• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Western Manufacturing Company, Western Manufacturing & Supply Co.; Kearney, NE

• Year
• 1935

• Category
• Detector-Radio (Crystal or diode, without tubes/transistors)

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 357947

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Main principle
• Crystal or Solid State Detector

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• No Power needed

• Loudspeaker
• - only for Earphone!

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Tinytone Pocket Radio - Western Manufacturing Company,

• Shape
• Very small Portable or Pocket-Set (Handheld) < 8 inch.

• Notes

• Sold by the TinyTone Radio Co., an early umbrella company of the Western Manufacturing Company, Kearney, Nebraska.

  First advertised in 1935.

  Designed by Paul Beshore, founder of Western Manufacturing Co. and TinyTone Radio Co., the patent on this crystal radio was granted in 1937. See Western for more history.

• Price in first year of sale
• 2.99 USD

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Popular Mechanics (March 1935, page 143A, ad "AT LAST! A REAL POCKET RADIO!")

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• -- Original-techn. papers. (US Patent 2,074,887; Midget Radio Rcvr, Paul S. Beshore, Kearney, Nebr., App. 3/1936, Granted 3/1937)

• Author
• Model page created by Aldo Andreani. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 3 models, 3 with images and 1 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Western Manufacturing Company, Western Manufacturing & Supply Co.; Kearney, NE