• Year
  • 1931 ?
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 66670
    • alternative name: Wholesale Radio

 Technical Specifications

  • 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

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