• 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
• 65712

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• Number of Tubes
• 11

• Valves / Tubes
• 6SK7 6SA7 6J5GT 6SK7 6U5 6J5GT 6SQ7 6J5GT 6V6GT 6V6GT 5Y3G

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus 2 Short Wave bands.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 117 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Truetone D-1144 Grand - Western Auto Supply Co.

• Shape
• Console with Push Buttons.

• Notes
• Built-in loop antenna with separate rf preamplifier (BC only). SW reception works without rf stage, then 6 circuits. Push-Pull audio amplifier.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• Pre-War Consoles

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

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• -- Schematic

• Other Models

• Here you find 893 models, 510 with images and 787 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)