- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Motorola Inc. (ex Galvin Mfg.Co. Chicago); Schaumburg (IL)
- Year
- 1937/1938
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 48689
Scanned from the Motorola Folder for 1938.
1937 Motorola Console with "Robot Eye."
Scanned from the Motorola Folder for 1938.
Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.
- Number of Tubes
- 12
- Main principle
- Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 465 kHz
- Tuned circuits
- 9 AM circuit(s)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast, Short Wave(s) and Police.
- Power type and voltage
- Alternating Current supply (AC) / 117 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 12 inch = 30.5 cm
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: 12Y Ch= 12-1 - Motorola Inc. ex Galvin Mfg.Co
- Shape
- Console with any shape - in general
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 26 x 42 x 17 inch / 660 x 1067 x 432 mm
- Notes
-
Band Coverage: American Programs 540-1720 kc Police + Aircraft 2200-7000 kc Foreign Programs 7000-22,000 kc. Electrical tuning unit.
- Price in first year of sale
- 149.95 $
- External source of data
- Ernst Erb
- Source of data
- Pre-War Consoles
- Circuit diagram reference
- Rider's Perpetual, Volume 9 = 1938 and before
- Literature/Schematics (3)
- Motorola Folder for 1938.
- Other Models
-
Here you find 4596 models, 2962 with images and 4095 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from Motorola Inc. (ex Galvin Mfg.Co. Chicago); Schaumburg (IL)