• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

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

• Year
• 1933

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 347817

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 44 36 44 75 42 80

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 260 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

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

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

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Philco 89 Ch=89E - Dominion Radio & Electrical

• Shape
• Table-Cathedral-Type (upright, round top or gothic arch, not rounded edges only).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 330 x 410 x 225 mm / 13 x 16.1 x 8.9 inch

• Notes

• Philco 89 CH=89E Code 123 6 valve superhet with RF stage and automatic volume control.

  Marketed throughout New Zealand by distributor Charles Begg & Co. Ltd as Model 89. 

  See also New Zealand Model 5 Tube Baby Grand  £19/10 (Advert Alexandra Herald & Central Otago Gazette, 31 May 1934, page 6.

  See also US listing Baby Grand 89B Ch= 89E Code 123.

  Made in the USA. 

• Price in first year of sale
• 22.50 £

• Mentioned in
• -- Original prospect or advert (Star (Christchurch) 9 March 1933 Page 6)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• -- Original prospect or advert (Alexandra Herald & Central Otago Gazette 30 May 1934 Page 6)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 3 = 1933 and before (Pages 3-33 & 3-34)

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 132 models, 119 with images and 108 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