• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Bendix Radio Division; Baltimore, MD

• Year
• 1947

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 34409

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 12BE6 12BA6 12AT6 12BA6 35B5 35B5

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Details
• Changer (Record changer)

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 105-125 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 697A Chairside Table - Bendix Radio Division;

• Shape
• Console: Chairside Radio.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 16.875 x 28.625 x 28.25 inch / 429 x 727 x 718 mm

• Notes

• Selenium rectifier. Built in loop antenna. This model is a Chairside Table. Tunes 540 to 1620 kc. 

  The scale is hidden with a thin "plastic" Wood grain material over the glass so that it "disappears" when the set is turned off! One can not know by seeing the set that it is a radio, nor see that it also contains a record changer.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 17 = 1948 and before

• Mentioned in
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Radio Retailing (Radio & Television R.) (March 1947 page 15, 45.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 440 models, 359 with images and 216 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Bendix Radio Division; Baltimore, MD