• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1960 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 68803

• • alternative name: Continental Radio & TV

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

• Number of Transistors
• 5

• Semiconductors
• 2N411 2N409 2N410 2N406 2N406 1N295 1N295

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 1 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 5 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / AA: 4 x 1.5 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 2.75 inch = 7 cm

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Deluxe-5 All Transistor Long Range 691 - Admiral brand Continental

• Shape
• Very small Portable or Pocket-Set (Handheld) < 8 inch.

• Notes

• The Admiral models 691 with chassis 5E5 and 692 with chassis 5E5A share the same Beitman schematic. The diodes are for AVC and for 2nd detection. Sams photofact set 478 folder 4 date 3-60 features the Admiral models 691, 692, Y793, Y797 and Y798 as the same schematic.

• Price in first year of sale
• 30.00 $

• Circuit diagram reference
• Beitman Radio Diagrams Vol. 20, 1960

• Mentioned in
• Collector's Guide To TrR1 Bunis trans.94 (1996, page 11)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 478 folder 4 date 3-60)

• Author
• Model page created by Trev Levick. 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