• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Admiral (brand) Continental Radio & Television Co.; Chicago, IL

• Year
• 1937

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 103703

• • alternative name: Continental Radio & TV

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• Number of Tubes
• 8

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A7 6D6 76 75 76 42 42 80

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Short Wave(s) and Police.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 955 Ch = 8k - Admiral brand Continental

• Shape
• Console: Chairside Radio.

• Notes
• Streamline semicircular front with ashtray.

• Source of data
• The Complete Price Guide to Antique Radios: Pre-War Consoles

• Mentioned in
• Pre-War Consoles

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 8 = 1937 and before

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Radio Retailing (Radio & Television R.) (June 1937.)

• Author
• Model page created by Rainer Sluga. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 3211 models, 1323 with images and 2578 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Admiral (brand) Continental Radio & Television Co.; Chicago, IL