- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Midwest Radio Co., The, (Miraco); Cincinnati, OH
- Year
- 1946/1947
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 47255
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- Brand: Miraco
Beitman
SAMS Photofact
Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.
- Number of Tubes
- 5
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)
- Tuned circuits
- 6 AM circuit(s)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast (MW) and Long Wave.
- Power type and voltage
- Line / Batteries (any type) / AC/DC 105-125/ 90 & 9 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 4.75 inch = 12.1 cm
- Material
- Catalin (a brand name for a thermosetting polymer popular in the 1930s and 1940s - a phenol formaldehyde resin - like Bakelite, but a two-stage process with a lot of work afterwards).
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: PB-6 - Midwest Radio Co., The, Miraco
- Shape
- Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)
- Notes
- Selenium Rectifier.
The Midwest models PB-6 / P-6 are Three Power Portable 2-Band Superheterodyne with Self Contained Loop Antenna.
- External source of data
- Ernst Erb
- Source of data
- The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965
- Circuit diagram reference
- Rider's Perpetual, Volume 17 = 1948 and before
- Mentioned in
- Collector's Guide to Antique Radios (6th edition)
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Date: Feb 1947, Set 14, Folder 474-19)
- Other Models
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Here you find 317 models, 181 with images and 214 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from Midwest Radio Co., The, (Miraco); Cincinnati, OH