CANADIAN MARCONI HOME ENTERTAINMENT -  MODEL 147 and 148 RADIOS

Type: Battery operated superhetrodyne receiver.
Frequency range:  535 to 1725 KHz plus 9.4 to 9.7 MHz (31 meter band)
Circa: ?
Tube lineup:  1A7;  2 x 1N5; 2 x 1A5
Audio power: 140 mw
Speaker: 6 inch for model 147 ; 10 inch for model 148
Input power:  Battery only.   1 x 1.5 volt (.25 amp) 'A' supply. Two 45 volt batteries in series (12 ma) for 'B' supply.
Comment: Models 147 and 148 are identical in all respects except for the size of the speaker cone.

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Model 147 - Front view . 
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Model 147 - Dial detail
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Model 147 - Rear view
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Model 147 - Nameplate
Photos via E-bay

 
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Model 148 (Courtesy Radiomuseum.org)
 
Model 148. as it appeared in this ad . The publication is not known at this time.. The price for the model 148 condole seems to be awfully low!   

Contributors or References:

1) Canadian Marconi Service Manual - Volume 1
2) https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/canadia_ma_148.html
 
 

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May 20/19