• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Garod Radio Corp.; Brooklyn (NY)

• Year
• 1946/1947

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 41694

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 6SS7 12SA7 6SS7 12SQ7 50L6 35Z5

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 105-125 Volt

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

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 6BU1A The Senator - Garod Radio Corp.; Brooklyn NY

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Notes
• The Garod model 6BU-1A "The Senator" is an AC-DC Superheterodyne with built in Self Contained Loop Antenna.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 15 = 1947 and before

• Mentioned in
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Date: Feb 1947, Set 13, Folder 473-18)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Radio Retailing (Radio & Television R.) (January 1947 page 19.)

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Radio Retailing (Radio & Television R.) (April 1946, page 9, with The Moderne, The Commander, The Playmate, The Commodore and)

• Other Models

• Here you find 380 models, 99 with images and 345 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Garod Radio Corp.; Brooklyn (NY)