CANADIAN MARCONI HOME ENTERTAINMENT -  MODELS 198 and 199 

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Type: 6 tube, battery operated AC superheterodyne receiver

Frequency range:

535 to 1740  KHz
6955 to 6250 KHz
9450 to 9750 KHz
11660 to 11940 KHz
15025 to 15420 KHz

Circa:  1940
Tube lineup: 1A7, 2 x 1N5, 1H5, 2 x 1T5,
Audio power:  200 mw
Speaker: Model 198 - 6 in dynamic
                 Model 199 - Console model with 12 in dynamic speaker

Input power:

Battery only
'A' supply - 1.5 v at  0.3 amps
'B' supply - 90 V (2 x 45 volt batteries in series) at 13.5 ma

Comment: The tubes used in this radio all have 1938 as the in-service date.

Model 198 - This example has seen a lot of usage.

Model 198 - Rear view. Not sure why the piece of paper is there.

All Model 198 photos in this table via Kijiji.ca

Model 199. (Photo by Martin Zral)

 
Contributors or References:

1) Canadian Marconi Service Manual - Volume 1
2) Martin Zral <mtzral(at)gmail.com>

Oct 11/20