RP-3 Wireless Record Player

Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt. Co.; USA

  • Year
  • 1938–1940
  • Category
  • Sound/Video Recorder and/or Player
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 51538

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 2
  • Wave bands
  • - without
  • Details
  • Record Player (not changer)
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 115 Volt
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: RP-3 Wireless Record Player - Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, Box - most often with Lid (NOT slant panel).
  • Notes
  • Wireless Record Player, front curved plinth with lid, pick-up and arm in the lid. Closing the lid lowers the pick-up. Transmitting on 530-580 kc (adjustable); the 1939 models RP-1, RP-2, RP-3 and RP-4 use the same chassis.

  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 11 = ca. 1940 and before
  • Mentioned in
  • Philco Radio 1928-1942, R. Ramirez
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • Philco 1939 RMS Yearbook
  • Literature/Schematics (3)
  • Philco Folder PR-739, for 1940

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