Atwater Kent model 60 radio receiver
date: label: date made
content: ca 1929
label: date made
content: c 1929
name: label: maker
content: Atwater Kent Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Atwater Kent model 60 radio receiver. Marked: "Atwater-Kent / Model 60C / Serial 5514740 number / Made in Phila. Pa., U.S.A. , / [six patent numbers listed] / Licensed only for radio amateur, experimental / and broadcast reception under patents. / [nineteen patents listed]". A TRF (tuned radio frequency) receiver. Circuit employs three tuned RF stages, a detector, and two stages of audio, with the final audio section in push-pull. Three tubes are missing, though some screen grid types are normally used. Power supply is built in and designed to operate from 110 volts AC. Original sale price: $80.00. Reference: "Langley Set Index", page 8.
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.321722
label: accession number
content: 241556
label: catalog number
content: 321722
objectType: label: Object Name
content: radio receiver
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 in x 20 3/4 in x 11 1/4 in; 17.78 cm x 52.705 cm x 28.575 cm