Empire Twenty-Two Automatic Radiogram A2258 The Balmoral

Philco Radio & Television Corp. of Great Britain Ltd.; London

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  • Year
  • 1938
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 312574

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 22
  • Main principle
  • Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 470 kHz
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast, Long Wave and more than two Short Wave bands.
  • Details
  • Changer (Record changer)
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 100-110 or 200-210 or 211-230 or 231-250 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • 3 Loudspeakers
  • Power out
  • 15 W (undistorted)
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Empire Twenty-Two Automatic Radiogram A2258 [The Balmoral] - Philco Radio & Television Corp
  • Shape
  • Console with any shape - in general
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 50 x 37.5 x 21.5 inch / 1270 x 953 x 546 mm
  • Notes

  • A luxury console radiogram with a 5 band radio and an automatic record changer. Its cabinet is made from selected American butt walnut with palisters of solid walnut with a massive self opening lid in quartered veneer. The motor board is automatically flood-lit as the lid opens.

    Features
    Twenty two valves
    Automatic dial tuning
    Magnetic tuning on all 5 wavebands
    Continuously variable selectivity
    Continuously variable bass control
    Continuously variable contrast expansion
    Huge spreadband dial with station names, kcs., metres, station and waveband indicators
    Four acoustic clarifiers to absorb boom and interfering echoes
    14 inch cathedral speaker with two additional high frequency speakers
    Dual amplified delayed A.V.C.
    Automatic amplified bass compensation
    Wide angle sound diffusion
    15 watts output, two triodes, Class A
    Two separate power supplies
    Switch for extension speakers
    Two speed vernier tuning

    Ranges
    Long: 857.1 - 2068.9 metres
    Medium: 187.5 - 576.5 metres
    Intermediate: 63.9 - 200 metres
    Short: 25.8 - 66.6 metres
    Short: 16.4 - 26.1 metres

    Similar to the Philco Empire Twenty-Two Buckingham and Empire Twenty-Two Windsor radiograms in different cabinets.

  • Price in first year of sale
  • 120.00 GNS
  • Mentioned in
  • Cat. Philco October 1938 p.13
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • - - Manufacturers Literature (Philco Service Bulletin no. 71 for model A2258 November 1937)
  • Author
  • Model page created by Manfred Rathgeb. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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