• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Howard Radio Company; Chicago (IL)

• Year
• 1936

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 44618

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

• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A7 6K7 6Q7 6B5 6G5 80

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 465 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Short Wave(s) and Police.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 115 & 1 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 68 - Howard Radio Company; Chicago

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 19.75 x 10 x 9.5 inch / 502 x 254 x 241 mm

• Notes

• The Howard 68 is an AC operated, 6 tube BC,Police and SW band receiver.  BC (540 - 1700 kHz), TROP (1700 - 5500 kHz) and SW (5.5 - 18.0 MHz) bands. Has tuning eye. Six or eight inch speaker.  Has 1V bias cell.

  Very similar models are Knight 68 and Knight A9848.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 9.9 kg / 21 lb 12.9 oz (21.806 lb)

• 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 7 = 1936 and before

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 8 = 1937 and before (Riders (Howard) 8-4, 8-5, 8-6)

• Other Models

• Here you find 354 models, 152 with images and 214 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Howard Radio Company; Chicago (IL)