RADIO

Description: TABLE TOP RADIO "VOICE OF THE PRAIRIE" MODEL MADE BY "W.W. GRANT LTD". FINISHED RECTANGULAR, WOOD BOX FRAME WITH METAL PLATE COVERING FACE. FACE HAS 2 LARGE BLACK KNOBS NUMBERED 1 & 2 WHICH TURN ON A SCALE OF 0-100, 2 SMALL BLACK KNOBS CONTROLLING FILAMENT & TUBE, 4 - 215A PEANUT TUBE, 1 UX X 120 POWER TUBE, 2 TERMINALS LABELED "ANT" & "GND" & A JACK FOR A SPEAKER (HORN). A ROLL OF CLOTH INSULATED WIRES EXTENDS FROM BACK FOR BATTERIES. INSTRUCTIONS INCLUDED. C/W SINGLE PAGE INSTRUCTION SHEET & WIRING DIAGRAM FOR BATTERIES.

History: "PEANUT TUBE RADIO" COMES C/W HORN, PURCHASED BY DONOR IN 1926. USED UNTIL 1934 WHEN DONOR PURCHASED A CONSUL MODEL (W.W. GRANT HAD BETTER RANGE). THIS IS A 5 TUBE RADIO RECEIVER WITH 2 STAGE OF RF (RADIO FREQUENCY)1 DETECTOR & 3 STAGES OF AF (AUDIO FREQUENCY) RADIO POWERED BY BATTERY & TUBES WIRED IN SERIES TO SAVE BATTERY LIFE. DONOR BORN IN NORTH DAKOTA & CAME TO BARONS, AB. WHEN HE WAS 1 YEAR OLD. AFTER MOVING TO B.C. & THEN BACK TO AB. HE FARMED NEAR LETHBRIDGE, S.W. OF PRESENT AIRPORT. W.W. (BILL) GRANT, BORN IGIBRALTER, FAMILY MOVED TO NOVA SCOTIA, GRANT WHEN HE WAS 20 MOVED TO CALGARY ENLISTED IN RFC DURING W.W. I. RETURNED TO CANADA & WORKED WITH CANADIAN AIR BOARD IN OTTAWA. ESTABLISHED 1ST RADIO TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS IN CANADA IN 1920. MOVED IN 1921 TO HIGH RIVER AB. MOVED TO CALGARY IN 1922 WHEN HE BECAME INVOLVED IN FULL TIME BROADCASTING AT A STATION HE SET-UP IN CALGARY. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE AN AUDIENCE FOR THE STATION HE SET UP A RADIO RECEIVER MANUFACTURING FACILITY, FROM 1922-1927. HE ESTABLISHED THE RADIO STATION CFCN WITH OTHERS ABOUT 1930 FROM ITS FORERUNNER IN HIGH RIVER HE ESTABLISHED IN 1921 OR 1922.