• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1953/1954

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 90000

• • alternative name: Emerson Television

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 1R5 1T4 1U5 3V4 117Z3

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 5 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Line / Batteries (any type) / AC/DC 110-120/ 90 & 4.5 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 4 inch = 10.2 cm

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 790B Ch= 120147-B - Emerson Radio & Phonograph

• Shape
• Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)

• Notes

• Assorted colors available.

• Source of data
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios (6th edition)

• Circuit diagram reference
• Beitman Radio Diagrams Vol. 14, 1954

• Mentioned in
• Machine Age to Jet Age III

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Date 10-54 Set 255, Folder 5)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Emerson Folder "New 1954".

• Author
• Model page created by Walter Wiesmüller † May 2012. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• 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