Echophone EC-3

Object/Artifact

-

Radio Alpha

Image: Joe Veras, K9OCO

Image: Joe Veras, K9OCO

Name/Title

Echophone EC-3

Description

General Coverage Receiver

Category

Receiver, General Coverage

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Echophone Radio Company

Date made

1941 - 1942

Valuations

Value

$59.50

General Notes

Note

QST, Mar 1941, p. 71. Lafayette catalog number 87 (New York), p. 55. Radio's Master Encyclopedia, copyright 1942, p. H-160. The nine-tube EC-3 covered .545–30 MHz in three bands and had a crystal filter.Its tuning dial featured calibrated band spread. The EC-3 operated from 110 volts AC/DC and could be used on 220 by changing the ballast tube.