1941 ZENITH 6G501M UNIVERSAL PORTABLE TUBE RADIO with Wave Magnet 6A-19
IT IS RARE TO STILL HAVE THIS WAVE MAGNET attached. So it makes this much more Valuable!! Mazing & beautiful portable suitcase Zenith 5G500 Universal broadcast-only portables from 1940 with "airplane cloth" exterior. The radio was my father's and it looks complete with all the parts which is very difficult to find (most are missing one of the top covers, etc).
It measures 15" long x 10" tall x 7 thick and weighs 10 lb 14 oz. The beginning of a radio dynasty- these radios are historically significant as the forerunners of the Transoceanic series. They were designed with the Zenith movable "Wavemagnet" antenna for which E. McDonald, head of Zenith, was granted two patents.
The other was for the hinge mount that allowed the Wavemagnet to be partly rotated while stuck to the window. Most later generations of the Wavemagnet are not rotatable. Uses primarily loctal tubes with an octal 117Z6 rectifier. The 5G500 is a 5 tube radio with a 1LA6 as converter, 1LN5 as IF amp, 1LH4 as audio preamp/ detector, and 1LB4 as audio output.