• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1941

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 35963

• • alternative name: Continental Radio & TV

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

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

• Number of Transistors

• Semiconductors
• BT1000

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 5 AM circuit(s)

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

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

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 50 J6 - Admiral brand Continental

• Notes
• Built in loop antenna.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 12 = ca. 1941 and before

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Table Top Radios Vol. 4 Stein 2003 (page 36.)

• 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