• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1942

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 156879

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• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• 7A8 7B7 7C6 50L6GT 35Z3

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

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 115 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 42-PT-3 - Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt

• Shape
• Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14

• Notes
• According to Ramirez, Philco model 42-PT-3 (wooden cabinet with photofinish front) is one of the very few new models introduced by Philco in early 1942 (after U.S. entrance into WWII). It has the same chassis as model 42-PT2 (bakelite cabinet).

• Price in first year of sale
• 23.00 $

• Source of data
• Philco Radio 1928-1942

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 14 = 1944 = before 1943

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Philco 1942 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