• Year
  • 1937/1938
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 38745
    • alternative name: Emerson Television

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 5
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)
  • Tuned circuits
  • 6 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast, Long Wave and Short Wave.
  • Details
  • Record Player (perh.Changer)
  • Power type and voltage
  • AC/DC-set / 105-125 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 6.5 inch = 16.5 cm
  • Power out
  • 5 W (unknown quality)
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: AP-165 Ch= AP - Emerson Radio & Phonograph
  • Shape
  • Console: Chairside Radio.
  • Notes
  • LW(150-375kHz), BC(540-1600kHz) and SW(5.7-17.5MHz) bands. 6.5" or 10" speaker. Models below serial number 1291800 use electrodynamic speakers with field coil. Set uses a 3CR-241 ballast tube for a 49-volt drop at .3 amps and uses two Mazda 44 bayonet-based dial lamps. Cabinet includes the Emerson "Miracle Tone Chamber." This is the AC/DC version of AR-165.

  • Price in first year of sale
  • 119.95 $
  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 9 = 1938 and before
  • Literature/Schematics (3)
  • Emerson Folder Form. 38-3, 5-37 for 1938.

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