• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Sylvania (Hygrade, GTE, Nilco); Emporium (PA)

• Year
• 1953 ?

• Category
• Car Radio, perhaps also + sound player/recorder

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 364935

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• Number of Tubes
• 8

• Valves / Tubes
• 6BD6 6BE6 6BD6 6AV6 6AV6 6AQ5 6AQ5 6X4

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 265 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios) / 6 Volt

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

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: FAG-18805-A 3SH-756 - Sylvania Hygrade, GTE, Nilco;

• Shape
• Chassis only or for «building in»

• Notes

• Lincoln-Mercury model FAG-18805-A is a Battery operated custom built superheterodyne receiver for 1953 Lincoln & Mercury automobiles.

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 214, folder 5, dated 9-53)

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 1174 models, 466 with images and 1044 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Sylvania (Hygrade, GTE, Nilco); Emporium (PA)