RCA "Radiola Senior" type RF radio receiver
date: label: date made
content: 1922
name: label: maker
content: Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Marked: (Plate) "Radiola Senior / Regenerative Receiver / Type RF [RCA logo] Serial 118838 / Style 307455 Pat'd: 11/7/05; 1/15/07; 2/18/08; 10/6/14; 5/10/21 / Manufactured by Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co. / East Springfield Works / Springfield, Mass., USA / for the / Radio Corporation of America / 233 Broadway, New York City." Receiver is designed to cover 190-500 meters using one WD-11D vacuum tube. The circuit is a regenerative detector with a tickler control on the panel and a station tuning control. Filament rheostat varies voltage on WD-11 filament; binding posts on panel for external circuit connections. Reference: RCA 1922 Catalog: "Radio Enters the Home", pages 18-20.
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.320800
label: accession number
content: 241556
label: catalog number
content: 320800
label: accession number
content: 241556
objectType: label: Object Name
content: receiver
label: Object Name
content: radio receiver
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 3/4 in x 8 3/8 in x 7 1/8 in; 17.145 cm x 21.2725 cm x 18.0975 cm