• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1935

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 243993

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• Number of Tubes
• 7

• Valves / Tubes
• 6D6 6A7 6D6 75 42 42 80

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 460 kHz; Export model

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus 2 Short Wave bands.

• Details
• Visual Tuning Indicator pre Eye

• 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: 97E Code 121 - Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt

• Shape
• Tablemodel, Tombstone = decorative upright, not cathedral but can have rounded edges.

• Notes

• Model 97E is the same as Model 97B but with a different Power Supply and equivalent tubes. Model 97B is shouldered tombstone with a lyre-shaped speaker opening with three vertical bars through the center. Model 97X is a floor-type console with inclined sounding board and three fluted square bars in front of the speaker. Both models use a 3-band (BC - 18 MHz) 7-tube chassis with shadow meter (tuning aid).

• Mentioned in
• Philco Radio 1928-1942

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 6 = 1935 and before

• Author
• Model page created by Stephen Simpson. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• 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