• Country
• Brazil

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Philco Rádio e Televisão; São Paulo

• Year
• 1972 ??

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 282473

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

• Number of Transistors
• 8

• Semiconductors

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus 2 Short Wave bands.

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / 4 x 1,5 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 10.5 cm = 4.1 inch

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Radio portátil B497/B498 - Philco Rádio e Televisão; São

• Shape
• Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 190 x 165 x 55 mm / 7.5 x 6.5 x 2.2 inch

• Notes

• Diodos: 2

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 0.670 kg / 1 lb 7.6 oz (1.476 lb)

• Mentioned in
• ROU:Radio Taller (magazine), Año 1979, Marzo Nº 35

• Author
• Model page created by Carlos A. Pieroni-García. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 40 models, 24 with images and 28 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Philco Rádio e Televisão; São Paulo