• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1964/1965

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 243155

• • 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
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 60 cycles, 117 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 4 inch = 10.2 cm

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Y3799 Ch= 5D6E - Admiral brand Continental

• Shape
• Tablemodel with Clock ((Alarm-) Clock Radio).

• Notes

• The Admiral Y3799 is an AC operated 5 tube BC band clock radio. BC band frequency range is 535 to 1620kHz. Has Qty(1) 4" PM speaker. Cabinet color is Blue.

  The Beitman and SAMS Photofact data do not include this specific model, but call out models that use the 5D6E chassis.  Thus the schematic and alignment data may be used for this model.

  The following models use the same schematic and cabinet but have different cabinet colors:

  Model Number	Cabinet Color
  Y3793	White
  Y3794	Pink
  Y3799	Blue

  For more information on the Y-models including colors see this link.

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• - - Manufacturers Literature (Admiral Service Manual S977A Dated 8-64)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• - - Manufacturers Literature (Admiral Service Manual S977 Dated 11-63)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Beitman Radio Diagrams, Vol. 25, 1965 (Page 5)

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Date 9-64, set 712, folder 5)

• Author
• Model page created by John Kusching. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 3211 models, 1323 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