• Country
• Germany

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Telefunken Deutschland (TFK), (Gesellschaft für drahtlose Telegraphie Telefunken mbH

• Year
• 1952–1954

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

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 19289

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• EF41 ECH42 EAF42 EF41 EL41

• Number of Transistors

• Semiconductors
• 250B-100L 32/1NT6 or. 32/1NT12

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 452 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Power type and voltage
• Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios) / 6/12 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 13 cm = 5.1 inch

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: ID53U - Telefunken Deutschland TFK,

• Shape
• Chassis only or for «building in»

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 175 x 60 x 175 mm / 6.9 x 2.4 x 6.9 inch

• Notes
• Telefunken ID53 (nicht 1D53) gab es in verschiedenen Ausführungen und mindestens während 2 Saisons, 1952 bis 1954. Beispiele sind ID53U, ID53U/S, ID53UK und ID53V.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 4.8 kg / 10 lb 9.2 oz (10.573 lb)

• Price in first year of sale
• 298.00 DM

• External source of data
• Erb

• Source of data
• Kat.d.Rundf.GrossH.1952/53

• Mentioned in
• Kat.d.Rundf.GrossH.1953/54

• Other Models

• Here you find 3559 models, 3144 with images and 2111 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Telefunken Deutschland (TFK), (Gesellschaft für drahtlose Telegraphie Telefunken mbH