57 Catalin Group

Fada Radio & Electric Co.; Long Island (NY)

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  • Year
  • 1939/1940
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 230433
    • alternative name: Andrea-Radio || Nater, Henri, Atlanta-Radio; Zürich

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 5
  • Valves / Tubes
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • AC/DC-set / 115 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)
  • 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: 57 Catalin Group - Fada Radio & Electric Co.;
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14
  • Notes

  • Available in different color combinations:

    • 57X     Onyx cabinet with Onyx grille
    • 57A     Alabaster cabinet with Alabaster grille
    • 57AG  Alabaster cabinet with Green grille
    • 57AR  Alabaster cabinet with Red grille
    • 57AT  Alabaster cabinet with Tortoise grille
    • 57AU  Alabaster cabinet with Blue grille
    • 57AX  Alabaster cabinet with Onyx grille
    • 57MA  Maroon cabinet with Alabaster grille
    • 57GA  Green Jade cabinet with Alabster grille
    • 57BA  Blue Lapis Lazuli cabinet with Alabaster grille

      There are a lot of different Fada 57 models, see also model 57-W in Walnut bakelite, model 57-V in Ivory Plastic, model 57-BV in Ebony cabinet with Ivory grille, model 57 in different bakelite colors, model 57-T in Burl Walnut wood, model 57 in different catalin colors or model P-57 as a portable case.
  • Literature/Schematics (3)
  • Fada Folder AD 250-B for 1940.
  • Author
  • Model page created by Ernst Erb. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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