Month: September 2016

Farnsworth BT-22

Manufacturing date:  ~1940

Description:

• 6 tubes: 12SA7 12J5GT 12SK7 12SQ7 35L6GT 35Z5GT

• Built in loop antenna

• Two bands:  540 to 1720 kHz. and 5.8 to 18.1 mHz.

• Super-Heterodyne with IF 455 kHz

"Radio and Television Today (Jan-Dec 1940)"

Model BT-22. An ideal number for your hottest table model

bracket. 6-tube AC-DC superheterodyne circuit. 2 bands.

Bilt-in-Tenna, and push-button tuning for four stations

— everything your customers want in a table model.

Farnsworth model BT-22

Six-tube, superheterodyne circuit, 2 wave bands, 540-1,580 kc. &

5.8-18.1 mc. Automatic volume control, 4 station push button tuning;

5-inch electro-dynamic speaker.  Bilt-In-Tenna, connections for out-

side antenna and ground. Cabinet front, striped American walnut,

top and ends, sliced American walnut. Overlay trim and grille

bars, simulated Brazilian rosewood. Farnsworth Television & Radio

Corp., 3700 Pontiac St., Fort Wayne, Ind.