• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

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

• Year
• 1949

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 167345

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

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6J8G 78 or 6U7G 7C6 7C5 6X5GT

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

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

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

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

• Material
• Bakelite or Plastics (type unknown)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Philco 201 - Dominion Radio & Electrical

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

• Notes

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

  5 valve broadcast (MW) superhet mantel receiver. See schematic notes for valve and circuit variations.

• Price in first year of sale
• 18.90 NZ £

• Mentioned in
• -- Original prospect or advert (Northern Advocate 13 January 1949 Page 6)

• 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