• Year
  • 1957 ??
  • Category
  • Car Radio, perhaps also + sound player/recorder
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 348100

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 6
  • Number of Transistors
  • 2
  • Semiconductors
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 262.5 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)
  • Tuned circuits
  • 5 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios) / 13.2 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • 2 Loudspeakers
  • Power out
  • 5 W (undistorted)
  • Material
  • Metal case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: C-5897 - Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt
  • Shape
  • Chassis only or for «building in»
  • Notes
  • The Model C-5897 auto radio is a modification of the C-5709, Code 122, radio and is used for a rear seat installation in the Imperial Limousine cars made with the Italian (Ghia) bodies.

  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • Philco Auto Radio C-5897 Sup. to PR-3151 (C-5709, Code 122) and PR-3074 (C-5709, Code 121), 1957
  • Author
  • Model page created by Ed Riley. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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