• Year
  • 1932
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 50916

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 11
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 175 kHz
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast plus more than 2 Short Wave bands.
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 115 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: 490 - Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt
  • Shape
  • Console with any shape - in general
  • Notes
  • Model 490 combines a model 90 superheterodyne chassis with a model 4 short wave converter in a console cabinet. The SW converter and main radio chassis each have separate dials on the front of the cabinet. The cabinet is similar to model 470 (which is a similar design based on a model 70 chassis instead of model 90). There are three SW bands: 1.5 - 3.6 MHz, 3.6 - 8.5 MHz, and 8.5 - 19.0 MHz. When operating on SW, the radio functions as a double conversion receiver, with the SW converter feeding a 1000 kHz signal to the input of the BC receiver chassis.
  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 2 = 1932 (Models 1931/1932)
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • Philco Radio 1928-1942 (Philco Wiring Diagrams, Parts Lists, and Essential Service Data 1928-1936)

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