• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1956

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 71802

• • alternative name: Emerson Television

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• Number of Transistors
• 6

• Semiconductors

• 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
• Dry Batteries / 2x9 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)

• Material
• Leather / canvas / plastic - over other material

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 842 - Emerson Radio & Phonograph

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 9.5 x 7 x 3.75 inch / 241 x 178 x 95 mm

• Notes
• Emerson's first transistor radio.

• Mentioned in
• The Collector's Guide To Antique Radios 2. Edition

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 332 Folder 5 dated 10-56)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Beitman Radio Diagrams, Vol. 16, 1956 (page 35)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Collector's Guide To TrR1 Bunis trans.94 (1996, page 83)

• Author
• Model page created by Ernst Erb. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 2064 models, 1146 with images and 1621 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