C-83

Lafayette Radio & TV Corp; New York (NY)

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  • Year
  • 1935/1936
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 160263
    • alternative name: Wholesale Radio

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 14
  • Main principle
  • Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 456 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)
  • Tuned circuits
  • 8 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast, Long Wave and more than two Short Wave bands.
  • Power type and voltage
  • AC/DC-set / 110-120 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 10 inch = 25.4 cm
  • Material
  • Metal case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: C-83 - Lafayette Radio & TV Corp; New
  • Shape
  • Chassis only or for «building in»
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 13.5 x 9 x 11 inch / 343 x 229 x 279 mm
  • Notes
  • The Lafayette C-83 is the chassis only including speaker and tubes with five tuning bands and model C-84 is the mantel model. They have a class "A-" power output with 4 tubes 43. Coverage is 8 - 16 m (yes, the schematic shows 36 - 18 mc and calls it Ultra Short Wave), 16 - 57.5 m, 57.5 - 187 m, broadcast 187 - 555 m and long wave 850 - 2050 m.
    The Lafayette model C-84 with chassis C-83 is at least nearly similar to the "Radio Wire" model C-83, which in turn is similar to the Garod 514. Lafayette used also the brand Radio Wire, the manufacturer behind was here Garod. Info from Riders Perpetual Garod 7-14 through 7-18, drawn on November 1, 1935.

    See the difference between the picture of the Lafayette catalog for C-84, missing the two "bull eyes" at the side of the airplane dial (propeller), but shown on an actual Lafayette C-84 we display here. The left is for a changing light and the right one for the Shadowgraph tuning indicator., driven by the tube 6C5. But the wording reads: "It is THE FIRST HIGH-FIDELITY AC-DC RECEIVER WITH SHADOWGRAPH TUNING." That is true for Lafayette only. Is the mentioning of "and 1-6E5 Shadowgraph Control Tube" just a spelling error for 6C5? The 6E5 is then the brand new magic eye ... The chassis C-83 is listed $ 115.00 and Lafayette price $ 57.50 and the C-84 mantel model for 129.00 with a Lafayette price of $ 64.50. See details for the models of this catalog or summaries.
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 7 = 1936 and before
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • Lafayette Radio Catalog (Lafayette catalog no. 59 for 1936 page 28. See Garod 7-14, ref from Radio Wire for Rider's.)
  • Author
  • Model page created by Ernst Erb. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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