- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. (Air Chief & Roamer, Airchief); Akron (OH)
- Year
- 1946
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 40627
By courtesy of guest Ronald Sanders, USA.
By courtesy of guest Ronald Sanders, USA.
By courtesy of guest Ronald Sanders, USA.
courtesy of Dale Steel
By courtesy of guest Ronald Sanders, USA.
courtesy of Dale Steel
courtesy of Dale Steel
By courtesy of guest Ronald Sanders, USA.
courtesy of Dale Steel
By courtesy of guest Ronald Sanders, USA.
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- Number of Tubes
- 10
- Main principle
- Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz
- Wave bands
- Broadcast plus 2 Short Wave bands.
- Power type and voltage
- Alternating Current supply (AC) / 115 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: 4-A-30 Air Chief - Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.
- Shape
- Console with Push Buttons.
- Notes
- Bunis/Slusser give 1949, but an existing model is stamped 1946.
The schematic shows a model with broadcast reception only, but the scale of the actual set shows two SW bands on top of that. Since the set shows 4 buttons, we assume that the scale is showing what the model can receive ...
- External source of data
- Ernst Erb
- Source of data
- Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition
- Circuit diagram reference
- Rider's Perpetual, Volume 18 = 1949 and before
- Other Models
-
Here you find 480 models, 313 with images and 438 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)