"Sodion" type DR-6 radio receiver
date: label: date made
content: ca 1923
name: label: maker
content: Connecticut Telephone & Electric Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Marked: "SODION / Receiving Set / Type DR-6 / Made in U.S.A. by Connecticut / Telephone & Electric Co., / Meriden, Conn. / Patented: July 13, 1922 / May 22, 1923 / August 21, 1923 / Others Pending". This unit is a crystal detector with a single stage audio amplifier. The crystal has a cellophane protected case and spring release cats-whisker mechanism, operated by a press button. Variable capacitor is employed for station tuning. Other controls include a potentiometer and rheostat. Headphone included in case.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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.320831
label: accession number
content: 241556
label: catalog number
content: 320831
objectType: label: Object Name
content: radio receiver
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 15 in x 7 in; 12.7 cm x 38.1 cm x 17.78 cm