• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Federated Purchaser, Inc. (Acratone, Acratest); New York City (NY)

• Year
• 1934

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 40422

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 2A7 58 58 2A6 2A5 80

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 465 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 9 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 115 Volt

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

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 117 - Federated Purchaser, Inc.

• Shape
• Tablemodel, Tombstone = decorative upright, not cathedral but can have rounded edges.

• Notes

• This is the model 117, not an Acratone (error in Stein). The real Acratone 117 is a cathedral from 1931, see here and here.

  2 speakers (5 and 6 inch).

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 6 = 1935 and before

• Mentioned in
• Tabletop Radios Vol.4 Stein 2003

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Cathedral & Tombstone Radios (page 31.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 209 models, 126 with images and 88 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Federated Purchaser, Inc. (Acratone, Acratest); New York City (NY)