• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1937/1938

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 34338

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• Number of Tubes
• 8

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A8 6K7 6Q7 6C5 6U5 6F6 6F6 5Y3

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 465 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus 2 Short Wave bands.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 60 Hz: 105 - 115 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 10 inch = 25.4 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 860 "Bel Monitor" Ch= Series A [Table] - Belmont Radio Corp. B.R.C.;

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 560 x 325 x 280 mm / 22 x 12.8 x 11 inch

• Notes

• There is also a special version accepting 230 V mains.
  According to Riders the speaker has part # 11499, which is a 10" as also used in other models. But there is collectors information about an original 8" speaker instead of the documented 10" one.

  See console model 860.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 12.7 kg / 27 lb 15.6 oz (27.974 lb)

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 9 = 1938 and before

• Mentioned in
• Radio Today (and Television) (Nov. 1937, page 24 and Mar. 1938, page 46)

• 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.