Trans-Oceanic Royal 1000 Ch= 9HT40Z2
Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago, IL
- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago, IL
- Year
- 1961/1961 ?
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 68911
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- alternative name: Chicago Radio Lab
Zenith (1962/63) with original box
Zenith 1000 (1962/63)
Sams Photofact Folders reference picture.
Couverture du mode d'emploi
Picture from 1960 Zenith sales brochure
Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.
- Number of Transistors
- 9
- Main principle
- Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz; 3 AF stage(s)
- Tuned circuits
- 7 AM circuit(s)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast plus more than 2 Short Wave bands.
- Power type and voltage
- Dry Batteries / D: 8 x 1.5 & 1 x 1.5 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 4 inch = 10.2 cm
- Material
- Various materials
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: Trans-Oceanic Royal 1000 Ch= 9HT40Z2 - Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago,
- Shape
- Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 12.6 x 10.5 x 4.8 inch / 320 x 267 x 122 mm
- Notes
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Bryant/Cones; first transistorised T.O. See also the article here.
Siehe auch den Artikel hier.
Il primo T.O. a transistor. Si veda anche l'articolo in questa pagina.Zenith transistor numbers :
121-44 121-48 121-49 121-180 121-181 121-64 121-46 121-47 121-47
See different chassis variants of the Zenith Transistorized Shortwave Portable Radio series Royal 1000 like the 9AT40, the 9CT..., the 9HT ... and the Trans-Oceanic Royal 1000D and the Trans-Oceanic Royal 1000-1 Ch= 9HT40Z8 which was the last model of the series 1000. There is an ad in "The National Geographic Magazine" 1957, December and we beleive the first Trans-Oceanic 1000 was introduced in November 1957.
Bryant/Cones (1995), page 100 states that the 1000 series was first introduced in December 1957 for the 1958 line and was last offered in 1963. The chassis for this model is the last in the series.
- Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
- 5.5 kg / 12 lb 1.8 oz (12.115 lb)
- Price in first year of sale
- 250.00 $
- External source of data
- Konrad Birkner
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Date 11-58, Set 420, Folder 14)
- Literature/Schematics (2)
- -- Original prospect or advert (December 1957: ad in "National Geographic", vol-CXII-No6 with picture)
- Author
- Model page created by Konrad Birkner † 12.08.2014. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
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Here you find 4491 models, 4096 with images and 3595 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
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Collections
The model Trans-Oceanic Royal 1000 is part of the collections of the following members.