• Country
• Netherlands

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

• Year
• 1978–1980 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 82408

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

• Number of Transistors
• 13

• Semiconductors
• ED1502 or. BF495 ED1502 or. BF494 ED1402 or. BC548 ED1802 or. BC328 BC368 BC369 2SB324 or. AC128 CDG00 or. BA316 1K60 or. AA119 BY188B FV1043

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 452 or 470/10700 kHz; 5 AF stage(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Long Wave, Short Wave plus FM or UHF.

• Power type and voltage
• Line / Batteries (any type) / AC: 110; 220 / R20: 6 x 1,5 Volt

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

• Power out
• 2 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 90AL870 /00 /15 /40 /51 - Philips; Eindhoven tubes

• Shape
• Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 390 x 190 x 80 mm / 15.4 x 7.5 x 3.1 inch

• Notes

• Wave bands:

  • LW: 150 - 255 kHz
  • MW: 520 - 1605 kHz
  • SW: 5.95 - 15.45 MHz
  • FM: 87.5 - 104 MHz

  AM-IF frequency:

  • 452 kHz for suffixes /00, /40, /51
  • 470 kHz for suffix /15

  Output power: 1.5 W (d = 10 %) on battery, 2 W (d = 10 %) on mains

  See also successor model 90AL870 with suffixes /..S with different on/off switch and handle assy.

  Semiconductors listed once per type.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 2.2 kg / 4 lb 13.5 oz (4.846 lb)

• Mentioned in
• - - Manufacturers Literature (Price List Spring 1980)

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

• Author
• Model page created by Wolfgang Bauer. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 5244 models, 4386 with images and 3445 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Philips; Eindhoven (tubes international!); Miniwatt