- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Admiral (brand) Continental Radio & Television Co.; Chicago, IL
- Year
- 1938/1939
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 178921
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- alternative name: Continental Radio & TV
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- Number of Tubes
- 5
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz
- Tuned circuits
- 5 AM circuit(s)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast only (MW).
- Power type and voltage
- Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm
- Material
- Bakelite case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: 115-5A Ch= 5A - Admiral brand Continental
- Shape
- Tablemodel with Push Buttons.
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 11 x 6.75 x 7 inch / 279 x 171 x 178 mm
- Notes
- Color: brown. Pushbutton tuning.
Stein lists it erroneously as a 113-5A. The black version is 114-5A, the ivory one is 113-5A. See also there.
- Price in first year of sale
- 17.00 $
- Source of data
- Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98
- Mentioned in
- -- Original prospect or advert (Admiral ad in Radio Retailing)
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- Rider's Perpetual, Volume 9 = 1938 and before (see Continental 9-1 (model 5A))
- Literature/Schematics (2)
- Table Top Radios Vol. 4 Stein 2003 (page 37.)
- Author
- Model page created by Jose Casas-Avalos. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
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Here you find 3211 models, 1322 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
Collections
The model 115-5A is part of the collections of the following members.