• Year
  • 1939/1940
  • Category
  • Commercial Receiver (may include amateur bands)
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 207872

 Technical Specifications

  • 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 $
  • Author
  • Model page created by Martin Bösch. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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