• Country
• Canada

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Northern Electric Co. Ltd.; Montreal, QC ; Belleville, ON

• Year
• 1952 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 179533

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 12BE6 12BA6 12AT6 50B5 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) / Ø 4 inch = 10.2 cm

• Power out
• 1.9 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Bakelite or Plastics (type unknown)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Midge 5508 - Northern Electric Co. Ltd.;

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 11.5 x 6 x 6 inch / 292 x 152 x 152 mm

• Notes
• Models 5508 and 5408 seem to be essentially identical.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 1.7 kg / 3 lb 11.9 oz (3.744 lb)

• Source of data
• - - Data from my own collection

• Circuit diagram reference
• Radio College of Canada

• Mentioned in
• RCC supplement, Northern p.57

• Author
• Model page created by Christian Walter. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 291 models, 246 with images and 254 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Northern Electric Co. Ltd.; Montreal, QC ; Belleville, ON