- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Fansteel Products (Pfanstiehl, Pfansteihl, Balkite, Balkeit); Chicago
- Year
- 1925/1926
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 50427
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- alternative name: Balkeit || First National
- Brand: Overtone
Ad in Radio News, Dec.1925, p.873
- Number of Tubes
- 5
- Valves / Tubes
- Main principle
- TRF without regeneration
- Tuned circuits
- 3 AM circuit(s)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast only (MW).
- Power type and voltage
- Storage and/or dry batteries
- Loudspeaker
- - This model requires external speaker(s).
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: 8 - Fansteel Products Pfanstiehl,
- Shape
- Tablemodel, slant panel.
- Notes
- Balkeit, Balkite, Pfanstiehl are put together to Fansteel. Two dials (primary tuning control knobs). A low priced 2 Dial 5 Tube Receiving Set. Not an "Overtone" model!
- Price in first year of sale
- 85.00 $
- External source of data
- Ernst Erb
- Source of data
- Radio Collector`s Guide 1921-1932
- Mentioned in
- Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- Radio Manufacturers of the 1920's, Vol. 2 (Ad in Radio News, Dec.1925, p.873)
- Other Models
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Here you find 131 models, 74 with images and 61 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from Fansteel Products (Pfanstiehl, Pfansteihl, Balkite, Balkeit); Chicago