Six Transistor 6508 (Original)
Channel Master Corp.; USA
- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Channel Master Corp.; USA
- Year
- 1961 ?
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 299549
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- Number of Transistors
- 6
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz
- Wave bands
- Broadcast only (MW).
- Power type and voltage
- Dry Batteries / 1 x 9 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 2 inch = 5.1 cm
- Material
- Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: Six Transistor 6508 - Channel Master Corp.; USA
- Shape
- Very small Portable or Pocket-Set (Handheld) < 8 inch.
- Notes
-
Channel Master Model 6508 (Original). Made in Japan. AM only. This model was produced in 1961-62/63 and then discontinued for a 6508 (Revised) version which began production in 1964. Model number 6508 was used for the original and revised versions. Some references cite '6508' as the original version and '6508 (Revised)' or '6508 (Late)' as the revised version.
SAMS Photofact Transistor Radio Series, TSM-11 (April, 1962), at pages 35-38 reports two models (6508 and 6509) without describing differences and with the picture of model 6509 only.
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- Photofact TSM Transistor Radio Series SAMS (TSM-11 (page 35-38) (April, 1962))
- Author
- Model page created by Ray Albright. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
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Here you find 163 models, 148 with images and 32 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
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