• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1962/1963

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 134494

• • alternative name: Continental Radio & TV

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

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 18FX6 18FW6 18FY6 34GD5 36AM3A

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

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 60 cycles 110-120 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Y3154 "Capri" Ch= 5D6 - Admiral brand Continental

• Shape
• Tablemodel with Clock ((Alarm-) Clock Radio).

• Notes
• SAMS Photofact (Date 12-62, set 610, folder 4) informs about the Admiral models "Celebrity" Y3146 Color = sun gold), Y3147 (boulder beige) and Y3149 (strata blue) and the models "Capri" Y3153 (slate white), Y3154 (fiesta pinc) and Y3158 reseda green) - all with the chassis 5D6. They have an analog dial clock with 60 minute sleep timer, "wake to music" or alarm. See also chassis 5D6A through 5D6F. For more information on the Y-models see this link.

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

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Date 12-62, set 610, folder 4, title copy)

• Author
• Model page created by Ernst Erb. 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