• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1952/1953

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 31276

• • alternative name: Continental Radio & TV

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 12BE6 12BA6 12AV6 50C5 35W4

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 117 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 5S21AN Ch= 5C3 - Admiral brand Continental

• Shape
• Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14

• Notes
• SAMS Photofact shows the 3 Admiral models 5S21AN (ebony plastic), 5S22AN (mahagony plastic) and 5S23AN (ivory plastic) for the same 5 tube chassis 5C3.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 23 (last), covering up to 1954

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Beitman Radio Diagrams, Vol. 13, 1953 (SAMS Photofact date 3-53, set 197, folder 2)

• Other Models

• Here you find 3186 models, 1323 with images and 2553 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