• Country
• France

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Lafayette-France (La Fayette), Comptoir du Sud-Ouest; Paris, Bordeaux

• Year
• 1936

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 68547

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• AK2 AF3 AB2 AF3 AL5 PV4200 or 1561

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 450 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Long Wave and Short Wave.

• Details
• Visual Tuning Indicator pre Eye

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110; 130; 150; 220; 240 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 21 cm = 8.3 inch

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 638 A - Lafayette-France La Fayette,

• Shape
• Tablemodel, low profile (big size).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 430 x 390 x 320 mm / 16.9 x 15.4 x 12.6 inch

• Notes

• 3 gammes d'ondes : OC de 19 à 50 m, PO de 195 à 570 m, GO de 1000 a 2000 m. Indicateur d'accord à ombre.

  Supplément pour 25 périodes : 50 Fr.

• Price in first year of sale
• 2,100.00 FRF

• External source of data
• Serge Laffont/Martin Renoth

• Mentioned in
• Schémathèque Toute la Radio (STR) (Nr. 148)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• -- Original prospect or advert

• Other Models

• Here you find 32 models, 31 with images and 2 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Lafayette-France (La Fayette), Comptoir du Sud-Ouest; Paris, Bordeaux