Beckley-Ralston "Splitdorf" radio receiver
date: label: date made
content: ca 1925
name: label: maker
content: Beckley-Ralston Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Marked: "Beckley-Ralston Co." / Chicago". A five tube TRF (tuned radio frequency) receiver using 201A type tubes (missing). Circuit has a tuned antenna input stage, followed by an RF amplifier, a detector, and three stages of audio. Panel controls include antenna tuning, RF amplifier tuning, detector tuning, and filament rheostats. Rear panel strip provides proper binding post connections for batteries, ground, antenna, and headphones. Hinged top. Allied Van Lines shipping tag #78 on front panel. Reference: "Langley Set Index", page 64. Splitdorf receivers are listed, though we have no model number on this specimen.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Franklin Wingard
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.321022
label: catalog number
content: 321022
label: accession number
content: 241556
objectType: label: Object Name
content: radio receiver
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 3/4 in x 28 1/2 in x 12 in; 24.765 cm x 72.39 cm x 30.48 cm