RCA "Radiola V" radio receiver
date: label: date made
content: ca 1923
name: label: maker
content: RCA Corporation
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Marked on receiver unit: "Radio Receiver / World Wide Wireless [General Electric] / Licensed for Amateur and / Experimental Use Only"; on amplifier: "Detector-Amplifier / Vacuum Tube / Model AA-1400-A / Pat'd: Jan 15, [19]07, Feb 18, [19]08, Apr 12, [19]10, Oct 6, [19]14, Jan 3, [19]17, Oct 22, [19]18, Dec 23, [19]19, May 10, [19]21". The Radiola V is a regenerative detector and two stage amplifier designed for use with an average antenna, and will receive radio telephone signals in the wavelength range of 180-700 meters. Tube complement is normally a UV-200 detector and two UV-201 radiotrons. The tuner section is missing. This receiver originally sold for $100. Allied Van Lines shipping label #100 on unit. Reference: "Radiola V," RCA Victor Service Notes for 1923-1928. 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.321092
label: catalog number
content: 321092
label: accession number
content: 241556
objectType: label: Object Name
content: radio receiver
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/2 in x 24 in x 7 1/4 in; 26.67 cm x 60.96 cm x 18.415 cm