• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1938/1939

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 65925

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• Number of Tubes
• 7

• Valves / Tubes
• 6D8G 6L5G 6S7G 6T7G 6AB5 6G6G 6ZY5G

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

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Power type and voltage
• Line / Storage batteries (perhaps also batteries) / 110-120V AC / 6 Volt

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

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Truetone D716 Console - Western Auto Supply Co.

• Shape
• Console with any shape - in general

• Notes
• Vibrator for +B in case of battery supply.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Mentioned in
• Pre-War Consoles

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 11 = ca. 1940 and before (Riders 11-2)

• 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)