• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Motorola Inc. (ex Galvin Mfg.Co. Chicago); Schaumburg (IL)

• Year
• 1948 ??

• Category
• Car Radio, perhaps also + sound player/recorder

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 48821

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 6BA6 6BE6 6BA6 6AT6 6V6GT 6X4

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios) / 6 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 508 - Motorola Inc. ex Galvin Mfg.Co

• Notes
• Vibrator for +B.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 18 = 1949 and before

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 39, Folder 13)

• 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)