Meissner 14 Tube Traffic Master

Object/Artifact

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Radio Alpha

Image: QST, May 1939

Image: QST, May 1939

Name/Title

Meissner "14 Tube Traffic Master"

Description

General Coverage Receiver

Category

Receiver, General Coverage

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Meissner

Date made

1938 - 1940

Dimensions

Height

10 in

Width

19 in

Depth

14 in

Weight

30 lb

Valuations

Value

$80.26

Notes

Less tubes, speaker, panel , and cabinet

General Notes

Note

QST, Aug 1938, p. 81. Lafayette catalog number 73, p. 129. Radio Craft, May 1939, back cover. First seen in Aug 1938, but not shown in a cabinet until April 1940. Features include a pre-aligned tuner assembly, 9" dial scales, air-tuned coils, "mono-unit" crystal filter (factory assembled), built-in "noise silencer," BFO, an "R-indication" meter, iron-core IF stages, tone control, headphone jack, and standby switch. Audio output: 8.5 watts. Sensitivity: better than 1 µV on all ham bands, unspecified elsewhere Coverage: 530 kHz to 32.4 MHz Tubes: (1) 1853, (1) 6K8, (2) 6J7, (1) 6K7, (2) 6H6, (1) 6L7, (1) 6C8, (2) 6V6, (1) 6C5, (1) 5V4, (1) VR-150