• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1959

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 72341

• • alternative name: Chicago Radio Lab

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• Number of Tubes
• 7

• Valves / Tubes
• 6BE6 6BA6 12AX7 12AU7 6BQ5 6BQ5 5U4GB

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Details
• Changer (Record changer)

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110 - 120 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• 4 Loudspeakers

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: SF177E Ch= 4B22 or 4B23 + 3B30 - Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago,

• Shape
• Console, Lowboy (legs < 50 %).

• Notes
• The Zenith Model SF174E is an AC operated 7 Tube AM Receiver with 4 Speed Automatic Record Changer.

• Circuit diagram reference
• Beitman Radio Diagrams Vol. 19, 1959

• Mentioned in
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Date 7-59, Set 450, Folder 16)

• Author
• Model page created by Hinrich Grensemann † 15.5.16. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 4505 models, 4101 with images and 3631 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago, IL