652 Temple

• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Fada Radio & Electric Co.; Long Island (NY)

• Year
• 1946

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 39652

• • alternative name: Andrea-Radio || Nater, Henri, Atlanta-Radio; Zürich

• Picture
• Schematics

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 14A7 or 12SK7 14Q7 or 12BE6 14A7 or 12BA6 14B6 or 12AT6 35A5 or 35B5 35Y4 or 35W4

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 456 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 117 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 4 inch = 10.2 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: 652 Temple - Fada Radio & Electric Co.;

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 11 x 6.75 x 6 inch / 279 x 171 x 152 mm

• Notes

• BC (530 -1680 kHz) band with built-in loop antenna. Cabinets in five gorgeous color combinations resembling precious stones.

  Later model 652 used five miniature tubes and one octal (12SK7 12BE6 12BA6 12AT6 35B5 35W4).  Chassis was punched for all octal tubes and adapters were installed.  

  See the Short wave band version 659 Temple.

   

• Price in first year of sale
• 36.50 $

• 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 15 = 1947 and before

• Mentioned in
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 1, Folder 461-23)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Radio Retailing (Radio & Television R.) (March 1946 page 19, 38. April 1946 page 13. May 1946 page 27. July 1946 page 5. August 1946 page 13.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 762 models, 452 with images and 533 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Fada Radio & Electric Co.; Long Island (NY)