• Country
• Belgium

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Barco, Belgian American Radio Corporation / Cobar; Poperinge

• Year
• 1937/1938

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 324037

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A7 6D6 6B7 42 80

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast (MW) and Long Wave.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110; 130; 220; 240 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 20 cm = 7.9 inch

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Benjamin 538 [MW+LW] - Barco, Belgian American Radio

• Shape
• Tablemodel, low profile (big size).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 520 x 340 x 405 mm / 20.5 x 13.4 x 15.9 inch

• Notes

• See Barco model Benjamin 538 [MW+LW+SW], with additional SW.

• Price in first year of sale
• 1,495.00 BEF

• Mentioned in
• Guido Nys, Belgische radioconstructeurs in het Interbellum (2016)

• Author
• Model page created by Pascal Ribbens. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 101 models, 85 with images and 35 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Barco, Belgian American Radio Corporation / Cobar; Poperinge