• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• General Radio Company; Cambridge (MA)

• Year
• 1959–1965

• Category
• Service- or Lab Equipment

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 170582

• • alternative name: GenRad

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6CB6 6CB6 6AK5 6AL5 6U8 0B2

• Main principle
• Radio Frequency Amplification only

• Wave bands
• Wave Bands given in the notes.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 50/60 cycles, 105-125 / 210-250 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• - - No sound reproduction output.

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: I-F Amplifier 1216-A - General Radio Company;

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 242 x 160 x 145 mm / 9.5 x 6.3 x 5.7 inch

• Notes
• "Four-stage high-gain, intermediate-frequency amplifier operating at a frequency of 30 MHz with a bandwidth of 0,7 MHz. Normally used with a GENRAD Type 874-MR Mixer Rectifier and a GENRAD Unit Oscillator (for instance Type 1208-B) to form a sensitive, wide-frequency-range, well-shielded, VHF and UHF detector." [Type 1216-A Operating Instructions (1959)]. Able to power a GENRAD "Unit Oscillator" (for instance Type 1208-B).

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 5 kg / 11 lb 0.2 oz (11.013 lb)

• Mentioned in
• - - Manufacturers Literature

• Author
• Model page created by Jean-Francois Loude. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 241 models, 212 with images and 131 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from General Radio Company; Cambridge (MA)