• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1949

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

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 106714

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 6BD6 6BE6 6BD6 6CR6 6AQ5 6X4

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios) / 6 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• - This model requires external speaker(s).

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: BK53A6 Ch= R17A6P6-2 - Motorola Inc. ex Galvin Mfg.Co

• Shape
• Chassis only or for «building in»

• Notes
• For 1949 Buick Special.

• Mentioned in
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS

• Author
• Model page created by Peter Hoddow. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 4607 models, 2964 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)