Air Castle WP104

Spiegel Inc. (Continental); Chicago

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  • Year
  • 1939
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 59741

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 6
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz
  • Tuned circuits
  • 7 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast, Short Wave(s) and Police.
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 105 - 115 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Air Castle WP104 - Spiegel Inc. Continental;
  • Shape
  • Miscellaneous shapes - described under notes.
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 21 x 8.5 x 8.75 inch / 533 x 216 x 222 mm
  • Notes

  • This radio has push-button tuning and built-in book-ends.

     Model  Differences
     WP104   Base model for AC operation
     WP105  Base model for AC operation with all-wave doublet antenna system
     WP208  Base model for Battery operation
     WP209  Base model for Battery operation with all-wave doublet antenna system
     WP210  Base model with 6-volt battery included
     WP211

     Base model with 6-volt battery and all-wave doublet antenna system       included

     

  • Price in first year of sale
  • 22.75 $
  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 13 = 1942 and before
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • Riders 13-3 , 13-4

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