• 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
• 68102

• • alternative name: Chicago Radio Lab

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• Number of Tubes
• 8

• Valves / Tubes
• 1232 6A8G 6K7G 6Q7G 6AF5G 25AC5G 25Z6G 25Z6G

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz

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

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

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 8S434 Ch= 5810 - Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago,

• Shape
• Tablemodel with Push Buttons.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 16 x 14.6 x 11 inch / 406 x 371 x 279 mm

• Notes
• period cabinet;

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 11 = ca. 1940 and before

• Mentioned in
• Zenith Radio The Glory Years 1936-1945

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Machine Age to Jet Age II (page 321.)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Cathedral & Tombstone Radios (page 285.)

• 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