• 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
• 50645

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

• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 7C7 7A8 7B7 7C6 7B5 7Y4

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

• Wave bands
• Broadcast (MW) and Tropical/Marine/Police Band(s) = 150-200m.

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

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Power out
• 1.5 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 40-135T - Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt

• Shape
• Tablemodel with Push Buttons.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 14.5 x 10.1 x 8.13 inch / 368 x 257 x 207 mm

• Notes

• Model 40-135T is similar to Philco model 40-130T but with pushbutton tuning.

  Setting instructions for the push buttons are shown in Rider's Vol. 12, page 12-16.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 12 lb 13 oz (12.812 lb) / 5.817 kg

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

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

• Circuit diagram reference
• Beitman Radio Diagrams Vol. 3, 1940

• 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

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 11 = ca. 1940 and before (pages 11-51 and 11-52)

• Other Models

• Here you find 4041 models, 2218 with images and 3690 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt. Co.; USA