• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1938/1939

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 201703

• Number of Tubes
• 7

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A7 6D6 75 25L6G 6E5 25Z5 25Z5

• Number of Transistors

• Semiconductors
• BM17C

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus 2 Short Wave bands.

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 105-120 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 6.5 inch = 16.5 cm

• Power out
• 2 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Acratone 8-Tube AC-DC 3 Band Superhet 252M - Federated Purchaser, Inc.

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 17.5 x 12.5 x 8.5 inch / 445 x 318 x 216 mm

• Notes
• Federated Acratone 8-tube AC-DC 3-band Superhet Receiver.
  American model with following bands:
  Band 1: 16-50 meters, Band 2: 39 1/2-136 meters and Band 3: 176-550 meters

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 16 lb 0 oz (16 lb) / 7.264 kg

• Price in first year of sale
• 26.00 $

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• 1938/1939 Federated Purchaser Inc. catalog Number 26

• Author
• Model page created by Alan Larsen. 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)