• Country
• Canada

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Motorola Canada Ltd., Toronto

• Year
• 1955 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 293194

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

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 12BA6 or 12BE6 12BD6 12AT6 50C5 35W4

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 117 Volt

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

• Material
• Bakelite or Plastics (type unknown)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: MK-53R1 Ch= HK-384 - Motorola Canada Ltd., Toronto

• Shape
• Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14

• Notes

• The Canadian Motorola model MK-53R1 is a broadcast only table radio. The circuit is built on a PCB. Has an internal Loop antenna. Available in several colours:

  Model	Colour
  MK-53R1	Brown
  MK-53R2	Ivory
  MK-53R3	Yellow
  MK-53R4	Grey
  MK-53R5	Green
  MK-53R6	Red

  Note: In all of these cases, the rear panel may be simply marked MK-53.

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Radio College of Canada (RCC) (Supplement 33 pages 71 and 72)

• Author
• Model page created by Tom Seeger. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 100 models, 78 with images and 91 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Motorola Canada Ltd., Toronto