Dumont model RA-103D television receiver
date: label: Date made
content: 1949
name: label: maker
content: DuMont Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Table model television receiver with 12QP4 cathode ray tube utilizing magnetic deflection and focus. Input tuner provides continuous tuning from 44 to 216 megacycles. Employs 6Al7 tuning indication tube. This artifact is a later RA-103D employing a "bottom coupled" tuner. Tube layout is partially revised from earlier production unites in that the 6J6 RF stage is located at front of the tuner chassis and the mixer (6AK5) and oscillator (6AB4) are located towards the rear. "Bottom coupled" Input tuners were recommended for fringe area reception. Serial number 038063. 12" diameter cathode ray tube.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Ethel DuMont
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.327738
label: catalog number
content: 327738
label: accession number
content: 270106
label: model number
content: RA-103D
label: serial number
content: 038063
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Receiver, television
label: Object Name
content: television receiver
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 in x 20 in x 18 in; 58.42 cm x 50.8 cm x 45.72 cm