RADIO CACIQUE
One of the first radios built commercially in Brazil.
Tombstone style, coil speaker, tunes the Medium Wave band.
Tubes: 6A7, 6F7, 42, 80.
Manufactured by IPE (Electronic Products Industry Company). This set is almost completely unknown by now, due to the very few available today.
It displays a dial with a graduated scale from 10 to 100 and an engraved Cacique Indian.
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EMERSON DA-126
Imported and assembled in Brazil by BYINGTON & CO (Av. do Estado, 35 São Paulo, Brazil) under licence from Emerson USA.
Beautiful Art Deco wooden cabinet, with chromed chassis.
Tubes: 6K8, 6D6, 6Q7, 25Z5, 25L6
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SEMP AC-431/BF
Wooden cabinet. Manufactured in the 1960's by SEMP Eletro Mercantil Society Paulista, it was very popular, due to its good sensitivity qualities, looks and low relative cost when compared with similar imported radios.Tunes in four bands by switching the fourth button to the right: MW: 550 to 1600 kHz; SW1 from 2.5 to 7 mHz; SW2 from 9.5 to 12 mHz; and SW3 from 15 to 22 mHz.
SEMP tried to introduce a similar transistorized set unsuccessfully, due to poor performance.
At about the same time, the japanese company TOSHIBA Co. bought SEMP, becoming SEMP-TOSHIBA.
TELEFUNKEN FREMO
Built in the 1950's by AEG Telefunken of Brazil, this was the first FM radio built in the country.It is composed only by a tuner, necessitating to be connected to an amplifier and speakers.
Telefunken used this tuner in several of its models, until the mid-1960's.
Tubes: ECC85, two 6BA6, 6AU6, 6AL5, 6X4, EM80.
The Owner's Manual begin with the words:
In continuation of its great successes, Telefunken, as a pioneer, introduces the latest release: The FREMO FM receiver.
TELEFUNKEN MIGNON E
Wooden cabinet with a plastic front panel, fed by 110 or 220 V AC/DC.Tunes in 3 wave bands: MW from 550 to 1600 kHz, K1 (SW1) from 120 to 40 mts and K2 (SW2) from 41 to 16 mts.
Tubes: HCH-81, HF-93, HCH-81, HL-94, HY-90.
It possesses an input for pick-up.