Orpheus DX-plorer
Roth-Downs Manufacturing Co.; St. Paul, MN
- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Roth-Downs Manufacturing Co.; St. Paul, MN
- Year
- 1930 ?
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 305228
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- Brand: Orpheus
Herstellerprospekt
Herstellerprospekt
- Number of Tubes
- 10
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).
- Power type and voltage
- Alternating Current supply (AC) / 115 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: Orpheus DX-plorer - Roth-Downs Manufacturing Co.;
- Shape
- Console, Lowboy (legs < 50 %).
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 26 x 46.5 x 15 inch / 660 x 1181 x 381 mm
- Notes
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The Orpheus DX-plorer main chassis has 8 tubes. Flipping a switch turns on the seperate 2 tube shortwave chassis. The shortwave controls can be hidden by closing two small doors on the front of the cabinet. Pulling the shortwave chassis forward through the open doors allows access to change the plug-in coils to listen to a different shortwave band. The brochure specifies it can receive a range of 15 to 600 meters.
The brochure also explains that television is almost a practical reality that it is broadcast on shortwave bands only. It says that the time is almost here when you could you could plug a television into this set. This is a "Radio of Tomorrow".
- Author
- Model page created by a member from USA. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
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Here you find 16 models, 5 with images and 0 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from Roth-Downs Manufacturing Co.; St. Paul, MN
Collections
The model Orpheus DX-plorer is part of the collections of the following members.