- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt. Co.; USA
- Year
- 1940
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 152475
3-band console with pushbutton tuning
Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.
- Number of Tubes
- 8
- Main principle
- Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz
- 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) / Ø 12 inch = 30.5 cm
- Power out
- 2 W (unknown quality)
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: 40-185XF - Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt
- Shape
- Console with Push Buttons.
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 29.5 x 38 x 12.3 inch / 749 x 965 x 312 mm
- Notes
- There are two consoles in the Philco model 40-185 series: Model 40-185XX (1939) has an inclined panel and inclined sounding board. Model 40-185XF (1940) is similar in appearance, but has a non-inclined sounding board with fluted cylindrical molding on the sides of the speaker grill.
- Price in first year of sale
- 80.00 $
- Source of data
- Philco Radio 1928-1942
- Circuit diagram reference
- Rider's Perpetual, Volume 10 = 1939 and before
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- Philco 1940 RMS Yearbook
- Author
- Model page created by Thomas Albrecht. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- 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
Collections
The model 40-185XF is part of the collections of the following members.