Atwater Kent Model 20 Set No 4640

Atwater Kent Model 20 Set No 4640 Five 01A battery set 1925

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• Atwater
• Kent
• Model
• 20
• Set
• No
• 4640
• Five
• 01A
• battery
• set
• 1925

[Thermionman1970]

Looks like fun to tune a radio with three knobs, a very different kind of radio experience and enjoyment than later one dial radios!

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

Thanks Thermionman1970

In the early 1920s you would jot down the settings of each dial and if you had more than one antenna, note that too, for each radio station you found. Where the Wood Pencils is in the radio is where the notes were stored.

[togst]

That is one beautiful radio you got there! Looks bothersome to have three or more dials to adjust, but it is still quite impressive how well these work. Do you give the radios a new layer of paint if necessary? Besides restoring the circuit itself.

Regards,

Frank

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

Thanks togst

Generally this was radio state of the art, in 1925, for most of the radio households. I only refinish or paint if it is really bad. The goal is to keep them as original as possible. The big selling point for my 1929 RCA Radiola 66 is that it only had one tuning knob and it was a superheterodyne receiver. One tuning knob was a big deal back then.

Regards,

Rick

[douro20]

I wish I could afford a unit like that...

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

@douro20

It has taken many years to find and aquire these radios, a little peaces of history.

[MyPat9999]

Nice video. I have a big box like this one. I don't have a horn speaker. Will it work with a type E Atwater kent speaker (E1,E2 or E3) ? Also, can I use a 112A tube as a detector and at the audio stage without modification ? Thanks

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

@Organgrinder010

Thanks. These radios were very popular in the 20s and it is amazing that they when out of business in 1936.

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

Thanks rafalrrrr

Merry Christmas!!!

[Organgrinder010]

That is a beauty!