- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- General Electric Co. (GE); Bridgeport CT, Syracuse NY
- Year
- 1933/1934
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 151601
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- Brand: Musaphonic
Advert The Saturday Evening Post
Advertise from 1934
- Number of Tubes
- 8
- Main principle
- Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 445 kHz
- Tuned circuits
- 7 AM circuit(s)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast, Long Wave and more than two Short Wave bands.
- Power type and voltage
- Line (AC, UC or DC not known) / 110 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Permanent or electro-dynamic (moving coil), system not known yet.
- Power out
- 6 W (unknown quality)
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: K-85 - General Electric Co. GE;
- Shape
- Console, Lowboy (legs < 50 %).
- Notes
- General Electric GE K-85; All-wave console, six-legged, early english design, cycle dial. 3 SW bands: 1.5-3.9 Mc, 3.9-10 Mc, 8-18 Mc.
Rider refers to RCA 140, 141, 141E etc., where a note says, that this receiver was available with or without X band (Long Wave). Error in Stein, Pre War Consoles: only 1 band noted!
6 legged lowboy with stretcher base.
- Price in first year of sale
- 128.00 $
- Source of data
- -- Original prospect or advert
- Mentioned in
- Pre-War Consoles
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- Rider's Perpetual, Volume 4 = ca. 1934 and before (see RCA 140 etc.)
- Author
- Model page created by a member from A. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
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Here you find 2918 models, 2141 with images and 2044 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