A-84 Air Rover

Lafayette Radio & TV Corp; New York (NY)

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  • Year
  • 1934/1935
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 160090
    • alternative name: Wholesale Radio

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 6
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast, Long Wave and more than two Short Wave bands.
  • Power type and voltage
  • AC/DC-set / 110 also available for 220 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: A-84 Air Rover - Lafayette Radio & TV Corp; New
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, Tombstone = decorative upright, not cathedral but can have rounded edges.
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 14 x 16.375 x 7.875 inch / 356 x 416 x 200 mm
  • Notes
  • The catalog names this Lafayette model A-84 Air Rover. It has 5 wave bands, Automatic Volume Control (AVC), a 3-gang tuning condenser for a pre selector stage, reduction drive airplane dial, continuously variable tone control and a mantel cabinet. The model A-84 is not listed at Rider's. It has the following bands: 13 - 30 m and 30 - 75 m short wave, 75 - 200 m and BC is 200 - 550 m as well as long wave for 850 - 2000 m. The A-84 is also available for 220 AC operation for an addl. $ 1.00.

    The list price for model A-84 is $ 59.90 but lafayette puts a price of $ 29.95. See details and summaries for the models of this catalog.
  • Price in first year of sale
  • 30.00 $
  • Author
  • Model page created by Ernst Erb. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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