C-3

Lafayette Radio & TV Corp; New York (NY)

Data
Forum
Pictures
Collections

  • Year
  • 1937/1938
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 92186
    • alternative name: Wholesale Radio

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 5
  • Number of Transistors
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast (MW) and Tropical/Marine/Police Band(s) = 150-200m.
  • Power type and voltage
  • AC/DC-set / 115 also possible for 220 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)
  • Power out
  • 2 W (unknown quality)
  • Material
  • Bakelite or Plastics (type unknown)
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: C-3 - Lafayette Radio & TV Corp; New
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 14.875 x 8 x 7.5 inch / 378 x 203 x 191 mm
  • Notes
  • The Lafayette 6 tube AC-DC Superhet has a cabinet of "... new moulded and colored plastics material to blend with any setting". The model C-3 is in Ivory, C-4 in Red and C-5 in Black. They have a "clock-type" dial which uses a 5:1 ratio planetary drive. The band covered is from 540 - 1735 kc (173 - 555 m). We don't count the (unknown) ballast tube. Lafayette is writing about the models: "... and assure the listener of studio-like reproduction."

    List price for model C-3 and C-4 is $ 31.90 and Lafayette price is $ 15.95 for one of them or $ 14.95 for the black C-5. Addl. $ 1.00 for 220-volt AC operation. See details or summaries for the models of the Spring/Summer catalog 1937. Stein's picture caption gives wrong color! Listing is ok. At that time, the term "plastics" is also used for Bakelite - and therefore we need first the information from a set to be determined.
  • Price in first year of sale
  • 16.00 $
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • Lafayette Radio Catalog (Lafayette Spring and Summer catalog no. 68 for 1937, page 2 and 1938 Lafayette Catalog Nº 69.)
  • Author
  • Model page created by Vitor Oliveira. See "Data change" for further contributors.

 Collections | Museums | Literature

 Forum