• 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
• 108683

• • alternative name: Emerson Television

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A7 6D6 6Q7 41 41 80

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

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

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

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 6.5 inch = 16.5 cm

• Power out
• 5 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: AR-176 Ch= AR [Push-pull audio] - Emerson Radio & Phonograph

• Shape
• Tablemodel, high profile (upright - NOT Cathedral nor decorative).

• Notes

• Emerson AR-176 with push-pull audio has Serials 1326200-1412601. As its version without push-pull it has BC(540-1730kHz) and SW(5.6-18.0MHz) bands. 6.5" or 10" speaker. Ingraham cabinet. Cabinet is made of hand-rubbed Walnut. The tubes are osc/mixer, IF, 2nd det/1st AF, 2 x 41 output. The other model uses separate triodes for 2nd det and 1st AF but only one 41 for output.

• Price in first year of sale
• 44.95 $

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 9 = 1938 and before

• Mentioned in
• 1938 Emerson sales brochure

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

• Author
• Model page created by Götz Linss † 27.06.21. 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