BM-216 Ch= BM
Emerson Radio & Phonograph Corp.; New York, NY
- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Emerson Radio & Phonograph Corp.; New York, NY
- Year
- 1938/1939
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 38818
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- alternative name: Emerson Television
Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.
- Number of Tubes
- 4
- Number of Transistors
- Semiconductors
- L55BG
- Main principle
- TRF without regeneration; 1 AF stage(s)
- Tuned circuits
- 2 AM circuit(s)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast only (MW).
- Details
- Record Player (not changer)
- Power type and voltage
- Alternating Current supply (AC) / 105-125 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: BM-216 Ch= BM - Emerson Radio & Phonograph
- Shape
- Tablemodel, with any shape - general.
- Notes
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This inexpensive Emerson model BM-216 receives the broadcast band - 540 to 1730 kc (kHz). The radio could work on AC/DC, but since it has a record player, it requires AC! Ingraham cabinet. Uses an L55BG ballast tube - which we show but do not count as a tube. See the upper part of the scale which says "Kilocycles" but actually shows 55 - 170 instead of 550 - 1700 kc. The meters (below) are correct.
- Price in first year of sale
- 19.95 $
- External source of data
- Ernst Erb
- Source of data
- Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition
- Circuit diagram reference
- Rider's Perpetual, Volume 9 = 1938 and before
- Mentioned in
- The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965 (Collector's Guide to AR6.Slusser)
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- Machine Age to Jet Age III
- Literature/Schematics (3)
- Emerson Folder Form. 39-22, 2-39 for 1939.
- Other Models
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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
Forum contributions about this model: Emerson Radio &: BM-216 Ch= BM
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Since the upcoming of transistor radios - and before for tiny tube radios one could see inscruptions for the broadcast band like 6 to 16 or even 5 to 17 - just to have a minimum on information on the frequency (cycles) or wavelength (meters). Often you could even not tell if it is the frequency or the meters ...
If there was more space, then was printed for instance 5.4 to 16 like here or 54 to 160 with sometimes a hint like here "x 10KHz" or the other way around, 160 to 51 for KHz.
The latter is wrong because it is 10KHz or 10,000 cycles and not KHz or KILOCYCLES as written on the Emerson radio BM216. Interesting to see there that the meter scale is right.
Ernst Erb, 07.Apr.11