• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Pilot Electric Mfg. Co. (Radio Corp.); Brooklyn (NY)

• Year
• 1936

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 51789

• • alternative name: Pilot Radio & Television || Pilot Radio and Tube || Pilot Radio Corporation

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• Number of Tubes
• 7

• Valves / Tubes
• 6K7 6A8 6K7 6Q7 6G5 6F6 5W4

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 456 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 9 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus 2 Short Wave bands.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 115; 125; 150; 220; 240 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent or electro-dynamic (moving coil), system not known yet. / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm

• Power out
• 3 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 293 - Pilot Electric Mfg. Co. Radio

• Shape
• Tablemodel, Tombstone = decorative upright, not cathedral but can have rounded edges.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 20 x 15.5 x 11.25 inch / 508 x 394 x 286 mm

• Notes

• Tuning eye.

  Covered 16 to 550 meters (18000 to 545 KHz) in three bands.  Had two-speed tuning with either 12:1 or 95:1 ratio. Walnut veneer. Has an extra speaker socket for a 10,000 ohms permanent magnet dynamic speaker and a phono jack.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 39 lb (39 lb 0 oz) / 17.706 kg

• Price in first year of sale
• 74.50 USD

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

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

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 7 = 1936 and before

• Mentioned in
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Short Wave Craft November 1936 page 456.

• Other Models

• Here you find 544 models, 271 with images and 408 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Pilot Electric Mfg. Co. (Radio Corp.); Brooklyn (NY)