K-5 Mighty Atom
Lafayette Radio & TV Corp; New York (NY)
- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Lafayette Radio & TV Corp; New York (NY)
- Year
- 1931/1932
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 162314
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- alternative name: Wholesale Radio
- Number of Tubes
- 5
- Valves / Tubes
- unknown_Tube unknown_Tube unknown_Tube unknown_Tube 280
- Main principle
- TRF without regeneration
- Wave bands
- Broadcast only (MW).
- Power type and voltage
- Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: K-5 Mighty Atom - Lafayette Radio & TV Corp; New
- Shape
- Table-Cathedral-Type (upright, round top or gothic arch, not rounded edges only).
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 11.5 x 14 x 9.25 inch / 292 x 356 x 235 mm
- Notes
- The Lafayette Mighty Atom with "Full Vision Dial" came in two versons, as K-5 for 110 volt AC and as K-52 for 220 volts AC. They have a Loiftin-White circuit and use two Vario-Mu tubes, one screen grid, a pentode power tube and the rectifier 280.
This model is sold as mantel cabinet (cathedral type) with a Lafayette price $ 16.50 less tubes for the K-5 and $ 18.50 for K-52. The Lafayette tubes cost additional $ 4.35. See details or summaries about this catalog.
- Price in first year of sale
- 17.00 $ +
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- Lafayette Radio Catalog (Lafayette 10th Anniversary catalog 1932, page 26.)
- Author
- Model page created by Ernst Erb. See "Data change" for further contributors.
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