• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1948 ?

• Category
• Car Radio, perhaps also + sound player/recorder

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 68173

• • alternative name: Chicago Radio Lab

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

• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 7A7 7B8 6BA6 7B6 6V6GT 7Y4

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 265 kHz

• 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 Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) - elliptical

• Power out
• 4.5 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 6MH889 Hudson DB48 Ch=6E89 - Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago,

• Shape
• Chassis only or for «building in»

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 20 covering 1950

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 39, Date 5/48, Folder 489-9)

• 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