• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1950/1951

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 31336

• • alternative name: Continental Radio & TV

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 12BA6 12J5GT 12SK7 12SQ7 35L6GT 35Z5GT

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

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Details
• Record Player (perh.Changer)

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 117 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 6S12 Ch= 6S1 - Admiral brand Continental

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 16.5 x 9.5 x 17 inch / 419 x 241 x 432 mm

• Notes
• Coil antenna. Color= Mahogany.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 29 lb 8 oz (29.5 lb) / 13.393 kg

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios (6th edition)

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 21, Copyright 1950

• Mentioned in
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Beitman Radio Diagrams, Vol. 10, 1950 (Radio College of Canada, Individual Circuit Service, 1927-1953)

• 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