Royal 780 YG The Navigator Ch=8CT42Z2
Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago, IL
- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago, IL
- Year
- 1959
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 73979
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- alternative name: Chicago Radio Lab
eBay seller dave-sam
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Sams Photofact Folders
Front of Zenith Navigator 780Y.
Top of Zenith Navigator 780Y
Side of Zenith Navigator 780Y
Zenith Navigator 780Y Chassis.
Zenith Navigator 780Y. Label.
Picture from 1960 Zenith sales brochure
Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.
- Number of Transistors
- 8
- Main principle
- Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz
- Wave bands
- Broadcast (MW) and Long Wave.
- Power type and voltage
- Dry Batteries / "C" 6 x 1.5 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 4 inch = 10.2 cm
- Material
- Leather / canvas / plastic - over other material
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: Royal 780 YG The Navigator Ch=8CT42Z2 - Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago,
- Shape
- Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 9 x 5.5 x 4 inch / 229 x 140 x 102 mm
- Notes
- Black leather. There is also the brown version 780G.
Zenith Royal 780 The Navigator; Nav. switch to inhibit AGC for signal nulling; phone jack added; LW: 150 - 400 khz, Same model type with chassis Ch=8CT42 known.
- Price in first year of sale
- 100.00 $
- Mentioned in
- Zenith Transistor Radios (p.33)
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (12-1960 Set 511 Folder 16)
- Author
- Model page created by Konrad Birkner † 12.08.2014. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
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Collections
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