• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Wells-Gardner & Co.; Chicago

• Year
• 1939 ??

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 65547

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

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 1A7G 1N5G 1N5G 1H5G 1C5G

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / 90 & 1.5 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm

• Material
• Leather / canvas / plastic - over other material

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Truetone 5 B3 Series - Wells-Gardner & Co.; Chicago

• Shape
• Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 345 x 225 x 220 mm / 13.6 x 8.9 x 8.7 inch

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 10 = 1939 and before

• Other Models

• Here you find 313 models, 102 with images and 283 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Wells-Gardner & Co.; Chicago