NEW ITEMS WILL BE DISPLAYED HERE

This page will be used as a temporary display area for new items being added to the museum.

After a period of time the new items will be moved to the page corresponding to the category of that item. The length of time depends on how often I update the pages. Right now I have probably close to 75 items that have not been entered into this online museum.

CROSLEY COMMUTER PORTABLE

This Crosley Commuter portable radio is in an all metal case.

You can see that the case is in need of refinishing and the front cover is missing. It is an AM only radio, but you might think FM based on the numbers you can see on the dial.  Those numbers really represent 800-900-1100 on the AM scale.

This was once a very handsome radio, with a gold strip going around the entire midsection of the radio.

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NATIONAL RADIO INSTITUTE TRAINING RADIO

This radio was used by students of the National Radio Institute correspondent courses.

The student would actually build this radio as part of their training program. Even the cabinet looks home made from the point of view that it was included with the kit, but I don't have the history on this unit so I am not sure.

There is a switch on the back labeled FM, even though this radio is AM only. The switch goes to a jack mounted on the loop antenna board. I think this was so you could connect an FM tuner, similar to the Pilot tuner I have, so that you could use the audio stages of the radio to listen to FM radio.  I guess the student did a good job because this one works!

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SILVERTONE 7165 PORTABLE

This is an old Silvertone model 7165 AC/DC portable from the mid 1940's. This radio was donated to the museum by Jack Kessler from Indiana......thanks Jack.

This has the swing open lid that was designed to protect the front of the radio while you were traveling.  The radio would run off of battery power, 4 C-cells in parallel for the A-battery and a 67.5 volt battery for the B-battery. It would also run off of household AC power.

On our modern Ipods, cellphone, PDA's etc, we have battery saver features that we pretty much take for granted.  Here is a 60 year old radio with a built in battery saver. That little knob in the front center of the control panel is a pull out on/off switch.  If you were to pack it up and head home from the beach, as soon as you closed the cover it would push in the on/off switch and turn the radio off.  This will save the battery if you had forgotten to turn it off while packing up to go. Pretty cool thinking by the designers. Remember that Silvertone is the name brand used by Sears Roebuck & Company.

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KRES-TONE TRANSISTOR RADIO

This is a Kres-Tone transistor radio.  I don't have any info on it that tells me the manufacturer or any clue to its age.

This radio is quite a bit larger then most "pocket sized" transistor radios. It is probably at least twice as large.  However, it has a wire stand that props it up from the back so I am guessing it was designed to set on your desk at work or home.  It is a nice looking radio, but I will have to spend some time to learn more about it.

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Wollensak Tape Recorder Model T-1500

This is a nice Wollensak reel-to-reel tape recorder made by 3M according to the label.

This machine was donated to the museum by Dale Rees and I thank him for keeping this great machine on public display.

The one unique thing about this particular unit is that it has a protective cover that I have never seen on any other such machine. The cover has a storage pouch on it (much like those on Tektronix Oscilloscopes) where you can keep all the extra power cords, mike cords, and other accessories.  Here you can see this cover.

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COURIER CB MODEL -1M BY E.C.I.

This is actually a PAIR of tube type CB radios donated to the museum by Keith, WE6R, thanks Keith. These are model 1M made by E.C.I.

These are very nice units with chrome cabinets.  The units seem identical except for the silk screening on the front panel. BTW, if you detect a slight bow to the top cabinet, it isn't really there.  I was using a small camera for this photo and the lens suffers from a little "pin cushioning" in a close-up.  The cabinets are very straight!

You will see a matching linear amplifier in the next paragraph.

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LINEAR AMPLIFIER BY E.C.I.

Here is the matching E.C.I Linear Amplifier that was used with the CB radios in the above paragraph.

In this view you can see the nice chrome cabinet.  All three units have the same type of cabinet so they are really sharp looking units.

