• 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
• 38829

• • alternative name: Emerson Television

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A7 6D6 6Q7G 25L6G 25Z5

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 105-125 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Material
• Catalin (a brand name for a thermosetting polymer popular in the 1930s and 1940s - a phenol formaldehyde resin - like Bakelite, but a two-stage process with a lot of work afterwards).

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: BT-245 Ch= BT - Emerson Radio & Phonograph

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

• Notes

• BC (540-1730kHz) band. Modernised version of the AU 190: grille cloth replaced by louvers; streamlined cabinet. Bullet style plastic knobs, contrasting color. Choice of 5 color combinations.

• Price in first year of sale
• 19.95 $

• 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)
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios (6th edition)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Radio Retailing (Radio & Television R.) (ad February 1939 page 5)

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

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• John Sideli: Classic Plastic Radios, p.48

• 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