• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Simplex Radio Co.; Philadelphia, PA and Sandusky, OH

• Year
• 1934/1935

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 256370

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6D6 6D6 6C6 42 80

• Main principle
• TRF without regeneration; 1 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 2 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast (MW) and Tropical/Marine/Police Band(s) = 150-200m.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / Either transformer: 60 cycles, 110V, or 25 cycles, 110V or 60 cycles, 220 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Power out
• 2.75 W (undistorted)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Goldentone 52 Ch= X - Simplex Radio Co.;

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 11.5 x 8 x 6.5 inch / 292 x 203 x 165 mm

• Notes

• The Simplex Goldentone 52 is an AC operated, 5 tube BC and Police band receiver.  There is a single band that covers both the BC band and the Police band.  The frequency tuning range for the single band is 540-1900kHz.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 10 lb (10 lb 0 oz) / 4.540 kg

• Price in first year of sale
• 15.85 USD !

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 5 = ca. 1934 and before (Riders (Simplex) 5-1)

• Author
• Model page created by John Kusching. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 178 models, 91 with images and 64 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Simplex Radio Co.; Philadelphia, PA and Sandusky, OH