• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1942

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 304310

• Number of Tubes
• 8

• Valves / Tubes

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common)

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

• 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 10 inch = 25.4 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Air Castle BP6553 - Spiegel Inc. Continental;

• Shape
• Console with Push Buttons.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 26 x 38.5 x 12 inch / 660 x 978 x 305 mm

• Notes

•  

  Model	Differences
  BP6552	Base Model
  BP6553	Base model with all-wave doublet aerial included

   

• Price in first year of sale
• 37.95 $

• Mentioned in
• Spiegel Catalogs (Aircastle) (Spring/Summer 1942, No. 153, page 519.)

• 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