• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1946/1947

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 40617

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 6SK7 6SA7 6SF7 6SK7 6K6GT 5Y3GT

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

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

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

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 117 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Air Chief 4-A-21 "Adam" Code 5-5-9001A - Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Notes
• Push Button tuning.
  The model Air Chief 4-a-21, 4-A-22 is an AC Operated 2 Band Superheterodyne Receiver - Self Contained Loop Antenna.
  In Sam's called Air Chief, in Riders Adam.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

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

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 15 = 1947 and before

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

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Date: Jan 1947, Set 11, Folder 471-19)

• Other Models

• Here you find 479 models, 312 with images and 436 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)