• Year
  • 1939/1940
perfect model
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 72435

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 6
  • Main principle
  • Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)
  • Tuned circuits
  • 6 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast (MW), Police, sometimes also early TV (75-200m).
  • 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: 40-158F 40-158 code 121 - Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt
  • Shape
  • Console with any shape - in general
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 28.8 x 38.9 x 10.6 inch / 732 x 988 x 269 mm
  • Notes
  • The Philco model 40-158F uses the chassis 40-158 and the suffix F is the cabinet for this particular model with that chassis. It is made in 1939 for the season 1939/40. In that time, in Hickory, North Carolina, the broadcasting station WHKY began operation on June 10, 1940.
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Beitman Radio Diagrams Vol. 3, 1940
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • Philco 1940 RMS Year Book

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