• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1938

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 66829

• • Brand: Recordio

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A8 6K7 6Q7 25L6 25Z6

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

• 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) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Material
• Bakelite or Plastics (type unknown)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: A53 Thin Man Ch= 8J5 [6A8 Tube] - Wilcox-Gay Corp.; Charlotte MI

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Notes

• Ivory plaskon, green plaskon or brown bakelite.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 10 = 1939 and before

• Mentioned in
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Beitman Radio Diagrams, Vol. 02, 1939 (Riders 10-7)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Machine Age to Jet Age II (page 35.)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98 (page 167.)

• 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)