Royal 16 Billfold R-16Y (Japan 506)
Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago, IL
- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago, IL
- Year
- 1968 ?
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 229828
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- alternative name: Chicago Radio Lab
By Courtesy Of EBAY User: neatstuff699
- Number of Transistors
- 8
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 3 AF stage(s)
- Tuned circuits
- 5 AM circuit(s)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast only (MW).
- Power type and voltage
- Dry Batteries / AA: 2 x 1.5 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 2 inch = 5.1 cm
- Power out
- 0.2 W (unknown quality)
- Material
- Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: Royal 16 Billfold R-16Y - Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago,
- Shape
- Very small Portable or Pocket-Set (Handheld) < 8 inch.
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 85 x 135 x 35 mm / 3.3 x 5.3 x 1.4 inch
- Notes
-
Zenith R-16Y Transistor Radio.
- Billfold design: open the billfold to turn on/off/volume & tune; leave billfold open to play, or close billfold and radio will be heard through the perforated cover.
- Billfold cover badges are different between earlier and later models.
- Cases came in ebony (Y), dark brown (J), beige (L), and yellow (P).
- Speaker grills were plain or had flower patterns.
- Some later models used TO-92 plastic/epoxy transistors.
- 75 hours of playing time with fresh batteries.
- Earlier models were made in Japan, later models in Korea.
Made in Japan 506
- Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
- 0.3 kg / 0 lb 10.6 oz (0.661 lb)
- Price in first year of sale
- 12.95 USD
- Mentioned in
- -- Original prospect or advert (Chicago Tribune, Dec. 15, 1968, ad "New...Royal 16..$12.95".)
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- Collector's Guide To TrR1 Bunis trans.94 (pages 240-241 (R-16 photo).)
- Literature/Schematics (2)
- Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 1172, Folder SED, June 1971.)
- Author
- Model page created by Eckhard Wegner. 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
Collections
The model Royal 16 Billfold is part of the collections of the following members.