12-S-232 "Waltons" Ch=1204

Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago, IL

  • Year
  • 1937/1938
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 67324
    • alternative name: Chicago Radio Lab

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 12
  • Main principle
  • Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 456 kHz
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast, Short Wave(s) and Police.
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 115 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm
  • Power out
  • 15 W (unknown quality)
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: 12-S-232 "Waltons" Ch=1204 - Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago,
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, Tombstone = decorative upright, not cathedral but can have rounded edges.
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 16.9 x 23.8 x 12.4 inch / 429 x 605 x 315 mm
  • Notes
  • The popular set from the TV series "The Waltons".

    The cabinet is similar for the following "Walton" models:
    12-S-232
      9-S-232

      9-S-232AT
      8-A-232
      7-S-232
      7-S-232T
      7-J-232
      7-J-232T

    They are looking all the same. That's why all of them are called "Waltons" although only one thereof was in the play.
     

     The schematic diagram got corrections (red). These lines are already missing in the Zenith drawing as well as in Riders and in Beitman.

  • Price in first year of sale
  • 100.00 $
  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 8 = 1937 and before

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