Klitzen regenerative radio receiver
date: label: date made
content: c 1923
label: date made
content: ca 1923
name: label: maker
content: Michigan Radio Corp.
label: maker
content: Klitzen Radio Manufacturing Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Marked on panel: Michigan Radio Corporation / Serial No. 29446 / Grand Rapids"; inside plate: "Manufactured by / Klitzen Radio Mfg. Co., Racine, Wisconsin / Licensed Under Armstrong U.S. Patent No. 1113149, Oct 6, 1914 and Patent Application No. 807388 / Sold for Amateur and Experimental use Only / Serial No. 010016". Unit is a regenerative detector followed by a single sage audio amplifier. Panel features recessed dials with 0-100 calibration on tickler and tuner controls. Detector filament current is controlled by panel rheostat. A wavelength switch permits change from long to short waves. Battery connections are made internally, with antenna & ground connections on panel binding posts.
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.321145
label: serial number
content: 29446
label: patent number
content: 1113149
label: patent number
content: 807388
label: serial number
content: 010016
label: catalog number
content: 321145
label: accession number
content: 241556
objectType: label: Object Name
content: radio receiver
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 13 1/4 in x 10 in; 20.32 cm x 33.655 cm x 25.4 cm