• Year
  • 1937/1938
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 38735
    • alternative name: Emerson Television

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 6
  • 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).
  • Details
  • Record Player (perh.Changer)
  • Power type and voltage
  • AC/DC-set / 105-125 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 6.5 inch = 16.5 cm
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: AL-164 Ch= AL - Emerson Radio & Phonograph
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, with any shape - general.
  • Notes
  • BC(540-1580kHz) and TROP(1580-4200kHz) bands. Models with serial numbers above 1436000 have an 6.5" permanent dynamic speaker. Uses ballast tube 2UR-224 to drop 49 volts at .3 amps. Pilot lamp is a Mazda 44. Phonograph uses a high fidelity crystal pick-up and plays 10-inch and 12-inch records.

  • Price in first year of sale
  • 79.95 $
  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 9 = 1938 and before
  • Literature/Schematics (3)
  • Emerson Folder Form. 38-3, 5-37 for 1938.

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