EK-264 Ch= C-153

Farnsworth Television & Radio Corp. - see also Capehart

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  • Year
  • 1946/1947
perfect model
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 40164

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

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 6
  • Main principle
  • Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)
  • Tuned circuits
  • 6 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Details
  • Changer (Record changer)
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 117 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 10 inch = 25.4 cm
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: EK-264 Ch= C-153 - Farnsworth Television & Radio
  • Shape
  • Console: Chairside Radio.
  • Notes

  • Built in loop antenna. Sams photofact, set 7, folder 467-15, date 11-46, features the Farnsworth models EC-260, EK-262, EK-263BL, EK-263WL, EK-264BL, EK-264WL and EK-265 as the same schematic. Model EC-260 has only a radio section. Available in walnut or blonde Prima Vera.
    According to the "Record Retailing Yearbook 1946", page 469, the different models EK-264 have a 3-point suspension record changer, lightweight arm, sealed crystal pickup and permanent needle. Pictured are also an other "Six-tube combination" and a "8-tube combination with drift-corrected tuning, all have the same changer.

  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 15 = 1947 and before

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