• Country
• Canada

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Motorola Canada Ltd., Toronto

• Year
• 1954 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 301333

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

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 12BE6 12BA6 12AT6 35L6GT 50Y6GT

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

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Details
• Changer (Record changer)

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 60 Hz, 117 Volt

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

• Material
• Bakelite case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: ML53F2 Ch= HK360 - Motorola Canada Ltd., Toronto

• Shape
• Tablemodel, Box - most often with Lid (NOT slant panel).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 17 x 9 x 19 inch / 432 x 229 x 483 mm

• Notes

• The Motorola model ML53F2 is a 5-tube table top combination radio and 3-speed record changer. The phono pickup operates on a modulated carrier principal where the stylus modulates the capacitance of an air gap.
  For 60 Hz operation only. For 25 Hz see model MX53F2.

  Speaker is 4 x 6 inches with driver inside cone.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 24.4 lb (24 lb 6.4 oz) / 11.078 kg

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Radio College of Canada (RCC) (1955 Supplement 34)

• 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