RCA "Radiola XVII" radio receiver
date: label: date made
content: 1927
label: associated date
content: 1928
name: label: maker
content: RCA Corporation
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A six-tube tuned radio frequency (TRF) receiver using Radiotron type UX-226, UY-227, UX-171A and (full wave rectifier) UX-280 tubes. First RCA model designed for so-called light socket operation using mains alternating current for filament heating in a balancing arrangement, and a filtered plate supply. Couples two radio frequency stages ahead of a detector, all tuned with a gang arrangement. The losses method is used to reduce oscillation. Reference: RCA Victor Service Notes: 1923-1928.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Hazeltine Corporation, thru L. B. Dodds
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.314519
label: catalog number
content: 314519
label: accession number
content: 204116
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Receiver
label: Object Name
content: radio receiver
label: Other Terms
content: Receiver; Radio
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 27 1/2 in x 9 in; 19.05 cm x 69.85 cm x 22.86 cm