• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1946

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 74051

• • alternative name: Sonora Electric Phono

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 12SA7 12SK7 12SQ7 35L6GT 35Z5GT

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 117 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 4 inch = 10.2 cm

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: RBU-176 - Sonora Radio & Telev. Corp.;

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Notes
• Gleaming ivory plastic cabinet.

• Source of data
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios (5th edition)

• Mentioned in
• Beitman Radio Diagrams, Vol. 07, 1947

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• -- Original-techn. papers.

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Radio Retailing (Radio & Television R.) (January 1946 page 143. March 1946 page 127. April 1946 page 21. June 1946 page 111.)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Machine Age to Jet Age II (page 278.)

• Author
• Model page created by Arpad Roth † 27.3.17. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 344 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)