• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Automatic Radio Mfg. Co.; Boston (MA)

• Year
• 1959 ?

• Category
• Car Radio, perhaps also + sound player/recorder

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 147652

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 12BA6 12BE6 12BA6 12AV6 12AQ5 12X4

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

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios) / 12 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: R-54B - Automatic Radio Mfg. Co.;

• Shape
• Chassis only or for «building in»

• Notes
• Battery operated universal automobile AM receiver. Sams photofact set 482 folder 5 date 4-60 features the Automatic Radio models C-12, R-54 and R-54B as the same schematic.

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 482 folder 5 date 4-60)

• Author
• Model page created by Peter Hoddow. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 401 models, 163 with images and 321 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Automatic Radio Mfg. Co.; Boston (MA)