• 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
• 212602

• • Brand: General

• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Power type and voltage
• Line (AC, UC or DC not known)

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent or electro-dynamic (moving coil), system not known yet.

• Material
• Bakelite or Plastics (type unknown)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 696 [square Dial] - General Television and Radio

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

• Notes
• Brown Bakelite or Ivory Plaskon.
  There is also a Model "696" with a rectangular dial.

• Source of data
• Machine Age to Jet Age III

• Mentioned in
• Plastic Radios - The Antique Radio Collectors' Source Book

• Author
• Model page created by Hans-Joachim Korn † 16.11.15. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 106 models, 47 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