Westinghouse model RC radio receiver
date: label: date made
content: c 1922
label: date made
content: ca 1922
name: label: maker
content: Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Marked: "Westinghouse Receiving Tuner / Type RA / Wavelength 180-700 Meters / Style 307189 / Serial [blank] / 5422 / 5-29-[19]22 / Licensed for Amateur and Experimental Use Only / Patented: 6-30-08 / 10-6-14". Also: "Westinghouse Detector Amplifier / Type DA / Licensed for Amateur and Experimental use Only / Style 307190 / Patented: 4-17-06 / 10-6-14 / 7-3-17 / 5-10-21 / Serial 110513." Tuner-detector and two stage AF amplifier. Tubes missing. The model RC receiver was the first commercial unit developed for general public sale following the inception of broadcasting. Wavelength coverage is 180-700 meters, though use of the model CB loading coil permits reception of signals in the 1800-2800 meter range. The model's original price was $132.50 in 1922.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reference: RCA 1922 Catalog, "Radio Enters the Home," pages 24-25.
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.321025
label: catalog number
content: 321025
label: accession number
content: 241556
label: serial number
content: 110513
objectType: label: Object Name
content: radio receiver
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 3/4 in x 13 3/8 in x 8 1/4 in; 24.765 cm x 33.9725 cm x 20.955 cm