• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Heathkit (Brand), Heath Co.; Benton Harbor (MI)

• Year
• 1957 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 87538

• • alternative name: Heath Company

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6BA6 6BE6 6BA6 12AU7 6X4

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Details
• Hi-Fi equipment

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 50-60 cycles, 105-125 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• - For headphones or amp.

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Broadcast Tuner BC-1A - Heathkit Brand, Heath Co.;

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 12.5625 x 3.625 x 5.875 inch / 319 x 92 x 149 mm

• Notes

• CD marks on the dial. See Conelrad: Radio meets the Civil Defense.

  Has af preamplifier and 10 kHz notch filter.

   

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 6 lb 10 oz (6.625 lb) / 3.008 kg

• Price in first year of sale
• 25.95 USD

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• -- Original-techn. papers. (Heathkit Catalog 1958 page 3.)

• Author
• Model page created by Hinrich Grensemann † 15.5.16. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 715 models, 699 with images and 506 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Heathkit (Brand), Heath Co.; Benton Harbor (MI)