- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Motorola Inc. (ex Galvin Mfg.Co. Chicago); Schaumburg (IL)
- Year
- 1941/1942
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 48853
Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.
- Number of Tubes
- 5
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz
- Tuned circuits
- 6 AM circuit(s)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast only (MW).
- Power type and voltage
- AC/DC-set / 117 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)
- Material
- Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: 51X12 - Motorola Inc. ex Galvin Mfg.Co
- Shape
- Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 10 x 6 x 6 inch / 254 x 152 x 152 mm
- Notes
-
Tuning Range 540 to 1720 kHz (kc).
Ivory finish. Same model available in brown: model 51X11.
- External source of data
- Ernst Erb
- Circuit diagram reference
- Rider's Perpetual, Volume 13 = 1942 and before
- Mentioned in
- Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98 (page 117.)
- Literature/Schematics (3)
- Motorola Booklet H-329, for 1942.
- Other Models
-
Here you find 4555 models, 2960 with images and 4050 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)
Collections
The model 51X12 is part of the collections of the following members.