RCA "Radiola III" type R1 radio receiver
date: label: date made
content: ca 1924
name: label: maker
content: RCA Corporation
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Marked: "460814RCA / Radiola III / Type R1 / Range 220-550 Meters". (License data and patents also given). Unit is a regenerative detector with a single audio stage. Two WD-11 Radiotrons are employed. The antenna may be connected to a variety of binding posts, which together with a link arrangement permit putting capacitors in series with the line, thus varying the wavelength range of the receiver. REF: "Clymer-Greenwood", page 116; Pamphlet "Radiola III" (C. 45 - p. 99, Broadcast Receivers: Radiolas, Clark Collection).
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.321665
label: accession number
content: 241556
label: catalog number
content: 321665
objectType: label: Object Name
content: radio receiver
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/4 in x 7 7/8 in x 6 3/4 in; 13.335 cm x 20.0025 cm x 17.145 cm