• Year
  • 1940
perfect model
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 123922
    • alternative name: Emerson Television

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 5
  • Valves / Tubes
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • AC/DC-set / 115 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)
  • Power out
  • 2 W (unknown quality)
  • Material
  • Catalin (a brand name for a thermosetting polymer popular in the 1930s and 1940s - a phenol formaldehyde resin - like Bakelite, but a two-stage process with a lot of work afterwards).
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: 400-2 Patriot - Emerson Radio & Phonograph
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 11.5 x 7 x 6 inch / 292 x 178 x 152 mm
  • Notes
  • The same chassis and cabinet is called ARISTOCRAT in most cases but in the three cases linked it is called PATRIOT because of the color combinations. They are a Norman Bel Geddes design. It can be seen on the recent „Pioneers of American Industrial Design“ USPS Stamp set. It was commissioned by Emerson for their 25th Anniversary. Originally all Aristocrat models had a brown handle and brown knobs (bullet type, not Star!). Further combinations, e.g. black case with star knobs look interesting, but are obviously not original and were easily created by collectors/antique dealers.

    PATRIOT models are according to the US flag in colors:
    - model 400-1 is basic blue with red and white trim, handle blue;
    - model 400-2 is basic white with red and blue trim.
    - model 400-3 is basic red with white and blue trim.
    The white will now be cream or yellow because of sun light exposure. You might find models with replica knobs or the wrong knobs without the star and you find repainted models. Original catalins are not painted!
  • Price in first year of sale
  • 15.00 $
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • Sideli: Classic Plastic Radios of the 30´s and 40´s
  • Author
  • Model page created by Nico Pokrant. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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