Clarion 5 Tube Model 423; 6 Tube 470, 471 and 472; and 10 Tube 480
Radio Service Data Sheet
June 1934 Radio-Craft

June 1934 Radio-Craft

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Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics. See articles from Radio-Craft, published 1929 - 1953. All copyrights are hereby acknowledged.

For many years I have been scanning and posting Radio Service Data Sheets like this one featuring the Clarion 5 Tube Model 423; 6 Tube 470, 471 and 472; and 10 Tube 480 radio. This appeared in a 1934 issue of Radio-Craft magazine. As with the articles, OCR (optical character recognition) is run on them to separate the textual content and make it searchable. There are still many people who restore and service these vintage radios, and often it can be difficult or impossible to find schematics and/or tuning information. I will keep a running list of all data sheets to facilitate a search. Clarion 5 Tube Model 423 photo above was found on the RadioMuseum.org website.

Clarion 5 Tube Model 423; 6 Tube 470, 471 and 472; and 10 Tube 480
Radio Service Data Sheet

Model 422 A.C.-D.C. superhet. - 126 channels; built-in antenna. Model 470 superhet. - 246 channels; built-in antenna; tone control; A.V.C. Model 480 - 296 channels; neon tuning indicator & noise suppressor; A.V.C.; tone control; A.F. compensation; noise control; class B A.F.

Clarion 423 (422 chassis)

A 5 tube A.C.-D.C. superhet., with built-in antenna.

The sup.-G voltage of V2 is 0; V3, 0.8V.

Clarion 470, 471 and 472

A 6 tube superhet. Has A.V.C., .contr6l, and self-contained antenna.

Clarion 480

A 10 tube superhet. Has A.V.C., tone control, neon tuning with inter-station noise suppression, noise-level control, base-note compensation, and push-push class B output.

Clarion model 422 chassis; frequency range, 540 to 1,800 kc.

Above, Clarion model 470 chassis frequency range, 540 to 3,000 kc. used in models 470, 471 and 472 sets. Below, Clarion model 480 chassis; frequency range, 540 to 3,500 kc.

Posted January 9, 2023
(updated from original post on 7/19/2015)

Radio Service Data Sheets

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