• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Arvin, brand of Noblitt-Sparks Industries

• Year
• 1950

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 33011

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 12SK7GT 12SA7GT 12SK7GT 12SQ7GT 35L6GT 35Z5GT

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 115 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Power out
• 0.8 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 460T Ch= RE-284 - Arvin, brand of Noblitt-Sparks

• Shape
• Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 13.9 x 6.6 x 7.6 inch / 353 x 168 x 193 mm

• Notes

• Model 460T available in Ivory, Willow Green and Sandelwood.

  The models Arvin 460T and 461T share the same chassis RE-284 and we assume that this chassis (but with a nicer cabinet) was manufactured for Sears, Roebuck & Co. as Silvertone 132.844 etc. See a text on that model for the other chassis using the same cabinet.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 21, Copyright 1950

• Mentioned in
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Beitman Radio Diagrams, Vol. 11, 1951

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Machine Age to Jet Age II (page 66.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 694 models, 484 with images and 550 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Arvin, brand of Noblitt-Sparks Industries