• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Dominion Radio & Electrical Corp. Ltd (Dreco), Philco; Auckland

• Year
• 1938

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 355590

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

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A8G 6K7G 6Q7G 6F6G 5Y4G

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 470 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 50-60Hz: 115; 230 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• Power out
• 3 W (undistorted)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Philco 38-10 Code 121 - Dominion Radio & Electrical

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 17.5 x 11 x 9.5 inch / 445 x 279 x 241 mm

• Notes

• Philco Model 38-10 Code 121

  5-Valve dual wave superhet mantel receiver. £22/10/-.

  Tuning Frequencies:

  • BC 540-1720kHz
  • SW 5.7-18MHz

  Made in the USA

  See also US version 38-10 Code 121. 

• Price in first year of sale
• 22.50 NZ £

• Mentioned in
• -- Original prospect or advert (Evening Post 17 February 1938 Page 26)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 9 = 1938 and before (Pages 8-67 and 8-68)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• - - Manufacturers Literature

• Author
• Model page created by Brian Stevens. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 138 models, 125 with images and 113 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Dominion Radio & Electrical Corp. Ltd (Dreco), Philco; Auckland