• 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
• 193213

• • Brand: Musaphonic

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• Number of Tubes
• 10

• Valves / Tubes
• 58 58 56 58 58 56 56 2A5 2A5 80

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 175 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / Either transformer: 50-60Hz, 105-125V or 25-40Hz, 105-125V or 50-60Hz, 210-240 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• Power out
• 4 W (undistorted)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: K-106 - General Electric Co. GE;

• Shape
• Console, Lowboy (legs < 50 %).

• Notes

• The General Electric K-106 is an AC operated 10 tube BC band receiver.  The BC band frequency tuning range is 540 to 1500kHz.  Cabinet is a 6 leg lowboy with stretcher base.  Has treble and bass controls, "Silent Tuning" control, tuning meter and push-pull audio output stage.

  Uses the same chassis as the RCA R-90.

• Source of data
• Pre-War Consoles

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 3 = 1933 and before (Riders Vol.3, pgs RCA 3-53 to 3-54)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• General Electric Service Notes (General Electric Radio Service Notes 1930-1935 Pages 553-558 (For K=106 Model))

• Author
• Model page created by Hans-Joachim Korn † 16.11.15. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 2919 models, 2142 with images and 2045 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