• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1959 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 349381

• Number of Transistors
• 8

• Semiconductors

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common)

• 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) / Ø 2.25 inch = 5.7 cm

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Air Chief 8 Transistor 4C48 - Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 2.5 x 6 x 1.5 inch / 64 x 152 x 38 mm

• Notes

• Sold by Firestone Tire Company.

  Made in Japan

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 510, Folder 10, Dec. 1960.)

• Author
• Model page created by John Gardner. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 473 models, 310 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)