• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1956 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 219187

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 1U4 1R5 1U4 1U5 3V4

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Line / Batteries (any type) / AC/DC 117=110-120/ 90 & 3 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Material
• Leather / canvas / plastic - over other material

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 4-C-26 - Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.

• Shape
• Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)

• Notes

• Firestone model 4-C-26 is a three power portable AM superheterodyne receiver.

   

• Mentioned in
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set: 306 Folder 8)

• Author
• Model page created by Mark Skala. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 479 models, 312 with images and 437 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)