108 Ch= U-5-A

• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Emerson Radio & Phonograph Corp.; New York, NY

• Year
• 1935–1937

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 38416

• • alternative name: Emerson Television

• Picture
• Schematics

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A7 6D6 75 43 25Z5

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 5 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast (MW), Police, sometimes also early TV (75-200m).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 105-130 Volt

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

• Material
• Bakelite or Plastics (type unknown)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 108 Ch= U-5-A - Emerson Radio & Phonograph

• Shape
• Tablemodel, Tombstone = decorative upright, not cathedral but can have rounded edges.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 7 x 9.6 x 5 inch / 178 x 244 x 127 mm

• Notes

• BC (530-1550kHz) and TROP (1500-3800kHz) bands. Model 110 use the same chassis. Color ivory plaskon or bakelite black or brown.

• Price in first year of sale
• 15.00 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 6 = 1935 and before

• Mentioned in
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios (6th edition)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98 (and EOR p.22)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Machine Age to Jet Age II

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Emerson Folder Form-19, 37-6-36, for 1936/1937. Folder Form-19-R, 37-9-36, for 1936/1937.

• Other Models

• Here you find 2071 models, 1147 with images and 1628 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Emerson Radio & Phonograph Corp.; New York, NY