• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1942

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 303658

• Number of Tubes
• 7

• Valves / Tubes

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast (MW), Police, sometimes also early TV (75-200m).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 60 Hz; 105 - 115 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Air Castle BP6551 - Spiegel Inc. Continental;

• Shape
• Console with any shape - in general

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 24 x 36.5 x 11 inch / 610 x 927 x 279 mm

• Notes

•  

  Model	Differences
  BP6550	Base model
  BP6551	Base model with all-wave aerial included

   

• Price in first year of sale
• 27.95 $

• Mentioned in
• Spiegel Catalogs (Aircastle) (Spring/Summer 1942, No. 153, page 517.)

• Author
• Model page created by Noemi Erb. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• 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