HOME ENTERTAINMENT -  MODEL ARCON Junior

Type: Broadcast band , prototype receiver.
Circa:  Around 1923
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Comment:  The Arcon model name was derived by dropping the letters 'm' and 'i' from Marconi. There are only two known examples that exist. It appears to have been made after the Model C  receiver and for a short time in 1923
 
 

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 Arcon Junior
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Arcon Junior. Download to enlarge image.
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Interior view of the Arcon Junior. Download to enlarge image.The coil and capacitor seen in this configuration tunes the  broadcast band.
 Arcon Junior images in this table provided by Lewis Bodkin) 



Credits and References:

1) The Early Development of Radio in Canada 1901 to 1930 by Robert Murray
2) Lewis Bodkin  <05bodkin555(at)gmail.com>
 
 

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Feb 27/18