• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1931

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 68122

• • alternative name: Chicago Radio Lab

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• Number of Tubes
• 10

• Valves / Tubes
• 51 51 27 51 27 27 45 45 24 80

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 175 kHz; Screengrid 1926-1935

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 117 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 92 Ch= 2014 - Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago,

• Shape
• Console, Highboy (legs > 50 %).

• Notes

• 4 legged highboy with stretcher base.
  Automatic tuning by push buttons; signal strength meter; cabinet 18th Century English.

  Station selector:

  Strong metal design, 3.4 kg, contains no electrical switching elements apart from the lighting bulb(s)., Adjustable swivel arms turn an axis via gears, which has a purely mechanical effect on the station selection. Large stroke required for actuation (probably due to a flywheel on the actual transmitter setting).

• Price in first year of sale
• 195.00 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• Pre-War Consoles

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 2 = 1932 (Models 1931/1932)

• Mentioned in
• Zenith Radio The Early Years 1919-1935

• 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