• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago, IL

• Year
• 1939

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 67659

• • alternative name: Chicago Radio Lab

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A8G 6K7G 6Q7G 6K6G 6X5G

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

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 115 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm

• Power out
• 3 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 5S327 Ch= 5529 - Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago,

• Shape
• Tablemodel with Push Buttons.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 11.5 x 15.9 x 7.6 inch / 292 x 404 x 193 mm

• Notes

• Small tombstone. With automatic Tip-Touch Tuning.

  Stein (Cathedral & Tombstone) calls this model erroneously "5R327".

• Price in first year of sale
• 30.00 $

• 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 9 = 1938 and before

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

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Zenith Radio The Glory Years 1936-1945

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Cathedral & Tombstone Radios (page 284.)

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 4496 models, 4099 with images and 3615 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago, IL