• Country
• Germany

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Metz Transformatoren- und Apparatefabrik (ex TAM), Fürth

• Year
• 1956/1957

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 3740

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• Number of Tubes
• 9

• Valves / Tubes
• DF97 DF96 DF97 DF96 DF96 DAF96 DF97 DL96 DL96

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 452/10700 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 8 AM circuit(s)     12 FM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Long Wave and FM or UHF.

• Details
• Record Player (not changer)

• Power type and voltage
• Line / Batteries (any type) / 110-220 / DEAC D3,5 & 1,5 & 90 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) - elliptical

• Power out
• 0.2 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Leather / canvas / plastic - over other material

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Babyphon 56 - Metz Transformatoren- und

• Shape
• Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 440 x 290 x 170 mm / 17.3 x 11.4 x 6.7 inch

• Notes
• zzgl. 4 × 1,5 V für Motor.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 7.9 kg / 17 lb 6.4 oz (17.401 lb)

• Price in first year of sale
• 398.00 DM

• Source of data
• HdB d.Rdf-& Ferns-GrH 1956/57 / Radiokatalog Band 1, Ernst Erb

• Other Models

• Here you find 582 models, 456 with images and 302 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Metz Transformatoren- und Apparatefabrik (ex TAM), Fürth