• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Lafayette Radio & TV Corp; New York (NY)

• Year
• 1959

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 266821

• • alternative name: Wholesale Radio

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Tubes
• 3

• Valves / Tubes
• 12AT7 50C5 35W4

• Main principle
• TRF with regeneration

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus more than 2 Short Wave bands.

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 50-60 cycles, 105-125 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 4 inch = 10.2 cm

• Material
• Leather / canvas / plastic - over other material

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Explor-Air 4-Band Receiver Kit KT-135 - Lafayette Radio & TV Corp; New

• Shape
• Tablemodel, low profile (big size).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 10 x 7 x 5 inch / 254 x 178 x 127 mm

• Notes

• Lafayette Explor-Air 4-Band Receiver Kit KT-135.  Cabinet was optional.

  Optional cabinet was priced at $2.75 when first sold.

  For more details on this model and others, see:

  "Those 3-Tube, Band-Switched, Regenerative Kits From Allied, Lafayette, Burstein-Applebee, and Heathkit", R.Post, in May 2024 issue of The Spectrum Monitor pages 16-21.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 5 lb 0 oz (5 lb) / 2.270 kg

• Price in first year of sale
• 18.50 USD

• Mentioned in
• Lafayette Radio Catalog (Main Catalog 1959 page 97)

• Author
• Model page created by Wayne Childress. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 1379 models, 1198 with images and 424 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Lafayette Radio & TV Corp; New York (NY)