• 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
• 67221

• • alternative name: Chicago Radio Lab

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• Number of Tubes
• 8

• Valves / Tubes
• 1232 6A8G 6K7G 6J5G 6F5G 6P5G 6AC5G 6X5G

• 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 10 inch = 25.4 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 8S563 Ch= 8A02 - Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago,

• Shape
• Console with Push Buttons.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 28.5 x 40.5 x 14.4 inch / 724 x 1029 x 366 mm

• Price in first year of sale
• 80.00 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 12 = ca. 1941 and before

• Mentioned in
• Pre-War Consoles

• 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