• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1953–1955

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 86532

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

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 12BE6 12BA6 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 / 110 - 120 Volt

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

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 53H1 Ch= HS-337 - Motorola Inc. ex Galvin Mfg.Co

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Notes

• Color is Ebony. New "Concentrated Power" chassis gives top performance. Extended Tone speaker gives fuller tone. 4" x 6" PM elliptical speaker.

  See also the same Motorola models in different colors: model 53H1 in Ebony, model 53H2 in Gray, model 53H3 in Green and model 53H4 in Red.

• Price in first year of sale
• 25.00 $

• External source of data
• Original AD, Life magazine, 1953

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Date 9-54, Set 250, Folder 16)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98 (page 118.)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Motorola Folder No. 3466, for 1955.

• Author
• Model page created by Vitor Oliveira. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 4575 models, 2961 with images and 4073 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)