• Year
  • 1937/1938
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 38755
    • alternative name: Emerson Television

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 6
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)
  • Tuned circuits
  • 6 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).
  • Details
  • Record Player (perh.Changer)
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 105-125 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 6.5 inch = 16.5 cm
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: AR-166 Ch= AR - Emerson Radio & Phonograph
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, Box - most often with Lid (NOT slant panel).
  • Notes
  • The model Emerson AR-166 with chassis AR has BC(540-1730kHz) and SW(5.6-18.0MHz) bands. Models with serial numbers below 1326200 use 76 instead of 6Q7. 6AC5 tube used only on serial numbers 1412601 to 1413601 and above 1416650. 6.5" or 10" speaker. Ingraham cabinet. See also the version AR-166 with push-pull output and only one tube for 2nd det. and 1st AF.

  • Price in first year of sale
  • 89.95 $
  • 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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