General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 WOOD CABINET WITH CLOTH COVERING/ SYNTHETIC KNOBS & DIAL COVER/ METAL, SYNTHETIC & GLASS WORKING PARTS/.2 WOOD, SYNTHETIC &PAPER

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

43.5 cm

Width

23.0 cm

Height

33.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Radio

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Hallicrafters

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Illinois

City

Chicago

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

LATE 1950'S & 1960'S

Canada

THIS TYPE OF SET WAS AVAILABLE AND USED IN CANADA

Function

USED TO RECEIVE STANDARD BROADCASTS AND SHORT WAVE AM RADIO BROADCASTS

Technical

A TRUE MULTI-BAND PORTABLE SHORTWAVE SET. THIS TYPE OF SUPERIOR RECEIVER WAS ONE OF THE FEW WORTHY COMPETITORS TO THE ZENITH TRANSOCEANIC. IT HAS A LOOP STICK ANTENNA THAT COULD BE PLACED ON HOTEL OR APARTMENT WINDOWS FOR BETTER RECEPTION.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 LABEL ON BACK INSIDE DOOR: 'the hallicrafters co./ REG. U.S. PAT. OFF./ MODEL TW1000/ 105-120 VOLTS AC-DC 20 WATTS/ OR 90 V0LT "B" & 9 VOLT "A" BATTERIES/ THIS APPARATUS USES INVENTIONS OF UNITED/ STATES PATENTS LICENSED BY RADIO CORPORA-/ TION OF AMERICA AND HAZELTINE RESEARCH/ INC. PATENT NUMBERS WILL BE SUPPLIED UPON/ REQUEST./ CHICAGO, U.S.A.'/ [UNDERWRITES LAB STICKER]/ FRONT INCLUDES: 'hallicrafters/ World-Wide/ Dynamic Tuner/ BANDS [1.8 MC TO 1600 KC]/ [NAMES OF VARIOUS CITIES & COUNTRIES BY THE APPROPRIATE BAND LENGTH]/ [TYPES OF BROADCAST]/ WORLD-WIDE TIME MAP/ BEST RECEPTION TABLE/.../ Copyright 1952 by the HALLICRAFTERS LTD'/ .2 PRINTED ON TUBE: 'HALLICRAFTERS [3 TIMES]/ SKYRIDER [IN CURSIVE]'

Missing

BATTERIES

Finish

.1 BLACK WITH GREY TRIM/.2 BLACK WITH WHITE PRINTING & RED CABLE

Decoration

.1 WORLD MAP ON METAL PLATE ATTACHED TO INSIDE FRONT LID WITH TIME ZONES MARKED & THE FOLLOWING LISTED: 'BANDS/ MEGACYCLES/ METERS/ MOST FAVORABLE TIME/ MOST FAVORABLE DISTANCE'