• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1940–1942

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 200922

• • alternative name: Sonora Electric Phono

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes

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

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Line / Batteries (any type) / Battery or AC/DC 110 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: LR-147 and LR-47 Triple-Play - Sonora Radio & Telev. Corp.;

• Shape
• Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 14 x 9.5 x 6 inch / 356 x 241 x 152 mm

• Notes

• Built-in "Sonorascope" loop. Housed in a open-face Brown luggage-cloth case.

• Price in first year of sale
• 24.95 $

• Mentioned in
• Radio Retailing (Radio & Television R.) (January, February, May 1941.)

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

• Author
• Model page created by Ernst Erb. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• 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)