Does anybody have this radio or know about it?

[jr_tech]

Mine says "model 5A5" and is Maroon....Motorola for sure.
Measures about 4.5" high x 5.25" deep x 6.25" wide... uses 1R5, 1T4, 1S5, 3S4 and a 117Z3 rectifier when plugged in. Amazingly compact set for the time.
jr

Update...further research shows:
Model A-1 was built in early 40s, Model 5A5 in 1946 (45?)... so it can't be a 5A5

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by jr_tech

Mine says "model 5A5" and is Maroon....Motorola for sure.
Measures about 4.5" high x 5.25" deep x 6.25" wide... uses 1R5, 1T4, 1S5, 3S4 and a 117Z3 rectifier when plugged in. Amazingly compact set for the time.
jr

Update...further research shows:
Model A-1 was built in early 40s, Model 5A5 in 1946 (45?)... so it can't be a 5A5

It's probably a model 3A5, which is simular to a 5A5, but uses a 117Z6. It's in Riders 13 and listed as pre-March 1942.

[Phil Nelson]

Looks like my A1, which Motorola produced in 1941.




http://antiqueradio.org/mot06.htm

Sorry about the teeny photos. I wrote that article 15 years ago, when people had dial-up connections and I was scanning prints from a 35mm film camera.

Phil Nelson
Phil's Old Radios
http://antiqueradio.org/index.html