• 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
• 39904

• • alternative name: FMC
  • Brand: Welco

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A7 6D6 75 43 25Z5

• Number of Transistors

• Semiconductors
• 165L4

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

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / Either AC: 60 cycles, 115V or DC: 115 Volt

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

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 68T6 Ch= 68 - Fairbanks, Morse & Co.;

• Shape
• Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 13.25 x 8.5 x 6.25 inch / 337 x 216 x 159 mm

• Notes

• The Fairbanks Morse 68T6 is an AC/DC operated, 5 tube BC and SW band receiver.  Uses chassis 68.  Uses ballast tube 165L4.

  NOTE: 68 is the chassis number and NOT the model number.

• Price in first year of sale
• 29.95 $ US !

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 8 = 1937 and before

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 8 = 1937 and before (Riders 8-25, 26, 27)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Gernsback Official Radio Service Manual (Volume 7, page 188)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Radio Today (and Television) (Sept 1936, page 51, March 1937, page 49)

• 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)