• Year
  • 1941/1942
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 50816

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 8
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast, Short Wave plus FM or UHF.
  • 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
  • 3 W (unknown quality)
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: 42-390X - Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt
  • Shape
  • Console with Push Buttons.
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 30 x 39.75 x 12.625 inch / 762 x 1010 x 321 mm
  • Notes
  • Schematic shows 6X5G as rectifier tube. Has 9 pushbuttons, separate bass and treble controls, two built-in antennas.

    In Rider's Perpetual, Volume 14, page 14-42 Philco, under replacement parts; Sch. No. 35 is mislabeled as Resistor.  The part is a Condenser (.05 mfd. 200 volts).

  • Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
  • 53 lb 0 oz (53 lb) / 24.062 kg
  • Price in first year of sale
  • 95.00 $
  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 14 = 1944 = before 1943

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