- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Air King Products Co.; Brooklyn (NY)
- Year
- 1948
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 114924
Unrestored but good quality faceplate
- Number of Tubes
- 4
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast only (MW).
- Power type and voltage
- Dry Batteries / 1,5/45 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 6 cm = 2.4 inch
- Material
- Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: 494 - Air King Products Co.;
- Shape
- Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 150 x 80 x 100 mm / 5.9 x 3.1 x 3.9 inch
- Source of data
- - - Data from my own collection
- Mentioned in
- Schiffer; The Portable Radio in American Life
- Author
- Model page created by Giuseppe Antonio Tusini. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
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Here you find 293 models, 145 with images and 240 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from Air King Products Co.; Brooklyn (NY)
Collections
The model 494 is part of the collections of the following members.