• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Atwater Kent Mfg. Co.; Philadelphia, USA

• Year
• 1934

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 18423

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• Number of Tubes
• 7

• Valves / Tubes
• 58 58 56 58 55 2A5 80

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 264 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast (MW) and Long Wave.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110/220 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 217 - Atwater Kent Mfg. Co.;

• Shape
• Tablemodel, low profile (big size).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 16.5 x 13.5 x 10 inch / 419 x 343 x 254 mm

• Notes

• Existe (commercialisé en France) avec les gammes PO et GO.

  Le changement de tension (110 ou 220V) se faisait à l'intérieur du chassis en déplaçant une connexion au niveau du transfo d'alimentation.

  Export model (marketed in France) with the Broadcast and Longwave bands.

  The voltage change (110 or 220V) was made inside the chassis by moving a connection at the power transformer.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 18 kg / 39 lb 10.4 oz (39.648 lb)

• Price in first year of sale
• 45.00 USD

• External source of data
• E. Erb 3-907007-36-0

• Source of data
• Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 4 = ca. 1934 and before

• Mentioned in
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios (6th edition)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Cathedral & Tombstone Radios (page 57.)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Radio Retailing (Radio & Television R.) (October 1933 issue, page 19)

• Other Models

• Here you find 507 models, 330 with images and 332 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Atwater Kent Mfg. Co.; Philadelphia, USA