- Country
- Great Britain (UK)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- RGD (Brand), Radio Gramophone Development Co. Ltd.; Birmingham
- Year
- 1939
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 122616
Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.
- Number of Tubes
- 6
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 465 kHz
- Wave bands
- Broadcast, Long Wave and Short Wave.
- Power type and voltage
- Alternating Current supply (AC) / 200 - 250 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 10 inch = 25.4 cm
- Power out
- 5 W (unknown quality)
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: 196 [AC] - RGD Brand, Radio Gramophone
- Shape
- Console, Lowboy (legs < 50 %).
- Notes
- Ten push buttons, including six for permeability tuned pre-set radio stations. Magic eye tuning indicator. The same chassis is fitted to the RGD 166 AC table radio and the 296 and 356 AC radiograms.
- Source of data
- -- Original prospect or advert
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- Trader Service Sheet (suppl. of Wireless & El. Trader, etc.) (421)
- Author
- Model page created by a member from A. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
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Here you find 148 models, 115 with images and 66 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from RGD (Brand), Radio Gramophone Development Co. Ltd.; Birmingham