400K DeLuxe series (De Luxe) general, samples & unknown

Farnsworth Television & Radio Corp. - see also Capehart

  • Year
  • 1940/1941
perfect model
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 35066

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 30
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455/4300 kHz
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast, Short Wave plus FM or UHF.
  • Details
  • Record-Changer, both sides!
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 115 Volt
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: 400K DeLuxe series general, samples & unknown - Farnsworth Television & Radio
  • Shape
  • Console with any shape - in general
  • Notes
  • 400K DeLuxe series (De Luxe)
    general, samples & unknown
    This model page is for collecting uncertain or unknown pictures or facts for a given season. Can also contain the different pictures for the different models from sets of this season.
    For season K, 1940/41 there were at least the following general models offered:
    500K, 501K, 406K, 410K, 411K, 412K, 111K2, 11K3, 112K, 113K and as R-4 a Record Cabinet only for $ 59.
    Chassis:
    They had only either AM or an (early) AM/FM chassis.
    Model 400-K Series with 2 Amplifiers Type A-7. Broadcast 540 - 1600 kc Short Wave Band 5.4 - 18 Mc F.M. Band 41.9 - 51 Mc.
    See the other model pages under their model type name.
    For an overview about the cabinets during the different seasons see this article.

    The Capehart 400 series were introduced for season 1931/32 without suffix, followed by A 1932/33, B 1933/34 etc. through to season 1948-50. See here the "Common information for the Capehart model pages for the 1930s and 1940s".

  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 20 covering 1950

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