Little Jim
Wireless Weekly Magazine, Sydney
- Country
- Australia
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Wireless Weekly Magazine, Sydney
- Year
- 1938
- Category
- Kit (Parts plus instruction) or building instructions only
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 274234
Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.
- Number of Tubes
- 1
- Valves / Tubes
- 6A6
- Main principle
- TRF with regeneration; 1 AF stage(s); Reaction
- Tuned circuits
- 1 AM circuit(s)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast only (MW).
- Power type and voltage
- Line / Storage batteries (perhaps also batteries) / 240VAC, 45 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- - only for Earphone!
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: Little Jim - Wireless Weekly Magazine,
- Shape
- Tablemodel, with any shape - general.
- Notes
-
The Little Jim was a regenerative receiver project designed by John Moyle and published in two issues of the Wireless Weekly magazine from May 20, 1938.
AC power was used for the heater supply and a 45V battery for B+. The cabinet had a metal front panel and wooden case.
A battery version was published in Wireless Weekly, June 1938.
It proved very popular, and was reprinted in the first edition of Radio and Hobbies magazine in April 1939.
Kit sets were sold by most radio parts vendors of the period.
- Mentioned in
- Radio & Hobbies, April 1939, Pages 26 - 28.
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- Wireless Weekly (Australia) (May 20, 1938, Page 21.)
Little Jim-Wireless Weekly May 1938 | 1216 KB |
- Documents regarding this model
- Author
- Model page created by Gary Cowans. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
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Here you find 19 models, 13 with images and 19 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from Wireless Weekly Magazine, Sydney
Literature
The model Little Jim is documented in the following literature.