404B Chateau Ch= W-836 or W-839, W-837, 16-E-2

Capehart Corp.; Fort Wayne, IN - see also Farnsworth

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  • Year
  • 1933/1934
perfect model
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 35036

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

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 17
  • Main principle
  • Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 180 or 465 kHz; 3 AF stage(s)
  • Tuned circuits
  • 9 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Wave Bands given in the notes.
  • Details
  • Record-Changer, both sides!; Visual Tuning Indicator pre Eye
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 60 cycles, 115 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • 2 Loudspeakers
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: 404B Chateau Ch= W-836 or W-839, W-837, 16-E-2 - Capehart Corp.; Fort Wayne, IN
  • Shape
  • Console with any shape - in general
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 42 x 43 x 22 inch / 1067 x 1092 x 559 mm
  • Notes

  • 404B Chateau, two speed changer 16-E-2, remote Aladdin possible
    Cabinet: Royal Hawaian Koa wood with tinted floral inlays.Model series 404 Chateau has been made from late 1933 as as 404A, 404B (1933/34), 404C (1934/35), 404D (1935/36) and 404E for season 1936/37.

    Chassis = change by season: See Rider's volume 5-2 for the 8-tube tuner chassis W-836 for Capehart 400B, 402B and 404B with 58 RF, 58 osc, 2A7 mixer, 2 x 58 IF, 55 and 2 x 57 and tuning meter. But read this article about variants and different tuners for the "B". The all wave tuner chassis W-839 with 58, 2A7, 2 x 58, 56, 55, and 2 x 57 and tuning meter, also having 8 tubes, is found on Rider's 5-3. And see the 9-tube amplifier chassis W-837 - tubes 3 x 56, 4 x 2A5 and 2 x 5Z3 Rider's 5-4. Careful not to confuse it with Rider's page 1-1 to 1-4 for models 400, 401 and 402, one chassis with 13 tubes.

    The Capehart 400 series were introduced for season 1931/32 without suffix, followed by A 1932/33, B 1933/34 etc. through to season 1948-50. See here the "Common information for the Capehart model pages for the 1930s and 1940s". We show also a model page for the 400 series, either to collect photos of unknown detail and/or to show the different cabinets in comparison.

  • Price in first year of sale
  • 1,095.00 $
  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 5 = ca. 1934 and before

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