• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Belmont Radio Corp. (B.R.C.); Chicago, Ill.

• Year
• 1940/1941

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 34168

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6D8G 6K8 6T7G 6G6G 6ZY5G

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 465 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Line / Storage batteries (perhaps also batteries) / 105-115 & 6 Volt

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

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 553 Ch= Series A [A] - Belmont Radio Corp. B.R.C.;

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 17 x 10 x 7.75 inch / 432 x 254 x 197 mm

• Notes

• Vibrator for +B (battery sypply). Tuning 535 to 1735 kc.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 10 = 1939 and before

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Belmont Folder for 1941.

• Other Models

• Here you find 442 models, 206 with images and 383 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Belmont Radio Corp. (B.R.C.); Chicago, Ill.