• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Admiral (brand) Continental Radio & Television Co.; Chicago, IL

• Year
• 1937

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 35927

• • alternative name: Continental Radio & TV

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A7 6D6 75 25B6G 25Z5

• Number of Transistors

• Semiconductors
• L49BJ

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 5 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 110 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• Material
• Bakelite case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 990-6Y Ch= 6Y - Admiral brand Continental

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Notes
•  

  Model Cabinet 985-5Z Bakelite cabinet in ivory and gold 985-6Y Bakelite cabinet in ivory and gold 990-5Z Bakelite cabinet in ebony and chrome 990-6Y Bakleite cabinet in ebony and chrome

   

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 8 = 1937 and before

• Mentioned in
• Radio Retailing (Radio & Television R.) (June 1937.)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98 (page 31.)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Table Top Radios Vol. 4 Stein 2003 (page 38.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 3211 models, 1322 with images and 2578 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Admiral (brand) Continental Radio & Television Co.; Chicago, IL