- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Federated Purchaser, Inc. (Acratone, Acratest); New York City (NY)
- Year
- 1935
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 243272
Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.
- Number of Tubes
- 6
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz; 3 AF stage(s)
- Tuned circuits
- 6 AM circuit(s)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast plus 2 Short Wave bands.
- Power type and voltage
- Batteries / addl. power jack / 5 & ? & 45 & 135 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Permanent or electro-dynamic (moving coil), system not known yet.
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: Acratone 228 - Federated Purchaser, Inc.
- Shape
- Tablemodel, Tombstone = decorative upright, not cathedral but can have rounded edges.
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 13.5 x 11.5 x 7.5 inch / 343 x 292 x 191 mm
- Notes
-
Push-pull audio amplifier.
Covered 17 to 550 meters in three bands.
- Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
- 20 lb (20 lb 0 oz) / 9.080 kg
- Price in first year of sale
- 29.50 USD
- Mentioned in
- Cathedral & Tombstone Radios (page 33.)
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- Rider's Perpetual, Volume 6 = 1935 and before (Page 6-4)
- Literature/Schematics (2)
- 1935 Federated Purchaser Catalog page 10.
- Author
- Model page created by Noemi Erb. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- 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)