Vintage radio info please
Stephen D. Cohen
I picked up a vintage radio at an auction this evening and was
wondering if anyone could help me out with some info.
The unit is an AM/FM radio with a phonograph (the auctioneer called it
a "stereo", but it had but one speaker, silly auctioneer). The reason I
bought it was the nice mahogoney (sp?) case, which I figure I'll gut and
make into a nice free-standing flip top bar.
What I'm wondering about is the FM radio. The scale goes from
200-300, rather than the current 88-108. What gives? Was this the FM
broadcast band at one time? Any idea as to the vintage of the beast given
the above?
The phonograph has no obvious speed control, and plays largish records
(about the size of 33s?), and seemed to have a stacker/dropper if that is
of any help.
I'll appreicate any info you folks can give me re: the FM scale and
relative vintage of this beast. Bonus points will be awarded for telling
me something about the phonograph.
Steve
Jerry McCarty
D. Cohen) wrote:
>
> What I'm wondering about is the FM radio. The scale goes from
> 200-300, rather than the current 88-108. What gives? Was this the FM
> broadcast band at one time? Any idea as to the vintage of the beast given
> the above?
B ack in the early days of FM (don't know the exact dates, maybe mid 40's)
radio dials were marked with the FM Channel number rather than frequency.
Why? Don't know.
In any event, the FM band is divided up into 100 channels of 200 kHz each.
The first channel number is 201 (for 88.1 MHz) and the last is 300
(for 107.9). This is according to 47 CFR 73.201.
>
> The phonograph has no obvious speed control, and plays largish records
> (about the size of 33s?), and seemed to have a stacker/dropper if that is
> of any help.
No doubt 78 RPM. That was 'hi-fi' back then. The records weighed a ton
(as compared to 33's) and were fairly fragile. Because of the high speed,
the play length for one side was on the order of minutes (rather than
10's of minutes for 33's). An 'album' really was one- 5 or 6 records
per album.
Jerry McCarty
facility if no interference to existing stations, present or future,
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Neil Parks
=> As St...@info.pgh.pa.us stated to All on 01-31-94 13:46: <=
St> The phonograph has no obvious speed control, and plays largish
St> records (about the size of 33s?), and seemed to have a stacker/dropper
St> if that is of any help.
St> I'll appreicate any info you folks can give me re: the FM scale
St> and relative vintage of this beast. Bonus points will be awarded for
St> telling me something about the phonograph.
I know the FM band did start out some place other than 88-108,
and moved to its current locale many decades ago. But I don't
remember how many decades (it was long before my time).
As the record player, it is obviously 78 RPM. 78's were 10
inches in diameter and extremely fragile. Some time in the
fifties, they were replaced by 45's.
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