• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Western Auto Supply Co. (Truetone); Kansas City (MO)

• Year
• 1941 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 65673

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 12SK7 12SA7 12SK7 12SQ7 35L6GT 35Z5GT

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 115 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent or electro-dynamic (moving coil), system not known yet.

• Power out
• 1.7 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Bakelite case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Truetone D1012 - Western Auto Supply Co.

• Shape
• Tablemodel with Push Buttons.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 11 x 8 x 6 inch / 279 x 203 x 152 mm

• Notes

• Six push button presets & manual tuning, built-in "Stratoscope" frame antenna, ivory color. Machine Age 1 dates 1946, but since in Riders 14 it must be earlier (not later than 1942). Machine Age 2 says 1941.

  Same model in brown: model D1011.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 14 = 1944 = before 1943

• Mentioned in
• Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98 (page 161.)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Machine Age to Jet Age II

• Other Models

• Here you find 900 models, 514 with images and 794 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Western Auto Supply Co. (Truetone); Kansas City (MO)