• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. (Air Chief & Roamer, Airchief); Akron (OH)

• Year
• 1959

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 154786

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 12BE6 12BA6 12AV6 50C5 35W4

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110 - 120 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 4 inch = 10.2 cm

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 4-A-156 Code 1-8-51/184 - Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.

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

• Notes
• The Firestone Model 4-A-156 is an AC operated 5 Tube AM Receiver.

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Date 10-59, Set 461, Folder 6)

• Author
• Model page created by Egon Penker. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 473 models, 310 with images and 430 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. (Air Chief & Roamer, Airchief); Akron (OH)