• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• United American Bosch (Magneto Corporation); Springfield (MA)

• Year
• 1934

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 189062

• • alternative name: American Bosch Magneto
  • Brand: Essex

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• Number of Tubes
• 7

• Valves / Tubes
• 58 56 58 58 2A6 2A5 80

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 9 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus more than 2 Short Wave bands.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 360T Vibro-Power - United American Bosch Magneto

• Shape
• Tablemodel, Tombstone = decorative upright, not cathedral but can have rounded edges.

• Notes

• The United American Bosch 360-T is an AC operated 7 tube BC and SW receiver.  Tuning range 540 to 20,000kHz.  Has 3-gang condenser, AVC and tone control. Factory price: $62.50

  Features Quadri-Colour tuning scales, with band frequency ranges as follows:
  Broadcast Band (Black Band)..........................540 - 1500kHz
  Shortwave Band 1 (Green Band)......................1500 - 4000kHz
  Shortwave Band 2 (Red Band).........................3500 - 9000kHz
  Shortwave Band 3 (Blue/Purple Band)..............8000 - 20,000kHz

  The original production model service data is found in Riders Volume 4, page 4-11 and Riders Volume 5, pages 5-29, 5-30. After this model went into production, various resistor and capacitor changes were made to the chassis.  Models with these changes are the "late" models, with the service data found in Riders Volume 7, pages 7-5, 7-6.

  The following 360 models were available:

  Model	Cabinet Type
  360-T, 360-T (late)	Table
  360-E, 360-E (late)	Not Known
  360-S, 360-S (late)	Not Known
  360-M, 360-M (late)	Console
  360-W (late)	Not Known
  360-X (late)	Not Known
  360-Y (late)	Not Known

• Price in first year of sale
• 103.25 $

• Source of data
• Machine Age to Jet Age II

• Mentioned in
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios (7th Edition)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Cathedral & Tombstone Radios (page 50.)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Shortwave Craft for April 1934 page 732

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• -- Original prospect or advert

• Author
• Model page created by Hans-Joachim Korn † 16.11.15. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 414 models, 163 with images and 272 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from United American Bosch (Magneto Corporation); Springfield (MA)