• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Farnsworth Television & Radio Corp. - see also Capehart

• Year
• 1953/1954

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 80708

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 12BE6 12BA6 12AV6 50C5 35W4

• Main principle
• 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)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Capehart 3T55 Ch= CR-150 - Farnsworth Television & Radio

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Notes
• The model 3T55 with chassis CR-150 and model 2T55 with chassis CR-154 share the same plan on the SAMS Photofact Folder. They are AC-DC operated AM receivers. The model 3T55 was available in Ebony, Brown, Ivory and Green.

• Source of data
• Machine Age to Jet Age III

• Circuit diagram reference
• Beitman Radio Diagrams Vol. 15, 1955

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Date 12-54, set 261, folder 4)

• Author
• Model page created by Egon Penker. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 400 models, 284 with images and 327 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Farnsworth Television & Radio Corp. - see also Capehart