HOME ENTERTAINMENT -  MODEL 23 RADIO

Type:   9 tube TRF set with AVC and gramophone
Circa:  August 1930
Cabinet style: Combination radio and gramophone in console cabinet.
Tube Lineup : 1 x UX280; 3 x UY224; 3 x UY227; 2 x UX245
Power Input :  AC operated.  115VAC 25 or 60 Hz
Comment: In maketing literature, this radio was known as the Marconi "Senior Combination".
 

Link for Model 23 schematic


 
 
 
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Model 23 (Photo via Radiomuseum.org) 
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Model 23 with doors closed. (Photo via Kijiji.ca)
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Model 23 - Detail of the gramophone. (Photo via Kijiji.ca)
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Model 23 nameplate. (Photo via Kijiji.ca)

 
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Model 23 radio showing the principal parts when removed from the cabinet. .(Photo courtesy Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa) 
 


Credits and References:

1) Canadian Marconi Service Manual Vol. 1
2) The Early Development of Radio in Canada 1901 to 1930 by Robert Murray
3) https://ingeniumcanada.org/ingenium/collection-research/collection-item.php?id=1971.0375.001
4) https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/canadia_ma_23.html
5) Lewis Bodkin  <05bodkin555(at)gmail.com>
 
 

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Mar 1319