• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1940

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 67834

• • alternative name: Chicago Radio Lab

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 12A8G 12K7G 12Q7G 35L6G 50Z7G 100-79

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

• Wave bands
• Broadcast (MW) and Tropical/Marine/Police Band(s) = 150-200m.

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

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 6P430 Automatic Ch= 5662/5666 - Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago,

• Shape
• Tablemodel with Push Buttons.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 14.9 x 9.6 x 8.1 inch / 378 x 244 x 206 mm

• Notes

• automatic tuning

  Ingraham cabinet. Upside down chassis.

• Price in first year of sale
• 40.00 $

• 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 11 = ca. 1940 and before

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

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Machine Age to Jet Age II (page 42.)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98 (page 172)

• Other Models

• Here you find 4505 models, 4101 with images and 3631 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago, IL