Air King model DC short wave radio converter
date: label: date made
content: ca 1930
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Marked: "Model D.C. / Air King / Perfect / Short Wave / Adapter / Made in U.S.A." Unit is designed to adapt the standard broadcast receiver to short wave bands. The panel is of bakelite type construction and contains a 5-prong tube socket, antenna and ground binding posts, a plug-in coil, tuning control, and an auxiliary control marked MIN-MAX. A 25" cord has a 5-prong plug designed for use with a broadcast receiver. Frequency range is not known, but presumably could cove to 14 MC with proper coils.
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.321150
label: catalog number
content: 321150
label: accession number
content: 241556
objectType: label: Object Name
content: radio receiver
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 3 in x 6 in; 20.32 cm x 7.62 cm x 15.24 cm