• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt. Co.; USA

• Year
• 1959

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 78467

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• Number of Transistors
• 7

• Semiconductors
• T1033 T1233 T1232 T1233 T1001 T1007 T1007

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

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

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 4 inch = 10.2 cm

• Power out
• 0.2 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Leather / canvas / plastic - over other material

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: T-78 Code 124 or T78-124 - Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt

• Shape
• Very small Portable or Pocket-Set (Handheld) < 8 inch.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 9.5 x 6.5 x 4 inch / 241 x 165 x 102 mm

• Notes
• The Philco Model T-78 (Code 124) is a Battery operated 7 transistor portable AM Receiver. BC Band Tuning Range: 535 to 1620KHz. This model has Qty(1) 4" PM speaker. Uses Qty(4) 1.5V D cells. Leather covered Briarwood cabinet.

• Circuit diagram reference
• Beitman Radio Diagrams Vol. 20, 1960

• Mentioned in
• Beitman Radio Diagrams, Vol. 20, 1960

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 473 Folder 11 2-1960)

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

• Author
• Model page created by Trev Levick. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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