• Country
• Germany

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Blaupunkt (Ideal), Berlin, später Hildesheim

• Year
• 1938/1939

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 594

• • alternative name: Ideal-Radiotelephon- und App-fabr. || Ideal-Werke AG; Berlin (ab 1934)
  • Brand: Rotstern

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• Number of Tubes
• 8

• Valves / Tubes
• CF3 CCH1 CF3 CB2 C/EM2 CL4 CL4 AZ12 U920

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 468 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Long Wave and Short Wave.

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 110; 125; 220; 240 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 8GW78 - Blaupunkt Ideal, Berlin,

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 555 x 378 x 305 mm / 21.9 x 14.9 x 12 inch

• Notes
• Variable Bandbreite.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 20.3 kg / 44 lb 11.4 oz (44.714 lb)

• Price in first year of sale
• 370.00 RM

• Source of data
• Handbuch WDRG 1938 / Radiokatalog Band 1, Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Lange+Schenk+FS-Röhrenbestückung

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• -- Schematic (OTO-Schaltungen)

• Picture reference
• Das Modell ist im «Radiokatalog» (Erb) abgebildet.

• Other Models

• Here you find 3552 models, 3238 with images and 2328 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Blaupunkt (Ideal), Berlin, später Hildesheim