• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

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

• Year
• 1934 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 355520

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

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A7 78 75 42 80

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 460 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 5 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast (MW), Police, sometimes also early TV (75-200m).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 50Hz, 230 Volt

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

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Philco 60E [Code 121] - Dominion Radio & Electrical

• Shape
• Tablemodel, Tombstone = decorative upright, not cathedral but can have rounded edges.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 350 x 440 x 240 mm / 13.8 x 17.3 x 9.4 inch

• Notes

• Philco Model 60E 

  5-Valve superhet 230V tombstone receiver.

  The Philco model 60 series included at least nine versions over four years, all using similar 5-tube chassis.

  Made in the USA 

  See also US Model 60MB.

   

• Mentioned in
• More Golden Age of Radio (Page 168)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 4 = ca. 1934 and before (Pages 4-30, 4-31, 4-32, 5-40 & 7-147)

• 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