• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Admiral (brand) Continental Radio & Television Co.; Chicago, IL

• Year
• 1939 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 91763

• • alternative name: Continental Radio & TV

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 12SK7 12SA7 12SK7 12SQ7 35L6 35Z5

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 5 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 105-125 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm

• Material
• Catalin (a brand name for a thermosetting polymer popular in the 1930s and 1940s - a phenol formaldehyde resin - like Bakelite, but a two-stage process with a lot of work afterwards).

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 398 Ch = 6M [Beetle] - Admiral brand Continental

• Shape
• Design Radio or Novelty / Gadget - fancy or unusual shape.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 12.25 x 7 x 6.25 inch / 311 x 178 x 159 mm

• Notes

• Built in loop antenna. Date see tube list.

  Colours and material

  • model 396: brown bakelite
  • model 397: ivory plaskon
  • model 398: beetle.

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 11 = ca. 1940 and before

• Mentioned in
• Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98 (page 50.)

• Author
• Model page created by a member from A. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 3161 models, 1321 with images and 2526 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Admiral (brand) Continental Radio & Television Co.; Chicago, IL