AMA 亚美, trad. 亞美 1651 1935

AMA 亚美无线电股份有限公司 AMA Radio Co. Ltd (26), Shanghai (E)

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  • Year
  • 1935
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 176067
    • alternative name: AMA Electronic || AMA No.2 Electronic Factory

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 5
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110; 220 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • -Loudspeaker incorporated, but system not known.
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: AMA 亚美, trad. 亞美 1651 [1935] - AMA 亚美无线电股份有限公司 AMA Radio Co.
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, high profile (upright - NOT Cathedral nor decorative).
  • Notes
  • After the crystal detector receiver 1001 from 1933, in October 1935, AMA designed and made China's first superheterodyne AM radio, model 1651 with five tubes - with a high profile cabinet. The broadcast band was for 550 to 1500 kc (kHz). AMA became the first company to commercialize radio production. Except for tubes and carbon resistors, AMA used its own made components such as RF/IF/power transformers and coils for the AMA 1651. The specification of 1651 is equal to imported models but could be sold for half the price of such, what was very attractive to consumers.
    Careful: There were about 5 different models AMA 1651, the last, with a low profile cabinet, was made from 1939 to 1941. AMA had to stop its civilian radio production for 1942 to 1945. Following the 1651, AMA made model 1641, a four-tube model

    See this text about the history of China's radio industry in Shanghai.

  • External source of data
  • ZTL
  • Author
  • Model page created by Ernst Erb. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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