Search RFC: |                                     
Please support my efforts by ADVERTISING!
About | Sitemap | Homepage Archive
Serving a Pleasant Blend of Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow™
Vintage Magazines
Electronics World
Popular Electronics
Radio & TV News
QST | Pop Science
Popular Mechanics
Radio-Craft
Radio-Electronics
Short Wave Craft
Electronics | OFA
Saturday Eve Post
Please Support My Advertisers!
RF Cafe Sponsors
Aegis Power | Centric RF | RFCT
Alliance Test | Empower RF
Isotec | Reactel | SF Circuits

Formulas & Data

Electronics | RF
Mathematics
Mechanics | Physics


Calvin & Phineas

kmblatt83@aol.com

Resources

Articles, Forums, Radar
Magazines, Museum
Radio Service Data
Software, Videos


Artificial Intelligence

Entertainment

Crosswords, Humor Cogitations, Podcast
Quotes, Quizzes

Parts & Services

1000s of Listings

        Software:

Please Donate
RF Cascade Workbook | RF Symbols for Office
RF Symbols for Visio | RF Stencils for Visio
Espresso Engineering Workbook
Exodus Advanced Communications Best in Class RF Amplifier SSPAs - RF Cafe

Belmont Model 5D128 Schematic & Parts List
November 1946 Radio News

November 1946 Radio News

November 1946 Radio & Television News Cover - RF Cafe[Table of Contents]

Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics. See articles from Radio & Television News, published 1919-1959. All copyrights hereby acknowledged.

The Belmont model 5D128 was a compact, inexpensive tabletop AM radio set. A schematic and parts list for it appeared in the November 1946 issue of Radio News magazine. 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, so I scan and post them whenever they appear in magazines which I own (almost never from an online PDF, unless I need some support information). While researching the Belmont 5D128 tabletop radio, I ran across an excellent video created by Mr. Paul Carlson (see below - note how the setting looks like he's in the International Space Station), as part of his Mr. Carlson's Lab series. Here is a great video of Mr. Carlson troubleshooting an intermittent noise problem in a receiver. That "Carlson RF SuperProbe" he is using looks like a must-have piece of test equipment! Click on the link for another video showing how to make it. The Classic Radio Gallery page on the Belmont 5D128 shows magazine advertisements from other companies such as Airline (Montgomery Ward), Coronado, Lafayette, Good Year, which rebranded the exact same radio with their own names.

Belmont Model 5D128

Belmont Model 5D128 Schematic - RF Cafe

Belmont Model 5D128 Schematic

Belmont Model 5D128 Parts List - RF Cafe

Belmont Model 5D128 Parts List


 

 

Posted March 24, 2023
(updated from original post on 10/19/2014)


Radio Service Data Sheets

These schematics, tuning instructions, and other data are reproduced from my collection of vintage radio and electronics magazines. As back in the era, similar schematic and service info was available for purchase from sources such as SAMS Photofacts, but these printings were a no-cost bonus for readers. There are 255 Radio Service Data Sheets as of April 30, 2025.

Exodus Advanced Communications Best in Class RF Amplifier SSPAs - RF Cafe