• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1938/1939

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 189756

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• Number of Tubes
• 7

• Valves / Tubes
• 6D8G 6L5G 6S7G 6T7G 6AB5 6G6G 6ZY5G

• 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
• Line / Batteries (any type) / 110-220; 6 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Truetone D716 Table model [1938/39] - Western Auto Supply Co.

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 19 x 11.5 x 9 inch / 483 x 292 x 229 mm

• Notes
• Works on AC mains as well as from a 6 Volt battery supply, where a vibrator is foreseen.

• Source of data
• Machine Age to Jet Age II

• Mentioned in
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 11 = ca. 1940 and before (Western Auto 11-2)

• Author
• Model page created by Mark Skala. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 899 models, 512 with images and 791 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)