• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• United Motors Service (Delco)

• Year
• 1941

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 64438

• • alternative name: Delco Radio Corp. (Appliance) || Delco-Remy Division, General Motors Corp. || United Motors Service Delco General Motors
  • Brand: Chieftain || Delco

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 12SK7 12SA7 12SQ7 50L6GT 35Z5GT

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 117 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Material
• Bakelite or Plastics (type unknown)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Delco R1172 - United Motors Service Delco

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 9.5 x 6.5 x 6 inch / 241 x 165 x 152 mm

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 2.8 kg / 6 lb 2.7 oz (6.167 lb)

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 12 = ca. 1941 and before

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Beitman Radio Diagrams, Vol. 04, 1941 (1941!)

• Other Models

• Here you find 585 models, 331 with images and 548 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from United Motors Service (Delco)