• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1938/1939

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 51600

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 7A8 7B7 7C6 35A5 35Z3

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 470 kHz

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

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 115 Volt

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

• Material
• Bakelite case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: TP-5T Transitone - Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt

• Shape
• Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14

• Notes
• Wave bands: 540-1720 kc and 2.3-2.5 Mc. The TP-5T chassis is identical to TP-5TI, but there are small differences in the cabinet. Color is Walnut.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 11 = ca. 1940 and before

• Mentioned in
• Philco Radio 1928-1942 (Radio Collector Grinder 1995)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Philco 1939 RMS Yearbook

• Other Models

• Here you find 4041 models, 2218 with images and 3690 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt. Co.; USA