Michigan Radio model 142

Object/Artifact

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Radio Alpha

Image: Radio Craft, Sep 1941

Image: Radio Craft, Sep 1941

Name/Title

Michigan Radio model 142

Description

General Coverage Receiver with Push Button Tuning

Category

Receiver, General Coverage

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Michigan Radio Products

Date made

1941

Dimensions

Height

4-1/2 in

Width

9-1/4 in

Depth

6-3/4 in

Valuations

Value

$15.60

General Notes

Note

Radio News, Aug 1941, p. 61. Radio Craft, Sep 1941, p. 169. As far as can be determined, this device was advertised only for a couple of months. The model 142 is a tuner, rather than a receiver, so that it requires an external audio amplifier. The tuning scale is marked from 0 to 100 (actually 0 again), so exactly how one tunes to a specific frequency is unclear. There are 23 Individual push buttons for: - 10 broadcast band frequencies - 10, 13, 16, 19, 20. 25, 31, and 49 meter bands - 2400 kHz police band - 1700 kHz police band -160 meter ham band - 80 meter ham band - aircraft (frequency band not specified) Interestingly, with close inspection of the labels on the push buttons it appears that many are programmed for Canadian AM stations. Beyond the IF frequency (465 kHz) no other specification were provided.