Meissner “7 Tube Utility Super

Object/Artifact

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Radio Alpha

Image: Lafayette Radio catalog, 1940

Image: Lafayette Radio catalog, 1940

Name/Title

Meissner “7 Tube Utility Super"

Description

General Coverage Receiver

Category

Receiver, General Coverage, Kits

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Meissner

Date made

1938 - 1942

General Notes

Note

Radio News, Nov 1938, p. 5 Lafayette catalog number 73, p. 129. Reference Radio's Master 1939, page O-6. QST, Apr 1942, p. 78. Four models: BCB BCB and "Skip" BCB, police, and "Skip" BCB, long wave, and "Skip" Features include "magic eye" tuning indicator, three-gang tuning capacitor, sensitivity control (except on broadcast model), 7 1/2" scales, AVC, iron core IF transformers, and volume control. Class A audio output: 4.5 watts. Power: 110 VAC, 50/60 Hz