• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

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

• Year
• 1954

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 167378

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• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• ECH81 EBF80 or 6N8 ECL80 or 6AB8 6X4

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 1 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 230 Volt

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

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Philco 806 - 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.

  4-valve superhet dual wave receiver.

  Plastic cabinet.

  Extension speaker socket.

• Price in first year of sale
• 18.00 GNS

• Mentioned in
• The Golden Age of Radio in the Home 1986 (Page 49)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• -- Original prospect or advert (Press 15 April 1957 Page 6)

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 148 models, 134 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