- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Howard Radio Company; Chicago (IL)
- Year
- 1939 ?
- Category
- Commercial Receiver (may include amateur bands)
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 44573
- Number of Tubes
- 14
- Valves / Tubes
- unknown_Tube
- Main principle
- Superhet with RF-stage
- Wave bands
- Wave Bands given in the notes.
- Power type and voltage
- Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Permanent or electro-dynamic (moving coil), system not known yet.
- Power out
- 8 W (unknown quality)
- Material
- Metal case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: 490 - Howard Radio Company; Chicago
- Shape
- Tablemodel, low profile (big size).
- Notes
- Two tuned RF stages. Covers 540 kHz to 44 MHz in 5 ranges, built-in S-meter, bandspread. 1942 price 164.5 USD.
- Price in first year of sale
- 165.00 $
- External source of data
- Ernst Erb
- Circuit diagram reference
- Rider's Perpetual, Volume 13 = 1942 and before
- Mentioned in
- ARRL Handbook 1942
- Other Models
-
Here you find 354 models, 152 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)