• Year
  • 1930
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 249994

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 9
  • Main principle
  • TRF (Tuned-Radio-Frequency but use of regeneration unknown); Screengrid 1926-1935
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 50 to 60 cycles, 100 to 125 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: 6 - Criterion; where?
  • Shape
  • Console, Lowboy (legs < 50 %).
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 26.25 x 40 x 15.25 inch / 667 x 1016 x 387 mm
  • Notes
  • The Criterion 6 is an AC operated 9 tube BC band receiver.  Has one dial tuning and push-pull output stage.

    This radio is shown on Page 935 of the 1930 catalog of the Blish, Mize & Silliman Hardware Co. of Atchison Kansas.  The advertisement indicates it has 9 tubes, but does not indicate the type of rectifier tube used.  It has two chassis, with copper coil shields.  The indicate that it has a Duco finish (at that time, Duco was a new and superior lacquer from DuPont).  The chassis werefinishedin "gold moire," which means they were painted.

  • Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
  • 133 lb 0 oz (133 lb) / 60.382 kg
  • Price in first year of sale
  • 193.80 USD
  • Author
  • Model page created by Stephen Masek. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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