• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1937

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 81735

• • alternative name: Chicago Radio Lab

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

• Number of Tubes
• 8

• Valves / Tubes
• 6K7G 6C5G 6A8G 6K7G 6H6G 6F5G 6F6G 5Y3 or 5W4

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 456 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Long Wave and 2 x Short Wave.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110-250 Volt

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

• Power out
• 5 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 8A128 Ch=5802A - Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago,

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 420 x 570 x 310 mm / 16.5 x 22.4 x 12.2 inch

• Notes
• Export model for 25-133cycles mains; Shadow meter.

• Source of data
• -- Collector info (Sammler)

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

• Author
• Model page created by Mikael Carlsson. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 4496 models, 4101 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