• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1947

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 75669

• • alternative name: Sonora Electric Phono

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 12SA7 12SK7 12SQ7 35L6GT 35Z5GT

• 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
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 117 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: WAU-243 - Sonora Radio & Telev. Corp.;

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 11.25 x 6.25 x 6.75 inch / 286 x 159 x 171 mm

• Notes
• Tuning 535 to 1620 kc. Giant rotor dial in maroon color. Color= Ivory.

• Price in first year of sale
• 29.95 $

• Source of data
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios (6th edition)

• Mentioned in
• Radio Retailing (Radio & Television R.) (July 1947 page 40. September 1947 page 75.)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Beitman Radio Diagrams, Vol. 08, 1948

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 27, Date 10/47, Folder 4717-27)

• Author
• Model page created by Walter Wiesmüller † May 2012. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 338 models, 206 with images and 253 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Sonora Radio & Telev. Corp.; Chicago (IL)