Air Chief R-1661 Ch= R-166

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

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  • Year
  • 1937 ?
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 40700

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 7
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)
  • Tuned circuits
  • 6 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast, Short Wave(s) and Police.
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / Either transformer: 60 cycles, 115V or 25 - 133 cycles, 100-240 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Air Chief R-1661 Ch= R-166 - Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14
  • Notes

  • The Firestone Air Chief R-1661 is an AC operated 7 tube BC, Police and SW band receiver. Has tuning eye tube.

    Note: There are a few minor production changes noted on the Riders schematic (Page 7-3) for receivers with serial numbers 453,400 and above.

  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 7 = 1936 and before
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • Riders 7-3, 4

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Forum contributions about this model: Firestone Tire &: Air Chief R-1661 Ch= R-166

Threads: 1 | Posts: 13

Hi all. I have acquired about two dozen old receivers, mostly older Hallicrafters.

But one radio that I have a particular interest in is the Firestone Air Chief R-1661. My mother owned one and I kept it after she passed away. That particular radio is stored in my garage.

I have since bought two other R-1661s and just started testing tubes today. I looked at the schematic posted here and immediately ran into a snafu. The tube in the schematic is a 6F5. But the tube in the radio is a 6Q7 two obviously different tubes.

There is a note on the page that reads: Note: There are a few minor production changes noted on the Riders schematic (Page FIRESTONE 7-3) for receivers with serial numbers 453,400 and above. (Note again: I added the FIRESTONE to the page name.)

So I looked at that page. It looks just like the schematic posted on Radiomuseum. It does not have a 6Q7 tube in the schematic.

I am now assuming I have an earlier model of the R-1661. Or do I?

Here are some pics.

 

A05517-Front

 

A05517-Chassis

 

 

James Tippins, 14.Feb.22

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