• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Garod Radio Corp.; Brooklyn (NY)

• Year
• 1948

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 41657

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

• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• 1R5 1L4 1S5 3S4

• 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
• Dry Batteries / 1.5 & 67.5 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)

• Material
• Bakelite or Plastics (type unknown)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 4B-1 The Starlet - Garod Radio Corp.; Brooklyn NY

• Shape
• Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 205 x 170 x 90 mm / 8.1 x 6.7 x 3.5 inch

• Notes
• Built in loop antenna.
  Uses 3x 1.5 V "D" cells in parallel as "A" battery. Quite similar to the Orion unit 300B, which presumably made the purchase of manufacturing rights.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 18 = 1949 and before

• Mentioned in
• Guide to Old Radios

• Other Models

• Here you find 380 models, 99 with images and 345 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Garod Radio Corp.; Brooklyn (NY)