• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1953–1955

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 80779

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• 1R5 1U4 1U5 3V4

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

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

• Power type and voltage
• Line / Batteries (any type) / AC/DC 117=110-120/ 7.5 & 90 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 4 inch = 10.2 cm

• Material
• Leather / canvas / plastic - over other material

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Continental 5R42 - Hallicrafters, The; Chicago,

• Shape
• Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 10.5 x 7 x 6 inch / 267 x 178 x 152 mm

• Notes

• Hallicrafters model 5R42 is a three power portable 2 band AM superheterodyne receiver. 
  Selenium Rectifier , Maroon Dial, the only difference to 5R40 and 5R41 is the color of the speaker grill, knobs, trim and dial.

• Price in first year of sale
• 30.00 $

• Source of data
• Beitman Radio Diagrams, Vol. 15, 1955

• Mentioned in
• Radios by hallicrafters

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (Fall/Winter 1954/55, page 664.)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 305 Folder 9 dated 2-56)

• Author
• Model page created by Egon Penker. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 922 models, 473 with images and 520 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