- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Criterion; (where?)
- Year
- 1930
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 249994
- 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.
- Other Models
-
Here you find 4 models, 4 with images and 0 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from Criterion; (where?)