A radio receiver would be nothing without a transmitter: The patent quarrels were so costly that Kaiser Franz Josef II urged them to cooperate before ruining the companies. So Telefunken, AEG and Siemens&Halske had to share their knowledge.

It is hard to believe that this (now artwork) was made in series. It is a RV27 (Rundfunk Verstärkerröhre 27) made in 1924.

Pictures courtesy „strahlenprofessor“ Graz, Austria

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