• Year
  • 1939/1940
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 50651

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 6
  • 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: 40-165F - Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt
  • Shape
  • Console with Push Buttons.
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 23.8 x 37 x 9.75 mm / 0.9 x 1.5 x 0.4 inch
  • Notes
  • The Philco model 40-165 series includes three different consoles. Model 40-165F has four vertical bars in front of the speaker grill. Model 40-165K (early version) has three vertical bars in front of the speaker, and a flat panel front just above the speaker grill. Model 40-165K (late version) also has three bars, but the panel just above the speaker has a strip of horizontal fluted molding, as well as other minor changes. All three models have a common 6-tube 3-band chassis with 6 pushbuttons (5 for preset stations, and one to select the manual dial tuning). Band coverage is 540-1550 kHz (BC), 1.5-3.5 MHz (police), and 6-18 MHz (SW).

  • Price in first year of sale
  • 55.00 $
  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 11 = ca. 1940 and before
  • Literature/Schematics (3)
  • Philco Folder PR-739, for 1940

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