• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Ford Motor Co. (FoMoCo); Detroit and Dearborn, MI

• Year
• 1948 ?

• Category
• Car Radio, perhaps also + sound player/recorder

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 230788

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 6SK7GT 6SA7GT 6SK7GT 6SQ7GT 6V6GT 6X5GT

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 265 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

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 8072 8A-18805-A - Ford Motor Co. FoMoCo; Detroit

• Shape
• Chassis only or for «building in»

• Notes

• Battery Operated Custom Built Automotive Superheterodyne Receiver,

  AM: 535-1610 kHz.

  External elliptical loudspeaker.

• Mentioned in
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Vol 5/48 8/48 4814-4 Set 44)

• Author
• Model page created by Friedrich Weber † 12.09.2014. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 38 models, 29 with images and 29 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Ford Motor Co. (FoMoCo); Detroit and Dearborn, MI