- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Lafayette Radio & TV Corp; New York (NY)
- Year
- 1931 ?
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 66670
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- alternative name: Wholesale Radio
- Number of Tubes
- 5
- Valves / Tubes
- Main principle
- TRF (Tuned-Radio-Frequency but use of regeneration unknown)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast only (MW).
- Power type and voltage
- Alternating Current supply (AC)
- Loudspeaker
- Permanent or electro-dynamic (moving coil), system not known yet.
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: Tru Test - Lafayette Radio & TV Corp; New
- Shape
- Tablemodel, with any shape - general.
- Notes
- The "Radio Collector's Guide 1921-1932" from Morgan E. McMahon shows on page 185 for 1929 the model "Preselector" and for 1930 the "Duo Symphonic" and the AC524 plus on pages 262/263 (for 1931/32) the models "Tru-Test" (5 tubes), "Lafayette" (6 tubes) and 10 tubes, a no name chassis, a SW converter (3 tubes), a 5 tube Superhet and a 7 tube Superhet without name - all under Wholesale Radio Service Co. Ltd. instead under Lafayette.
This is the Lafayette "Tru Test", a 5 tube mantel TRF for $ 16.50.
- Price in first year of sale
- 16.00 $
- External source of data
- Ernst Erb
- Source of data
- Radio Collector`s Guide 1921-1932
- Other Models
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Here you find 1368 models, 1186 with images and 421 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)