• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1941

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 67503

• • alternative name: Chicago Radio Lab

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

• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• 1R5 1T4 1S5 1S4

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 3.5 inch = 8.9 cm

• Material
• Various materials

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 4K600 Pocketradio Ch=4B01 - Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago,

• Shape
• Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 7.2 x 4.25 x 3.375 inch / 183 x 108 x 86 mm

• Notes

• black color

  Plastic and chrome. Also available in ivory, red or blue.

• Price in first year of sale
• 19.95 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 12 = ca. 1941 and before

• Mentioned in
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Radio Retailing (Radio & Television R.) (January 1941.)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98 (page 173.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 4491 models, 4096 with images and 3603 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago, IL