RN-21 RECEIVER


Model : RN21
Type: Superhetrodyne
Range: 550 kHz to 6.8 MHz
Mode: AM only
Marconi ID:  110-860
Spec: 102-386
Tube complement:
• RF Amp - 6SG7
• Oscillator/mixer - 6SA7
• IF Amp - 6SG7
• Detector/noise limiter/1st audio - 6SQ7
• Audio output - 6K6
• Rectifier - 6X5
 

Power input: 12 VDC with vibrator power supply.
Circa :1946
Comment: The use of a 12 VDC power input suggests mobile service. No BFO indicates this may be purely a BC-Shortwave entertainment receiver.
 
 

rn21_01_front_panel.jpg
Front panel of S/N 150.
rn21_02_dial.jpg
A close up view of the dial indicates a range of 550 kHz to 6.8 MHz.
rn21_03_chassis_top.jpg
Top view of chassis. 
/rn21_04_chassis_bottom.jpg
Bottom view of chassis. 
All photos in this table by Jacques Hamel 

 
rn21_02_nameplate.jpg
Nameplate
rn21_05_power_strip.jpg
Close-up of power input terminals.
All photos in this table by Jacques Hamel 

 



Contributors and Credits:

1)Jacques Hamel, VE2DJQ <hamja(at)videotron.ca> Le Musée Québecois de la Radio. Sorel-Tracy Quebec.
 

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