• 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
• 65972

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• Number of Tubes
• 8

• Valves / Tubes
• 6K8G 6D6 6Q7G 76 6G5 41 41 80

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

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

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

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC)

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Truetone Supreme D-911 - Western Auto Supply Co.

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

• Notes

• With Tuning Eye. Push Button Station Selector.
  Push Pull Audio Amplifier.

  Later model is the Truetone D-911B.

  Some differences include:

  Model	Dial	Escutcheon (dial)	Escutcheon (push buttons)	TV/PHONO switch & inputs (chassis rear)
  D-911	TRUETONE below 2nd band	rectangular	horizontal chevrons on the rectangular sides	N
  D-911B	TRUETONE below 1st band	rectangular with raised features on the sides	rectangular	Y

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

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

• Mentioned in
• Machine Age to Jet Age II (page 304.)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Riders 13-22, 23

• 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)