With flamed Bakelite front
and Bakelite knobs. It has an Arbolite cabinet.
For short wave, medium
wave and long wave.
The scale is lit from the back. The light
bulb is a Philips 8046 (6 volts / 0.5 A).
The scale ranges from 0-100.
The loudspeaker is a 2161, diameter 16 cm.
At the rear are seven antenna
terminals, marked I, II and III and 1 to 4, a ground
bus, a gramophone connection, and a connection for an
additional speaker.The antenna buses I, II and III are intended
for the short wave reception; the
buses 1 to 4 for medium and long wave.
The knobs from left to
right: reaction, wavelength switch with the positions
I, II, III, IV, V and VI, tuning, on/off.
Positions of the
wavelength switch
I:
15-33 meters
IV:
200-400 meters
II:
32-90 meters
V:
400-950 meters
III:
85-200 meters
VI:
950-2000 meters
The radio was made for
export, for example for the Dutch East-Indies, where it
was launched in March 1934. It was sold for f 97,50. The
radio was also traded in a number of European countries
like Belgium, France, Finland and Sweden.
The 938AS has a rejection
filter. A wooden version of this model was made in
Chechslovakia.
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