• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Atwater Kent Mfg. Co.; Philadelphia, USA

• Year
• 1933

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 18453

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• Number of Tubes
• 8

• Valves / Tubes
• 58 58 58 58 58 2A6 2A5 80

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 472 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus more than 2 Short Wave bands.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 22 cm = 8.7 inch

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 708 - Atwater Kent Mfg. Co.;

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 420 x 370 x 260 mm / 16.5 x 14.6 x 10.2 inch

• Notes
• 4 bands: BC, Police, 2xSW. The tube 2A6 was introduced early 1933. Therefore the model can not be before.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 12.7 kg / 27 lb 15.6 oz (27.974 lb)

• Price in first year of sale
• 59.90 USD

• External source of data
• E. Erb 3-907007-36-0

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

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 4 = ca. 1934 and before

• Mentioned in
• Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Cathedral & Tombstone Radios (page 59.)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Radio Retailing (Radio & Television R.) (October 1933 issue, page 19)

• Other Models

• Here you find 507 models, 330 with images and 332 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Atwater Kent Mfg. Co.; Philadelphia, USA