• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Farnsworth Television & Radio Corp. - see also Capehart

• Year
• 1941

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 40150

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 12SA7 12SK7 12SQ7 50L6GT 35Z5GT

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz

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

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

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• Material
• Bakelite or Plastics (type unknown)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: CT-53 Ch= C109-1 - Farnsworth Television & Radio

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

• Notes
• Built in loop antenna.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

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

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 13 = 1942 and before

• Mentioned in
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Radio Retailing (Radio & Television R.) (July 1941.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 400 models, 284 with images and 327 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Farnsworth Television & Radio Corp. - see also Capehart