• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Spiegel Inc. (Continental); Chicago

• Year
• 1949 ?

• Category
• Car Radio, perhaps also + sound player/recorder

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 59192

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 6SK7GT 6SA7GT 6SK7GT 6SQ7 6V6GT 6V6GT 6X5GT

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios) / 6 Volt

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

• Power out
• 1.2 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Aircastle 139144 - Spiegel Inc. Continental;

• Shape
• Chassis only or for «building in»

• Notes

• Battery Operated Universal Automotive Superheterodyne Receiver

  AM: 540-1600kc

  Vibrator for +B

   

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 20 covering 1950

• Mentioned in
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (497-4 Set 59 Folder 4)

• Other Models

• Here you find 1279 models, 552 with images and 1043 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Spiegel Inc. (Continental); Chicago