• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Belmont Radio Corp. (B.R.C.); Chicago, Ill.

• Year
• 1940/1941

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 34166

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 1A7G 1N5G 1H5G 1A5G 1A5G

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 465 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Storage and/or dry batteries / 90 & 1.5 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 551 Ch= Series A [A] - Belmont Radio Corp. B.R.C.;

• Shape
• Tablemodel, high profile (upright - NOT Cathedral nor decorative).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 15 x 16 x 10 inch / 381 x 406 x 254 mm

• Notes

• Tuning 535 to 1735 kc.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 10 = 1939 and before

• Mentioned in
• Cathedral & Tombstone Radios (page 65.)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Belmont Folder for 1941.

• Other Models

• Here you find 442 models, 205 with images and 383 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Belmont Radio Corp. (B.R.C.); Chicago, Ill.