- 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
- 50428
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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
- Wave bands
- Broadcast only (MW).
- Power type and voltage
- Storage and/or dry batteries
- Loudspeaker
- -Loudspeaker incorporated, but system not known.
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: 8C - Fansteel Products Pfanstiehl,
- Shape
- Console, Highboy (legs > 50 %).
- Notes
-
Two-dial receiver, demountable from console stand, permitting use on floor or table. Speaker built in.
Balkeit, Balkite, Pfanstiehl are put together to Fansteel. This is not an "Overtone" model, but eqipped with an "Overtone" speaker
- Price in first year of sale
- 135.00 $
- External source of data
- Ernst Erb
- Source of data
- Radio Collector`s Guide 1921-1932
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- Radio Manufacturers of the 1920's, Vol. 2
- Other Models
-
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