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The circuit is an 8 tube superheterodyne that receives the broadcast band and two short wave bands. My ongoing attempt to restore a friend s zenith 8s463 appears to be on the home stretch. Most of the schematics we have on hand are for radios from the 1920s 1930s. User manual for the zenith model h500 transoceanic radio receiver, chassis 5h40. Circuit zenith claimed ten times greater sensitivity with this new feature, television sound connection in the 1940 model. Kicad is an open source eda software for windows, osx and linux. Most of the schematics we have on hand are for radios from the 1920 s 1930 s. The zenith 8 s 463 was introduced in the fall of 1939.
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