Majestic Model 11 Short-Wave Converter (No. 10 Chassis)
Radio Service Data Sheet
June 1932 Radio-Craft

June 1932 Radio-Craft

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Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics. See articles from Radio-Craft, published 1929 - 1953. All copyrights are hereby acknowledged.

Retrofit kits for adding shortwave bands to commercial broadcast band radios were a big deal back in the 1930s. Magazines like Radio-Craft were full of articles and advertisements for such kits. Few layman radio owners were capable of installing the conversion kits, so radio service shops took in a lot of business installing them. A large percentage of radio models soon thereafter began shipping with the shortwave bands incorporated into the base unit - known as 'all-wave' radios. This Majestic Model 11 Short-Wave Converter is a prime example of the kits. My 1941 Crosley Model 03CB vacuum tube console radio has shortwave bands, as does my 1970s vintage Magnavox 789 transistorized radio.

Majestic Model 11 Short-Wave Converter (No. 10 Chassis) Radio Service Data Sheet

Posted March 20, 2016

Radio Service Data Sheets

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