Part 15 Record Player Transmitter with Creepy Doll!

timinbovey · 2016-12-30T19:52:50Z

Everynow and then I stumble upon something I can't resist. Such is the case with the "Saranade" Doll. Made by Westinghouse in 1962. Saranade is the name of the doll, a typical 21" plastic girls toy doll. With a receiver in her tummy! She comes with her own record player and record. A real, kids 4 speed electric record player. It plays records through a speaker or you can turn the knob to "doll" and it shuts off the speaker and sends the audio to an AM transmitter within the record player and transmits the record being played to the radio in the doll! This appealed to all my interests: record players, low power transmitters, oddball records, and creepy dolls.I assumed it would transmit in the AM broadcast band, but it appears not to. The receiver in the doll seems to work fine, no repairs needed there, except she takes a round 9V battery that they don't make any more. She runs on a typical square 9V but the battery doesn't fit in the battery holder molded into her stomach. The radio in the doll has no controls except an on/off switch. No tuner, no volume.The record player needs work. Motor bearing, spindle bearing, cartridge is weak. But the transmitter seems to work fine. Checking it out on my spectrum analyzer it transmits from about 158 KHz to 220 KHz. Theres a tuning adjustment knob that moves a slug up and down inside a small coil. Best signal is at about 171 KHz. It's pretty rich in harmonics, too. I'm not familiar with the Part 15 rules from 1962, or even if this qualified, LOL. Uses a 25C5 tube. The short antenna inside the case actually connects to one of the hinges for the lid!The receiving antennas for the radio in the doll are wires in her legs!Weird, anyway, and barely any Part 15 content. The doll came with her own record, a 7" 33 with her introducing herself, and doing activities that the girl playing with the doll can do along with her. The voice sounds just a tad creey to me. I uploaded an mp3 of the introduction from the doll:&nbspthe only possible Part 15 content is that the record player has a built in transmitter.After I'm done with repairs I'll have to post a video, etc. TIB

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The best part 15 blog??.. Well, considering the fact that I don't know of any other specifically part 15 blogs on the internet, I guess your right!

As for Saranade, it wasn't really all that much research, basically all I did was to pull up some old advertisments for it, and then slam out a very quick slew of comments off the top of my head to compliment it. It really didn't take much time.

Posted : 14/01/2017 1:57 pm

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Well, don't tell anyone it was that easy. It's an amusing read!

TIB

Posted : 15/01/2017 11:27 am

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