• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago, IL

• Year
• 1940

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 67366

• • alternative name: Chicago Radio Lab

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• Number of Tubes
• 15

• Valves / Tubes
• 6K7G 6A8G 6K7G 6K7G 6U5 6J5G 6J5G 6C5G 6F8G 6V6G 6V6G 6V6G 6V6G 5Y4G 5Y4G

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz

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

• Details
• Record Player (perh.Changer)

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 115 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 15 inch = 38.1 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 15S495 15-S-495 Ch=1503/1504 - Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago,

• Shape
• Console with Push Buttons.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 33.9 x 45.9 x 19.8 inch / 861 x 1166 x 503 mm

• Price in first year of sale
• 350.00 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• Pre-War Consoles

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 11 = ca. 1940 and before

• Mentioned in
• Zenith Radio The Glory Years 1936-1945

• Other Models

• Here you find 4491 models, 4096 with images and 3603 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago, IL