Atwater Kent model 44 radio receiver
date: label: date made
content: ca 1928
name: label: maker
content: Atwater Kent Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Marked: "Atwater Kent / Model 44 / Serial No. 1853395 / Made in Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A. [Patents listed]". Metal casing. TRF [tuned radio frequency] receiver using 4 stages of RF amplification, a detector and 2 stage of audio. A belt drive permits simultaneous operation of RF tuning capacitors. Tube lineup: 26-1st RF; 26-2nd RF; 26-3rd RF; 26-4th RF; 27-Detector; 26-1st Audio; 171-A final audio. Rectifier tube is UX-280. This unit designed for plug in AC operation. Original price $108, (1928). REF: "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.320725
label: model number
content: 44
label: serial number
content: 1853395
label: catalog number
content: 320725
label: accession number
content: 241556
objectType: label: Object Name
content: radio receiver
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 21 1/2 in x 10 3/4 in; 19.05 cm x 54.61 cm x 27.305 cm