718-C Chippendale Ch= Series X
Howard Radio Company; Chicago, IL
- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Howard Radio Company; Chicago, IL
- Year
- 1940–1942
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 193826
- Number of Tubes
- 12
- Main principle
- Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 465 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)
- Tuned circuits
- 7 AM circuit(s)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast, Short Wave(s) and Police.
- Power type and voltage
- Alternating Current supply (AC) / 105 - 125 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 12 inch = 30.5 cm
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: 718-C Chippendale Ch= Series X - Howard Radio Company; Chicago,
- Shape
- Console with Push Buttons.
- Notes
- The model Howard 718C has a Chippendale cabinet (see Rider's) it receives BC (540 - 1700 kHz); TROP (1800 - 5000 kHz) and SW (5.5 - 18.0 MHz) bands. BC band has six push-button station selectors. Tuning eye, push-pull audio amplifier. For the 12 tube chassis (4 knobs in line) we know at least models 718 (Beitman names 718X, 718C and 718APC. Maybe there is also a Chippendale 718A. There is also a 14 tube chassis (five knobs, 2+3) with the models 718FM, 718FMC and 718XFMA (or 718FMA). After the WW2 there is also a 718-FM-5-6 and a FM-718. See information about the whole family 718.
- Price in first year of sale
- 79.95 $
- Source of data
- Collector's Guide to Antique Radios (7th Edition)
- Mentioned in
- Radio Retailing (Radio & Television R.) (February 1941.)
- Literature/Schematics (3)
- Beitman Radio Diagrams, Vol. 05, 1942 (page 59.)
- Literature/Schematics (4)
- Rider's Perpetual, Volume 12 = ca. 1941 and before (Howard 12-19.)
- Author
- Model page created by Ernst Erb. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
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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