- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Farnsworth Television & Radio Corp. - see also Capehart
- Year
- 1947/1948
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 40221
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SAMS Photofact
Scanned from the Farnsworth Folder.
RECONSTRUCTED LABEL
RECONSTRUCTED LABEL
RECONSTRUCTED LABEL
Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.
- Number of Tubes
- 5
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)
- Tuned circuits
- 6 AM circuit(s)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast only (MW).
- Power type and voltage
- AC/DC-set / 105 - 125 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 4 inch = 10.2 cm
- Material
- Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: GT-050 - Farnsworth Television & Radio
- Shape
- Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 11 x 6 x 6 inch / 279 x 152 x 152 mm
- Notes
-
Built in loop antenna.
Color= Mahogany-Brown. See also model GT-051 in Ivory.
- External source of data
- Ernst Erb
- Source of data
- Collector's Guide to Antique Radios (7th Edition)
- Circuit diagram reference
- Rider's Perpetual, Volume 17 = 1948 and before
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 35, Folder 5)
- Other Models
-
Here you find 400 models, 284 with images and 327 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from Farnsworth Television & Radio Corp. - see also Capehart
Forum contributions about this model: Farnsworth: GT-050
Threads: 1 | Posts: 1
I started working on a Farnworth GT-051 this week and my initial inspection indicated that the 12SK7 and 12SQ7 tubes were incorrectly installed, based on the layout illustration in the Howard Sams download:
35_farnsw_gt050_51_52_part1__1.pdf
I thought that this was odd because while researching the unit, I had encountered a blog article where the restorer reported that he also had a unit with the same tubes swapped.
Further investigation revealed that the callouts for these tubes in the Sams layout illustration are backwards. Fortunately, another document (probably original Farnsworth doc) is also available in the downloads for comparison:
usa_farnsworth_gt051_align.pdf
I'm not sure how radiomuseum handles issues in downloads like this, but I hope that it can be noted somewhere in the model page to help people avoid this problem.
Best regards,
Bruce Frederick
Burlington, MA USA
Bruce Frederick, 10.Feb.23