• 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
• 194027

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• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• 1A7 1N5 1H5 3Q5

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

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Storage and/or dry batteries / 1.5 & 90 Volt

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

• Power out
• 0.35 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: D-1135 Truetone - Western Auto Supply Co.

• Shape
• Tablemodel, low profile (big size).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 17.68 x 9.375 x 10.875 inch / 449 x 238 x 276 mm

• Notes
• Model D-2166 uses the same chassis. In the Notes the power output should be clarified to explain that the "undistorted" power output is only 0.27Watts; and the distortion becomes audible as the Volume control is raised to the maximum position which occurs at the 0.35W reading!

• Source of data
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 14 = covering up to late 1942 (C=1944)

• Author
• Model page created by John Kusching. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 892 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)