• 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
• 50647

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 1232 7J7 7B7 7C6 7B5 7Y4

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

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Short Wave(s) and Police.

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

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

• Power out
• 2 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 40-145T [Early] - Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt

• Shape
• Tablemodel with Push Buttons.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 14.1 x 10.1 x 8 inch / 358 x 257 x 203 mm

• Notes

• The early version of model 40-145T has a rectangular profile with rounded upper corners and vertical sides. The late version has a trapezoidal profile with sloping sides, and a different speaker grill design.
  
  Models 40-140T and 40-145T are similar except for pushbutton tuning on model 40-145T.

• Price in first year of sale
• 40.00 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

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

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

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

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Philco Radio 1928-1942 (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 4068 models, 2221 with images and 3717 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt. Co.; USA