- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Motorola Inc. (ex Galvin Mfg.Co. Chicago); Schaumburg (IL)
- Year
- 1939/1940
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 48637
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
- Bakelite or Plastics (type unknown)
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: 51A Ch= 5A - Motorola Inc. ex Galvin Mfg.Co
- Shape
- Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 9.125 x 6.25 x 4.75 inch / 232 x 159 x 121 mm
- Notes
-
Tuning Range 540 to 1720 kHz (kc). Brown plastic cabinet.
Also available in ivory finish.
- External source of data
- Ernst Erb
- Source of data
- Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition
- Circuit diagram reference
- Rider's Perpetual, Volume 11 = ca. 1940 and before
- Mentioned in
- Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98 (page 117.)
- Literature/Schematics (3)
- Motorola Folder H-101A for 1940.
- 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)