Beckley-Ralston radio receiver
date: label: date made
content: ca 1924
name: label: maker
content: Beckley-Ralston Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Marked: "The Beckley-Ralston / Company / Chicago." Five tube TRF (tuned radio frequency) receiver using UV-201A type triodes. Circuit appears to be two RF stages ahead of a detector and followed by two AF stages. Panel controls located behind a hinged cover, and include variable capacitors for detector and RF stages, filament rheostats, and ON-OFF switch. Battery terminals are in back of rear panel. Allied Van Lines shipping tag #75 on unit.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
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.320822
label: accession number
content: 241556
label: catalog number
content: 320822
objectType: label: Object Name
content: radio receiver
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 24 1/2 in x 15 in; 30.48 cm x 62.23 cm x 38.1 cm