• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Hallicrafters, The; Chicago, IL and Arlington/Grand Prairie, TX

• Year
• 1952 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 358048

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• Number of Tubes
• 7

• Valves / Tubes
• 6SG7 6SA7 6SK7 6SK7 6H6 6SC7 6K6GT

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

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus more than 2 Short Wave bands.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 60Hz, 117V=110-120 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 8R40 - Hallicrafters, The; Chicago,

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Notes

• Hallicrafters model 8R40 is an AC operated AM multi-band superheterodyne communication receiver. 2x selenium rectifier.

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 181, folder 7, dated 10-52)

• Author
• Model page created by Dirk Taekels. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 926 models, 476 with images and 526 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Hallicrafters, The; Chicago, IL and Arlington/Grand Prairie, TX