• Country
• Netherlands

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Philips; Eindhoven (tubes international!); Miniwatt

• Year
• 1940

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 29517

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• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• ECH3 EF9 CBL1 CY1 C1 or C9

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 128 kHz; 1 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

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

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 110-130; 200-225 Volt

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

• Material
• Bakelite case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 655U - Philips; Eindhoven tubes

• Shape
• Tablemodel, low profile (big size).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 490 x 330 x 250 mm / 19.3 x 13 x 9.8 inch

• Notes

• Iron in hydrogen atmosphere current regulator tube for the filaments. The choice of this barretter or ballast tube depends on the mains voltage:

  • type C9 for 110-130 Volt.
  • type C1 for 200-225 Volt.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 8.5 kg / 18 lb 11.6 oz (18.722 lb)

• Price in first year of sale
• 137.00 Hfl

• Source of data
• Technisch- Commercieel - Radio Vademecum Staleman

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• -- Original-techn. papers.

• Author
• Model page created by Iven Müller. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 5260 models, 4404 with images and 3455 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Philips; Eindhoven (tubes international!); Miniwatt