• Country
• Argentina

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Franklin, Buenos Aires

• Year
• 1955 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 251842

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• ECH42 EF41 EBC41 EL42

• Number of Transistors

• Semiconductors
• Vibrator

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 468 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 5 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Power type and voltage
• Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios) / 6 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Power out
• 0.6 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Bakelite case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: FD17V - Franklin, Buenos Aires

• Shape
• Tablemodel, low profile (big size).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 360 x 230 x 170 mm / 14.2 x 9.1 x 6.7 inch

• Notes

• El tipo del modelo esta en el lado derecho oculto del dial.

  OM (MW) 540 kc - 1600 kc
  OC (SW) 5,8 Mc - 12,5 Mc

  Alimentacion: Acumulador de 6V, vibrador para +B

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 6 kg / 13 lb 3.5 oz (13.216 lb)

• Author
• Model page created by Jorge Juan Stark. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 33 models, 26 with images and 16 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Franklin, Buenos Aires