• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1946

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 50133

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6SA7 6SK7 6SQ7 6K6GT 6X5GT

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

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

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Power out
• 2.8 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Bakelite case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 551 [bakelite] - Packard Bell Co.; Los Angeles

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

• Notes

• Built-in loop antenna.

  Stein is in error: the 551 picture belongs to 551D.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 15 = 1947 and before

• Mentioned in
• Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98 (p.122, model 551 (error! shows 551D))

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Dat 7-46, set 2, folder 462-7)

• Other Models

• Here you find 390 models, 195 with images and 342 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Packard Bell Co.; Los Angeles (CA)