Ferrotune Tuning Unit KFJB
Kingsley (brand); various manufacturers
- Country
- Australia
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Kingsley (brand); various manufacturers
- Year
- 1946
- Category
- Radio module post 1925 (not a part, not a key)
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 312894
Side View
Patent numbers.
- Main principle
- RF Converter/Adapter (not voltage converter); ZF/IF 455 kHz
- Wave bands
- Broadcast only (MW).
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: Ferrotune Tuning Unit KFJB - Kingsley brand; various
- Notes
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Broadcast Band Permeability tuning unit with oscillator and antenna tuning coils mounted in the same plane and fitted with padder capacitors to aid calibration.
Unit was set up in the factory to match conventional converter valves of the time, 6J8G and ECH35.
The unit formed part of a complete foundation kit, comprising chassis, IF transformers (KF14 & KF15) and the dial movement for models listed below.
The KFJB Tuning Unit was used in the following Kingsley kit sets;
- 4 valve, Ferrotune Four
- 4 valve, portable Walkie-Talkie
- 5 valve, Ferrotune KFT1
- 3 valve, Ferrotune Reinartz KFT2 (No oscillator coil in KFJB)
- 4 valve, Ferrotune KFT3
- 5 valve, Ferrotune Direct Coupled
- 6 valve, High Quality Six
- Mentioned in
- Australasian Radio World, Feb 1946, Page 4.
- Author
- Model page created by Gary Cowans. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
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Here you find 94 models, 28 with images and 11 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from Kingsley (brand); various manufacturers
Collections
The model Ferrotune Tuning Unit is part of the collections of the following members.