• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1936

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 42044

• • Brand: Musaphonic

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• Number of Tubes
• 8

• Valves / Tubes
• 6K7 6A8 6K7 6K7 6H6 6F5 6L6 5Z4

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 465 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 9 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Short Wave(s) and Police.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 25 or 60 cycles: 105 - 120 or 115; 125; 220; 240 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 12 inch = 30.5 cm

• Power out
• 6.5 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: "All-Wave" E-86 Ch= RBS-24 - General Electric Co. GE;

• Shape
• Console with any shape - in general

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 24 x 39 x 11.5 inch / 610 x 991 x 292 mm

• Notes
• The General Electric models E-81 and E-86 (August 1936) share the same schematic at Rider's 7-17 through 7-20 which show IF peak at 465 kc. They can have a 25 cycle (C) or 60 cycle mains transformer which came in two versions, one fix for 105-120 volts (A), the other for 105 to 250 volts with 4 tappings (V). The band B (Broadcast) covers 540 - 1680 kc, the band C (Fishery, Police etc.) 1680 - 6000 kc and band D (SW) 6 - 18 mc.

• 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 7 = 1936 and before

• Mentioned in
• Pre-War Consoles

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Beitman Radio Diagrams, Vol. 01, 1926-1938

• Other Models

• Here you find 2916 models, 2140 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