• Year
  • 1936/1937
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 45911
    • alternative name: Wholesale Radio

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 5
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz
  • Tuned circuits
  • 6 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast, Short Wave(s) and Police.
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)
  • Power out
  • 3 W (unknown quality)
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: D-11 - Lafayette Radio & TV Corp; New
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 17.875 x 9.5 x 8 inch / 454 x 241 x 203 mm
  • Notes
  • The model Lafayette D-11 (later in catalog no. 68 for 1937 Spring-Summer called DA-11) is 5-tube AC Superhet with 3 wave bands, covering broadcast 540 - 1500 kc (200 to 560 m), SW 66 to 187 m (1.6 to 4.5 mc) and 18 to 50 m (6 to 16.6 mc). The Lafayette model J-33 is the same but with long wave band 780 to 2143 meters for European broadcasts instead of the band for 66 to 187 meters - and operating at 110-220 or 250 volts 50-60 cycles. For additional $ 2.00 operation of the D-11 on 220 volts is possible. The models have a large airplane dial with arrow pointer, bands in colors.

    The D-11 (list $ 33.70) priced $ 16.85, the J-33 (list $ 39.90) was $ 19.95. See details for the models of this catalog or summaries.
  • Price in first year of sale
  • 17.00 $
  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 8 = 1937 and before
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • Lafayette Radio Catalog (Lafayette catalog no. 65, 1937 for season 1936/37, inside cover page)

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