• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Majestic Radio & Television Co.,(post 1932)

• Year
• 1938

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 46718

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

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A8GT 6K7GT 6Q7GT 25L6GT 25Z6GT L49B

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

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 110-115 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 10 cm = 3.9 inch

• Material
• Bakelite case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Charlie McCarthy Ch= 1 or 2 [ivory] - Majestic Radio & Television Co

• Shape
• Design Radio or Novelty / Gadget - fancy or unusual shape.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 185 x 150 x 140 mm / 7.3 x 5.9 x 5.5 inch

• Notes

• Charlie McCarthy sitting on the radio front. Ballast L49B. The chassis 1 and 2 are slightly different in the Oscillator/mixer circuitry.

  Available in black bakelite or ivory finish.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 2.130 kg / 4 lb 11.1 oz (4.692 lb)

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios (6th edition)

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 9 = 1938 and before

• Mentioned in
• A Blast from the Past

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98 (page 112.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 410 models, 172 with images and 349 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Majestic Radio & Television Co.,(post 1932)