• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Arvin, brand of Noblitt-Sparks Industries

• Year
• 1946/1947

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 205847

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• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• 12SA7 12SQ7 50L6GT 35Z5GT

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

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 117-125 Volt

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

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 444 Ch= RE-200 - Arvin, brand of Noblitt-Sparks

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 6.5 x 5.25 x 4 inch / 165 x 133 x 102 mm

• Notes
• Coil antenna. This model Arvin 444 was also produced in Canada and is existing in brown and in Ivory (enamel on metal). See also models 402 and 402A from 1939/40 and others of that same kind.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 5 lb 0 oz (5 lb) / 2.270 kg

• Price in first year of sale
• 10.40 $

• Source of data
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 15 = 1947 and before

• Mentioned in
• Radio College of Canada, Individual Circuit Service, 1927-1953

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 1, Folder 461-3)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Radio Retailing (Radio & Television R.) (January 1946 page 36. July 1947 page 47.)

• Author
• Model page created by Konrad Birkner † 12.08.2014. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 695 models, 485 with images and 552 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Arvin, brand of Noblitt-Sparks Industries