• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1965 ??

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 342368

• Number of Transistors
• 6

• Semiconductors

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / AA: 2 x 1,5 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Air Chief 6 Transistor 4C53 - Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.

• Shape
• Very small Portable or Pocket-Set (Handheld) < 8 inch.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 3 x 4 x 1 inch / 76 x 102 x 25 mm

• Notes

• 6 Transistor Portable AM Radio Model Air Chief 4C53

  Made in Japan

   

• Mentioned in
• -- Collector info (Sammler)

• Author
• Model page created by Franz Scharner. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 480 models, 313 with images and 439 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)