[Boatanchors] Lafayette Transceiver

[manualman at juno.com]

The Lafayette Model 19 and Model 30 transceivers were advertised in the
1935 Lafayette summer catalog (Catalog 57). In my Lafayette prior
experience, it took them 6 months to a year to prepare the following
year's catalog. Don't know if the time frame was similar back in 1935.
Also, during this same time period, Lafayette had a very active design
and engineering department on several floors above their 100 6th Ave.,
NYC retail store. Here they developed several of the Trutest and
Lafayette transmitter models sold under the Company banner of Wholesale
Radio Service Co. Frank Lester, W2AMJ, designed a number of their
transmitter models and was manager of Lafayette's amateur radio
department. It's conceivable he, or one of his coworkers, designed the
Model 19 and Model 30 transceivers. 

Frank later left Lafayette and went to work for Hammarlund. There was an
article in QST back, I think, in the 90's on Lafayette's early
engineering and design amateur radio products at 100 6th Ave. NYC during
the 30's and 40's. I have some pictures somewhere.

Pete, wa2cwa
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On Sat, 5 Feb 2022 05:14:54 +0000 howard holden <holden7471 at msn.com>
writes:
> Actually Pete nailed it, but I’d bet anything the circuit was taken 
> from the one in the Handbook. Cool. But don’t expect to make too 
> many contacts if you tweak it to 6M with it!! I’d think todays 6M 
> rigs wouldn’t handle the wide AM/FM signal very well. Not to mention 
> you’d prob hear every signal on the band at once!
> 
> Here’s the link to the Handbook, go to page 147 for the schematic.
>
https://worldradiohistory.com/BOOKSHELF-ARH/Handbooks/The-Radio-Amateurs-
Handbook-ARRL-1935-12th.pdf
> 
> 73, Howie
> 
> From: MICHAEL BITTNER<mailto:mmab at cox.net>
> Sent: Friday, February 4, 2022 8:06 PM
> To: manualman at juno.com<mailto:manualman at juno.com>
> Cc: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net<mailto:boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Lafayette Transceiver
> 
> Howie, you nailed it  That Lafayette #30 is what my unit is, for 
> sure, and my unknown tube is surely a type 33.  My unit should be 
> fairly easy to restore to operating condition but cosmetically it's 
> not so good due to its badly corroded front panel.  Thanks to all 
> who responded to my query.  Mike, W6MAB
> 
> > On February 4, 2022 at 9:34 PM manualman at juno.com wrote:
> >
> >
> >     I found it. There were two Lafayette Transceivers. One was the 
> Model 19 and the other was the Model 30.