Little Giant HFL-4
RPC (R.P.C.) Radio Products Corporation; Chicago, IL
- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- RPC (R.P.C.) Radio Products Corporation; Chicago, IL
- Year
- 1931 ?
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 350603
Back/Inside of the RPC Little Giant
RPC Little Giant escutcheon
RPC Little Giant ID Plate
Chassis showing tubes
Utah Speaker inside the RPC Little Giant
RPC Little Giant 4 tube radio
- Number of Tubes
- 4
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast only (MW).
- Power type and voltage
- Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110-120 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Presumably Dynamic Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 6.5 inch = 16.5 cm
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: Little Giant HFL-4 - RPC R.P.C. Radio Products
- Shape
- Table-Cathedral-Type (upright, round top or gothic arch, not rounded edges only).
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 10.25 x 13.5 x 7.5 inch / 260 x 343 x 191 mm
- Notes
-
The RPC Little Giant model HFL-4 is a 4-tube cathedral radio (not to be confused with the Little Giant toy radio) and is a difficult model to find info on. Made in Chicago by the Radio Products Corporation and licensed patents under RCA and Westinghouse. Circa 1931.
The manufacturer name High Frequency Laboratories (HFL) is also associated with this model and later incarnations of it. Similar model is the HFL Little Giant 400.
- Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
- 10 lb (10 lb 0 oz) / 4.540 kg
- Author
- Model page created by Andrew Gage. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
-
Here you find 28 models, 5 with images and 27 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from RPC (R.P.C.) Radio Products Corporation; Chicago, IL
Collections
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