• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1963

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 73573

• • 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)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set

• Loudspeaker
• Ø 4 inch = 10.2 cm

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: K508 Emblem Ch= 5K05 - Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago,

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 11 x 6.75 x 4.75 inch / 279 x 171 x 121 mm

• Notes

• Color was denoted by last letter in model number, with K508W (White), K508B (Larkspur Blue), K508P (Bamboo Cream Yellow), and K508C (Briar Brown) as the designated colors.

   

• Price in first year of sale
• 29.95 USD

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

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 670, Folder 14, Dec. 1963)

• Author
• Model page created by Konrad Birkner † 12.08.2014. 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