• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1939/1940

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 50641

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 7C7 7A8 7B7 7C6 35A5 35Z3

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast (MW), Police, sometimes also early TV (75-200m).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 115 Volt

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

• Power out
• 1 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 40-124C Code 121 - Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt

• Shape
• Tablemodel with Push Buttons.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 12.4 x 7.88 x 5.38 inch / 315 x 200 x 137 mm

• Notes

• Model 40-124C with code 121 does not have built-in loop antenna; model 40-124C with code 122 does.

• Price in first year of sale
• 25.00 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 12 = ca. 1941 and before

• Mentioned in
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Philco 1940 RMS Year Book

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Machine Age to Jet Age II (page 215.)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Philco Folder PR-739, for 1940

• Other Models

• Here you find 4085 models, 2222 with images and 3733 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt. Co.; USA