• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1942

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 65703

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• Number of Tubes
• 7

• Valves / Tubes
• 12SA7 12SK7 12SK7 6L5G 12SQ7 35L6GT 35Z5GT

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

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

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 117 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Power out
• 1.3 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: D1118 Truetone - Western Auto Supply Co.

• Shape
• Tablemodel, low profile (big size).

• Notes
• Truetone "Ambassador" D1118;
  AM: 528 - 1600 KHz, SW: 5.75 - 18.3 MHz,
  dial lamp, built-in "Stratoscope" loop antenna, sturdy "Walnut" plastic cabinet, 28 W power consumption,
  same chassis as Truetone D1202, D2127 & D2224.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 13 = 1942 and before

• Mentioned in
• -- Original prospect or advert (Truetone Radios 1942)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Riders 13-68, 69

• Other Models

• Here you find 903 models, 519 with images and 797 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)