• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1937/1938

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 38706

• • alternative name: Emerson Television

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A7 6D6 6Q7 41 80

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

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

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

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 105-125 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 5.5 inch = 14 cm

• Power out
• 3 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Bakelite case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: AC-149 Ch= AC - Emerson Radio & Phonograph

• Shape
• Tablemodel, low profile (big size).

• Notes

• BC (540-1580kHz) and TROP (1580-4200kHz) bands. Was available in Walnut for $19.95 or Black-and-Ivory for $22.95.

• Price in first year of sale
• 20.00 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 8 = 1937 and before

• Mentioned in
• Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Machine Age to Jet Age II

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Emerson Folder Form. 38-3, 5-37 for 1938.

• 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