• Country
• Germany

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Loewe-(Opta); Deutschland

• Year
• 1954/1955

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 2815

• • alternative name: Löwe Radio

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• ECC85 ECH81 EF85 EABC80 EM4 EL84

• Number of Transistors

• Semiconductors
• Tr.Gl.=Metal-rectif.

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 460 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 9 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Long Wave, Short Wave plus FM or UHF.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110-240 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• 3 Loudspeakers

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Komet 559W [Plastik] - Loewe-Opta; Deutschland

• Shape
• Tablemodel with Push Buttons.

• Notes
• "Plastik" bedeutet soviel wie 3D-Klang

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 13 kg / 28 lb 10.1 oz (28.634 lb)

• Price in first year of sale
• 359.00 DM

• Source of data
• Rundfunk- und Fernseh-Katalog 1954/55 / Radiokatalog Band 1, Ernst Erb

• Other Models

• Here you find 1623 models, 1364 with images and 1179 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Loewe-(Opta); Deutschland