• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1949

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 73448

• • alternative name: Chicago Radio Lab

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• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• 1R5 1U4 1S5 3V4

• 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
• Line / Batteries (any type) / AC/DC 117 / 9 & 90 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: 4G903 The Tip-Top Holiday Ch= 4F40 - Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago,

• Shape
• Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)

• Notes

• Selenium Rectifier
  Color=Grey

  Named "Tip-Top Hiliday" in Stein.

• Source of data
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 20 covering 1950

• Mentioned in
• Machine Age to Jet Age II (page 329.)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• -- Original prospect or advert

• Author
• Model page created by Konrad Birkner † 12.08.2014. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 4494 models, 4099 with images and 3605 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago, IL