• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• General Household Utilities Co. (Grunow); Chicago Ill.

• Year
• 1936

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 164215

• • Brand: Grunow (trade name)

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A8 6K7 6Q7 6F6 5W4

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 465 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

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

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC)

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Grunow 553 Ch= 5-K - General Household Utilities Co

• Notes
• Different power transformers are used for 115 V (50-60 cycle), 115 V (25-50 cycle) or 110, 130, 220, 250 V (50-60 cycle) mains supply.

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 8 = 1937 and before

• Author
• Model page created by Hans-Joachim Korn † 16.11.15. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 138 models, 100 with images and 126 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from General Household Utilities Co. (Grunow); Chicago Ill.