• Year
  • 1939/1940
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 58380
    • alternative name: Sonora Electric Phono

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 5
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz
  • Tuned circuits
  • 5 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • AC/DC-set / 117 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm
  • Material
  • Bakelite case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: TW-49 Ch= TW - Sonora Radio & Telev. Corp.;
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 11 x 6 x 6 inch / 279 x 152 x 152 mm
  • Notes
  • This radio existed in brown, black as well as white painted bakelite. There was also a beetle version, which is rather rare today, due to the nature of beetle in itself.
    Built-in loop antenna; push-button tuner; phono or television input.

  • Price in first year of sale
  • 9.86 $
  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • p 28
  • Literature/Schematics (4)
  • -- Original prospect or advert (The Sonora Folder for 1940.)

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