• Year
  • 1931/1932
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 208109

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 6
  • Main principle
  • Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 175 kHz
  • Tuned circuits
  • 5 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Ballad Ch= 501 - De Forest DeForest Crosley
  • Shape
  • Console, Lowboy (legs < 50 %).
  • Notes
  • DeForest Crosley "The Ballad Ch= 501" 6-Tube Superheterodyne Console Receiver.
    See also Encore Ch= 500.

    Price in 1931, including tubes. Price in 1932: $109.50

  • Price in first year of sale
  • 99.50 $
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • March 11, 1932 The Evening Citizen newspaper Ottawa, Canada
  • Literature/Schematics (2)
  • - - Manufacturers Literature (Personalities in Radioland, Nov. 1931)
  • Literature/Schematics (4)
  • -- Schematic
  • Author
  • Model page created by Alan Larsen. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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