• Year
  • 1922
  • Category
  • Detector-Radio (Crystal or diode, without tubes/transistors)
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 230241

 Technical Specifications

  • Main principle
  • Crystal or Solid State Detector
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • No Power needed
  • Loudspeaker
  • - For headphones or amp.
  • Material
  • Leather / canvas / plastic - over other material
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Radio-Ette Crystal Receiver - Aetna Radiophone Corp. of
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, Box - most often with Lid (NOT slant panel).
  • Notes
  • "Radio-Ette" crystal set built in 1922 by the Aetna Radiophone Corporation of America. 

    According to the curator of the Vintage Radio & Communications Museum in Hartford, CT (the city where the radio was manufactured), Aetna was owned by H.P Levy and Antonio Andretta and was in business for less than 2 years, making just one product -- this radio.

  • External source of data
  • Original prospect.
  • Author
  • Model page created by Alan Larsen. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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