• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

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

• Year
• 1949

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 167355

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• Number of Tubes
• 8

• Valves / Tubes
• 7A7 7J7 7A7 7B6 76 42 42 80

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz; 3 AF stage(s); something special ? Please give information (notes)

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus more than 2 Short Wave bands.

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

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• Power out
• 6 W (undistorted)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Philco 860 - Dominion Radio & Electrical

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 21 x 15.5 x 9.75 inch / 533 x 394 x 248 mm

• Notes

• 8-valve, 8 band superhet with RF stage and push-pull audio output.

  3 standard tuning bands:
  549-1720 kHz
  2.3-7.3 MHz
  7.2-22 MHz. 

  5 bandspread bands:
  9.4-9.9 MHz
  11.4-12 MHz
  14.8-15.6 MHz
  17.3-18.2 MHz
  20.9-21.9 Mhz.

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

   

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Gisborne Herald 15-02-50 Page 4

• 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