• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1954 ?

• Category
• Car Radio, perhaps also + sound player/recorder

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 81106

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 6BA6 6BE6 6AU6 6AV6 6AQ5 6X4

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 265 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 8 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios) / -7.2 Volt

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

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: R5BF Ford FDH-18805-B1 - Bendix Radio Division;

• Shape
• Chassis only or for «building in»

• Notes
• 7.2V Batt.positive(+)to ground; Vibrator for +B. Car radio for 1955 Ford vehicles. Basic model (6 tube) with black push buttons & tone control was produced by Bendix as model R5BF, & Motorola as model 5MF. The de-Luxe model (8 tube) with chrome push buttons & tone control was produced by Motorola as model 5MF8. All 3 sets look similar & are for 6 volts only however sets were often converted to 12-volt operation.

• Source of data
• Beitman Radio Diagrams, Vol. 15, 1955

• Author
• Model page created by Egon Penker. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• 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