• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Radio Wire Television Inc.; New York - see also Lafayette

• Year
• 1940

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 52767

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• Number of Tubes
• 8

• Valves / Tubes
• 6SA7GT 6SK7GT 6SQ7GT 6SQ7GT 6U5 6K6GT 6K6GT 80

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Short Wave(s) and Police.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 115 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: JS-173 - Radio Wire Television Inc.;

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 19.5 x 10.625 x 10.5 inch / 495 x 270 x 267 mm

• Notes
• Duo-tone walnut cabinet. The model JS-173 was sold by Lafayette under it's name.
  
  See details and summaries for the models of this Lafayette catalog no. 82, 1941 for radio season 1940/41.

• Price in first year of sale
• 24.00 $

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 19 = 1949 and before

• Mentioned in
• Lafayette Radio Catalog (catalog No.82, page13)

• Author
• Model page created by Peter Rutishauser. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 106 models, 20 with images and 105 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Radio Wire Television Inc.; New York - see also Lafayette