• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Farnsworth Television & Radio Corp. - see also Capehart

• Year
• 1940

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 40072

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

• Number of Tubes
• 7

• Valves / Tubes
• 6SK7 6A8GT 6SK7 6SQ7 6H6 25L6GT 25Z6GT

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

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

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 105-125 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: ATL-50 Ch= C2-1 - Farnsworth Television & Radio

• Shape
• Tablemodel with Push Buttons.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 16.2 x 12 x 10 inch / 411 x 305 x 254 mm

• Notes

• Built-in loop antenna.

  Four knobs:
  On/Off/Volume, Tone/Phono select, Band select (AM/SW), Tuning.
  Push-button tuning for five presets.

  The radio has two tone select positions, and a Phono/TV position (with an RCA phono input jack at the back of the chassis).

  Shortwave tuning range: ~5.8 MHz to 18.5 MHz

   

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 7.7 kg / 16 lb 15.4 oz (16.96 lb)

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 11 = ca. 1940 and before

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Complete 1940 Farnsworth Radio Service Notes

• Other Models

• Here you find 400 models, 284 with images and 327 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Farnsworth Television & Radio Corp. - see also Capehart