• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Packard Bell Co.; Los Angeles (CA)

• Year
• 1940 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 50124

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• Number of Tubes
• 8

• Valves / Tubes
• 6SA7 6SK7 6SQ7 6J5 6AF6G 6V6GT 6V6GT 5Y3G

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

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110-120 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 48F - Packard Bell Co.; Los Angeles

• Shape
• Console: Chairside Radio.

• Notes

• Push-pull af output stage; built-in loop antenna; tuning eye; television input.

  The tube 6V6GT was most probably 1940 in mass production, not before.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 11 = ca. 1940 and before

• Other Models

• Here you find 393 models, 196 with images and 345 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Packard Bell Co.; Los Angeles (CA)