• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1955

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 87562

• • alternative name: Chicago Radio Lab

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• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• 1L6 1U4 1U5 3V4

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Power type and voltage
• Line / Batteries (any type) / 117 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 4 inch = 10.2 cm

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: L406 Ch= 4L42 - Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago,

• Shape
• Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)

• Notes

• Zenith Model L406 "The Voyager" is a conventional 4 tube superheterodyne circuit covering the AM Broadcast band 535-1620KC and an additional continuous Shortwave band covering 4.6-16.1MC.

  Power is supplied either though the 117V AC line though the use of a Selenium Rectifier or by a Zenith Z-909 battery pack or similar providing 9V at 50mA for the A supply and 90V at 14mA for the B supply. A 27 ohm dropping resistor in the chassis drops an additional 1.5V when operated on battery for the 7.5V filament string.

  Reception is provided via a ferrite loopstick antenna mounted in the cabinet for the AM Broadcast Band while the Shortwave antenna is a short hank of wire which exits the chassis and is designed to be deployed for best reception.

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Beitman Radio Diagrams, Vol. 13, 1953

• Author
• Model page created by Walter Wiesmüller † May 2012. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 4491 models, 4096 with images and 3601 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago, IL