• Year
  • 1937/1938
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 64511
    • 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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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 4
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 465 kHz
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • Storage and/or dry batteries / 2--3/3x45 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Delco R-2055 - United Motors Service Delco
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, low profile (big size).
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 21 x 11.5 x 12.5 inch / 533 x 292 x 318 mm
  • Notes
  • Farm Radio; A supply from 2V storage batt., or 3V dry cell(via regulator 5E1), or air cell; from 540 to 1720 Kc.

  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 9 = 1938 and before
  • Literature/Schematics (3)
  • Delco Folder Form. A-621 for 1938.

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