• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• General Household Utilities Co. (Grunow); Chicago Ill.

• Year
• 1935/1936

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 42691

• • Brand: Grunow (trade name)

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A7 6D6 75 42 80

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 465 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus 2 Short Wave bands.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 115 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Grunow 580 Ch= 5-G - General Household Utilities Co

• Shape
• Tablemodel, Tombstone = decorative upright, not cathedral but can have rounded edges.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 13.375 x 18.625 x 9.625 inch / 340 x 473 x 244 mm

• Price in first year of sale
• 39.95 $

• 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 6 = 1935 and before

• Mentioned in
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios (6th edition)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Machine Age to Jet Age II (Rider's Perpetual, Volume 7 = 1936 and before)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• - - Manufacturers Literature

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• The Grunow Folder for 1936.

• Other Models

• Here you find 138 models, 100 with images and 126 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from General Household Utilities Co. (Grunow); Chicago Ill.