• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Zenith (Brand), C & A Odlin & Co. Ltd; Wellington

• Year
• 1936

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 349462

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

• Number of Tubes
• 8

• Valves / Tubes
• 6K7 6A8 6K7 6H6 6C5 6F5 6F6 5Y3

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 456 kHz; 3 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Short Wave(s) and Police.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC)

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 8-S-129 - Zenith Brand, C & A Odlin & Co

• Shape
• Tablemodel, Tombstone = decorative upright, not cathedral but can have rounded edges.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 17.1 x 22.3 x 12.1 inch / 434 x 566 x 307 mm

• Notes

• Cabinet:
  Dial panel is of figured butt walnut, flanked by decorative strips or striped Oriental walnut. Top in hardwood, fluted, with reeded corners. Vertical edges are fluted.

  Wave bands:
  Tuning range of 3 bands covering
  538 - 1,780 Kc (557 - 168.2 m)
  1,740 - 6,040 Kc (172.4 - 49.6 m)
  5,500 - 19,250 Kc (54.5 - 15.5 m)

  See also US version 8S129 Ch= 5801.

• Mentioned in
• -- Original prospect or advert (Franklin Times 17 March 1937 Page 7)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 8 = 1937 and before (Pages 8-34 & 8-36)

• Author
• Model page created by Brian Stevens. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 12 models, 12 with images and 12 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Zenith (Brand), C & A Odlin & Co. Ltd; Wellington