• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt. Co.; USA

• Year
• 1941/1942

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 98180

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• Number of Tubes
• 10

• Valves / Tubes
• 7C5 XXL 7B7 7B7 7C6 7C6 7A4 7C5 7C5 5Y4G

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus 2 Short Wave bands.

• Details
• Changer (Record changer)

• 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

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 42-1011PW Radio-Phonograph - Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt

• Shape
• Console with Push Buttons.

• Notes
• Model 42-1011PM has a mahogany cabinet; 42-1011PW has a walnut cabinet. Both models have ten pushbuttons for automatic tuning and use Philco's "Beam of Light" phonograph pickup with an automatic turntable. The phonograph operates at two speeds: 78 RPM for standard records, and a slow speed (33.3 - 39 RPM). Turntable has stroboscopic speed indicator. Models 42-1010P, 42-1011PM, and 42-1011PW are similar except for cabinet.

• Price in first year of sale
• 180.00 $

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 13 = 1942 and before

• Mentioned in
• Philco Radio 1928-1942

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Philco 1942 RMS Year Book

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Pre-War Consoles

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Radio Retailing (Radio & Television R.) (April 1942.)

• Author
• Model page created by Gidi Verheijen. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 4085 models, 2222 with images and 3733 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt. Co.; USA