• 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
• 50587

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• Number of Tubes
• 11

• Valves / Tubes
• 6J8G 78 6Q7G 42 42 80 78 6J7G 6ZY5G 2A4G 30

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

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 115 Volt

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

• Power out
• 10 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: World's Fair 39-55RX - Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt

• Shape
• Console with any shape - in general

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 29.5 x 38.4 x 14.6 inch / 749 x 975 x 371 mm

• Notes

• For the "World's Fair", Philco 39-55 one could buy the "Mystery Control" for wireless Electric Automatic Tuning of eight (8) BC stations, volume control, and switch off.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 9 = 1938 and before

• Mentioned in
• Philco Radio 1928-1942

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios (5th edition) (Philco 1939 RMS Yearbook)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Pre-War Consoles

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Philco Folder PR671 for 1939.

• Other Models

• Here you find 4074 models, 2222 with images and 3722 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt. Co.; USA