• Year
  • 1939/1940
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 36348

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 4
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • Storage and/or dry batteries / 90 / 1,5 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)
  • Power out
  • 0.5 W (unknown quality)
  • Material
  • Bakelite case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: B449A Ch= 449 - Crosley Radio Corp.;
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel with Push Buttons.
  • Notes
  • The Crosley model B449A is a very compact cabinet with four push buttons.
    The schematic is for chassis 449, but this portable model is called B429A - according to a folder (point of sales brochure) for 1939/40 battery radios.
    The folder for battery radios 1939/40 shows the models B429A, B449A, B459A, B579A, B589A, B6579D and the console models B5579M and B5589M (but without the 439).

  • Price in first year of sale
  • 15.99 $
  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 11 = ca. 1940 and before

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