• 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
• 39123

• • alternative name: Emerson Television

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• Number of Tubes
• 15

• Valves / Tubes
• 6K7 6A8 6C5 6K7 6G5 6C5 6C5 6C5 6C5 6F6 6F6 6C5 6C5 80 80

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 456 kHz; 3 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Short Wave(s) and Police.

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

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 15 inch = 38.1 cm

• Power out
• 15 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: X-178 Ch= X - Emerson Radio & Phonograph

• Shape
• Console with any shape - in general

• Notes

• 6J5 tubes instead of all 6C5 also. Models with serial number below 1293633 BC(550-1750kHz), TROP(1750-6250kHz), SW(5.6-18.0MHz) bands. Other models BC(540-1800kHz), TROP(1800-6250kHz), SW(5.8-22.9MHz) bands. Push-pull audio amplifier. Two tube "symphonizer" (dynamic expander). Tuning eye.

• Price in first year of sale
• 99.95 $

• 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 9 = 1938 and before

• Mentioned in
• Pre-War Consoles

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 2068 models, 1146 with images and 1625 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