• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Emerson Radio & Phonograph Corp.; New York, NY

• Year
• 1955

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 128018

• • alternative name: Emerson Television

• Number of Tubes
• 3

• Valves / Tubes

• Number of Transistors
• 2

• Semiconductors

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / 4 & 45 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 7 cm = 2.8 inch

• Power out
• 0.5 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 839 error entry - Emerson Radio & Phonograph

• Shape
• Very small Portable or Pocket-Set (Handheld) < 8 inch.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 175 x 120 x 50 mm / 6.9 x 4.7 x 2 inch

• Notes
• This model number is a printing error in Schiffer's book. The caption for fig.13.11.b should read 838 instead. See also p.196.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 1.1 kg / 2 lb 6.8 oz (2.423 lb)

• Mentioned in
• The Portable Radio in American Life (p.195)

• Author
• Model page created by Konrad Birkner † 12.08.2014. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 2062 models, 1144 with images and 1618 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Emerson Radio & Phonograph Corp.; New York, NY