- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Sentinel Radio Corp., Evanston, Illinois
- Year
- 1946–1948
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 57563
Photofact
Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.
- Number of Tubes
- 10
- Main principle
- Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 10,7MHz/45 kHz
- Tuned circuits
- 6 AM circuit(s) 10 FM circuit(s)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast (BC) and FM or UHF.
- Details
- Changer (Record changer)
- Power type and voltage
- Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110-120 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 12 inch = 30.5 cm
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: 296-M - Sentinel Radio Corp., Evanston
- Shape
- Console with Push Buttons.
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 34 x 34 x 16 inch / 864 x 864 x 406 mm
- Notes
-
Built in loop antenna for broadcast 530-1730KHz. FM (87,5 - 109MHz). Ad in the "Saturday Evening Post, May 1, 1948: The models are 316 PM, 286 PR, 296 M, probably 314-I plus yet unknown model with 4 knobs, probably the model 294 T.
A Sentinel Folder for season 1947/48 shows the following models together: 285, 286, 289, 296, 298, 302, 305, 309, 313, 314, 315 and 316 in different colors, for instant suffix "I" for Ivory and "W" for Walnut.
- External source of data
- Ernst Erb
- Source of data
- Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition
- Circuit diagram reference
- Rider's Perpetual, Volume 19 = 1949 and before
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 46 Folder 22 dated 09-48)
- Literature/Schematics (3)
- Shown for Season 1947/48 in a Sentinel Folder.
- Other Models
-
Here you find 710 models, 350 with images and 602 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from Sentinel Radio Corp., Evanston, Illinois