• Year
  • 1937/1938
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 39123
    • alternative name: Emerson Television

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 15
  • Main principle
  • Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 456 kHz; 3 AF stage(s)
  • Tuned circuits
  • 7 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast, Short Wave(s) and Police.
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 105-125 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 15 inch = 38.1 cm
  • Power out
  • 15 W (unknown quality)
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: X-178 Ch= X - Emerson Radio & Phonograph
  • Shape
  • Console with any shape - in general
  • Notes
  • 6J5 tubes instead of all 6C5 also. Models with serial number below 1293633 BC(550-1750kHz), TROP(1750-6250kHz), SW(5.6-18.0MHz) bands. Other models BC(540-1800kHz), TROP(1800-6250kHz), SW(5.8-22.9MHz) bands. Push-pull audio amplifier. Two tube "symphonizer" (dynamic expander). Tuning eye.

  • Price in first year of sale
  • 99.95 $
  • 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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