• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• General Television and Radio Corp.; Chicago, IL

• Year
• 1940

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 42960

• • Brand: General

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 12SA7GT 12SK7GT 12SQ7GT 50L6GT 35Z5GT

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 110 - 120 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Material
• Bakelite or Plastics (type unknown)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 588 Torpedo [s-e-tubes] - General Television and Radio

• Shape
• Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14

• Notes
• Brown or painted Bakelit or Ivory Plaskon.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 18 = 1949 and before

• Mentioned in
• Machine Age to Jet Age III

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Plastic Radios - The Antique Radio Collectors' Source Book

• Other Models

• Here you find 106 models, 46 with images and 70 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from General Television and Radio Corp.; Chicago, IL