Continental Rectaflex Marketed by Gardner & Hepburn

Premier Radio Corp.; Defiance, Ohio

  • Year
  • 1926 ?
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 223683
    • Brand: Ensemble

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 5
  • Main principle
  • TRF (Tuned-Radio-Frequency but use of regeneration unknown); Reflex
  • 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: Continental Rectaflex [Marketed by Gardner & Hepburn] - Premier Radio Corp.; Defiance,
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, Box - most often with Lid (NOT slant panel).
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 11 x 6.5 x 0 inch / 279 x 165 x 0 mm
  • Notes
  • This 1926 set was apparently sold under at least three different names - - - "Premier Rectaflex," Allen's Rectaflex," and also as the "Continental Rectaflex." The Continental version was marketed by the Gardner & Hepburn Co. of Philadelphia, manufacturers of tuning condensers.
  • Price in first year of sale
  • 32.00 USD
  • Author
  • Model page created by Alan Larsen. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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