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SONAR FS-23 CB RADIO

This is the Sonar model FS-23 CB radio. I haven't worked up the dates on this and the above units, but all are tube type so that places them in the 60's or 70's.

This is another very nice looking unit that was also donated to the museum by Keith, WE6R, so my thanks to Keith.

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HALLICRAFTERS CB MODEL 3A

This is a Hallicrafters CB radio, model 3A. This is another radio donated by Keith, WE6R, so thanks again Keith!

Hallicrafters built a lot of different radios for home, military and ham use, but the CB radios came along near the end of the companies existance. This is another tube radio, and thanks to Chuck Dachis' book "Radios by Hallicrafters", I can date this to 1962-1963 time frame. The book says they sold for $159.95 when new.

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HALLICRAFTERS HT-37 TRANSMITTER

This is my first Hallicrafters Transmitter, model HT-37 which was made from 1959 - 1962.

This is a ham radio transmitter and it was 18 tubes and covers 80-10 meters on AM-CW-SSB. The power output was 70 - 100 watts on CW or SSB and 17 - 25 watts on AM.

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HALLICRAFTERS SX-110 RECEIVER

This is a Hallicrafters SX-110 Receiver manufactured in 1959 - 1961 and selling for $159.95 when new.

I have another receiver that is similar to this one.  That is the S-108. The dial face looks almost the same, except this model has the signal strength meter (S-meter) on the right side of the dial, whereas the S-108 does not have that.  Also the SX-110 came with a Crystal Filter and that was not offered on the S-108. But, you have to look very close to tell the difference between the two receivers. This model sold for $30 more then the S-108.

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HALLICRAFTERS S-95 CIVIC PATROL RECEIVER

Here is another Hallicrafters rig, the S-95 Civic Patrol radio receiver, which was manufactured from 1955 - 1962.

This radio looks identical the the S-94 that I also have. Both are FM receivers, but this model covers from 152 - 173 Mhz, while the S-94 covers 30 - 50 Mhz.

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SUPERIOR INSTRUMENTS TUBE TESTER

This is a nice portable tube tester, the Superior Instruments model TV-11 from 1951.

This is an emission type of tube tester, which some feel is inferior to the transconductance type of testers. However, if you are just trying to see if a tube is good or bad, then this one will work for you.

You might be able to see that this tester has the 4-pin tube socket (upper left), so it can test tubes from the 1920's vintage radios. That makes this a very useful tester for anyone working with antique radios.

This tester was donated to the museum from the estate of Jack Rowe, KE6SU, by his widow.

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Novelty 7-UP can radio

This is a novelty 7-UP can radio still with it's original box.

This radio plays AM only and it works fine. I could not find a model number so have not been able to establish a date for this.  Of course, this is a transistor radio.

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NOVELTY FOOTBALL RADIOS

This is two sets of Novelty Football Radios.

These radios both work and have fantastic sound. It is really surprising how good the sound is....almost like a tube set. Of course all these novelty radios are made using transistors, not tubes.

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Novelty Polaroid Film Pack Radio

This radio is the same size and shape of a Polaroid-600 Film Pack.

I have three of these and, surprisingly, they all work. The unique thing about these film pack radios is that they would run off of the actual battery that came with the film pack. i. e. the batteries were interchangeable between the film pack and this radio.

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ANTIQUE STYLE NOVELTY TELEPHONE RADIO

Antique style Novelty dial telephone radio.

I have zero info on this radio, so if you know something about it then I would appreciate hearing from you via email.

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PANASONIC NOVELTY RADIO

This Panasonic radio has both AM and FM bands in this nice "space age" looking design.

The radio has a telescopic antenna for the FM signals and a neat LARGE numbered dial face.

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CAT NOVELTY RADIO

This poor thing is a little dirty but ain't it cute?

It has a carrying strap and who could resist that smiling face.  The smudges on the eyes was some kind of sticky stuff that didn't come off with the usual cleaning agents so I will have to try goo-off or some such stuff.

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