• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Dominion Radio & Electrical Corp. Ltd (Dreco), Philco; Auckland

• Year
• 1950

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 167372

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 7S7 7B7 7C6 7C5 7Y4

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

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Details
• Record Player (not changer)

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 230 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Philco 1253 - Dominion Radio & Electrical

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Notes

• This model appears in a list compiled by John Stokes during his research into the history of New Zealand radio.

  5-valve superhet table model radiogram.

  Collaro RP48 record player.

• Price in first year of sale
• 41.50 £

• Mentioned in
• -- Original prospect or advert (Otago Daily Times 8 March 1950 Page 2)

• Author
• Model page created by Keith Staines. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 138 models, 125 with images and 113 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Dominion Radio & Electrical Corp. Ltd (Dreco), Philco; Auckland