• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Sonora Radio & Telev. Corp.; Chicago (IL)

• Year
• 1941/1942

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 58316

• • alternative name: Sonora Electric Phono

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• Number of Tubes
• 9

• Valves / Tubes
• 6SA7 6SK7 6J7 6B8G 6U5 or 6G5 6SQ7 6K6GT 6K6GT 5Y3G

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

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

• Details
• Recording phonogr.-Disc Recorder

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110 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: Phono-Radio-Recorder KL-185 - Sonora Radio & Telev. Corp.;

• Shape
• Console with any shape - in general

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 36 x 32 x 16.25 inch / 914 x 813 x 413 mm

• Notes

• Radio with automatic record changer and recorder (General Industries RC-130L); built in loop antenna; tuning eye; microphone input; push-pull af output stage. Tunes 535-1720 kc.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

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

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 13 = 1942 and before

• Mentioned in
• Pre-War Consoles

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Radio Retailing (Radio & Television R.)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• -- Original prospect or advert (The Sonora Folder for 1942.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 345 models, 207 with images and 259 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Sonora Radio & Telev. Corp.; Chicago (IL)