• 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
• 67219

• • alternative name: Chicago Radio Lab

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

• 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) / Ø 12 inch = 30.5 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 8S461 8-S-461 Ch=5810 - Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago,

• Shape
• Console with Push Buttons.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 28 x 14.3 x 13 inch / 711 x 363 x 330 mm

• 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

• 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