• Year
  • 1961
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 85838

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Transistors
  • 4
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; Reflex
  • Tuned circuits
  • 4 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • Storage and/or dry batteries / 9 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 2.5 inch = 6.4 cm
  • Material
  • Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: 4P19W Ch= 682-2 - Sylvania Hygrade, GTE, Nilco;
  • Shape
  • Very small Portable or Pocket-Set (Handheld) < 8 inch.
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 160 x 90 x 45 mm / 6.3 x 3.5 x 1.8 inch
  • Notes
  • A 4 transistor reflex receiver using Sylvania transistors. Unusually, the volume control adjusts the sensitivity of the input from the ferrite rod antenna and is not in the usual AF part of the circuit. The circuit is about the same in all the five following models: 4P19W, 4P19WC, 4P19WD, TH10W and 7058

  • Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
  • 0.4 kg / 0 lb 14.1 oz (0.881 lb)
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Beitman Radio Diagrams Vol. 22, 1962
  • Mentioned in
  • M.B.Schiffer: The Portable Radio in American Life

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