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Metrodyne "Single Dial" Also called the "Super
Seven" 1927 Metro Electric Company, 2161-2171 N. California
Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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The unique and lavish design of the Metrodyne Super 7's front
panel can be directly attributed to the discovery of King Tut's tomb
in 1922. After that discovery, Egyptian architecture had an
influence in style of many products such as radios, toasters, coffee
pots etc., and in the architecture of houses and buildings.
Metrodyne definitely cashed in on this new style by designing the
cabinet and the panel's mural of the Super 7 to look Egyptian.
I purchased this radio, along with the matching speaker, from a
large antique mall in Anderson, Indiana, in the spring of
1996. |
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Tube Line
Up: 01A...1st. R.F. Amplifier 01A...2nd. R.F.
Amplifier 01A...3rd. R.F.
Amplifier 01A...Detector 01A...1st. Amplifier 01A or
71A...Audio Output |
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Frequency
Range: BC...550 Khz to 1500 |
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Power
Source: Battery +6 Volts Battery....+45 Volts Battery....+90 Volts Battery....+135 Volts Battery....-3 Volts |
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Dementions:
Hight...8.5 inches Wedth...34 inches Depth...6.5
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Click here to view, through
TerraServer, the location of the former Metro Electric Company which
is the building to the right of the red dot. Just north of the
building is the Chicago Metro line which is probibly where the radio
derived it's name, the Metrodyne. |
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Radio News, June
1927 Page 1489
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This web page was last
updated: April 30, 2006
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