• Year
  • 1939/1940
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 155030

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 8
  • Main principle
  • Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast plus 2 Short Wave bands.
  • Details
  • Record Player (perh.Changer)
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 100-130, 200-260 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)
  • Power out
  • 6 W (unknown quality)
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: 40-755PDXX - Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt
  • Shape
  • Console with any shape - in general
  • Notes
  • The Philco model 40-755 series includes a table model 40-755T, a console model 40-755XX, and two console radio-phonographs: model 40-755PXX and model 40-755PDXX. The 40-755PXX cabinet has a diamond shaped pattern in the middle of the speaker grill; the 40-755PDXX has a wider cabinet with six vertical bars in front of the speaker. All models of this family are "Philco-Tropic" export models intended for harsh environments.
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 11 = ca. 1940 and before
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • Philco 1940 RMS Yearbook
  • Author
  • Model page created by Thomas Albrecht. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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