6D615 Consoltone, Boomerang dial Ch=6B05

Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago, IL

  • Year
  • 1942
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 67749
    • alternative name: Chicago Radio Lab

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 6
  • Main principle
  • Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz
  • Tuned circuits
  • 7 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • AC/DC-set / 115 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm
  • Power out
  • 1.3 W (unknown quality)
  • Material
  • Bakelite or Plastics (type unknown)
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: 6D615 Consoltone, Boomerang dial Ch=6B05 - Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago,
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 12.5 x 7.8 x 6.8 inch / 318 x 198 x 173 mm
  • Notes
  • Budlong design; brown bakelite. Stein shows a wooden model, which is not correct! the pictured one (Table Top Radios 1, p.173) is a 6D-630!

  • Price in first year of sale
  • 26.00 $
  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 13 = 1942 and before

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