• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Pilot Electric Mfg. Co. (Radio Corp.); Brooklyn (NY)

• Year
• 1937/1938

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 51850

• • alternative name: Pilot Radio & Television || Pilot Radio and Tube || Pilot Radio Corporation

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A8G 6K7G 6H6G 6J7G 6F6G 5Y3

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 115; 125; 150; 220; 240 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• Power out
• 3 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Bakelite or Plastics (type unknown)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: BG-562 - Pilot Electric Mfg. Co. Radio

• Shape
• Tablemodel, Tombstone = decorative upright, not cathedral but can have rounded edges.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 13.625 x 18.375 x 10.375 inch / 346 x 467 x 264 mm

• Notes
• 6" or 8" speaker.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 9 = 1938 and before

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Radio Retailing (Radio & Television R.) (December 1937.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 541 models, 269 with images and 404 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Pilot Electric Mfg. Co. (Radio Corp.); Brooklyn (NY)