• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1937

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 65521

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

• Number of Tubes
• 8

• Valves / Tubes
• 6J7 6C5 6K7 6H6 6G5 6F5 6F6 5Y3G

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

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Short Wave(s) and Police.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 117; 234 Volt

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

• Power out
• 2.5 W (unknown quality)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Series A1 - Wells-Gardner & Co.; Chicago

• Shape
• Console, Lowboy (legs < 50 %).

• Notes

• Wells-Gardner referred to their model numbers as "Series". The Series A1 may be labeled Series A1-MB along with A1.

  Wells-Gardner made radios for many department stores. The Arlington brand shown here was for Schuster's Department Store of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 9 = 1938 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