Radio shop of the 1920's/30's
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      Tour the Museum's Radio Shop of the 1920's/30's. See displays of radio parts and a variety of radios focusing on that era. Try on the headphones and listen to the working crystal set. Battery radios, horn speakers, early AC radios and a rotary spark gap demonstration transmitter are just a few of the items on display.

    Early 1930's Tube Tester
     1920s tube tester

    Rotary spark-gap transmitter demonstration.
    Note the stop-action with the flash photo and the ring-of-fire effect with natural light.

    Rotary spark-gap transmitter (39k)

    Rotary spark-gaptransmitter (38k)


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