• Year
  • 1938
perfect model
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 58706

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 5
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)
  • Tuned circuits
  • 6 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 115 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)
  • Material
  • Metal case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Sparton 5518-A Selectronne - Sparks-Withington Co., Sparton
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel with Push Buttons.
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 14.75 x 7.75 x 7.25 inch / 375 x 197 x 184 mm
  • Notes
  • 4 station pushbuttons and manual tuning. The cabinet is of steel but the finish on it is like wood. The guest Bryan Dahlberg told us: "The wood pattern is applied to the metal with a material that I think is called "Di-Noc," used in the automobile industry since the 1920s."

  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 10 = 1939 and before
  • Mentioned in
  • Rider's 10-31, 10-32

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