- Country
- Great Britain (UK)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Marconi Co. (Marconiphone, Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Co. Ltd.), GB (not tubes - see also HMV His Master's Voice)
- Year
- 1973 ?
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 310693
Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.
- Number of Transistors
- 7
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 472/10700 kHz
- Wave bands
- Broadcast, Long Wave and FM or UHF.
- Power type and voltage
- Dry Batteries / PP9: 9 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) - elliptical
- Power out
- 1 W (unknown quality)
- Material
- Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: 4179 - Marconi Co. Marconiphone,
- Shape
- Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 13.75 x 8 x 3.375 inch / 349 x 203 x 86 mm
- Notes
-
A battery powered AM/FM portable radio housed in a hollyberry red plastic cabinet covering MW (200-550 metres), LW (1200-2000 metres) and VHF (88-101 MHz). Elliptical 7 x 3⅝ inch loudspeaker, sockets for car aerial, earphone and tape recorder.
Similar to the Ferguson 3179 AM/FM portable radio which is housed in a black cabinet.
- Price in first year of sale
- 18.40 GBP
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- ERT Service Chart 1916 dated October 25th 1973
- Author
- Model page created by Howard Craven. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
-
Here you find 500 models, 334 with images and 317 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from Marconi Co. (Marconiphone, Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Co. Ltd.), GB (not tubes - see also HMV His Master's Voice)