9AC-5 Ch= 9A
Fairbanks, Morse & Co.; Chicago (IL)
- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Fairbanks, Morse & Co.; Chicago (IL)
- Year
- 1937/1938
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- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 192755
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- alternative name: FMC
- Brand: Welco
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- Number of Tubes
- 9
- Main principle
- Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 456 kHz; 2 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) / 110 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 12 inch = 30.5 cm
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: 9AC-5 Ch= 9A - Fairbanks, Morse & Co.;
- Shape
- Console with any shape - in general
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 27 x 42.5 x 13 inch / 686 x 1080 x 330 mm
- Notes
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The Fairbanks Morse 9AC-5 is an AC operated, 9 tube BC and SW band receiver. Has dual drive high and low speed tuning using 100:1 and 20:1 ratio's with silent tuning between stations.
Band Frequency Ranges are as follows:
BC Band......................530 - 1700kHz
Police Band.................1.62 - 5.5MHz
SW Band.....................5.4 - 18.2MHzNOTE: 9A is the chassis number and NOT the model number.
NOTE: Production changes were made to the 9A chassis and are documented in the changes section of Riders volume 10, page 10-1.
The following models use the 9A chassis and schematic:
Model Number Chassis Cabinet 9AC-4 9A Console Model 9AC-5 9A Console Model
- Price in first year of sale
- 125.00 $
- External source of data
- Fairbanks Morse 1938 Catalog, Pre-War Consoles page 72, Blast from the Past page 197
- Mentioned in
- Radio Retailing (Radio & Television R.) (June 1937 page 42)
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- Rider's Perpetual, Volume 8 = 1937 and before (Fairbanks Morse section, pages 8-9, 8-10, 8-13. Also Riders Volume 10 Changes section page 10-1)
- Literature/Schematics (2)
- Gernsback Official Radio Service Manual (Volume 7, pages 1350, 1351, 1352)
- Literature/Schematics (3)
- Beitman Radio Diagrams, Vol. 01, 1926-1938 (Page 58)
- Literature/Schematics (4)
- Radio Today (and Television) (June 1937 page 117)
- Author
- Model page created by Hans-Joachim Korn † 16.11.15. See "Data change" for further contributors.
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