• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1941

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 92038

• • alternative name: Continental Radio & TV

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 12SA7 12SK7 12SQ7 50L6 35Z5

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 5 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Details
• Record Player (perh.Changer)

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 117 Volt

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

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 69 Ch= M5 - Admiral brand Continental

• Shape
• Tablemodel, Box - most often with Lid (NOT slant panel).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 17.25 x 12.5 x 16.5 inch / 438 x 318 x 419 mm

• Notes
• Built in loop antenna. The price in the Radio Retailing July 1941 = $42.95. The price in the Radio Retailing August 1941 = $44.95.

• Price in first year of sale
• 39.95 $

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 13 = 1942 and before

• Mentioned in
• Radio Retailing (Radio & Television R.) (January, March, July, August 1941.)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• 20-09-1941 Collier's Magazine advertising

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Table Top Radios Vol. 4 Stein 2003 (page 37.)

• Author
• Model page created by Vitor Oliveira. 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