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decojoe67 04-21-2018 06:57 PM

Radio in it's infancy - a '22 Deforest crystal radio
 
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I just got an offer to a trade for a very primitive 1922 Deforest Wireless System "Everyman" radiophone crystal receiver and I went for it. I always wanted some type of Deforest set in my collection and a small set like this is perfect. It's complete with plug-in coil and an ancient pair of Western Electric headphones in the storage slot.The set is complete and functional with a nice instruction card under the lid.

http://videokarma.org/attachment.php...3&d=1524355053

dishdude 04-21-2018 10:19 PM

Nice find, that's a sweet piece of history. Any more pictures of this beauty?

decojoe67 04-22-2018 05:55 AM

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Thanks. Here's more pics:

http://videokarma.org/attachment.php...9&d=1524396284
http://videokarma.org/attachment.php...0&d=1524396284

Celt 04-22-2018 06:53 AM

Very nice! :yes:

decojoe67 04-22-2018 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Celt (Post 3198520)
Very nice! :yes:

Thanks. I have to do a little more detailing on the interior of the set including those old Western Electric headphones.

dishdude 04-22-2018 01:12 PM

Very sharp! Thanks for posting more of it.

decojoe67 04-22-2018 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by dishdude (Post 3198539)
Very sharp! Thanks for posting more of it.

Thank you. It's really primitive and that's it's charm. It was made available in January of 1922 which was about as early a home radio receiver can get. It costs about $25-$30 which was not cheap at the time, but less expensive then a tube set. For instance the 3-tube Westinghouse RC with tubes and a Vocarola speaker would've cost about $180 at the time. Within a couple of years though the tube sets became reasonably priced and crystal sets became a mere child's toy.

decojoe67 04-28-2018 02:16 PM

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I finally got a nice pair of proper Brandes Superior headphones to go with the set. These are what was supplied with the set when new.

http://videokarma.org/attachment.php...3&d=1524943014


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