5R-312 Ch=5528 brown bakelite

• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1938/1939

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 67627

• • alternative name: Chicago Radio Lab

• Picture
• Schematics

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A8G 6K7 6Q7 6K6 6X5

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

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 115; 235 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Material
• Bakelite case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 5R-312 Ch=5528 [brown bakelite] - Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago,

• Shape
• Tablemodel with Push Buttons.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 320 x 190 x 175 mm / 12.6 x 7.5 x 6.9 inch

• Notes

• Budlong design. Same model in Ivory finish: model 5R-312W. Also available for AC-DC operation Zenith model 6D312.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 5.1 kg / 11 lb 3.7 oz (11.233 lb)

• Price in first year of sale
• 20.00 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 9 = 1938 and before

• Mentioned in
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Zenith Radio The Glory Years 1936-1945

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98 (page 170.)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• -- Original prospect or advert (The Zenith Folder for 1939.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 4491 models, 4096 with images and 3595 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago, IL