• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1960 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 86239

• • alternative name: Chicago Radio Lab

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

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 12BE6 12BA6 12AV6 50C5 35W4

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 117 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 4 inch = 10.2 cm

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: G516V Ch= 5G09 - Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago,

• Shape
• Tablemodel with Clock ((Alarm-) Clock Radio).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 13 x 6 x 6 inch / 330 x 152 x 152 mm

• Notes

• To remove the chassis from the cabinet:

  1. Unsolder output transformer leads and two black AC power wires from the speaker terminals.

  2. Unsolder one grey AC power wire from the clock motor.

  3. Remove clock and radio knobs by pulling straight out.

  4. Losen three screws below the front cover and lift cover off from the bottom.

  5. Remove dial pointer by pulling straight out.

  6. Remove four screws holding chassis to cabinet.

  The Beitman diagram is missing the ground connection to one side of the output transformer secondary.

• Circuit diagram reference
• Beitman Radio Diagrams Vol. 21, 1961

• Author
• Model page created by Egon Penker. 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