RCA "Radiola VI" radio receiver
date: label: date made
content: 1923
name: label: maker
content: RCA Corporation
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Marked: "Radiola VI / Model - AR 895"; on inside tag: "Detector Amplifier / Model AA-1400 / Pat'd: Nov 7, [19]05 / Feb 18, [19]08 / Apr 12, [19]10 / Oct 6, [19]14 / Oct 22, [19]18 / Dec 23, [19]19 / May 10, [19]21 / Licensed for Amateur and Experimental / Use Only - Manufactured by / General Electric Co., U.S.A." for the Radio Corporation of America. Second inside tag: "Radio Frequency Amplifier / Model AA-1520 / Range 200-500 and / 500-5000 meters / Pat'd: Nov 7, [19]05, Jan 15, [19]07, Apr 7, [19]08, Oct 6, [19]14, Dec 23, [19]19, June 15, [19]20, Apr 19, [19]21. 1 / Licensed for Amateur and Experimental / Use Only - Manufactured by / General Electric Co., U.S.A." This unit is a six tube tuned radio frequency receiver using three stages of radio frequency amplification ahead of a grid leak detector and followed by two audio frequency stages. UV-201 type tubes are utilized, with transformer coupling in the AF section. Unit is designed for use with a loop antenna. Battery complement is one 6V storage battery for filament supply and two 22.5V B batteries. Reference: Instruction Manual for Radiola VI, Jan. 1923. Langley Set Index, page 58.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Franklin Wingard
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.320932
label: accession number
content: 241556
label: catalog number
content: 320932
objectType: label: Object Name
content: radio receiver
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 3/8 in x 23 5/8 in x 7 in; 26.3779 cm x 60.0075 cm x 17.78 cm