• Country
• Italy

• Manufacturer / Brand
• SAFAR (Società Anonima Fabbricazione Apparecchi Radiofonici); Milano

• Year
• 1947/1948

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 74947

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 12TE8 12NK7 12Q7 35L6 35Z4

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 450 kHz

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

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110; 160; 220 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent or electro-dynamic (moving coil), system not known yet.

• Material
• Bakelite or Plastics (type unknown)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 527 A [plastica/bachelite] - SAFAR Società Anonima

• Shape
• Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 195 x 260 x 55 mm / 7.7 x 10.2 x 2.2 inch

• Notes

• Minuscola supereterodina ad autotrasformatore e filamenti in serie. Apparecchio soprammobile dalla forma inusuale, che ricorda un portaritratti.

  Questa pagina è per i modelli in plastica o bachelite.
  Variante in legno vedi mod. 527 A/S.

  Serie precedenti (con valvole 12A8 e 12K7, tensione 125 e 160 volt) vedi mod. 527.

• External source of data
• D.E. Ravalico, Il Radiolibro, Hoepli.

• Source of data
• Guida Pratica Antique Radio II (2000)

• Mentioned in
• Il museo della radio; Primo Boselli; 1992 (Elettronica Flash, Luglio-Agosto 1994)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Schemi di apparecchi radio ( Ravalico 1953 ) (pag. 278, 280, 281)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• -- Original prospect or advert (Rivista TE Nr. 1, 1947 Volume II, p.103)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Das Elektron, Nr. 10 Okt. 1948, Linz, p.4 / Wiener Herbstmesse 1948

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• -- Original prospect or advert (Elettronica N. 7, Settembre 1947)

• Author
• Model page created by Alessandro De Poi. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 142 models, 102 with images and 75 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from SAFAR (Società Anonima Fabbricazione Apparecchi Radiofonici); Milano