• Country
• Canada

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Canadian General Electric (Canada) (C.G.E. or CGE); Toronto, ON

• Year
• 1940/1941 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 209173

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6SA7 6SK7 6SQ7 6F6G 5Y4G

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common)

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

• Power type and voltage
• Line (AC, UC or DC not known) / 110 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: KL-53 - Canadian General Electric

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 13.75 x 12.5 x 8.62 inch / 349 x 318 x 219 mm

• Notes
• Chassis appears to be identical to models GE JK-53 as well as RCA A-20.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 18.5 lb (18 lb 8 oz) / 8.399 kg

• Mentioned in
• Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98 (page 84.)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• - - Manufacturers Literature

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Cathedral & Tombstone Radios (page 125.)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Table Top Radios Vol. 4 Stein 2003 (page 60.)

• Author
• Model page created by Zachary Zagar. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 507 models, 376 with images and 428 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Canadian General Electric (Canada) (C.G.E. or CGE); Toronto, ON