• Year
  • 1946/1947
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 40617

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 6
  • Main principle
  • Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz
  • Tuned circuits
  • 7 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 117 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Air Chief 4-A-21 "Adam" Code 5-5-9001A - Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, with any shape - general.
  • Notes
  • Push Button tuning.
    The model Air Chief 4-a-21, 4-A-22 is an AC Operated 2 Band Superheterodyne Receiver - Self Contained Loop Antenna.
    In Sam's called Air Chief, in Riders Adam.
  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 15 = 1947 and before

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