• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1951 ?

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

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 122711

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 6BA6 6BE6 6BA6 6AT6 6AQ5 6X4

• 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 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Aircastle C-300 - Spiegel Inc. Continental;

• Shape
• Chassis only or for «building in»

• Notes

• Aircastle model C-300 is a battery operated custom built automotive superheterodyne receiver. Zerhacker for +B.

   

   

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Date 6-1951, Set 136, Folder 3)

• Author
• Model page created by Walter Wiesmüller † May 2012. 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