550 meters in five bands with bandspread.  Uses internal, bandswitched coils. Four-inch airplane dial. Available as a kit or factory wired.

  • Price in first year of sale
  • 10.50 USD
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • Short Wave Craft November 1936 page 438.
  • Author
  • Model page created by Wayne Childress. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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