Meissner “12 Tube Custom Super

Object/Artifact

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Radio Alpha

Magic eye version.: Image: Lafayette Radio catalog
Magic eye version.

Image: Lafayette Radio catalog

Name/Title

Meissner “12 Tube Custom Super"

Description

General Coverage Receiver plus VLF

Category

Receiver, General Coverage, VLF

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Meissner

Date made

1938 - 1940

Dimensions

Height

10 in

Width

17 in

Depth

3 in

Valuations

Value

$58.50

Notes

Push-button model, does not include tubes, speaker, cabinet, or panel

General Notes

Note

Lafayette catalog number 73, p. 129. Referred to as a 12 tube "Custom Super" or "High Fidelity Super." Coverage: 132 kHz to 42 MHz Factory aligned and wired tuning unit. Nine inch linear scales with vernier tuning. Three-gang tuning capacitor. Air tuned coils. Iron core IF transformer with electrically variable band spread. Diode second detector. Separate bass and treble controls. Inverse feedback. 15 watts audio output. Optional tuning eye. Optional push-button tuning (seven stations). Both push-button and and tuning eye are not available together. Tubes: (2) 1853, (1) 6SA7, (2) 6K7, (1) 6H6, (2) 6C5, (2) 6L6, (1) 5X4, (1) 6G5 tuning eye optional OR (1) 6A7 push-button converter