• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt. Co.; USA

• Year
• 1939/1940

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 50698

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• 1A7G 1N5G 1H5G 1A5G

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Storage and/or dry batteries

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)

• Material
• Bakelite case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 40-90CB - Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt

• Shape
• Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 12 x 8 x 6.3 inch / 305 x 203 x 160 mm

• Notes

• Brown cabinet.

  Battery Block 5.00 USD Extra

• Price in first year of sale
• 17.50 USD

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 12 = ca. 1941 and before

• Mentioned in
• A Flick of the Switch 1930-1950

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Philco 1940 RMS Year Book

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Machine Age to Jet Age II (page 213.)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Philco Folder PR-742, for 1940

• Other Models

• Here you find 4019 models, 2215 with images and 3668 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt. Co.; USA