• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1934

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 140525

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• Number of Tubes
• 11

• Valves / Tubes
• 77 78 76 78 37 78 77 42 42 42 5Z3

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 460 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus more than 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)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 501X Radio-Phonograph [Early] - Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt

• Shape
• Console with any shape - in general

• Notes

• Model 501X is a radio-phonograph with a record changer in a floor-type console cabinet using the 11-tube all-wave model 16 radio chassis. The early version (1934) has the early version of the model 16 chassis with 5 bands, and the late version (1934-35) has the late version of the model 16 chassis with four bands.
  
  Model 500X is similar to model 501X, but has a single-play phonograph instead of a record changer.

  All versions include a shadow meter (tuning aid). 

• Price in first year of sale
• 295.00 $

• Source of data
• Philco Radio 1928-1942

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 4 = ca. 1934 and before

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Philco 1928-36 Wiring Diagrams, Parts Lists, and Essential Service Data

• Author
• Model page created by Thomas Albrecht. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 4016 models, 2211 with images and 3664 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt. Co.; USA