• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• General Electric Co. (GE); Bridgeport CT, Syracuse NY

• Year
• 1966 ??

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 173537

• • Brand: Musaphonic

• Number of Transistors
• 6

• Semiconductors

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / 9 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Magnetic loudspeaker (reed) generic.

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: P-1730A - General Electric Co. GE;

• Shape
• Very small Portable or Pocket-Set (Handheld) < 8 inch.

• Notes
• High impedance speaker with reed suspended between 2 pole pieces, drives paper cone with a stylus, and is directly driven by transistor collectors, without an audio output transformer. One of several contemporary GE transistor radio models to employ this kind of speaker which was originally used in the 1920's because of it's high efficiency and high impedance.

• Other Models

• Here you find 2918 models, 2141 with images and 2044 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from General Electric Co. (GE); Bridgeport CT, Syracuse NY