• Year
  • 1939/1940
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 57415

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 4
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Details
  • Record Player (perh.Changer)
  • Power type and voltage
  • Storage and/or dry batteries / 90V/1.5 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)
  • Material
  • Leather / canvas / plastic - over other material
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: 181 BL-CB - Sentinel Radio Corp., Evanston
  • Shape
  • Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 13.25 x 10 x 12.75 inch / 337 x 254 x 324 mm
  • Notes
  • Battery's 45Vx2 = +B 1.5V= A (filament). Tunes 540 to 1730 k.c.

  • Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
  • 27.5 lb (27 lb 8 oz) / 12.485 kg
  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 11 = ca. 1940 and before
  • Literature/Schematics (3)
  • Shown for Season 1939/40 for 1940 in Sentinel Folder No. 120.

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