• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1937

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

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 51363

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 78 6A7 78 75 42 84

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 260 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) / 6 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 15.7 cm = 6.2 inch

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: F-1540 Ford - Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt

• Shape
• Chassis only or for «building in»

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 270 x 220 x 300 mm / 10.6 x 8.7 x 11.8 inch

• Notes
• This model is equipped with a vibrator for the generation of B+.
  We are not sure about the picture with rference eBay 290097755031 because it is named Ford-Philco-1540X and not F-1540 - and it is dated 1938. But often pictures are wrongly named or placed. Maybe the X is a variant or omitted in our database?

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 9 kg / 19 lb 13.2 oz (19.824 lb)

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 9 = 1938 and before

• 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