• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1931/1932

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 51844

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

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• Number of Tubes
• 11

• Valves / Tubes

• Main principle
• Superhet, double/triple conversion

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

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 115 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• -Loudspeaker incorporated, but system not known.

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Super-Wasp All Wave Model No. 40174 - Pilot Electric Mfg. Co. Radio

• Shape
• Table-Cathedral-Type (upright, round top or gothic arch, not rounded edges only).

• Notes
• The Pilot Super-Wasp All Wave receiver covered from 10 to 550 meters wavelength range. On short waves it is a double conversion superheterodyne of 11 tubes. working on two intermediate frequencies; 550 kc. and 175 kc.

• Price in first year of sale
• 99.00 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• Radio Collector`s Guide 1921-1932

• Mentioned in
• Machine Age to Jet Age II

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Cathedral & Tombstone Radios (page 199.)

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Fall 1931 Radio Design magazine

• 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)