6VA27 6-VA-27 Ch=5629

Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago, IL

  • Year
  • 1936 ?
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 67913
    • alternative name: Chicago Radio Lab

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 6
  • Main principle
  • Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 456 kHz
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast, Long Wave and 2 x Short Wave.
  • Power type and voltage
  • Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios) / =6 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: 6VA27 6-VA-27 Ch=5629 - Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago,
  • Notes
  • Farm Radio; synch.vibrator for +B;

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    Model 6- VA-27 use the same cabinet than models 6-V-27 and 6-S-27. Differences you will find in chassis and wavebands. Model 6-S-27-Y is the same in ebony.

  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 10 = 1939 and before

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