• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1953 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 68256

• • alternative name: Chicago Radio Lab

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 12BA6 12BE6 12BA6 12AT6 50C5

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / AC/DC,117V=110-120 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 7.5 inch = 19.1 cm

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: K526Y Ch= 5K04 - Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago,

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Notes

• Zenith model K526Y is an AC/DC operated AM superheterodyne receiver with phono provisions. ebony black.

   

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition

• Circuit diagram reference
• Beitman Radio Diagrams Vol. 13, 1953

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 23 (last) = covering up to 1954

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 215, folder 18, dated 9-53)

• Other Models

• Here you find 4602 models, 4231 with images and 3736 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago, IL