• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1941/1942

• Category
• Car Radio, perhaps also + sound player/recorder

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 51274

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 7A7 7B8 7A7 7B6 7C5 7Y4

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios)

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: AR-40 - Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt

• Shape
• Chassis only or for «building in»

• Notes

• This model is equipped with a vibrator for the generation of B+.

   

  Model	Differences
  AR-40	Base model
  AR-50	Base model with automatic tuning

   

• Price in first year of sale
• 34.00 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 13 = 1942 and before

• Mentioned in
• Spiegel Catalogs (Aircastle) (Spring/Summer 1942, No. 153, page 417.)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Philco 1941 RMS Year Book

• 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