"Big Midget" Audion Detector

Young & McCombs; Rock Island, Illinois

  • Year
  • 1920
  • Category
  • Radio module pre 1926 (not a part, not a key)
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 194701

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 1
  • Main principle
  • Detector with Vacuum Tube (Valve), no tuner
  • Wave bands
  • - without
  • Power type and voltage
  • Storage and/or dry batteries
  • Loudspeaker
  • - For headphones or amp.
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: "Big Midget" Audion Detector - Young & McCombs; Rock Island,
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, Box - most often with Lid (NOT slant panel).
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 6.25 x 3.5 x 2 inch / 159 x 89 x 51 mm
  • Notes
  • The Young & McCombs "Big Midget" Audion Detector Cabinet. Audion cabinet complete with oak cabinet, VT socket, condenser, grid leak and Paragon rheostat, assembled and wired.
  • Price in first year of sale
  • 13.00 $
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • Info from Nov. 1920 Radio News Young & McCombs ad
  • Author
  • Model page created by Alan Larsen. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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