• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Dominion Radio & Electrical Corp. Ltd (Dreco), Philco; Auckland

• Year
• 1955

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 167371

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 7S7 7B7 6AV6 6AQ5 6X4

• 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
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 50Hz, 230 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) - elliptical

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Philco 502 - Dominion Radio & Electrical

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Notes

• This model appears in a list compiled by John Stokes during his research into the history of New Zealand radio.

  PHILCO Model 502

  Five-tube broadcast mantel receiver. Engineered for highest sensitivity and sharpest station separation...Dual tone controls... rich walnut plastic cabinet. Provision made for extension speaker and private listening attachment. £23/15/ -

• Price in first year of sale
• 23.75 £

• Mentioned in
• -- Original prospect or advert (Press 25 July 1955 Page 15)

• Author
• Model page created by Keith Staines. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 145 models, 133 with images and 119 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Dominion Radio & Electrical Corp. Ltd (Dreco), Philco; Auckland