• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1937

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 130263

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• Number of Tubes
• 8

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A7 6D6 75 76 6G5 42 42 80

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 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 8 inch = 20.3 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Truetone D-727 Ch= 175-E - Western Auto Supply Co.

• Shape
• Tablemodel with Push Buttons.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 21 x 11.75 x 9 inch / 533 x 298 x 229 mm

• Notes

• The Western Auto Truetone D727 is an AC operated 8 tube BC, Police and SW band receiver. Has Motor driven tuning with 8 push-buttons, tuning eye and push-pull output stage.

  Band Frequency Ranges are as follows:
  BC Band.............540-1600kHz
  Police Band........1.65-5.4MHz
  SW Band............5.4-16.0MHz

  This model was manufactured for Western Auto by Detrola Radio Corp., Detroit, Mich.

  Riders Detrola 9-1 has schematic for chassis 175-E, with alignment instructions in 9-4, 9-5.

  
  There is also an early model D-727 which is completely different: 10 tubes, 1934.

• Price in first year of sale
• 40.00 $

• Source of data
• -- Collector info (Sammler)

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 9 = 1938 and before

• Mentioned in
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios (7th Edition)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 9 = 1938 and before (Riders Detrola 9-1, 4, 5)

• Author
• Model page created by a member from A. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 897 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)