4560 or 4550 Model 10B brown/w.cable
Atwater Kent Mfg. Co.; Philadelphia, USA
- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Atwater Kent Mfg. Co.; Philadelphia, USA
- Year
- 1923 ?
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 253708
- Number of Tubes
- 5
- Main principle
- TRF without regeneration
- Tuned circuits
- 3 AM circuit(s)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast only (MW).
- Power type and voltage
- Storage and/or dry batteries
- Loudspeaker
- - This model requires external speaker(s).
- Material
- Wooden case, TUBES VISIBLE.
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: 4560 or 4550 Model 10B [brown/w.cable] - Atwater Kent Mfg. Co.;
- Shape
- Miscellaneous shapes - described under notes.
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 800 x 200 x 250 mm / 31.5 x 7.9 x 9.8 inch
- Notes
-
Breadboard. Three dials; orthogonally mounted coils;
It looks odd, as AK called the black version 4560 and the brown version 4550.
Maybe a labeling mistake by the factory. Most probably this is a 4550.AK used sometimes (by shortage?) other labels and made handwritten corrections with pencil. That had been forgotten for the item here.
For brown (4550) the price was $104, while the 4560 (black) cost $100. Obviously something went wrong.
- Price in first year of sale
- 104.00 USD
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- A.Atwater Kent, The Man, 2002
- Author
- Model page created by Peter Kahlich. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- 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
Collections
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Forum contributions about this model: Atwater Kent Mfg. Co: 4560 or 4550 Model 10B
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How could a "brown" model 4550 bear an ident tag of a "black" 4560?
I think the production line went short of 4550 labels and applied alternatively 4560 labels. But then somebody forgot to make the necessary correction.
I found another one, where the number was corrected, again for a 4550 model:
4550 labels went out of supply.
Konrad Birkner † 12.08.2014, 28.Jun.14