• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1960

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 73982

• • alternative name: Chicago Radio Lab

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• Number of Transistors
• 6

• Semiconductors

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

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / AA: 2 x 1.5 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 2 inch = 5.1 cm

• Power out
• 0.135 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Royal 50V Shirt Pocket Radio Ch= 6GT40Z1, 6GT40Z2 [red/white] - Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago,

• Shape
• Very small Portable or Pocket-Set (Handheld) < 8 inch.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 2.75 x 4.25 x 1.5 inch / 70 x 108 x 38 mm

• Notes
• Color: red with white back;

• Price in first year of sale
• 30.00 $

• Mentioned in
• Collector's Guide To TrR1 Bunis trans.94 (1996, page 310)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Zenith Transistor Radios (p.37)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Photofact TSM Transistor Radio Series SAMS (TSM 11, April 1962, pages 151 -154)

• 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 3595 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago, IL