• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

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

• Year
• 1948

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 167339

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

• Number of Tubes
• 11

• Valves / Tubes
• 7C7 7J7 78 7C7 7A6 76 76 76 6V6GT 6V6GT 80

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz

• 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)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Philco 888 - Dominion Radio & Electrical

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 625 x 410 x 280 mm / 24.6 x 16.1 x 11 inch

• Notes

• 11-valve, 9 band superhet with RF stage and push-pull audio output.

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

  4 standard tuning bands

  • 540-1700 kHz
  • 1.5-2.6 Mhz
  • 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
  • 17.4-18.2 MHz
  • 21.2-21.8 MHz

  Similar to the US Philco 46-888 tropic model

• Source of data
• -- Original prospect or advert

• Mentioned in
• More Golden Age of Radio (Page 108 (with error in year))

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 138 models, 125 with images and 113 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