S16A -20

• Country
• Belgium

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Siera; Belgien

• Year
• 1937

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 275644

• Picture
• Schematics

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• AK2 AF3 ABC1 AL4 AZ1

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 128 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

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

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110; 125; 145; 200; 220; 245 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: S16A -20 - Siera; Belgien

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 544 x 296 x 187 mm / 21.4 x 11.7 x 7.4 inch

• Notes
• 3 Band reception:
  • LW: 720 - 2000 m.
  • BC: 198 - 585 m.
  • SW: 16,7 - 51 m.
  Tuning scale light bulbs type: 8042 (4V, 500mA).
  Loudspeaker Philips type 9656. Connectors for second loudspeaker and for pick-up.
   
  Model S16A -20 is intented for the Belgian market.
  Compared to the S16A without suffix, it has:
  • a wooden cabinet (28.244.533) instead of a bakelite one,
  • a different backwall (28.401.210),
  • a different tuning scale (28.711.421),
  • a different 3-section tuning capacitor (28.212.170).
  This model is comparable with Tenor T16A, Fenno Seura 38, Jura J16A, Waldorp 471 and Philips 461A.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 10.4 kg / 22 lb 14.5 oz (22.907 lb)

• Price in first year of sale
• 1,825.00 BEF

• Mentioned in
• - - Manufacturers Literature (Siera memento of tubes and models 1932-1946)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• -- Original-techn. papers. (Generic model S16A by Philips dated 1937)

• Author
• Model page created by Dirk Bladt. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 452 models, 413 with images and 181 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Siera; Belgien