72-C-2 Ch= 72

• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Fairbanks, Morse & Co.; Chicago (IL)

• Year
• 1936/1937

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 39915

• • alternative name: FMC
  • Brand: Welco

• Picture
• Schematics

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• Number of Tubes
• 7

• Valves / Tubes
• 6K7G 6A8G 6K7G 6Q7G 6E5 6L6 5Y3

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 456 kHz; 2 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) / 115 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 12 inch = 30.5 cm

• Power out
• 5 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 72-C-2 Ch= 72 - Fairbanks, Morse & Co.;

• Shape
• Console with any shape - in general

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 24.5 x 40 x 12.75 inch / 622 x 1016 x 324 mm

• Notes

• The Fairbanks Morse 72-C-2 is an AC operated, 7 tube BC, Police and SW band receiver. Uses chassis 72. Has tuning eye tube, 5.5" dial and two speed tuning using 40:8:1 ratio.

  Band Frequency Ranges are as follows:
  BC Band............................540 - 1750kHz
  Police Band.......................2.35 - 7.7MHz
  SW Band..........................7.5 - 23.0MHz

  NOTE: 72 is the chassis number and NOT the model number.

  The following models use the same chassis:

  Model Number	Chassis	Cabinet
  72-C-2	72	Console
  72-C-3	72	Console
  72-T-3	72	Table

• Price in first year of sale
• 69.95 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb - Fairbanks-Morse Folder RA 309 for 1937

• Source of data
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition

• Mentioned in
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965 (Pre-War Consoles, page 73)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 8 = 1937 and before (Fairbanks Morse section pages 8-29, 8-30)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Gernsback Official Radio Service Manual (Volume 7, pages 362, 363)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• - - Manufacturers Literature (Fairbanks-Morse Service Notes - Model 72 Chassis)

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Radio Today (and Television) (June 1936 pg 62, July 1936 pg 4, Oct 1936, pg 80, Sept 1936 pg 51, Mar 1937 pg 49, Aug 1937 pg 71)

• Other Models

• Here you find 147 models, 87 with images and 117 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Fairbanks, Morse & Co.; Chicago (IL)