- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. (Air Chief & Roamer, Airchief); Akron (OH)
- Year
- 1937/1938
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 40695
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- Number of Tubes
- 4
- Main principle
- TRF without regeneration; Anode bend detection
- Tuned circuits
- 2 AM circuit(s)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast only (MW).
- Power type and voltage
- AC/DC-set / 110-115 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: 7422-3 Air Chief - Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.
- Shape
- Tablemodel, low profile (big size).
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 12.5 x 9 x 8 inch / 318 x 229 x 203 mm
- Notes
- In the second year of non automobile radios Firestone offered a line of radio models, seven table top models (Air Chief 7422-3, 7422-4, 7423-1, 7423-2, 7424-1, 7424-2 and 7424-3) and their first three console radios (7423-3, 7425-1 and an 11-tube console with dial-matic station selection.
The Air Chief 7244-3 is according to Rider's a 4-tube AC/DC set, covering the broadcast band but the advertisement states that it is a 5 tube model, covering American and Police bands. Price was 12.95 $.
- Price in first year of sale
- 13.00 $
- External source of data
- Ernst Erb
- Circuit diagram reference
- Rider's Perpetual, Volume 8 = 1937 and before
- 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)