Telefunken 33W Engels

One circuit TRF receiver with reaction

In Bakelite cabinet with metal back panel and base plate. The controls from left to right: on/off switch, reaction control, tuning, wavelength switch and (not visible in the right-hand side): a slide for the antenna coupling. At the rear, the antenna and ground bus and connectivity for a speaker and a gramophone.

The Telefunken 33WL was equipped with a built-in speaker, the 33WE was an export version and the 33G and GL were models for DC.

The receiver cost RM 165,- in Germany; in The Netherlands it was sold for f 120,-

Data

Valves

Serial number:	42100
Dimensions (w×h×d):	38,5 × 25 × 17 cm
Made in:	± 1930
Purchased in:	2004
Sold in:	2022


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	Circuit

What was broadcast in 1930?

Listen to "Veronika, der Lenz ist da", sung by The Comedian Harmonists, recorded in 1930

Back with back panel

Back with back panel removed

Under-chassis view

Information sheet about the radio riveted below the chassis


	An elderly farmer and his wife listening to a Telefunken 33WL on the windowsill.

Dutch advertisement in Radio Expres, November 28th, 1930	Picture from an advertising leaflet