• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Consolidated S.M. Corp.; New York, NY

• Year
• 1960 ??

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 71328

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 12BE6 12BA6 12AV6 50C5 35W4

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

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 115 Volt

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

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Viscount 503 - Consolidated S.M. Corp.; New

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 165 x 115 x 115 mm / 6.5 x 4.5 x 4.5 inch

• Notes

• Conelrad Markings (Civil Defense, CD) on the dial at 640 and 1240 kHz.
  The two red triangles on the scale for CONELRAD tell us that the model Viscount 503 was made for the US market. Wikipedia (Nov. 2011): "CONELRAD (Control of Electromagnetic Radiation) was a system for emergency broadcasting to the public of the United States in the event of enemy attack during the Cold War. It was intended to serve two purposes; to prevent Soviet bombers from homing in on American cities by using radio or TV stations as beacons, and to provide essential civil defense information. U.S. President Harry S. Truman established CONELRAD in 1951. After the development of intercontinental ballistic missiles reduced the likelihood of a bomber attack, CONELRAD was replaced by the Emergency Broadcast System on August 5, 1963, which was later replaced with the Emergency Alert System in 1997; all were administered by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)." See a forum article with more details.

  Compare to other similar "(wedge)" labeled radios.

• Author
• Model page created by Konrad Birkner † 12.08.2014. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 3 models, 3 with images and 1 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Consolidated S.M. Corp.; New York, NY