• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1940

• Category
• Car Radio, perhaps also + sound player/recorder

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 68178

• • alternative name: Chicago Radio Lab

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 7A7 7B8 7A7 7B6 7C5 7Y4

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 265 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios) / =6 Volt

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

• Power out
• 4.5 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 6MF490 Ford Roto Matic 01A-18805 - Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago,

• Shape
• Chassis only or for «building in»

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

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

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• 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