- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Minerva Radio Co.(post WW2); New York (NY)
- Year
- 1946/1947
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 47343
SAMS Photofact
Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.
- Number of Tubes
- 8
- Main principle
- Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)
- Tuned circuits
- 6 AM circuit(s)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).
- Power type and voltage
- AC/DC-set / 115 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: W117-3 - Minerva Radio Co.post WW2; New
- Shape
- Tablemodel, low profile (big size).
- Notes
- This W117-3 is a wooden table model, home version of the Tropic Master (late, metal case).
Bunis 4 erroneously notes AC only.
The model W-117-3 is an AC Operated 2 Band Superheterodyne - Self Contained Loop Antenna.
- External source of data
- Ernst Erb
- Source of data
- Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition
- Circuit diagram reference
- Rider's Perpetual, Volume 15 = 1947 and before
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- Collector's Guide to Antique Radios (7th Edition) (and SAM's Set 11, Folder 471-14 (Date: Jan 1947))
- Other Models
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Here you find 25 models, 21 with images and 20 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from Minerva Radio Co.(post WW2); New York (NY)