• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt. Co.; USA

• Year
• 1938/1939

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 50606

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

• Number of Tubes
• 8

• Valves / Tubes
• 78 6A7 78 6Q7G 6J5G 42 42 5Y4G

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 470 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Details
• Record Player (perh.Changer)

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 115 Volt

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

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 39-2-40Code 121 - Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt

• Shape
• Console with any shape - in general

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 39.1 x 37.1 x 17.1 inch / 993 x 942 x 434 mm

• Notes
• Model 39-2-40 PC is a combination of radiotuner 39-40 Code 121 and an automatic record changer. Model 39-2-40 PC is very similar to model 39-40 PCX.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 11 = ca. 1940 and before

• Mentioned in
• Philco Radio 1928-1942

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Philco 1939 RMS Yearbook

• Other Models

• Here you find 4063 models, 2220 with images and 3711 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt. Co.; USA