Guthman U-39

Object/Artifact

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Radio Alpha

Image: Radio's Master Enecycloppedia, copyright 1939

Image: Radio's Master Enecycloppedia, copyright 1939

Name/Title

Guthman U-39

Description

Five and Ten Meter Receiving Converter

Category

Other

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Edwin I Guthman & Company

Date made

1939 - 1940

Dimensions

Height

4 in

Width

6 in

Depth

4-1/2 in

Weight

6 lb

Valuations

Value

$12.94

Notes

Less tube

General Notes

Note

Radio, Oct 1939, p. 82. Radio's Master 1939, page H-121. Lafayette catalog number 78, p. 152. For mobile of fixed station use. Has clamps for attachment to steering column. Converts signals from five or ten meters to 1500 to 1600 kHz. Two antenna and two oscillator circuits are selected from a front panel switch. Band spread with a tuning ratio of 7:1. Current draw: 300 mA filimanet, 12 mA B+. Tube: (1) 6K8