Siemens model K32-GWB radio receiver
date: label: date made
content: ca 1938
name: label: maker
content: Siemens
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Marked: Instruction label in German on inside rear panel. Nazi Luftwaffe emblems on unit indicate possible ownership by a German airman. Unit is a five tube superheterodyne receiver with an AC power supply or alternate battery power supply. Tubes (missing) are normally OCH11, DF11, DL11, DAF11, and UY11. Panel has unusual stencil type dial plate with European cities marked so that dial pointer automatically sets to frequency of a given city's broadcast station. Wavelength marking in meters appears in three bands: 17-50 meters; 200-550 meters; 800-2000 meters. Other panel controls are ON-OFF switch and volume control.
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.321084
label: catalog number
content: 321084
label: accession number
content: 241556
objectType: label: Object Name
content: radio receiver
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 1/2 in x 18 in x 7 1/2 in; 31.75 cm x 45.72 cm x 19.05 cm