Radio Broadcast (Nov 1926-Apr 1927)

RADIO BROADCAST ADVERTISER 11 ^Ihenew Balldte $27?° and the new Balkite Charger convert your radio set into a light socket receiver Balkite Trickle Charger MODEL K. With6-volt"A" batteries can be left on continuous or trickle charge thus automatically keeping the battery at full power. With 4-volt batteries can be used as an intermittent charger. Or as a trickle charger if a resistance is added. Charging rate about .5 ampere. Over 200,000 in use. Price $10.West of Rockies $10.50. (In Canada $15.) Balkite Combination When connected to your "A" battery supplies automatic power to both *'A" and "B" circuits. Controlled by the filament switch on your set. Entirely automatic in operation. Can be put either near the set or in a remote location. Will serve any set now using either 4 or 6volt "A" batteries and requiring not more than 30 milliamperes at 135 volts of "B" current — practically all sets of up to 8 tubes. Price $59.50. (In Canada $83.) All Balkite Radio Power Units operate from 110-120 volt AC current with models for both 60 and 50 cycles. The new Balkite Charger is also made in a special model for 25-40 cycles. To enjoy the convenience of a light socket set you need not discard your present receiver. Add the new Balkite "B" and the new Balkite Charger instead. Balkite "B" — the unique "B" power supply — eliminates "B" batteries entirely and supplies "B" current from the light socket. The new Balkite "B"W at $27.50* serves any set of 5 tubes or less where 67 to 90 volts are required. Balkite"B"-X at $42* serves sets of up to 135 volts and 8 tubes. Balkite "B"-Y at $69* serves any standard set. The new Balkite Charger at $19-50,* with both high and low charging rates, is the most convenient of all methods of charging your "A" battery. At low rate it can be left on continuous or trickle charge. Thus it automatically keeps your battery at full power. With heavy-duty sets, large sets, or sets in constant use where excessive "A" current is required, a few hours' operation at the high UJje Balkite l^adio Symphony Concerts with WALTER DAMROSCH and the New York Symphony These concerts will be broadcast every other Saturday Evening, beginning with October 23d. On intervening Saturdays Mr. Damiosch will give a piano lecture recital alone. At 9 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, over a group of 12 stations: WEAF, WEEI, WGR, WFI, WCAE, WSAI, WTAM.WWJ, WGN, WCCO, KSD, WDAF. rate quickly brings the battery to full charge. This new charger gives you the advantages of both trickle and high-rate charging. Both Balkite "B" and the Balkite Charger are entirely noiseless in operation. Both are permanent pieces of equipment, with nothing to wear out or replace. Other than a slight consumption of household current, their first cost is the last. Both are built to conform with the standards of the Underwriters' Laboratories. Over 650,000 radio sets — one of every ten — are already Balkite equipped. Add these two Balkite Units to your receiver now. Then you too will know the convenience of Balkite Light Socket Operation. Then you too will know the convenience of owning a radio set always ready to operate at peak power. Ask your dealer. Fansteel Products Company, Inc., North Chicago, Illinois. CA3 *Balkite Charger $20 West of Rockies. In Canada: Charger $27.50; "B"-W $39; "B"-X $59.50; "B"-Y $96. F^HStTeL 1 Balkite Kadio T^ower Units •jc Examined and approved by Radio Broadcast ~ic