• Year
  • 1939
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 67659
    • alternative name: Chicago Radio Lab

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 5
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 115 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm
  • Power out
  • 3 W (unknown quality)
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: 5S327 Ch= 5529 - Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago,
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel with Push Buttons.
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 11.5 x 15.9 x 7.6 inch / 292 x 404 x 193 mm
  • Notes
  • Small tombstone. With automatic Tip-Touch Tuning.

    Stein (Cathedral & Tombstone) calls this model erroneously "5R327".

  • Price in first year of sale
  • 30.00 $
  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 9 = 1938 and before
  • Literature/Schematics (3)
  • -- Original prospect or advert (The Zenith Folder for 1939.)

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