- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Admiral (brand) Continental Radio & Television Co.; Chicago, IL
- Year
- 1939/1940
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 206538
-
- alternative name: Continental Radio & TV
- Number of Tubes
- 5
- Valves / Tubes
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast only (MW).
- Details
- Record Player (perh.Changer)
- Power type and voltage
- Alternating Current supply (AC)
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: 159-5L - Admiral brand Continental
- Shape
- Tablemodel, Box - most often with Lid (NOT slant panel).
- Notes
-
Tunes complete broadcast band 535 to 1730 kc.
Stein TTR 4 lists 6 tubes for this model. Grain Walnut cabinet with piano finish.
- Price in first year of sale
- 32.95 $
- External source of data
- Admiral Folder 1939 for 1940 page 10.
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- Radio Retailing (Radio & Television R.) (February 1939 page 33)
- Literature/Schematics (3)
- Table Top Radios Vol. 4 Stein 2003 (page 64.)
- Literature/Schematics (4)
- page 37.
- Author
- Model page created by Ernst Erb. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
-
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