• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Wilcox-Gay Corp.; Charlotte (MI)

• Year
• 1939

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 66830

• • Brand: Recordio

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 12A8 12K7 12Q7 35L6 40Z5

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 110-120 Volt

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

• Material
• Bakelite case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: A-53 Thin Man Ch= 9C5 [12A8 Tube] - Wilcox-Gay Corp.; Charlotte MI

• Shape
• Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14

• Notes

• Stand it on your mantel, lay it on the table or hang it on the wall, any side but one is up. Available in Ivory plaskon, Green plaskon, Black or Walnut bakelite.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

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

• Mentioned in
• Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98 (page 167.)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Riders 12-11

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• -- Original prospect or advert (The Wilcox-Gay Folder for 1939.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 239 models, 120 with images and 192 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Wilcox-Gay Corp.; Charlotte (MI)