• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

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

• Year
• 1951

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 167375

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

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 7S7 7B7 or EF22 6Q7GT 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).

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

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

• Power out
• 3 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Philco 203 - 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 broadcast receiver.

  Unique radial dial scale - commonly known as "The Hippo"

  Available in Rich Mottled Walnut or Ivory moulded plastic cabinet.

  The cabinet is also used in the US Model 46-420 & Canadian Model 64.

• Price in first year of sale
• 22.00 £

• Mentioned in
• The Golden Age of Radio in the Home 1986 (Page 48)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• -- Original prospect or advert (Press 29 June 1951 Page 10)

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 145 models, 133 with images and 119 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