• 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
• 65935

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A7 6D6 75 42 80

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 468 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Short Wave(s) and Police.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 115 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: D728 Truetone - Western Auto Supply Co.

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 17.5 x 8.5 x 8.5 inch / 445 x 216 x 216 mm

• Notes
• 7 tuned circuits in BC only (tuned preselector forming a band filter. Other bands use 6 circuits.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 16 lb (16 lb 0 oz) / 7.264 kg

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 12 = ca. 1941 and before

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Riders 12-32

• 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)