1217B

• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Bendix Radio Division; Baltimore, MD

• Year
• 1947

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 34371

• Picture
• Schematics

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• Number of Tubes
• 12

• Valves / Tubes
• 6AG5 7F8 6BE6 7AH7 6H6 7AH7 6H6 6SN7 6SN7 6V6 6V6 5U4G

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455/10700 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Short Wave plus FM or UHF.

• Details
• Changer (Record changer)

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 105 - 125 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 12 inch = 30.5 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 1217B - Bendix Radio Division;

• Shape
• Console, Lowboy (legs < 50 %).

• Notes
• According to SAMS the Bendix radio models 1217, 1217B and 1217D use the same 12 tube chassis with the exception that the model 1217B uses a 6SN7GT instead of 6J5 for 1st AF-Amp. Rider is showing a 14 tube chassis for model 1217D. Which one is correct - or are here two different chassis?
  
  Color=Mahogany
  Record Changer:
  Automatic -twelve 10-inch or ten 12-inch standard records.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 20 covering 1950

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

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Date 12-47, set 29, folder 4719-4)

• Other Models

• Here you find 440 models, 359 with images and 216 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Bendix Radio Division; Baltimore, MD