• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1940

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 59637

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• Number of Tubes
• 7

• Valves / Tubes
• 12SK7GT 12A8GT 12SK7GT 6H4GT 12SF5GT 35L6GT 35Z5GT

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 456 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Short Wave(s) and Police.

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 105 - 115 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Air Castle AP2010 - Spiegel Inc. Continental;

• Shape
• Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 13.5 x 8.5 x 6.5 inch / 343 x 216 x 165 mm

• Notes

•  

  Model	Differences
  AP2010	AC/DC-set
  AP2011	AC/DC-set with all-wave doublet aerial included
  AP2014	AC model with 4 push buttons
  AP2015	AC model with 4 push buttons, all-wave doublet aerial included

   

• Price in first year of sale
• 18.95 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 13 = 1942 and before

• Mentioned in
• Spiegel Catalogs (Aircastle) (Spring/Summer 1940, No. 149, page 463.)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Riders 13-43

• 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