• Year
  • 1941/1942
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 48852

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 5
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz
  • Tuned circuits
  • 6 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • AC/DC-set / 117 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 4 inch = 10.2 cm
  • Material
  • Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: 51X11 - Motorola Inc. ex Galvin Mfg.Co
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 10 x 6 x 6 inch / 254 x 152 x 152 mm
  • Notes
  • In Brown plastic cabinet. Tuning Range 540 to 1720 kHz (kc).

    Same model available in ivory finish: model 51X12.

  • Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
  • 5.2 lb (5 lb 3.2 oz) / 2.361 kg
  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 13 = 1942 and before
  • Literature/Schematics (3)
  • Motorola Booklet H-329, for 1942.

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