• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1938/1939

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 38814

• • alternative name: Emerson Television

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A7 6D6 6Q7G 41 80

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 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
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 105-125 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: BL-218 Ch= BL - Emerson Radio & Phonograph

• Shape
• Tablemodel, Box - most often with Lid (NOT slant panel).

• Notes

• BC (540-1580kHz) and TROP (1580-4200kHz) bands. Ingraham cabinet.

• Price in first year of sale
• 69.95 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 10 = 1939 and before

• Mentioned in
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965

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

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Emerson Folder Form. 39-22, 2-39 for 1939.

• 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