5 Kompak

Packard Bell Co.; Los Angeles (CA)

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  • Year
  • 1936–1938
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 50128

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

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 5
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 460 kHz
  • Tuned circuits
  • 4 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm
  • Material
  • Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: 5 Kompak - Packard Bell Co.; Los Angeles
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 9.25 x 6 x 4.75 inch / 235 x 152 x 121 mm
  • Notes

  • Case in All-White $17.95 or in Two-Tone Finish $18.95 Folder 1937.

    Available of Colors Ivory White, Brown, Red or Blue Folder 1938 $19.95 (with White or Blue Mirror Glass $25.95). Tubes: 6A8 6K7 6Q7 6F6 5W4.

    See also Packard Bell 5A Kompak with different tube line-up.

  • Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
  • 7 lb 0 oz (7 lb) / 3.178 kg
  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 8 = 1937 and before
  • Literature/Schematics (3)
  • The Packard-Bell Folder for 1937 and 1938.

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