• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1952/1953

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 51057

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 12BE6 12BA6 12AV6 35C5 35W4

• 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)

• Power out
• 1 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 53-560 - Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Notes

• The Philco 53-560 is an AC/DC operated, 5 tube BC band receiver.  The BC band frequency tuning range is 540-1620kHz.  Has built-in loop antenna. The cabinet was available in Ebony, Ivory and Mahogany colors.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

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

• Mentioned in
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 23 (last) = covering up to 1954

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• - - Manufacturers Literature (Philco Home Radio Service Datasheet PR-2172 dated 1952)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 189 folder 13 dated 12-52)

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Beitman Radio Diagrams, Vol. 13, 1953 (Page 80)

• 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