• Year
  • 1937
  • Category
  • Car Radio, perhaps also + sound player/recorder
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 161044
    • alternative name: Wholesale Radio

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 6
  • Main principle
  • Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 175 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)
  • Tuned circuits
  • 7 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios) / 6 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm
  • Power out
  • 3 W (unknown quality)
  • Material
  • Metal case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: B-93 - Lafayette Radio & TV Corp; New
  • Shape
  • Chassis only or for «building in»
  • Notes
  • The Lafayette "custom built 6 tube superhet model B-93 has a plug-in vibrator. The catalog no. 68: "Wave range 190 to 560 meters. Remote airplane type control can be adapted to practically any make of car. Built in filter circuit, normally spark-plug suppressors are completely unnecessary. Full-range tone control, diode automatic volume control, 3 bolts mounting. Finished overall in green wrinkle with chromium plated grille. Current consumption 6 amperes." Listprice less control mounting kit is $ 47.90 and Lafayette price $ 23.95. Mounting plates, dials and knobs are supplied for $ 1.00. See details and summaries for the Lafayette catalog no. 68.
  • Price in first year of sale
  • 24.00 $
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • Lafayette Radio Catalog (Lafayette Spring and Summer catalog no. 68 for 1937, page 102.)
  • Author
  • Model page created by Ernst Erb. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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