• Country
• Germany

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Nordmende, Norddeutsche Mende-Rundfunk GmbH (Sterling), Bremen-Hemelingen

• Year
• 1959/1960

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 135006

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• ECC85 ECH81 EF89 EABC80 EM84 EL84

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 460/10700 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)     10 FM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, 2 Short Wave plus FM or UHF.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110; 125; 150; 220; 240 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• 4 Loudspeakers

• Power out
• 5.5 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Sterling Turandot USA Ch= U-148 - Nordmende, Norddeutsche Mende-

• Shape
• Tablemodel with Push Buttons.

• Notes
• The Nordmende-Sterling Turandot U-148 is the domestic model Nordemnde 0/614 from 1959/60, Germany. Instead of long waves it has two short wave bands (1.6-4.9 mc and 6.1-17.9 mc) with a different scale. Power supply is the same but it has 4 speakers: 5" x 7" PM and 3 electrostatic.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 9 kg / 19 lb 13.2 oz (19.824 lb)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Date 4-61, Set 525, Folder 8)

• Author
• Model page created by Ernst Erb. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 1751 models, 1642 with images and 1268 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Nordmende, Norddeutsche Mende-Rundfunk GmbH (Sterling), Bremen-Hemelingen