• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Magnavox Co., Commercial Wireless and Development Co.; San Francisco, later Fort Waye, IN

• Year
• 1956 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 97044

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• Number of Transistors
• 6

• Semiconductors

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / 4 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: AM5 - Magnavox Co., Commercial

• Shape
• Very small Portable or Pocket-Set (Handheld) < 8 inch.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 144 x 84 x 42 mm / 5.7 x 3.3 x 1.7 inch

• Notes
• Couleur rouge, Version noire connue - Pile au mercure 4 V: Mallory TR233R, RCA VS400, General 696, Eveready E233.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 0.4 kg / 0 lb 14.1 oz (0.881 lb)

• Source of data
• - - Data from my own collection

• Author
• Model page created by Jean Claude Pigeon † 2008. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 1080 models, 498 with images and 831 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Magnavox Co., Commercial Wireless and Development Co.; San Francisco, later Fort Waye, IN