• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1956 ?

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

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 276981

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• Number of Tubes
• 8

• Valves / Tubes
• 12AC6 12AD6 12AC6 12AC6 12CR6 12K5 12AE6 12K5

• Number of Transistors
• 1

• Semiconductors
• 2N176 or. 2N178 or. 2NJ4

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 262.5 kHz; 3 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) / 12 Volt

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

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 6TAS8 - Motorola Inc. ex Galvin Mfg.Co

• Shape
• Chassis only or for «building in»

• Notes

• Battery Operated Universal Type AM Superheterodyne Automobile Receiver Speaker : 6x9 inch.

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 333 Folder 8 dated 10-56)

• Author
• Model page created by Dirk Taekels. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 4607 models, 2963 with images and 4106 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)