• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Howard Radio Company; Chicago, IL

• Year
• 1938

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 44559

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• Number of Tubes
• 9

• Valves / Tubes
• 6K8G 6A7 6K7 6K7 6U5 6Q7G 6F5G 6V6G 80

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 465 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 8 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus 2 Short Wave bands.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 105-120 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• Power out
• 4 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 468 - Howard Radio Company; Chicago,

• Shape
• Tablemodel with Push Buttons.

• Notes

• BC (550 - 1700 kHz), SW1 (2.2 - 7.5 MHz) and SW2 (7.0 - 22.0 MHz) bands. Six push-button station selectors with separate mixer (6A7) for BC band. Tuning eye. Bass enhancement.

  Mallory 1.25V bias cell for audio stage

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 10 = 1939 and before

• Mentioned in
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965 (Collector's Guide to AR7.Ed. Slusser tube)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Machine Age to Jet Age II (page 158.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 354 models, 153 with images and 214 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Howard Radio Company; Chicago, IL