• 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
• 86543

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 12BE6 12BA6 12AT6 50C5 35W4

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

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 53R1 Ch= HS-384 [brown] - Motorola Inc. ex Galvin Mfg.Co

• Shape
• Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14

• Notes

• Color walnut (brown). Dependable new "Placir" chassis (plated circuit board = printed circuit board). Extended Tone speaker.

  Colors model 53R1 (brown), model 53R1U (brown), model 53R2 (ivory), model 53R2U (ivory), model 53R3 (yellow), model 53R3U (yellow),  model 53R4 (grey), model 53R4U  (grey), model 53R5 , model 53R5U (green), model 53R6 (red) and model 53R6U (red).

• Price in first year of sale
• 20.00 $

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

• Mentioned in
• Machine Age to Jet Age III (p.144)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Beitman Radio Diagrams, Vol. 14, 1954 (p.71)

• 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 4601 models, 2962 with images and 4100 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)