• Year
  • 1950 ?
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 86076

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 5
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • AC/DC-set / 110 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm
  • Power out
  • 1 W (unknown quality)
  • Material
  • Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Mike Radio "KJIM 870KC" - Point of Purchase Displays, -
  • Shape
  • Design Radio or Novelty / Gadget - fancy or unusual shape.
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 7.5 x 13 x 3.5 inch / 191 x 330 x 89 mm
  • Notes
  • this collectable radio was made by Universal Publicizers Inc. Located at 936 Michigan Ave Chicago ILL. It was preset to one frequency only within the broadcast band. It was sold to the thousands of radio stations thruout the USA. Each station had their call leters on the case (they paid NR costs for special case lettering & special info which appeared on the case).The speaker is mounted downward in the base. These sets were "hand outs" by the station's sales departments to advertisers for the particular radio station.
  • Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
  • 2.7 kg / 5 lb 15.2 oz (5.947 lb)
  • Mentioned in
  • - - Data from my own collection

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