- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Mission Bell Radio Mfg. Co.; Los Angeles (CA)
- Year
- 1939
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 47403
Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.
- Number of Tubes
- 4
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 465 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)
- Tuned circuits
- 6 AM circuit(s)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast only (MW).
- Power type and voltage
- Storage and/or dry batteries / 1.5; 90 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 5.5 inch = 14 cm
- Material
- Leather / canvas / plastic - over other material
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: 500 - Mission Bell Radio Mfg. Co.;
- Shape
- Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)
- Notes
-
BC (540-1530 kHz) band. Built-in loop antenna.
- Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
- 17.5 lb (17 lb 8 oz) / 7.945 kg
- Price in first year of sale
- 29.95 $
- External source of data
- Ernst Erb
- Source of data
- Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition
- Circuit diagram reference
- Rider's Perpetual, Volume 10 = 1939 and before
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- Radio Retailing (Radio & Television R.) (May 1939 page 35)
- Other Models
-
Here you find 80 models, 17 with images and 61 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from Mission Bell Radio Mfg. Co.; Los Angeles (CA)