• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Western Auto Supply Co. (Truetone); Kansas City (MO)

• Year
• 1942 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 257520

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

• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• 6D8G 6S7G 6T7G 1G5G

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

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios) / 6 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent or electro-dynamic (moving coil), system not known yet.

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Truetone D719 - Western Auto Supply Co.

• Shape
• Tablemodel, low profile (big size).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 15.5 x 6.5 x 10 inch / 394 x 165 x 254 mm

• Notes

• The Truetone D719 is a battery operated 4 tube BC band receiver.  This is a farm radio that uses a vibrator to generate the B+. The BC band frequency tuning range is 540-1725kHz.

  See also Detrola 184 with an identical chassis.

  This model was manufactured for Western Auto by the Detrola Radio Corporation, Detroit MI. (D.R.C. stamped on chassis indicates this).

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 2 lb (2 lb 0 oz) / 0.908 kg

• Mentioned in
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 13 = 1942 and before (Riders 13-4)

• Author
• Model page created by Richard Fraser. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 889 models, 507 with images and 783 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Western Auto Supply Co. (Truetone); Kansas City (MO)