• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• General Electric Co. (GE); Bridgeport CT, Syracuse NY

• Year
• 1933

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 88654

• • Brand: Musaphonic

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• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A7 6F7 38 1-V

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 460 kHz; 1 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 4 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast (MW), Police, sometimes also early TV (75-200m).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 105-125 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 12.5 cm = 4.9 inch

• Power out
• 3 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: K43 - General Electric Co. GE;

• Shape
• Tablemodel, Tombstone = decorative upright, not cathedral but can have rounded edges.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 316 x 318 x 181 mm / 12.4 x 12.5 x 7.1 inch

• Notes

• Cabinet similar to RCA 100, but RCA chassis using AF power tube 38 (not 41).

  Stein "Cathedral & Tombstone Radios" lists 1 band for this model.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 6.9 kg / 15 lb 3.2 oz (15.198 lb)

• Source of data
• - - Data from my own collection

• Mentioned in
• Radios von gestern, 2. Auflage (p. 85, picture 160)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios (6th edition)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Machine Age to Jet Age II (page 143.)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Cathedral & Tombstone Radios (page 121.)

• Author
• Model page created by Berthold Bosch † 13.2.19. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 2916 models, 2139 with images and 2042 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from General Electric Co. (GE); Bridgeport CT, Syracuse NY