• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1940/1941

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 42393

• • Brand: Musaphonic

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 1A7GT 1N5GT 1H5GT 1T5GT 35Z4GT

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Details
• Record Player (perh.Changer)

• Power type and voltage
• Line / Batteries (any type) / 105-125, 6, 90 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent or electro-dynamic (moving coil), system not known yet. / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Material
• Leather / canvas / plastic - over other material

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: JB-508 or JB-509 - General Electric Co. GE;

• Shape
• Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 14 x 9.5 x 15 inch / 356 x 241 x 381 mm

• Notes

• Crystal pickup. Model JB-509 with Underwriters' Approval, at slight additional cost.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 19.5 lb (19 lb 8 oz) / 8.853 kg

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 12 = ca. 1941 and before

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• General Electric Radio Service Notes 1939-1942

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• General Electric Folder 13-497-W for 1941.

• Other Models

• Here you find 2918 models, 2141 with images and 2044 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