• Year
  • 1939/1940
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 57413

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 4
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • Storage and/or dry batteries / 90V/1.5 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm
  • Material
  • Leather / canvas / plastic - over other material
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: 178BL - Sentinel Radio Corp., Evanston
  • Shape
  • Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 345 x 225 x 205 mm / 13.6 x 8.9 x 8.1 inch
  • Notes
  • Battery's 45Vx2=+B 1.5V =A (filament). Tuning range 540 to 1650 k.c.

  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 10 = 1939 and before
  • Literature/Schematics (3)
  • Shown for Season 1939/40 for 1940 in Sentinel Folder No. 120.

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