• Year
  • 1936 ?
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 149229

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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)
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: C83 - Radio Wire Television Inc.;
  • Shape
  • Console with any shape - in general
  • Notes
  • LW (142-343 kHz), BC (540-1600 kHz), TROP (1600-5200 kHz), SW1 (5.2-18.0 MHz) and SW2 (18.0-36.0 MHz) bands. Shadow graph tuning meter. Push-pull audio amplifier by 2 x 2 43 tubes in parallel. 3 x Shortwave.
    The model "Radio Wire" C83 is nearly similar to the Lafayette model C83, and is similar to the Garod 514. Lafayette used also the brand Radio Wire, the manufacturer behind was here Garod. Info from Riders Perpetual. Comparison (Lafayette / Garod) of identical schematics provide evidence. Not just the circuitry but the complete drawings are twins.
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 17 = 1948 and before
  • Mentioned in
  • Rider's 17-14, 17-15

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