• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Sonora Radio & Telev. Corp.; Chicago (IL)

• Year
• 1939/1940

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 58384

• • alternative name: Sonora Electric Phono

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

• Number of Tubes
• 7

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A8G 6K7G 6Q7G 6J5G 6K6G 6K6G 80

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus 2 Short Wave bands.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110; 130; 150; 220; 250 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 6.5 inch = 16.5 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: TY-54 Ch= TY - Sonora Radio & Telev. Corp.;

• Shape
• Tablemodel with Push Buttons.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 20.5 x 11.75 x 8.5 inch / 521 x 298 x 216 mm

• Notes

• Built-in loop antenna; push-button tuner; phono or television input; push-pull af output stage.

  Ingraham cabinet.

• Price in first year of sale
• 23.00 $

• 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 11 = ca. 1940 and before

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

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Machine Age to Jet Age II (page 277.)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• -- Original prospect or advert (The Sonora Folder for 1940.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 345 models, 209 with images and 260 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Sonora Radio & Telev. Corp.; Chicago (IL)