Cavalcade of Homebrew Radios Part VI–1934 Twinplex Regenerative Shortwave Radio

This is an item I built about seven years ago. It’s a 1934 vintage Twinplex, a regen set from one of Gernsback’s many radio publications. It uses a type 19 tube, and its chassis is a bent piece of sheet metal. I saw a drawing of these sets in a Lindsay Publications advertisement, and I always liked how that tube was mounted sideways on the chassis. Later, Lindsay published a small book on constructing one, and I decided to try my hand at building it. I used as many vintage-looking parts as I …

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