• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1954

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 68273

• • 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 12AT6 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: L515Y Ch= 5L06 - Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago,

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 13.25 x 5.375 x 6 inch / 337 x 137 x 152 mm

• Notes

• The following models are identical except for cabinet color.

  Model Number	Cabinet Color
  L515	Walnut
  L515F	Green
  L515G	Gray
  L515W	White
  L515Y	Black

   

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 4 lb 13 oz (4.813 lb) / 2.185 kg

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Mentioned in
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios (7th Edition) (page 315)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 23 (last) = covering up to 1954

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 238, Folder 15, 5-54)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Beitman Radio Diagrams, Vol. 14, 1954 (page 155)

• 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