- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. (Air Chief & Roamer, Airchief); Akron (OH)
- Year
- 1951 ?
- Category
- Car Radio, perhaps also + sound player/recorder
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 40664
Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.
- Number of Tubes
- 6
- Main principle
- Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)
- Tuned circuits
- 7 AM circuit(s)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast only (MW).
- Power type and voltage
- Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios) / 6 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 5.25 inch = 13.3 cm
- Power out
- 2 W (unknown quality)
- Material
- Metal case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: 4-B-60 1951 Ford - Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.
- Shape
- Chassis only or for «building in»
- Notes
-
Firestone model 4-B-60 is a battery operated custom - built 1951 Ford superheterodyne receiver . Vibrator V-83 for +B.
- External source of data
- Ernst Erb
- Circuit diagram reference
- Beitman Radio Diagrams Vol. 11, 1951
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- Rider's Perpetual, Volume 22 = covering 1951
- Literature/Schematics (2)
- Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 153, folder 5, dated 12-51)
- Other Models
-
Here you find 472 models, 309 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)