• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Fairbanks, Morse & Co.; Chicago (IL)

• Year
• 1936/1937

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 39886

• • alternative name: FMC
  • Brand: Welco

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A8G 6K7G 6Q7G 6F6G 5Y3

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 115 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm

• Power out
• 2 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 57-T-0 Ch= 57 - Fairbanks, Morse & Co.;

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 16.125 x 10.25 x 9.5 inch / 410 x 260 x 241 mm

• Notes

• The Fairbanks Morse 57-T-0 is an AC operated, 5 tube BC and SW band receiver.  Uses chassis 57.  The two bands cover a frequency tuning range of 540 to 7500kHz. Has 5.5" tuning dial, AVC and a tuning ratio of 2:1.

  NOTE: 57 is the chassis number and NOT the model number.

• Price in first year of sale
• 29.95 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb, Fairbanks-Morse Folder RA 309 for 1937

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

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

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 8 = 1937 and before (Fairbanks Morse Section pages 8-21, 8-22)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Gernsback Official Radio Service Manual (Volume 7 page 187)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Radio Today (and Television) (June 1936, page 62, Sept 1936, page 51, March 1937, page 49)

• Other Models

• Here you find 147 models, 87 with images and 117 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Fairbanks, Morse & Co.; Chicago (IL)