• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Gates, Ainsworth-Gates, Ainsworth Radio Co.; Cincinnati, OH

• Year
• 1925/1926

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 31512

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• UV201A or C301A UV201A or C301A UV201A or C301A UV201A or C301A UV201A or C301A

• Main principle
• TRF (Tuned-Radio-Frequency but use of regeneration unknown)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Storage and/or dry batteries / 6 & 90 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• - This model requires external speaker(s).

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Torodyne - Gates, Ainsworth-Gates,

• Shape
• Tablemodel, Box - most often with Lid (NOT slant panel).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 23.625 x 9.5 x 12.5 inch / 600 x 241 x 318 mm

• Notes

• Three dials (primary tuning control knobs). Frequency range: 220 to 550 meters.

  Cabinet provides space for B and C batteries.

  The existing hand-drawn schematics from 1970 shows tube 200A as detector - this tube dates from 1926 and is likely not correct.

• Price in first year of sale
• 100.00 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• Radio Collector`s Guide 1921-1932

• Mentioned in
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Popular Radio, December 1925

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• September 1925, Electrical Record Supplement page 28

• Other Models

• Here you find 5 models, 3 with images and 1 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Gates, Ainsworth-Gates, Ainsworth Radio Co.; Cincinnati, OH