• Year
  • 1935
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 68057
    • alternative name: Chicago Radio Lab

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 10
  • Main principle
  • Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 485 kHz; Export model
  • Tuned circuits
  • 9 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast, Long Wave and more than two Short Wave bands.
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 25-133 cycles, 115-260 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 25 cm = 9.8 inch
  • Power out
  • 5.5 W (unknown quality)
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: 834A Ch= 1002 - Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago,
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, Tombstone = decorative upright, not cathedral but can have rounded edges.
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 470 x 570 x 320 mm / 18.5 x 22.4 x 12.6 inch
  • Notes
  • According to the name plate, the set consumes 130 watts. This model with suffix A seems to be an export model. Domestic models are normally for 60 cycles and 105 to 125 volts.

    5 bands:

    LW - OL- green- 150 kHz-425 kHz
    MW - OM- black- 525 kHz-1600 kHz
    SW1 - OC1- red- 1600 kHz-4000 kHz
    SW2 - OC2- brown- 4000 kHz-11000 kHz
    SW3 - OC3- blue- 9000 kHz-22500 kHz

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

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