- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Fansteel Products (Pfanstiehl, Pfansteihl, Balkite, Balkeit); Chicago
- Year
- 1932
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 33954
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- alternative name: Balkeit || First National
- Brand: Overtone
Balkeit Model 52 Front View
Balkeit Model 52 chassis after restoration
Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.
- Number of Tubes
- 5
- Main principle
- TRF without regeneration; Screengrid 1926-1935
- Tuned circuits
- 3 AM circuit(s)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast only (MW).
- Power type and voltage
- Alternating Current supply (AC) / 115 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: Balkeit 52-1 - Fansteel Products Pfanstiehl,
- Notes
- Radio Colol. Guide notes a 55 (Duplex Diode / Triode) tube, that is not correct. It must be a 57 (Pentode), as seen in schematic.
Balkeit, Balkite, Pfanstiehl are put together to Fansteel.
- Price in first year of sale
- 29.00 $
- External source of data
- Ernst Erb
- Source of data
- Radio Collector`s Guide 1921-1932
- Circuit diagram reference
- Rider's Perpetual, Volume 4 = ca. 1934 and before
- Other Models
-
Here you find 131 models, 74 with images and 61 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from Fansteel Products (Pfanstiehl, Pfansteihl, Balkite, Balkeit); Chicago