• Year
  • 1940 ?
  • Category
  • Car Radio, perhaps also + sound player/recorder
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 312656

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 0
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios) / 6 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)
  • Material
  • Metal case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: 501 [Early Split Unit] - Motorola Inc. ex Galvin Mfg.Co
  • Shape
  • Chassis only or for «building in»
  • Notes
  • There appear to be two different Motorola 501 models.  The first is a split unit that dates from around 1940.  The second later unit is contained in a metal case and dates from around 1950.  The 1951 SAMS reference is for the later model.  The tubes and all other data are for the earlier model.

  • Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
  • 8 kg / 17 lb 9.9 oz (17.621 lb)
  • Author
  • Model page created by Simon Peter Aichner. See "Data change" for further contributors.

 Collections | Museums | Literature

 Forum