- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt. Co.; USA
- Year
- 1936
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 131776
Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.
- Number of Tubes
- 8
- Main principle
- Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 460 kHz
- Wave bands
- Broadcast plus 2 Short Wave bands.
- Power type and voltage
- AC/DC-set / 115 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Permanent or electro-dynamic (moving coil), system not known yet.
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: 651B - Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt
- Shape
- Tablemodel, Tombstone = decorative upright, not cathedral but can have rounded edges.
- Notes
- There are two models in the Philco 651 family: Model 651B is a tombstone, and model 651X is a floor-type console.
Both models use the 651 chassis, which is an 8-tube AC/DC design with shadow meter (tuning aid) and 3-band coverage (BC, 1.75-5.8 MHz, and 5.75-18 MHz).
- Price in first year of sale
- 80.00 $
- Source of data
- Philco Radio 1928-1942
- Circuit diagram reference
- Rider's Perpetual, Volume 7 = 1936 and before
- Author
- Model page created by Konrad Birkner † 12.08.2014. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
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Here you find 4041 models, 2217 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