Day-Fan type TRF radio receiver
date: label: date made
content: 1927
name: label: maker
content: Day Fan Electric Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Marked: "Day-Fan Electric Company / Dayton, Ohio / Serial No. 089 / Type No. 5056". Unit is Tuned Radio Frequency receiver in a mahogany finish cabinet. Five Kellogg 401-A tubes are employed in a circuit which utilizes 3 volts alternating current for the heater supply. Plate voltage is 45-90 volts, and 135 volts for the final output tube. A 1.5 - 4.5 volt "C" battery is also used. Speaker horn pin plugs connect to 135 volt terminals on strip at rear of chassis. The three RF tuning capacitors are coupled together with a belt drive mechanism. A vario-coupler is used in the antenna circuit. A selectivity knob separates stations heard simultaneously. Speaker horn is built into cabinet. Allied Van Lines shipping tag #2 on unit. Reference: Instruction card in unit dated 4-11-27. (For general circuit see Kellogg Type 401-A tube data sheet.)
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.320801
label: accession number
content: 241556
label: catalog number
content: 320801
label: serial number
content: 089
objectType: label: Object Name
content: radio receiver
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 29 3/4 in x 14 3/4 in; 30.48 cm x 75.565 cm x 37.465 cm