- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Radio Products Laboratory (RPL); New York, NY
- Year
- 1928/1929
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 52584
Radio Engineering, Dec. 1928, p.12
- Number of Tubes
- 7
- Main principle
- TRF (Tuned-Radio-Frequency but use of regeneration unknown)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast only (MW).
- Power type and voltage
- Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- - This model requires external speaker(s).
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: 3AC - Radio Products Laboratory RPL;
- Shape
- Tablemodel, Box - most often with Lid (NOT slant panel).
- Notes
-
One dial (primary tuning control knob).
"Vintage Radio" erroneously lists this model under Radio Products Mfg. Co.
- Price in first year of sale
- 195.00 $
- Source of data
- Radio Collector`s Guide 1921-1932
- Mentioned in
- Radio News (Oct. 1929, Receiver Characteristics)
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- Vintage Radio 1887-1929, Greenwood's Classic Pictorial Album (2nd Edition, p.251)
- Literature/Schematics (2)
- Radio Engineering (Dec. 1928, p.12)
- Author
- Model page created by Peter Rutishauser. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
-
Here you find 4 models, 3 with images and 0 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from Radio Products Laboratory (RPL); New York, NY