• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• United Motors Service (Delco)

• Year
• 1930 ??

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 37134

• • alternative name: Delco Radio Corp. (Appliance) || Delco-Remy Division, General Motors Corp. || United Motors Service Delco General Motors
  • Brand: Chieftain || Delco

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 36 36 36 36 38 38

• Main principle
• TRF without regeneration; Screengrid 1926-1935

• Tuned circuits
• 4 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Storage and/or dry batteries / 32 & 68 & 140 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Delco RA-3 - United Motors Service Delco

• Notes

• Farm radio. 32 V for A and speaker field (farm DC). Dry batteries for B 68 V and 140 V.

  32V "A" power intended to be supplied by the "Delco Light System."

  Radio chassis identical to the Delco RB-3 model (console version).

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 3 = 1933 and before

• Other Models

• Here you find 585 models, 331 with images and 548 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from United Motors Service (Delco)