• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1938

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 135251

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

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6K8 6K7 6Q7 6F6G 5Y3G

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Long Wave and Short Wave.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / see remarks Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm

• Power out
• 4.8 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: H-554 - Pilot Electric Mfg. Co. Radio

• Shape
• Tablemodel, low profile (big size).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 520 x 320 x 220 mm / 20.5 x 12.6 x 8.7 inch

• Notes
• Choice of mains transformer. Four versions:
  110 to 125 volts
  150 volts
  220 to 240 volts
  110 to 125 / 220 to 240 volts

• Source of data
• - - Data from my own collection

• Mentioned in
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 9 = 1938 and before (page 11)

• Author
• Model page created by Daltro D'Arisbo. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• 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)