- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt. Co.; USA
- Year
- 1936/1937
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 137760
Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.
- Number of Tubes
- 9
- Main principle
- Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 470 kHz
- Wave bands
- Broadcast plus more than 2 Short Wave bands.
- Power type and voltage
- Alternating Current supply (AC) / 115 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)
- Power out
- 10 W (unknown quality)
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: 37-660B - Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt
- Shape
- Tablemodel, Tombstone = decorative upright, not cathedral but can have rounded edges.
- Notes
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The Philco model 37-660 and 37-665 series (1936-37) are the successors to the previous model 660 and 665 series (1935-36). Both the 37-660 and 37-665 series use 9-tube 4-band AC-powered chassis with shadow meter (tuning aid). The difference is in the band coverage, with the 37-660 covering BC-18.2 MHz and the 37-665 covering BC-42 MHz.
There are two models in the 37-660 series with different cabinet styles. Model 37-660B is a tombstone, and 37-660X is a console with six short legs.
The 37-665 series offers the same cabinet styles in the 37-665B and the early version of the 37-665X. In addition, there is a late version (introduced in early 1937) of the 37-665X with a more modern console cabinet without legs.
- Price in first year of sale
- 90.00 $
- Circuit diagram reference
- Rider's Perpetual, Volume 7 = 1936 and before
- Mentioned in
- Philco Radio 1928-1942
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- Cathedral & Tombstone Radios (Philco Service Bulletin # 257)
- Literature/Schematics (2)
- Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98 (page 122.)
- Literature/Schematics (3)
- Philco Folder No. PR-430 for 1937.
- Literature/Schematics (4)
- Machine Age to Jet Age II (page 221.)
- Author
- Model page created by Thomas Albrecht. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
-
Here you find 4086 models, 2222 with images and 3734 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt. Co.; USA