• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1959

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 70355

• • Brand: Musaphonic

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 12BA6 12BE6 12BA6 12AV6 35C5 35W4

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / Either AC 50 to 60 cycles, 105 to 120V or DC 105 to 120 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: T156A - General Electric Co. GE;

• Shape
• Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14

• Notes

• The General Electric T156A is an AC/DC operated 6 tube BC band receiver.  BC band range is 540 to 1600kHz.  Has built-in loopstick antenna and two position tone control.  Uses dial lamp #12. Cabinet color is Gray.  Beitman lists speaker size as 4", but General Electric service notes list speaker as 6".

  The following models use the same schematic and cabinet but have different cabinet colors:

  Model Number	Cabinet Color
  T155A	Cocoa
  T156A	Gray

   

• Source of data
• Beitman Radio Diagrams, Vol. 20, 1960

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 483 folder 7 date 5-60)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• General Electric Service Notes (General Electric Service Guide Volume III 1946 to 1961 Page 158)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Beitman Radio Diagrams, Vol. 20, 1960 (Page 46)

• Author
• Model page created by Trev Levick. 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