- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Guthman & Co., Inc., Edwin I.; Chicago (IL)
- Year
- 1939/1940
- Category
- Commercial Receiver (may include amateur bands)
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 207872
- Number of Tubes
- 10
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast plus more than 2 Short Wave bands.
- Power type and voltage
- Alternating Current supply (AC)
- Loudspeaker
- Presumably Dynamic Loudspeaker (moving coil)
- Power out
- 12 W (unknown quality)
- Material
- Metal case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: U-50 - Guthman & Co., Inc., Edwin I.;
- Shape
- Tablemodel, low profile (big size).
- Notes
- Guthman Silver Super U-50K (kit) / U-50W (wired): coverage 525 kHz - 62 MHz in six switchable bands, regenerative IF, crystal filter.
Sold as kit (U-50K, 49,95 US$) or already wired (U-50W).
Set designed by McMurdo Silver, who was employed by Edwin I. Guthman as chief engineer after his company folded in 1938 and designed a line of amateur radio equipment.
- Price in first year of sale
- 57.00 $
- Source of data
- Communications Receivers
- Author
- Model page created by Martin Bösch. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
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Here you find 7 models, 7 with images and 0 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from Guthman & Co., Inc., Edwin I.; Chicago (IL)