• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Western Auto Supply Co. (Truetone); Kansas City (MO)

• Year
• 1942

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 65676

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 12SA7 12SK7 12SQ7 50L6 35Z5

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 117 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 4 inch = 10.2 cm

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: D-1015 Gem "Coronets" Truetone - Western Auto Supply Co.

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 10.75 x 7 x 5.75 inch / 273 x 178 x 146 mm

• Notes
• Permeability tuning. Colour brown. Same set as model D1016 (colour ivory). Model appears in the Rider's 1941-1942 edition, the book Tabletop Radios. Vol.1 Stein. gives the date as 1947, and maybe in error regarding colour! Truetone D1015 "Coronets"; "Gemloid" clock type dial.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 13 = 1942 and before

• Mentioned in
• Machine Age to Jet Age II (Tabletop Radios. Vol.1 Stein & Truetone Radios 1942)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Riders 13-56

• Other Models

• Here you find 889 models, 507 with images and 783 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Western Auto Supply Co. (Truetone); Kansas City (MO)