526-C Ch= R-1

• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Bendix Radio Division; Baltimore, MD

• Year
• 1946

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 34388

• Picture
• Schematics

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 12SA7 12SK7 12SQ7 50L6 35Z5

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 105, 125 Volt

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

• Power out
• 1.88 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Catalin (a brand name for a thermosetting polymer popular in the 1930s and 1940s - a phenol formaldehyde resin - like Bakelite, but a two-stage process with a lot of work afterwards).

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 526-C Ch= R-1 - Bendix Radio Division;

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 11.25 x 7.25 x 6.3125 inch / 286 x 184 x 160 mm

• Notes
• Choice of green and black, or twotoned brown. "Super Signal" built-in antenna.

• Price in first year of sale
• 29.95 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

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

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 20 covering 1950

• Mentioned in
• Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98 (Bendix Service Manual)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 15 = 1947 and before (The Radio CollectorGrinder, 1995)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Radio Retailing (Radio & Television R.) (April 1946 page 90. September 1946 page 9.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 440 models, 359 with images and 216 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Bendix Radio Division; Baltimore, MD