- 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
- 200369
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- alternative name: Continental Radio & TV
Scanned from the Radio Retailing April 1941.
Scanned from the Radio Retailing April 1941.
Scanned from the Radio Retailing July 1941.
Collection of M. Lacrouts.
- Number of Tubes
- 5
- 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
- Line / Batteries (any type) / AC/DC 117 / 67.5 & 3 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 3 inch = 7.6 cm
- Material
- Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: Bantam 29-G5 - Admiral brand Continental
- Shape
- Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)
- Notes
-
There is also the completely similar looking Globe 454. The price in the Radio Retailing July 1941 = $22.95. The 1T4 could later (1942 onwards) be replaced by the 1L4 tube.
- Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
- 4 lb 0 oz (4 lb) / 1.816 kg
- Price in first year of sale
- 19.95 $
- Source of data
- Collector's Guide to Antique Radios (7th Edition)
- Mentioned in
- The Portable Radio in American Life (p.125)
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- Radio Retailing (Radio & Television R.) (April, July 1941.)
- Author
- Model page created by Konrad Birkner † 12.08.2014. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- 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