• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Sentinel Radio Corp., Evanston, Illinois

• Year
• 1947/1948

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 57571

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 12BE6 12BA6 12AT6 50B5 35W4

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 110 - 120 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 3 inch = 7.6 cm

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 309-W - Sentinel Radio Corp., Evanston

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 8 x 5.375 x 5 inch / 203 x 137 x 127 mm

• Notes

• Color= Walnut. Built in loop antenna.

  A Sentinel Folder for season 1947/48 shows the following models together: 285, 286, 289, 296, 298, 302, 305, 309, 313, 314, 315 and 316 in different colors, for instant suffix "I" for Ivory and "W" for Walnut.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 17 = 1948 and before

• Mentioned in
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Date 11-47, Set 28, Folder 4718-30)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98 (page 140.)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Shown for Season 1947/48 in a Sentinel Folder.

• Other Models

• Here you find 705 models, 349 with images and 596 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Sentinel Radio Corp., Evanston, Illinois