Hallicrafters S-120 Owner's Manual

MODEL S$-120
= 9892-09701
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Your new Hallicrafters Receiver Model S-120 tunes from 540 kilocycles to 31 mega~
cycles to bring you the finest in world-wide radio reception. You'll hear foreign and
domestic shortwave broadcasts, amateurs, police, aircraft, ships, and countless other
exciting, distant stations...as well as all your favorite programs on standard broadcast.
The receiver employs the latest type superheterodyne circuit and provides for recep-
tion of AM (voice) and CW (code) signals over its entire tuning range. Special features
in your receiver include; a high sensitivity built-in ferrite antenna for broadcast band
reception,..a 45 inch collaps:cle whip antenna for shortwave reception...an electrical
bandspread dial for fine tuning of the amateur and shortwave bands...a BFO control
(beat frequency oscillator) for CW reception...2 powerful built-i
magnet speaker...provisions for headphone operation...a RECEIVE-STANDBY switch on
the front panel that permits you to silence the receiver without turning it off.
POWER SOURCE
The receiver is designed to operate on 105 to 125 volt 50/60 cycle, AC or DC current.
It may also be operated on 210 to 250 voit AC or DC current using Line Cord Adapter
087-201566, available as an accessory from your Hallicrafters dealer. Power consumption
is 20 watts.
HEADPHONES
A phone jack is provided on the front panel for connecting headphones, Any com-
mercial headphones ranging from 50 to 10,000 ohms may be used. Insertion of the head-
phone plug into the PHONES jack automatically disconnects the internal speaker.
the hallicrafters co.
4401 W. FIFTH AVEHUE - CHICAGO 24, ILLINOIS