- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Sonora Radio & Telev. Corp.; Chicago (IL)
- Year
- 1945/1946
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 58346
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- alternative name: Sonora Electric Phono
Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.
- Number of Tubes
- 6
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 3 AF stage(s)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast only (MW).
- Power type and voltage
- AC/DC-set / 110 - 120 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 4.63 inch = 11.8 cm
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: RDU-209 - Sonora Radio & Telev. Corp.;
- Shape
- Tablemodel, with any shape - general.
- Notes
- Available in walnut or blond prima vera.
- External source of data
- Ernst Erb
- Source of data
- The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965
- Circuit diagram reference
- Rider's Perpetual, Volume 17 = 1948 and before
- Mentioned in
- Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 3 folder 463-29 date 8-46)
- Literature/Schematics (2)
- Radio Retailing (Radio & Television R.) (October 1945 page 117. March 1946 page 127. June 1946 page 111.)
- Literature/Schematics (3)
- Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98 (page 148.)
- Other Models
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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)
Collections
The model RDU-209 is part of the collections of the following members.
Forum contributions about this model: Sonora Radio & Telev: RDU-209
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I have this radio in my collection & want to give you additional information:
1. Wooden case. 2. size is 13 5/8 inches wide by 9 5/8 inches high by 7 1/2 inches deep. 3. It weighs 9 pounds. 4. The speaker is 6 inches in diameter & is a permanet magnet type. 5. It has 6 vacuum tubes: 35Z5, 12SA7, 12SK7, 12SQ7, 12SK7, & 35L6. There is a readable label on the rear that states the sales price of 37.65 OPA (Office of Price Administration)
all this information was taken from my set.
Marvi Glassman U S A
Marvin J. Glassman, 14.Apr.08