- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt. Co.; USA
- Year
- 1941/1942
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 51262
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 455 kHz
- Wave bands
- Broadcast only (MW).
- Power type and voltage
- Alternating Current supply (AC) / 115 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: A801 - Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt
- Shape
- Console: Chairside Radio.
- Notes
- Philco model A801 is a chairside radio for home use with AC power. The chassis is a modified car radio.
According to Ramirez, this radio is one of very few new models introduced by Philco in early 1942, after the U.S. entered WWII. Philco built these radios to make use of excess card radio inventory (no longer sellable because of the cease of car manufacturing) and home radio cabinets.
Bunis lists this as a 1941 model, but this is likely an error.
- External source of data
- Ernst Erb
- Source of data
- Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition
- Circuit diagram reference
- Rider's Perpetual, Volume 14 = 1944 = before 1943
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- Philco Radio 1928-1942 (Philco 1942 RMS Year Book)
- Other Models
-
Here you find 4073 models, 2222 with images and 3721 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt. Co.; USA