• 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
• 128048

• • alternative name: Emerson Television

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• Number of Tubes
• 3

• Valves / Tubes
• 1V6 1AH4 1AJ5

• Number of Transistors
• 2

• Semiconductors

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

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / 4 & 45 Volt

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

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 856 Ch= 120274 [Pocket Radio] - Emerson Radio & Phonograph

• Shape
• Very small Portable or Pocket-Set (Handheld) < 8 inch.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 6 x 4 x 1.5 inch / 152 x 102 x 38 mm

• Notes
• The word "Transistor" used for the earlier version was replaced by "Pocket Radio" on this version, perhaps responding to industry criticism that it was misleading the public (after all, the radio had still three tubes).

• Circuit diagram reference
• Beitman Radio Diagrams Vol. 16, 1956

• Mentioned in
• The Portable Radio in American Life (pp.195,196)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Beitman Radio Diagrams, Vol. 16, 1956 (refer to 838)

• Author
• Model page created by Konrad Birkner † 12.08.2014. 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