• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Fada Radio & Electric Co.; Long Island (NY)

• Year
• 1946/1947

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 212971

• • alternative name: Andrea-Radio || Nater, Henri, Atlanta-Radio; Zürich

• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 456 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent or electro-dynamic (moving coil), system not known yet.

• Material
• Catalin (a brand name for a thermosetting polymer popular in the 1930s and 1940s - a phenol formaldehyde resin - like Bakelite, but a two-stage process with a lot of work afterwards).

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 659 - Fada Radio & Electric Co.;

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 11 x 6.75 x 6.25 inch / 279 x 171 x 159 mm

• Notes
• Short wave version of Model 652. 528 to 1640 for broadcast and 5.7 to 18.3 mc for international short wave.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 6 lb 0 oz (6 lb) / 2.724 kg

• Mentioned in
• Radio Retailing (Radio & Television R.) (January 1947 page 17. February 1947 page 53.)

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 754 models, 448 with images and 522 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Fada Radio & Electric Co.; Long Island (NY)