RCA "Radiola 18" radio receiver
date: label: date made
content: ca 1927
label: date made
content: ca 1927
name: label: maker
content: RCA Corporation
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Marked: "RCA Radiola 18 / Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. / See License Notice on Bottom." Specimen is a six tube (plus rectifier) TRF receiver employing the following tube complement: 1st RF: UX226; 2nd RF: UX226; 3rd RF:UX226; Detector: UY-227. 1st Audio: UX226; Final Audio: UX171-A. A three gang condenser tunes the grid circuits of the RF and detector stages. This receiver is an early example of an AC operated broadcast radio. Panel controls include volume control, selector, and ON-OFF power switch. Reference: "Langley Set Index", page 58. RCA-Radiola 18-Service Notes (April 1928). Clark Collection.
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.320936
label: accession number
content: 241556
label: catalog number
content: 320936
objectType: label: Object Name
content: radio receiver
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 in x 27 1/4 in x 7 3/4 in; 22.86 cm x 69.215 cm x 19.685 cm