Antique RCA Radiola RS Radio & Amp w/ RCA WD-11's*Works

Here's a very nice 1923 Radiola Type RS regenerative receiver with single stage amplifier. Made by Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co. for RCA, and is the forerunner of the Radiola III; made of a solid Mahogany cabinet and heavy bakelite inner panel, the set was too costly to produce, resulting in the introduction of the Radiola III. The model III used a pine case and painted wood panel, saving manufacturing costs. So not many more than 4000 Radiola RS's were made, and is the scarcest of all the small RCA inner panel sets.

This one is in very good condition, and is exactly as manufactured, without any replacement parts. The electronics are 100% original, the primary and secondary windings of the audio frequency transformer are good, and it has two good RCA WD-11 Radiotron tubes with the RCA logo on top of the glass envelope as well as embossed on the base. All of the thumb nuts have good nickel plating, and the controls turn like new, smoothly and without binding. The one thing I should mention is that the front of the cabinet has been polished. The radio plays very well and can be used with a pair of headphones or a period horn speaker. I played it recently with a RCA UZ-1325 horn speaker with good volume, while not blaring, it could still be heard accross the room. This little two tube regen plays much better than expected. An external power supply is necessary to power the radio, and external antenna is also required.

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