• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1940/1941

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 130597

• • alternative name: Continental Radio & TV

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 12SA7 12SK7 12SQ7 50L6 35Z5

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 117 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 47-J55 - Admiral brand Continental

• Shape
• Tablemodel, low profile (big size).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 15 x 10 x 7 inch / 381 x 254 x 178 mm

• Notes
• All American Five AC/DC Set. Case walnut wood.

• Mentioned in
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios (7th Edition)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• - - Manufacturers Literature

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Table Top Radios Vol. 4 Stein 2003 (page 36.)

• Author
• Model page created by Allan Gardner. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 3161 models, 1322 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