• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Lafayette Radio & TV Corp; New York (NY)

• Year
• 1938/1939

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 45932

• • alternative name: Wholesale Radio

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 6D8G 1D5GP 6T7G 1H4G 1H4G 1J6G

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 3 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Power type and voltage
• Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios) / 6 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: D-3 - Lafayette Radio & TV Corp; New

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 17.375 x 9.875 x 8 inch / 441 x 251 x 203 mm

• Notes
• Automatic push-button. Lafayette offered a Rural Power Windcharger (K17224) and Rural Power Gas Driven Generators (K17239; K17230) for the operation of this Model.
  
  See details and summaries for the models of this Lafayette catalog no. 73, 1939 for radio season 1938/39.

• Price in first year of sale
• 27.00 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 14 = 1944 = before 1943

• Mentioned in
• Lafayette Radio Catalog (catalog 1939, page 22)

• Other Models

• Here you find 1380 models, 1199 with images and 424 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Lafayette Radio & TV Corp; New York (NY)