• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• General Electric Co. (GE); Bridgeport CT, Syracuse NY

• Year
• 1954/1955

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 90396

• • Brand: Musaphonic

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 12BE6 12BA6 12AV6 50C5 35W4

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 60Hz, 105 - 120 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 4 inch = 10.2 cm

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 573 - General Electric Co. GE;

• Shape
• Tablemodel with Clock ((Alarm-) Clock Radio).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 12.375 x 6.125 x 5.75 inch / 314 x 156 x 146 mm

• Notes

• The General Electric 573 is an AC operated 5 tube AM band clock radio.  The AM band frequency tuning range is 540 to 1500kHz.  Has AC utility outlet on rear of chassis that is controlled from the clock.  Also has phonograph input on rear of chassis.

  This model was also sold by Montgomery Ward.

  The following models use the same schematic and chassis but have different cabinet colors:

  General Electric Model Number	Montgomery Ward Catalog Number	Cabinet Color
  572	672	Mottled Mahogany
  573	673	Ivory
  574	674	Light Maroon(Red)
  575	675	White

• Price in first year of sale
• 39.95 $

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Date 4-55, Set 274, Folder 9)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (Fall/Winter 1954/55, page 666 & 667.)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• General Electric Service Notes (General Electric Radio Service Guide Volume III 1946 to 1961 page 21)

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Beitman Radio Diagrams, Vol. 14, 1954 (Page 49)

• Author
• Model page created by Walter Wiesmüller † May 2012. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 2916 models, 2139 with images and 2042 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from General Electric Co. (GE); Bridgeport CT, Syracuse NY