• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Star Manufacturing Co.; Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania

• Year
• 1922

• Category
• Detector-Radio (Crystal or diode, without tubes/transistors)

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 215249

• Main principle
• Crystal or Solid State Detector

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• No Power needed

• Loudspeaker
• - For headphones or amp.

• Material
• Various materials

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Star Crystal Receiver - Star Manufacturing Co.; Turtle

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 7 x 3.25 x 3.25 inch / 178 x 83 x 83 mm

• Notes
• Star Manufacturing Company - Star Crystal Receiver. The wave length range with a standard amateur antenna of 250 micro-farads capacity is from 150 to 750 meters. The tuning coil is wound on a treated cardboard tube 2 1/2" in diameter for a length of 4 5/8", heavy gauge enamel wire. The end supporting pieces are of vulcanized fibre. This set received the seal of approval from Radio News magazine in 1922. This set was identical to the Hamburg brothers crystal set which was likely produced for Hamburg by this company.

• Mentioned in
• Crystal Clear (Volume 1) (Page 91, 178)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• May 1923 Radio News magazine page 1973

• Author
• Model page created by Alan Larsen. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 2 models, 2 with images and 0 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Star Manufacturing Co.; Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania