• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1952/1953

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 77832

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 12BE6 12BA6 12AV6 50C5 35W4

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

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

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / AC/DC 117V =110-120 Volt

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

• Material
• Bakelite case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Continental 5R31A - Hallicrafters, The; Chicago,

• Shape
• Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14

• Notes

• Hallicrafters model 5R31A is an AC-DC operated superheterodyne receiver.
  The Hallicrafters model 5R30A series is similar to the 5R30 series.  The difference is unknown, although Hallicrafters used several different tube line-ups in the 5R30A series.  Depending on the production run, some used all octal tubes (12SA7, 12SK7, 12SQ7, 35Z5, 50L6), some used all miniatures (12AV6, 12BA6, 12BE6, 35W4, 50C5), while some used a combination of both (usually 12AV6, 12SA7, 12SK7, 35Z5, 50C5).  The center control knob functions as the "on-off-volume" control, while the left knob is for "tuning" and the right knob is the "bandswitch." The different model numbers within the 5R30A series denotes different color cabinet and knobs.  The 5R31A is green with white center knob and green tuning and bandswitch knobs.

• Price in first year of sale
• 30.00 $

• Source of data
• Shortwave Receivers - Past & Present (3rd ed.)

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 23 (last), covering up to 1954

• Mentioned in
• Radios by hallicrafters

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 170, folder 8, dated 6-52)

• Author
• Model page created by a member from D. 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