• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Goodrich, B.F.; Akron,Ohio

• Year
• 1940

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 43259

• • Brand: Mantola

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• Number of Tubes
• 12

• Valves / Tubes
• 6AB7 6SA7 6SK7 6SQ7 6AF6 6SK7 6SK7 6J5GT 6J5GT 6F6G 6F6G 5U4G

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

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

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC)

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: R-459 - Goodrich, B.F.; Akron,Ohio

• Notes
• Built-in loop antenna; push button tuning; tuning eye; push-pull af output stage.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 112 models, 60 with images and 102 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Goodrich, B.F.; Akron,Ohio