Paragon model RB-2 radio receiver
date: label: date made
content: ca 1924
name: label: maker
content: Adams-Morgan Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Marked: "Paragon Regenerative Receiver / Manufactured by / Adams-Morgan Co. / Upper Montclair, N.J. / Licensed under Armstrong / Patent 1113149 / Type 2 / Serial No. 144." Regenerative detector employing UV-201A type tubes. Appropriate filament voltage tapping circuit permits use of other tubes such as UV-199, 216-A, UV-200, WD-11 and WD-12. Voltages available are 1.2, 4, and 6. A 4-point variable inductance switch is combined with an antenna tuning condenser. A separate capacitor varies wavelength setting and a variometer controls regeneration. A 4-point volume control switch and a filament rheostat are also available on the front panel. Battery connections are made in the rear of the chassis. Allied Van Lines shipping tag #56 on front. Reference: Langley Set Index, page 2.
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.320992
label: catalog number
content: 320992
label: accession number
content: 241556
label: patent number
content: 1113149
label: serial number
content: 144
objectType: label: Object Name
content: radio receiver
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 20 1/2 in x 1 in; 20.32 cm x 52.07 cm x 2.54 cm