• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Pacific Radio Corporation (Jackson-Bell post 1934, Parco); Los Angeles (CA)

• Year
• 1936/1937

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 194559

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A8 6K7 6Q7 6F6G 5Y3

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Short Wave(s) and Police.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC)

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent or electro-dynamic (moving coil), system not known yet. / Ø 12 inch = 30.5 cm

• Power out
• 3 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 556-C - Pacific Radio Corporation

• Shape
• Console with any shape - in general

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 32.5 x 33 x 11.5 inch / 826 x 838 x 292 mm

• Notes

• This 5 metal type tube receiver covers Broadcast, Police and Short Wave (16 to 200 m) wavebands.

  Hand-rubbed all walnut console cabinet with slanting control panel. Highly finished back.

• Source of data
• Pre-War Consoles

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• -- Original prospect or advert (The Jackson-Bell Folder for 1936.)

• Author
• Model page created by Hans-Joachim Korn † 16.11.15. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 34 models, 11 with images and 4 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Pacific Radio Corporation (Jackson-Bell post 1934, Parco); Los Angeles (CA)