07-03-2009, 05:22 PM
I once had a Bulgarian radio from ~1935. It was a mixture of things from different countries. The cabinet came from Italy, the dial and tuning capacitor mechanism was US-made, the circuit itself was a generic 5-tube circuit more common to the US than to Europe. The paper caps were Austrian (iirc) and they were all mounted on little metal standoff clips soldered to the chassis. Don't know why they did it that way.
The transformer that was in it seemed to be almost homemade. The laminations were crudely cut or stamped out individually by hand. I don't think it was original to the set and alas, it was defective.
Although the 'brand name' was SYLVANIA there's no relation to the Sylvania who made sets in the US in later years.
http://www.sparkbench.com/sylalbum.html
-Bill
The transformer that was in it seemed to be almost homemade. The laminations were crudely cut or stamped out individually by hand. I don't think it was original to the set and alas, it was defective.
Although the 'brand name' was SYLVANIA there's no relation to the Sylvania who made sets in the US in later years.
http://www.sparkbench.com/sylalbum.html
-Bill
