• Year
  • 1932/1933
perfect model
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 223573

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 14
  • Main principle
  • Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 180 kHz
  • Tuned circuits
  • 8 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Details
  • Record-Changer, both sides!
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 60 cycles, 115 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • 2 Loudspeakers
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: 404A Chateau Ch= W-820, 16-E-2 - Capehart Corp.; Fort Wayne, IN
  • Shape
  • Console with any shape - in general
  • Notes
  • 404A Chateau two speed changer 16-E-2, remote Aladdin possible
    Cabinet Chateau is of Koa wood, floral inlays.
    The cabinet Chateau has been made from late 1933 as 404A to E for 1936/37.

    The second model Series 400 has a tuning meter and uses the schematic W-820 with the following tubes: 58 RF, 56 osc, 58 mixer, 2 x 58 IF, 55 det,  57, 56 1st amp, 4 x 47 parallel + pushpull, 2 x 80. The 4 AF output tubes are in parallel push-pull for a maximum of 3 speakers of 6 ohms.
    See here the "Common information for the Capehart model pages for the 1930s and 1940s".

  • Author
  • Model page created by Ernst Erb. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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