Transitone "Flying Wedge" 49-503

• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1948/1949

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 50936

• Picture
• Schematics

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 7A8 14A7 14B6 50A5 35Z5

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 105 - 120 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 4 inch = 10.2 cm

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Transitone "Flying Wedge" 49-503 - Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Notes
• The Philco models 501, 503, 504 and 505 have been published together in the catalog 1949 - which was for sale already in 1948!

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 19 = 1949 and before

• Mentioned in
• Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98 (Beitman Radio Diagrams 1949)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Date 12-48, Set 52, Folder 15)

• Other Models

• Here you find 4033 models, 2216 with images and 3681 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt. Co.; USA