• Year
  • 1951
  • Category
  • Television Receiver (TV) or Monitor
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 266616

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 22
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common)
  • Wave bands
  • VHF incl. FM and/or UHF (see notes for details)
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 220 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Permanent or electro-dynamic (moving coil), system not known yet. / Ø 25 cm = 9.8 inch
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: 319AM Ch=CX33 - Capehart Corp.; Fort Wayne, IN
  • Shape
  • Console, Lowboy (legs < 50 %).
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 560 x 870 x 510 mm / 22 x 34.3 x 20.1 inch
  • Notes
  • Los primeros receptores comerciales llegados a la Argentina en 1951 fueron unos 450 televisores Capehart de este modelo (y del similar de sobremesa) importados junto con los equipos de transmisión Standard Electric, antenas , cámaras y camiones de exteriores por Don Jaime Yankelevich, quien instaló Canal 7, la primera emisora de TV en Argentina.

    The first commercial receivers arrived in Argentina in 1951. About 450 televisions (Capeharts of this model and tabletop models) were imported along with Standard Electric transmission equipment, antennas, cameras and external trucks by Don Jaime Yankelevich, who installed Channel 7, the first TV station in Argentina.

  • Mentioned in
  • MON Beitman Television (TV5) 1951
  • Author
  • Model page created by Aldo Canepa. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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