• Country
• Germany

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Wandel & Goltermann; Reutlingen

• Year
• 1950/1951

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

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 17598

• • alternative name: Wago Wandel & Goltermann

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• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• ECH42 EAF42 EAF42 EL41

• Number of Transistors

• Semiconductors
• WGZ6/3,5

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 473 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast (MW) and Long Wave.

• 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: Zikade FW50 - Wandel & Goltermann;

• Shape
• Chassis only or for «building in»

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 175 x 123 x 145 mm / 6.9 x 4.8 x 5.7 inch

• Notes
• 2-teilig, Empfänger 174×123×145 mm 2,8 kg; Zerhacker 200×78×130 mm, 3,5 kg. Fahrt-Stand-Schalter: Höhenanhebung bei Fahrt, Bassanhebung bei Stand.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 2.8 kg / 6 lb 2.7 oz (6.167 lb)

• Price in first year of sale
• 335.00 DM

• External source of data
• E. Erb 3-907007-36-0

• Source of data
• Kat.d. Rundf.Gr.Handel 1950/51 / Radiokatalog Band 2, Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Lange-Nowisch

• Mentioned in
• Funkschau (5016)

• Other Models

• Here you find 172 models, 133 with images and 76 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Wandel & Goltermann; Reutlingen