• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1938

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 74113

• • alternative name: Chicago Radio Lab

• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A8G 6K7G 6H6G 6F5G 6F6G 5Y4G

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz

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

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

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 6S238 6-S-238 Ch=5638 - Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago,

• Shape
• Console: Chairside Radio.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 20.6 x 21.3 x 13.1 inch / 523 x 541 x 333 mm

• Notes
• produced ??

• Price in first year of sale
• 70.00 $

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 8 = 1937 and before

• Mentioned in
• Zenith Radio The Glory Years 1936-1945 (only chassis is in Riders, not the model !)

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

• 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