Capehart-Panamuse Modern 17M3FM Ch= M3FM and A-9

Farnsworth Television & Radio Corp. - see also Capehart

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  • Year
  • 1941/1942
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  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 222482

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 17
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455/4300 kHz
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast, 2 Short Wave plus FM or UHF.
  • Details
  • Changer (Record changer)
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 117 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 12 inch = 30.5 cm
  • Power out
  • 10 W (unknown quality)
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Capehart-Panamuse Modern 17M3FM Ch= M3FM and A-9 - Farnsworth Television & Radio
  • Shape
  • Console with Push Buttons.
  • Notes
  • The model Capehart-Panamuse Modern 17-M-3 exists for AM only or combined with FM reception. This FM chassis has 11 tubes and receives BB, SW, Band spread SW and FM. M-3 is the amplifier A-9 with 6 tubes and one 12" "Precision Tone" super speaker. See details and summaries in this common text for Capehart Radio-Phonographs. Post 3 is specific for this last pre war model family and the changer used.

    11-tube AM-FM tuner chassis: 6SK7 RF, 6J5 oscillator, 6SA7 converter, 6SG7 1st IF, 6AF6G tuning eye, 6J5 tuning eye amp, 6J5 tuning eye amp 2, 6SG7 2nd IF FM, 6SJ7 limiter, 6H6 discriminator, 6Q7 det + 1st audio. Added is the 6-tube M-3 amplifier A-9: 6R7 phase inverter, 6SC7 duo driver, 2 x 6V6G, 2 x 5Y3G. Total is 17 tubes. See Rider's Capehart-Farnsworth page 20-1 to 20-16 for the tuners and amplifiers. Designations on page 20-7 are misleading!
  • Author
  • Model page created by Ernst Erb. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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