• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• American Merri-Lei Corp.

• Year
• 1949

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 105830

• Number of Tubes
• 2

• Valves / Tubes
• 1S5 3V4

• Main principle
• TRF with regeneration; 1 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 1 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Storage and/or dry batteries / 1,5 & 22,5 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• - For headphones or amp.

• Material
• Various materials

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Radio Hat - American Merri-Lei Corp.

• Shape
• Design Radio or Novelty / Gadget - fancy or unusual shape.

• Notes
• Radio Hat with built-on rotatable loop antenna. Powered by a pocket-battery-pack. Used with headphone. Tubes visible. Available colors: canary yellow, lipstick red, turquoise, chartreuse, tangerine, lavender, blue, cerise, tan, gray, green-gray and blue-gray. Also in blush pink and rose pink.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 0.3 kg / 0 lb 10.6 oz (0.661 lb)

• Price in first year of sale
• 8.00 $

• Mentioned in
• Radio-Electronics June 1949

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Funkgeschichte der GFGF (Heft 197/2011 Juni/Juli >Das Marsmenschen Radio< S.97ff detaillierte Gerätevorstellung)

• Author
• Model page created by Georg Richter. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 2 models, 1 with images and 1 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from American Merri-Lei Corp.