- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Trav-Ler Karenola Radio & Television Corp.(Travler); Chicago
- Year
- 1938/1939
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 63532
Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.
- Number of Tubes
- 4
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz
- Tuned circuits
- 5 AM circuit(s)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast only (MW).
- Power type and voltage
- Dry Batteries / 1,5 & 90 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 5.5 inch = 14 cm
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: 553BT - Trav-Ler Karenola Radio &
- Shape
- Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 11.625 x 9.375 x 7.5 inch / 295 x 238 x 191 mm
- Notes
-
Built-in loop antenna.
- Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
- 15 lb 0 oz (15 lb) / 6.810 kg
- Price in first year of sale
- 28.50 $
- External source of data
- Ernst Erb
- Circuit diagram reference
- Rider's Perpetual, Volume 11 = ca. 1940 and before
- Literature/Schematics (3)
- -- Original prospect or advert (The Trav-Ler Folder for 1939.)
- Other Models
-
Here you find 620 models, 283 with images and 520 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from Trav-Ler Karenola Radio & Television Corp.(Travler); Chicago