Radiodyne type WC19 radio receiver
date: label: date made
content: ca 1926
name: label: maker
content: Western Coil & Electrical Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Marked: "Radiodyne / Type WC19 / Western Coil & Elec. Co. / Racine, Wisc." Unit is six tube TRF [tuned radio frequency] receiver using 4-pin triodes. Tubes are missing. Label near one socket indicates use of a UX-171 or C-271 tube. Circuit arrangement appears to be two RF stages ahead of a detector, followed by three AF stages. Panel controls include two tuning knobs for variable capacitors, an antenna coil tap switch, volume and "B Compensator" controls, and an ON-OF filament switch. Allied Van Lines shipping tag #35 on unit. Reference: Langley Set Index, page 74.
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.320994
label: catalog number
content: 320994
label: accession number
content: 241556
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Discharge Tube
label: Object Name
content: discharge tube
label: Object Name
content: radio receiver
label: Other Terms
content: Discharge Tube; Electrostatic Devices
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 22 in x 8 1/2 in; 19.05 cm x 55.88 cm x 21.59 cm