• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Fairbanks, Morse & Co.; Chicago (IL)

• Year
• 1936/1937

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 39887

• • alternative name: FMC
  • Brand: Welco

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A8G 6K7G 6Q7G 6F6G 5Y3

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

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

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 60Hz, 115 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm

• Power out
• 3 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 58-T-1 Ch= 58 - Fairbanks, Morse & Co.;

• Shape
• Tablemodel, low profile (big size).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 18.5 x 10 x 9.25 inch / 470 x 254 x 235 mm

• Notes

• The Fairbanks Morse 58-T-1 is an AC operated, 5 tube BC, Police and SW band receiver.  Uses chassis 58.  Has AGC and 2 stage audio circuit. The three bands cover a frequency tuning range of 540 to 23000kHz. Has 5.5" tuning dial, AVC and a tuning ratio of 8:1.

  NOTE: 58 is the chassis number and NOT the model number.

  The following models use the same chassis:

  Model Number	Chassis	Cabinet
  58-C-1	58	Console
  58-T-1	58	Table Model
  58-T-2	58	Table Model

• Price in first year of sale
• 39.95 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb - Fairbanks-Morse Folder RA 309 for 1937

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

• Mentioned in
• Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 8 = 1937 and before (Fairbanks Morse section, pages 8-23, 8-24)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Radio Today (and Television) (June 1936 pg 62, July 1936 pg 5, Sept 1936 pg 51, March 1937 pg 49)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Machine Age to Jet Age (Page 232)

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Gernsback Official Radio Service Manual (Volume 7, page 185)

• Other Models

• Here you find 147 models, 87 with images and 117 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Fairbanks, Morse & Co.; Chicago (IL)