Aeriola Sr Receiver RCA Westinghouse 1921/22 Radio

[TheDingd]

Hi, All AmercianFiveRadio:

Cool. I hooked up mine with antenna that is wrapped around electric wire in my room. It worked very well. ---Dan

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

Great idea, it is an interesting device to use. Thanks.

[musicman0150]

Very interesting. The band that is used on this receiver, is it shortwave or ham? Also I saw four terminals on the left with colored alligator clips. That must have been for power and headphones. Can a speaker be connected to this so that the programming is heard by everyone seeing the radio, or is it strictly made for the buldwin headphones? That would be interesting to try different speaker types if it is possible.

Gary

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

Hey Gary,

All the terminals are labeled on the paper in the lid for the radio. There are two antenna connections, one for 350 meters and below, and one for 300 to 500 meters, this is also on the paper. 300 meters is 1000khz and 500 meters is 600khz, so the radio covers the AM broadcast band. A horn speaker could be used but it would be very weak. A horn speaker is really just an earphone with a horn on it. But earphone or horn speaker it needs to be high impedance about 2000/3000 ohms.

[lawnking168]

thanks again for the super great vids!! i am really amazed that something that old still works!! thanks again!! ed

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

It is fun using them and just think of what might have been heard through them originally. Thanks Ed.

[dnl5649]

wow rick!

i looked up the wd-11 $235.88 for a new one $120-$200 used good cond.

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

I have one WD-11 but the tube you see in this video is a rebase. A WD-11 matching spec tube put on a WD-11 base. When rebase was available I think they cost $60 each. All tubes have increased in price. Thanks.

[jwl329]

I picked up one of these radios on ebay but I have not had a chance to hook it up. Thanks for sharing your knowledge of this unique little radio with us. I am anxious to listen to mine. You might comment as to what kind of antenna you are using.

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

Look at the still picture just before operational demo, there is one modern cap that bridges one original cap, yours may not need it. I used a 20 foot wire and no earth ground. It would be best to follow the antenna instructions that are on the led of the receiver. Good luck and thanks.

[lawnking168]

just great to see and hear something that old work as new!!!! thanks again for yet another great video !!

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

Back then when you found a station you wrote down everything. Including which antenna you are using if you had more than one. The two terminals at the upper right cover different bands. 300 and 500 meters mostly.

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

Thanks.

[umajunkcollector]

I am amazed as to how simple they were.

I wonder what they had to listen to back then, very few transmissions.

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

Nov 2, 1920 they could listen to KDKA. Yep this was right at the start. Lots of amateur radio and Morse code, and government stations.

[Organgrinder010]

Very nice and warm tone. It really cuts down all that high frequency hiss well. Very cool setup alltogether.

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

It is neat that it is still working. It does have one modern cap that bridges one of the original caps. But you get the idea of what it was like searching for stations. Thanks.

[gmcjetpilot]

Is there some way to know what frequency you are on, or at least low or high end of the AM band? I suppose with practice you identify a station and not the settings, you can go back to those for a known station?

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

Back then when you found a station you wrote down everything. Including which antenna you are using if you had more than one. The two terminals at the upper right cover different bands. 300 and 500 meters mostly.

[VonGoetzi]

I just love all this old stuff. Built to last. Todays stuff is cheaply built.

Great video as always.

(I would have liked to hear that entire radio show talking about the Earth being a big magnet. That is along the lines of some of my experiments with Earth Batteries)

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

Thanks. That broadcast was on the 15th of July.

[radioam232]

Absolutely beautiful antique receiver, many thanks for the demo. I always wondered how this type of radios (1921-1922) sounded. The very good condition (especially the inner side) of the radio surprises me.

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

Thanks.

I tried to get an accurate representation of how difficult it was to tune in stations. It took me awhile, a microphone just would not work. It did not sound like it does when you are wearing the Baldwins. This reasonably close.

[jasonlava]

Is this regular AM or shortwave?

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

Terminal 7 is for stations below 350 meters and terminal 8 is for stations between 300 and 500 meters. 300 meters = 999kHz, 500 meters = 599kHz.

[jenko701]

Do you know the day you recorded this ,the coast to coast show that was playing sounded interesting.

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

I looked at the date on the original file and it is july 15th. Thanks.

[CoolDudeClem]

Could you show some more old radios with the output connected to the camera?  It was very interesting hearing how this sounded.

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

I'll try! Thanks.

[togst]

It didn't sound very bad at all. But I can imagine that those headphones would hurt after wearing them for longer periods of time, if they are too tight?

Thanks for sharing!

-Frank

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

Hey Frank,

The Baldwin's were very high tech for the 1920s. And yes they are heavy and unconvertible after awhile. Thanks.

[ncautoman57]

Cool old receiver. I can imagine this being used back in the 1920's. It would have been state of the art then. Thank you for sharing this receiver. Rich

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

Back in the early 20s there were very few commercial stations. I would guess you would hear a lot of Morse code also. This receiver is close to the beginnings of modern electronics. Thanks.