• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago, IL

• Year
• 1938–1941

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 67292

• • alternative name: Chicago Radio Lab

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6D8G 6S7G 6T7G 38 6ZY5G

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Power type and voltage
• Line / Batteries (any type) / =6/~115 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 5J196 Ch= 5524 - Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago,

• Notes
• only in Lit. listed, typo? Farm Radio;

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

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

• Mentioned in
• Zenith Radio The Glory Years 1936-1945 (only the chassis is in Rider´s, not the model !)

• Other Models

• Here you find 4491 models, 4096 with images and 3595 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago, IL