• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1958 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 131878

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

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• Number of Tubes
• 19

• Valves / Tubes
• 6BQ7A 6U8 6BA6 6BA6 6AU6 6BN6 6AU6 12AU7 12AU7 6BA6 6U8 6BA6 6BA6 12AX7 12AX7 12AX7 12AX7 12AU7 EZ81

• Number of Transistors

• Semiconductors
• Selenium-Rectifier

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage

• Wave bands
• Broadcast (BC) and FM or UHF.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 105-120 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• - For headphones or amp.

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: FM-AM Tuner FA-690 - Pilot Electric Mfg. Co. Radio

• Shape
• Book-shelf unit.

• Notes
• Tuner & PreAmp; an external Multiplex Adapter is required for FM-Stereo.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 22 lb 0 oz (22 lb) / 9.988 kg

• Price in first year of sale
• 269.50 $

• Mentioned in
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 477 folder 11 date 3-60)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Radio Shack Catalog (1959, page 9)

• Author
• Model page created by Gottfried Silberhorn. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 544 models, 271 with images and 408 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)