• Year
  • 1936
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 67914
    • alternative name: Chicago Radio Lab

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 6
  • Main principle
  • Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 456 kHz
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast, Long Wave and 2 x Short Wave.
  • Power type and voltage
  • Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios) / =6 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: 6VA62 Ch= 5629 - Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago,
  • Shape
  • Console with any shape - in general
  • Notes
  • Farm Radio; synch.vibrator for +B;

    Radio 6-VA-62 has four wavebands:

    Green dial color shows Broadcast:  550 - 1740 Kc.

    Yellow dial color shows Short Wave:  2000 - 7000 Kc.

    Orange dial color shows Long Wave: 150 - 370 Kc.

    Red dial color shows Short Wave: 7000 - 22500 Kc.

    The cabinet is similar to models 6-V-62, 6-S-52, 6-S-52-A and 6-S-52-Y in ebony color.

  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 10 = 1939 and before

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