551-D wood
Packard Bell Co.; Los Angeles (CA)
- 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
- 205103
- Number of Tubes
- 5
- Valves / Tubes
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz
- Wave bands
- Broadcast only (MW).
- Power type and voltage
- Alternating Current supply (AC)
- Loudspeaker
- Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm
- Power out
- 2.8 W (unknown quality)
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: 551-D [wood] - Packard Bell Co.; Los Angeles
- Shape
- Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14
- Notes
-
Painted wood with plastic trim.
Available in wooden cabinet of walnut finish with dark plastic trim, or in special ivory finish with matching plastic trim ($35.90). Built-in loop antenna.
Stein is in error: the 551 picture belongs to 551D.
- Price in first year of sale
- 34.90 $
- Mentioned in
- Radio Retailing (Radio & Television R.) (April 1946 page 36.)
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98 (p.122, model 551 (error! shows 551D))
- Author
- Model page created by Ernst Erb. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
-
Here you find 387 models, 195 with images and 338 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from Packard Bell Co.; Los Angeles (CA)