P1711A

• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• General Electric Co. (GE); Bridgeport CT, Syracuse NY

• Year
• 1966

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 100559

• • Brand: Musaphonic

• Picture
• Schematics

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• Number of Transistors
• 6

• Semiconductors

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / 9 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Magnetic loudspeaker (reed) generic. / Ø 2 inch = 5.1 cm

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: P1711A - General Electric Co. GE;

• Shape
• Very small Portable or Pocket-Set (Handheld) < 8 inch.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 2.75 x 4.5 x 1.25 inch / 70 x 114 x 32 mm

• Notes

• High impedance speaker with reed suspended between 2 pole pieces, drives paper cone with a stylus, and is directly driven in push-pull by a pair of collectors, without an audio output transformer. One of several contemporary GE transistor radio models to employ this kind of speaker which was originally used in the 1920's because of it's high efficiency and high impedance.

  The color is white whereas the model P1710A is black.

• Mentioned in
• SAM Fotofact Folders 1966

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• GE 1966 Portable Radios catalog

• Author
• Model page created by Vitor Oliveira. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 2906 models, 2125 with images and 2031 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from General Electric Co. (GE); Bridgeport CT, Syracuse NY