- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Hallicrafters, The; Chicago, IL and Arlington/Grand Prairie, TX
- Year
- 1951–1955
- Category
- Amateur-Receiver (amateur bands, may include broadcast bands)
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 77655
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- Number of Tubes
- 11
- Main principle
- Superhet, double/triple conversion; ZF/IF 1650/50 kHz
- Wave bands
- Broadcast plus more than 2 Short Wave bands.
- Power type and voltage
- Alternating Current supply (AC) / 117V = 105 -125 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- - For headphones or amp.
- Power out
- 3 W (unknown quality)
- Material
- Metal case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: S-76 - Hallicrafters, The; Chicago,
- Shape
- Boatanchor (heavy military or commercial set >20 kg).
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 470 x 229 x 241 mm / 18.5 x 9 x 9.5 inch
- Notes
-
Hallicrafters model S-76 is an AC operated multi-band superheterodyne communications type receiver.
Coverage: 0.538-1.58, 1.72-4.9,4.6-13, 12-34MHz, 2nd IF= 50kHz, reception gap from 1.58-1.72MHz because of the 1st IF frequency, Bandspread 80 to 10 meters, huge S-Meter, first of a line of double conversion receivers using the 50kHz L/C filter system, 170 USD in 1951, 200 USD in 1953.
- Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
- 14.8 kg / 32 lb 9.6 oz (32.599 lb)
- Price in first year of sale
- 170.00 $
- Source of data
- Communications Receivers
- Mentioned in
- Shortwave Receivers - Past & Present (3rd ed.)
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 143, folder 9, dated 9-51)
- Literature/Schematics (2)
- Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (Spring/Summer 1952, page 605. Fall/Winter 1954/55, page 664.)
- Literature/Schematics (3)
- Sears, Roebuck Catalogs (Silvertone) (Fall & Winter 1952/53 page 857. Fall & Winter 1953/54 page 890. Fall & Winter 1954/55 page 920.)
- Literature/Schematics (4)
- Sears, Roebuck Catalogs (Silvertone) (Mid-Season/Fall 1951, page 290; order=57F 07462)
- 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
Collections
The model is part of the collections of the following members.