• Country
• Great Britain (UK)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Philips Electrical, Lamps, Industrial - Miniwatt; London

• Year
• 1950

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 117815

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

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• ECH42 EF41 EBC41 EL41 EZ40

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 470 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Long Wave and Short Wave.

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 50 Hz, 100-250 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: BG400A /15 - BG400 /15 - 400A - Philips Electrical, Lamps,

• Notes

• The Philips 400A is a 5-valve, 3-band superhet designed to operate from the AC mains of 100 to 250 V, 50 Hz.

  The waveband ranges are:

  • SW: 16.5 – 64.5 m
  • MW: 185 – 580 m
  • LW: 715 – 2,000 m

  The Model 500A is similar but in a wooden cabinet, and with the addition of a tuning indicator.

  The 400A was released in August 1950.

  The Stella ST120A used the same chassis and was released in mid-1951.

• Price in first year of sale
• 18.00 GBP

• Source of data
• - - Manufacturers Literature

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Trader sheet 973

• Author
• Model page created by Keith Staines. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 426 models, 301 with images and 285 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Philips Electrical, Lamps, Industrial - Miniwatt; London