• Year
  • 1928 ?
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 102980
    • Brand: C.A.Earl

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 5
  • Main principle
  • TRF without regeneration
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • -Loudspeaker incorporated, but system not known.
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Polydyne 5 C9317 - Freshman Co. Inc., Chas..,
  • Shape
  • Console, Highboy (legs > 50 %).
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 26 x 42 x 15.75 inch / 660 x 1067 x 400 mm
  • Notes
  • Highboy with stretcher base.

    Around 1925/26 Freshman introduced, under the name Polydyne but with the same factory address, a set exactly like the previous season's model, to be sold by department stores,undercutting his own dealers, who were understandably furious. (Quotation from A.Douglas, Radio Manufacturers of the 1920's).

  • Price in first year of sale
  • 150.00 $
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • Chicago Salvage Stock Store catalogue, 1928?
  • Author
  • Model page created by Vitor Oliveira. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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