• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Motorola Inc. (ex Galvin Mfg.Co. Chicago); Schaumburg (IL)

• Year
• 1937/1938

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 49046

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A7 6D6 75 41 80

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 465 kHz

• 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
• 4.5 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 5-T Ch= 5-1 - Motorola Inc. ex Galvin Mfg.Co

• Shape
• Tablemodel, high profile (upright - NOT Cathedral nor decorative).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 13.5 x 15.5 x 9 inch / 343 x 394 x 229 mm

• Notes

• Band Coverage: American Programs 540-1720 kc Foreign Programs 5650-18,000 kc.

• Price in first year of sale
• 29.95 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

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

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 8 = 1937 and before

• Mentioned in
• Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Cathedral & Tombstone Radios (page 180.)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Motorola Folder for 1938.

• Other Models

• Here you find 4508 models, 2955 with images and 4002 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Motorola Inc. (ex Galvin Mfg.Co. Chicago); Schaumburg (IL)